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PLANNING COMMISSION
(A) The Planning Commission shall consist of five members from the resident population of the city, or a business owner (who need not be a resident) appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council.
(1) The appointees shall be appointed to serve staggered terms of three years, except as noted below, commencing on the first day of January in the year of appointment.
(2) Upon expiration of a term, the appointee shall continue until reappointed, or a successor is appointed.
(3) It is the duty of each member to be present at all Planning Commission meetings. Absence from any three meetings in a year, unless excused in advance by the chair, constitutes a vacancy.
(4) In the event of any vacancy, the Mayor, with the approval of the Council, shall appoint a person to complete the unexpired term.
(B) One member shall be a Council member appointed by the Mayor with Council approval, for a one-year term to expire on December 31 of each year.
(C) Other people may serve in an ex-officio capacity as the Council deems appropriate. Ex- officio members will not have voting rights.
(D) Each of the five regular Planning Commission members shall have equal voting privileges.
(E) Any member may be removed for cause by a four-fifths majority vote of the City Council upon written charge and after a public hearing held by the City Council.
(’77 Code, § 204.02) (Am. Ord. 2018-001, passed 2-12-18; Am. Ord. passed - -)
(A) At the first regular meeting in January, the Commission shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair from among its appointed members, each for a term of one year.
(B) The Commission may create and fill other offices as it may determine.
(C) The Commission shall meet monthly on the first Thursday of each month, unless otherwise determined by the Commission.
(D) Special meetings may be called at any time by the Chair, or in case of the Chair's absence, by the Vice Chair.
(E) Written minutes of meetings shall be kept and filed with the Clerk/Treasurer and/or Administrator prior to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting, but shall be subject to approval at the next Planning Commission meeting.
(F) No expenditures by the Commission shall be made unless and until authorized for the purpose by the Council.
(’77 Code, § 204.03) (Am. Ord. 2018-001, passed 2-12-18; Am. Ord. passed - -)
(A) Powers and duties. The Planning Commission shall have the powers and duties given to city planning agencies generally by law and shall also exercise the duties conferred upon it by this code.
(B) Comprehensive plan.
(1) The Planning Commission shall prepare and recommend Council adoption of a comprehensive plan for the physical development of the city, including proposed public buildings, street arrangements and improvements, efficient design of major thoroughfares for traffic movement, parking facilities, public utilities services, parks and playgrounds, a general land use plan and other matters relating to the physical development of the city.
(2) The plan may be prepared in sections, each of which shall relate to the overall comprehensive plan.
(3) The Commission shall periodically, but at least every five years, review the comprehensive plan and any ordinances or program implementing the plan.
(4) Following Council adoption of the comprehensive plan or any section of the plan, the Commission shall recommend to the Council reasonable and practicable means for implementing the plan or sections.
(5) The plan will serve as a pattern and guide for the orderly physical development of the city and as a basis for judging the timely disbursements of funds to implement the objective.
(6) Means of effectuating the plan shall, among other things, consist of zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, capital improvement programming and technical review, and recommendations of matters referred to the Planning Commission by the Council.
(C) Zoning code. The Planning Commission shall review all proposed amendments to the zoning chapter, hold public hearings and make recommendations to the Council as prescribed by the zoning chapter.
(D) Conditional use and interim use permits. The Planning Commission shall make recommendations on all conditional use permit requests under the terms of the zoning chapter. The Commission shall report its recommendations to the Council for Council action.
(E) Subdivision of land and rezone requests. The Planning Commission shall make recommendations in relation to the subdividing of land and rezone requests as prescribed by the zoning chapter. The Commission shall report its recommendation to the Council for Council action.
(F) Capital improvement plan. The Planning Commission shall list and classify all proposed public works projects and shall prepare a coordinated program of proposed public works projects for the ensuing year and for a projected five-year period. The Planning Commission shall recommend to the Council all needed updates to the plan.
('77 Code, § 204.04)
(G) Variances. All applications for variances shall be referred to the city's Planning Commission and forwarded with or without recommendations directly to the Council for its decision.
(H) Other duties.
(1) To hold public hearings for the city as directed by the City Council. All public hearings will be held in accordance to M.S. § 394.26, as may be amended from time to time, which requires placing notice in the official newspaper, required notifications and posted at City Hall at least ten days prior to the meeting.
(2) To acknowledge all metes and bounds property divisions within the city that result in parcels under five acres.
(’77 Code, § 204.05) (Am. Ord. 2018-001, passed 2-12-18; Am. Ord. passed - -)
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