(A) Established. The commission shall establish a City Planning Commission of five (5) members. All of whom shall be residents of the city of Piqua and none of whom shall be an official or employee of the city. The members of the Planning Commission shall serve without compensation and shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, except that of the members first appointed, one shall be for a term of one (1) year, one for two (2) years, one shall be for three (3) years, one for four (4) years, and one for five (5) years.
(B) Ex-Officio Members. The city manager and the city engineer shall be entitled to seats on the commission, but shall have no vote therein. The city engineer shall be the official clerk and secretary to the Planning Commission.
(C) Powers. The City Planning Commission shall have such powers as may be determined by ordinance of the commission concerning the plan, design, location, removal, relocation and alteration of any buildings or structures belonging to the city or location in or on public streets or public property; the location, widening, extension and vacation of streets, parks, parkways, playgrounds, and other public places; the approval of plats for the subdivision of land; location of railroads and street railways; the zoning of the city for the purpose of regulating the location of trades, industries, apartment houses, dwellings, or other uses of property, the height and design of buildings, the percentage of the area of the lot which may be occupied by buildings, the area of the lot per family of occupation, the provision of yard spaces, the fixing of building lines, and the preparation of plans for the future physical development and improvement of the city; and such other powers as are now or hereafter may be conferred by general law or by ordinance of the commission.