Pursuant to G.S. § 160D-301, the Planning Board shall report to the Town Commissioners and shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) Make studies of the area within its jurisdiction and surrounding areas;
(B) Acquire and maintain in current form basic information and material as are necessary to an understanding of past trends, present conditions and forces at work to cause change in these conditions;
(C) Determine objectives to be sought in development of the area;
(D) Prepare plans for achieving these objectives and recommend amendment and revision of a comprehensive and coordinated plan for the physical development of the town’s zoning jurisdiction;
(E) Develop and recommend to the Town Commissioners policies, ordinances, administrative procedures and other means for promoting orderly development along lines indicated in the comprehensive plan and for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner;
(F) Advise the Town Commissioners concerning the use and amendment of means for carrying out the plans;
(G) Exercise any functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for carrying out plans that the Town Commissioners may direct;
(H) Keep the Town Commissioners informed and advised as to these matters;
(I) Perform any other duties which may lawfully be assigned to it by the Town Commissioners; and
(J) The Planning Board may adopt rules and regulations governing its procedures and operations consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 2-10-2009, § 3.3; Ord. passed - -2021)