SECTION 11. MANDATORY REFERRAL OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
No public building, street, boulevard, parkway, path, playground, bridge, tunnel, publicly or privately owned utility or part thereof shall be constructed or authorized to be constructed in the Municipality, nor shall any street, avenue, parkway, boulevard or alley be opened for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall any street, avenue, parkway, boulevard or alley be widened, narrowed, relocated, vacated, or its use changed, nor shall any ordinance referring to zoning or other regulations controlling the use or development of land of changing the existing zoning or use of land, be adopted unless and until it shall have been submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission for report and recommendation. Any matter so referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be acted upon by it within ninety (90) days from the date of referral unless a different period of time is mutually agreed upon between Council and the Commission. If the Planning and Zoning Commission shall fail to act within the time allotted, it shall be deemed to have adopted such matter. Any resolution, ordinance or order disapproved by formal action of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall require a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Council to be authorized or adopted. (Amended 11-8-05.)