The Planning & Zoning Commission shall act as the platting commissioners of the Municipality, shall serve as an advisory authority to City Council on matters pertaining to planning, zoning and building ordinances and shall have the powers and duties conferred upon it by the Codified ordinances of the City of Maple Heights. The Planning & Zoning Commission may, by rule, establish procedures for considering matters coming before it, to the extent they are not inconsistent with the Charter or the Codified Ordinances of the City. The Planning & Zoning Commission shall decide variances from the strict letter of the Zoning Code in instances of unnecessary hardship, but not to alter provisions of the zoning code or to change district boundaries of the zoning map, which will be the functions of City Council only. Council may, by resolution, overrule a decision of the Planning & Zoning Commission within 45 days after the decision is rendered. Council may, by ordinance, establish rules and procedures for considering and reviewing decisions of the Planning & Zoning Commission.
(Adopted November 8, 1955; Amended November 7, 2006; Amended August 14, 2012)