(a) The Village Planning Commission shall have control of the height, design and location of buildings therein.
(b) The Commission shall have the power to control, appoint or employ such architects, engineers and other professional service, and to appoint such clerks, draftsmen and other subordinates as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions. The expenditures for such service and employments shall be at all times within the amounts appropriated for such Commission by Council, and Council shall provide for the expenses and accommodations, necessary for work of the Commission.
(c) The Commission shall have all the powers delegated by the law, as provided in the Ohio Revised Code, to regulate the planting, trimming and preservation of shade trees in streets, alleys, public grounds and places, and to provide for the planting, removal, trimming and preservation of such trees and other ornamental shrubbery.
(d) The Commission shall have the power to frame and adopt plans for dividing the Village or any portion thereof, into zones or districts, representing the recommendations of the Commission, in the interest of the public health, safety, convenience, comfort, property or general welfare, for the limitations and regulations of the height, the bulk and location, including percentage of lot occupancy, setback building lines, and area and dimensions of yards, courts and other open spaces, and the uses of buildings and other structures and of premises in such zones or districts.
(Ord. 499. Passed 2-23-49.)