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(A) The Planning Commission shall consist of five members to be appointed by the City Council.
(B) The members of the first Commission pursuant to this section shall be the members of the present Planning Commission, whose terms expire as follow: the two members whose terms expire on April 1, 1968; the one member whose term expires on April 1, 1969; and the two members whose term expire on April 1, 1970. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for terms of three years. Appointees shall hold their offices until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(C) Vacancies during the term shall be filled by the Council for the unexpired portion of the term. Every appointed member shall, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, take an oath that he or she will faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office. All members shall serve without compensation.
(Ord. 26, passed 4-11-1961; Ord. 40, passed 7-31-1967)
(A) The Commission shall elect a Chairperson from among its appointed members for a term of one year; and the Commission may create and fill any other offices as it may determine. The Commission may call upon any other city officers and employees as it deems necessary to assist it in the performance of its duties.
(B) The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions and findings, which record shall be a public record. On or before January 1 of each year, the Commission shall submit to the City Council a report of its work during the preceding year. Expenditures of the Commission shall be within amounts appropriated for the purpose by the City Council.
(Ord. 26, passed 4-11-1961)
(A) Upon the appointment and organization of the Commission, it shall proceed with the preparation and adoption of resolution of a program of work, outlining activities proposed to be undertaken in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties.
(B) This program will include:
(1) An outline of data and information to be assembled as a basis for the city plan;
(2) An outline of subjects to be covered by the city plan; and
(3) An outline of types of procedure necessary to make the city plan effective.
(C) The Planning Commission may, by resolution, revise its program of work from time to time.
(Ord. 26, passed 4-11-1961)
It shall be the function and duty of the Planning Commission to prepare and adopt a comprehensive city plan for the physical development of the city, including proposed public buildings, street arrangements and improvements, public utility services, parks, playgrounds and other similar developments, the use of property, the density of population and other matters relating to the physical development of the city. The plan may be prepared in sections, each of which shall relate to a major subject of the plan, as outlined in the Commission’s program of work.
(Ord. 26, passed 4-11-1961)
(A) Before adopting the city plan or any section of it or any substantial amendment thereof, the Commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten days before the day of the hearing. The adoption of the city plan or of any section or amendment thereof shall be by resolution of the Commission, approved by the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of its total membership. The Commission may from time to time amend or add to the city plan or section thereof as herein provided for the adoption of the original plan whenever changed conditions or further studies by the Commission indicate that the amendment or addition is necessary.
(B) An attested copy of the plan or of any section, amendment or addition to the city plan adopted by the Planning Commission shall be certified to the City Council.
(Ord. 26, passed 4-11-1961)
(A) Upon the adoption of the city plan or any section thereof, it shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to recommend to the City Council reasonable and practicable means for putting into effect the plan or section thereof in order that the same will serve as a pattern and guide for the orderly physical development of the city and as a basis for the efficient expenditure of the funds thereof relating to the subjects of the city plan.
(B) These means shall consist of a zoning plan, the control of subdivision plats, a plan of future streets, coordination of the normal public improvements of the city, a long-term program of capital expenditures and any other matters as will accomplish the purposes of this section.
(Ord. 26, passed 4-11-1961)
The Planning Commission, upon its own motion may and upon instructions by the City Council, shall prepare a proposed zoning plan for the city. Before recommending the plan to the City Council, the Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon after a notice similar to that required by § 150.06. The same procedure shall apply for the preparation of any plan of proposed rights-of-way for future streets or highways, or the future widening of existing streets or highways, or for the reservation of lands for other public purposes.
(Ord. 26, passed 4-11-1961)
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