(a) Composition; Term of Office. There are hereby established one or more Citizen Advisory Committees for Industrial Development. Each Committee shall consist of five members. One member shall be appointed by the Mayor, one by the President of Council, one by the Councilmember in whose ward the project will be located, and two additional members by the three appointees. Members shall be selected on the basis of their having personal residences and/or businesses located within one-half mile of any proposed industrial development, including an expansion of existing industry. Such members' residences or businesses shall not necessarily be located in the City. Persons from contiguous townships within one-half mile of any proposed development shall be eligible for membership on such a Committee.
The term of office for each member shall be one year.
(b) Organization; Procedure. Each Committee shall be organized on an ad hoc basis for rendering advisory opinions on industrial development in the committee's geographic area. Each Committee shall select its Chairperson, adopt its own rules of procedure and proceed with its investigation in whatever manner it deems proper.
(c) General Powers. The function of each Committee shall be to review applications submitted to the Zoning Administrator with regard to any use on M-1 District lands or in a PUD District with M-1 District-type land uses, which fall within the geographic area of the Committee. The Committee shall conduct such investigations as it deems necessary to determine whether or not the proposed industrial project meets with the transportation, air quality, sewage, water and/or storm water capabilities; whether or not it generates excessive noise, heat, light and/or glare; and whether or not the nature of the proposed usage is, on balance, detrimental to the residents of such area. After making such determinations, the Committee shall submit a report and a recommendation to the Commission and/or the Board, which the Commission and/or Board may consider together with other evidence.
(Ord. 186-91. Passed 10-15-92.)