(A) The Board shall formulate and maintain a comprehensive zoning plan of the village and the area within the extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of achieving a coordinated and orderly development of the municipality which would promote, in accordance with present and future needs, the public health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare of the residents, citizens and property owners.
(B) The Board shall prepare a zoning ordinance, including both the full text of the ordinance together with maps showing the proposed district boundaries. The Board may also hold public hearings in the course of preparing the ordinance and hearing proposed amendments pursuant to G.S. § 160D- 601. The Board shall certify the ordinance to the Village Council.
(1986 Code, § 2-11.5) (Ord. passed 08-28-1980; Ord. 23-04, passed 3-28-2023)