In order that adequate provisions be made for the preparation of a comprehensive City Plan for the guidance, direction and control of the growth and development of the city, a Plan Commission, which shall be a department of the city government, is hereby created under authority of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled "The Revised Cities and Villages Act, approved August 15, 1941, and effective January 1, 1942, and as amended, ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-12-4."
('71 Code, § 2-5-1) (Ord. 1382, passed 1-27-58)