Except by a three-quarters (3/4) vote of the full number of elected voting members of City Council specifically waiving the requirement, no public building, street, boulevard, parkway, park, public land, playground, bridge, tunnel, or publicly or privately owned utility or part thereof shall be constructed or authorized to be constructed in the City, nor purchased, nor sold, nor shall any street, avenue, parkway, boulevard or alley be widened, narrowed, relocated, vacated, or its used changed or any ordinance referring to planning, zoning or other regulations controlling the use or development of land be passed, nor become binding upon the City, unless and until City Council shall submit the same to the Planning & Zoning Commission for report and recommendation. Any matter so referred to the Planning & Zoning Commission shall be acted upon by it within sixty (60) days from the date of referral unless a longer time is established by City Council. If the Planning & Zoning Commission fails to act within the time allowed, it shall be deemed to have approved such matter. Any provision of any ordinance, resolution, or order disapproved or recommended for amendment by formal action of the Planning & Zoning Commission shall require a concurrence of a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the full number of elected voting members of City Council for adoption or authorization.
(Amended November 7, 2006)