(A) The Planning Board shall have power to promote public interest in and understanding of the master plan and of the official map of the city which may hereafter be established by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. To that end they may publish and distribute copies of the master plan or such official map or of any report and may employ such other means of publicity and education as may be deemed advisable.
(B) Members of the Planning Board, when duly authorized by the Planning Board, may attend city planning conferences or meetings of city planning institutes or hearings upon pending city planning legislation and the Planning Board may, by resolutions spread upon its minutes, pay the reasonable traveling expenses incident to such attendance.
(C) The Planning Board shall have authority to make such investigations, maps and reports, and recommendations in connection therewith, relating to the planning and development of the city as may seem desirable and advisable.
(D) The Planning Board, may from time to time, report and recommend to the appropriate public officials and public agencies programs for the development of the city, for the erection of public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof.
(E) It shall be a duty of the Planning Board to consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional, research, and other organizations, and with citizens with relation to the protecting or carrying out of the master plan and to make recommendations relating to the orderly growth and development of the city.
(F) The Planning Board shall have the right to accept and use gifts for the exercise of its functions.
(G) The Planning Board, its members, officers, and employees, in the performance of their functions, shall be authorized to enter upon any land and make such examinations and surveys as are reasonably necessary and place and maintain necessary monuments and marks thereon.
(H) In general, the Planning Board shall have such power and authority as may be necessary to enable said Board to fulfill its functions in promoting municipal planning and carrying out the purposes of this chapter, provided that the total expenditures of said Planning Board shall not exceed the appropriation for its expenses.
('71 Code, § 19-13) (Ord. passed 5-18-54)
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For similar statutory provisions, see R.S.A 674:1
For similar statutory provisions, see R.S.A 674:1