(a) Creation. The Commission is created pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code as amended.
(b) Jurisdiction. The Commission shall discharge the following duties pursuant to this Ordinance:
(1) Formulation of Ordinance and Amendments. The Commission shall be responsible for formulation of this Ordinance, review of amendments to this Ordinance, holding hearings on a proposed Ordinance or amendments, and reporting its findings and recommendations concerning the Ordinance or amendments to the Council.
(2) Site Plan Review. The Commission shall be responsible for review of applications for site plan approval in accordance with Chapter 1175. As provided for in Chapter 1175, the Commission shall be responsible for making a determination to grant approval, approval subject to revisions, or denial of submitted site plans.
(3) Special Land Use Review. The Commission shall be responsible for holding hearings and review of all applications for special land use approval in accordance with Chapter 1177 of this Ordinance to grant approval, approval subject to revisions, or denial of approval of a submitted special land use application.
(4) Planned Unit Development Review. The Commission shall be responsible for holding hearings and review of all applications for planned development in accordance with Chapter 1179. The Commission shall be responsible for granting approval, approval with conditions, or denial of a Planned Unit Development proposal.
(5) Formulation of a Basic Plan. The Commission shall be responsible for formulation and adoption of a basic plan (i.e., the Comprehensive Plan) as a guide for the development of the Municipality, in accordance with Ohio Revised Code, as amended.
(6) Review of Public Works. Whenever the Municipality shall have adopted a Plan for the Municipality or of one or more major sections or districts thereof, no new street, street widening, square, park, or other public way, ground, or open space, or public building or structure, shall be constructed or authorized in the Municipality or in such planned section and district until the location, character, and extent thereof shall have been submitted to and approved by the Commission. In case of disapproval, the Commission shall communicate its reasons to the Council, which shall have the power to overrule such disapproval by a recorded vote of not less than 2/3 of its entire membership. The failure of the Commission to act within 60 days after the date of an official submission of a public works proposal to the Commission shall be deemed approval.
(7) Review of Plats. Whenever the Commission shall have adopted a Plan relating to the major street system of the territory within the Municipality or part thereof, and shall have filed a certified copy of such Plan in the office of the County Recorder, then no plat of a subdivision of land within the Municipality or part thereof shall be filed or recorded until it shall have been approved by the Council following a recommendation by the Commission and such approval entered in writing on the plat.
(8) Review of Matters Referred by the Council. The Commission shall be responsible for review of matters relating to land development referred to it by the Council. The Commission shall recommend appropriate regulations and action on such matters.
(9) Publicity and Education. The Commission shall have the power to promote public interest in and understanding of the Comprehensive Plan and to that end may publish and distribute copies of the Plan or of any report and may employ such other means of publicity and education. The Commission shall, from time to time, recommend to the appropriate public officials programs for public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof. It shall be part of its duties to consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional, and other organizations, and with citizens with relation to the protecting or carrying out the Plan.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)