The plan commission is hereby vested with the following jurisdiction, duties, and authority:
(A) To investigate and make recommendations to the village board concerning the subject matter of amendments, variations, or additions to the zoning ordinance, upon its own motion or at the request of the village board or upon petitions filed by one or more owners of property.
(B) To hear all applications for rezoning requests, special uses, and variations in use and to report findings and recommendations to the village board.
(C) To hear and pass upon applications for planned developments and to report findings and recommendations to the village board.
(D) To initiate, direct, and review from time to time studies of one or more provisions of the zoning ordinance and make reports of such review and recommendations to the village board.
(E) To adhere to the current master plan and to recommend only such changes and variations as are clearly necessary, together with specific reasons for the recommendations.
(F) To hear and decide all matters referred to it upon which it is required to pass under this chapter and other ordinances of the village and/or state statute.
(G) To hear and decide appeals from and review any order, decision, or determination made by an administrative officer charged with the enforcement of the zoning ordinance.
(H) To hear all applications for subdivisions or subdivision variations under the subdivision code.
(I) To act in all zoning matters as the village zoning committee, subject to the right of the village board by motion to refer a matter to a special zoning committee.
(J) To develop long-range planning for land use and businesses within the village.
(K) To update and amend the village's master plan and comprehensive plan.
(L) To perform all the duties and have all the powers of a plan commission under the Illinois statutes.
(M) To give aid to the village officials charged with the direction of projects for improvements embraced within the comprehensive plan, to further the making of those projects, and to promote the realization of the official comprehensive plan. (Ord. 88-04, 2-23-1988)