The Commission shall have all the powers as allowed under the Kentucky Revised Statutes and the United States and Kentucky Constitutions, which include, but are not limited to:
(A) The right to employ or contract with planners or other staff persons as it deems necessary to accomplish its assigned duties;
(B) To receive, hold and spend funds which it may legally receive from any and every source in and out of the Commonwealth of Kentucky;
(C) To prepare a comprehensive plan which shall serve as a guide for public and private actions in decisions to assure the development of public and private property in the most appropriate relationships;
(D) To prepare the text and map of all zoning code which shall divide the portions of the city into zones on an interim or permanent basis to promote public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the county, to facilitate orderly and harmonious development in the visual or historic character of the unit, to regulate the density of population and intensity of land use in order to provide for adequate light and air;
(E) To adopt and administer regulations for the subdivision of land within its boundaries;
(F) To prepare and adopt official zoning maps; and
(G) To review all proposals for amendments to the zoning code.
(Ord. 99-6, passed 7-19-99)