(a) The Commission shall have such duties as are conferred by the general laws of the State of Ohio and by ordinances of Council.
(b) No public building or structure, street, park, playground, public ground, bridge, or other public way, ground, works, or utility, whether publicly or privately owned, or a part thereof, shall be constructed or authorized to be constructed within the limits of the Municipality unless and until it shall have been submitted to the Commission for report and recommendation. In the case of a recommended disapproval, the Commission shall communicate its reasons therefor to Council and to the head of the department which has control of the construction of the proposed improvement or utility. Council, by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its members, may overrule such recommendation for disapproval. The opening, widening, narrowing, relocating, vacation, or change in the use of streets, and other public ways, grounds, and places, shall be subject to similar approval, and this approval may be similarly overruled. The term “public” as used herein does not include commercial buildings or industrial buildings.
(c) The Commission shall hear all appeals from the decisions of the Zoning Inspector and may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or modify any orders of the Zoning Inspector.
(d) The Commission shall hear all applications for variances and an appeal may be considered by the Commission as a request for variance.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)