(a) Whenever the Planning Commission makes a plan of the City or any portion thereof, no public building or structure, street, boulevard, parkway, park, playground, public ground, canal, river front, harbor, dock, wharf, bridge, viaduct, tunnel 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 in the City or planned portion thereof unless the location, character and extent thereof is approved by the Commission. In case of 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 the members may overrule such disapproval. If such public way, ground, works, buildings, structure or utility is one, the authorization or financing of which does not, under the law or Charter provisions governing it, fall within the province of Council or other City body or official, the submission to the Commission shall be by the State, school, County, district or township official, board, commission or body having such jurisdiction, which shall be subject to similar approval and disapproval may be similarly overruled.
(b) The Commission may make recommendations to any public authorities or to any corporations or individuals in the City concerning the location of any buildings, structures or works to be erected or constructed by them.
(Ord. 403. Passed 7-3-74.)