The Planning and Zoning Board is hereby invested with the following jurisdiction and authority:
(A) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the Village Building Official or the Zoning Administrator under this chapter.
(B) To hear and decide variations from the terms provided in this chapter in the manner set forth in the applicable statutes of the State of Illinois and subject to the standards set forth in this chapter.
(C) To hear and decide all matters referred to it or upon which it is required to pass under this chapter.
(D) To receive from the Village Building Official and the Village Clerk all applications required by this chapter.
(E) To hold public hearings in matters pertaining to applications uses and amendments required by this chapter, and submit reports to the Village Board of Trustees setting forth its findings and recommendations in the manner prescribed in this subchapter.
(F) To keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon every question, indicating that the member was absent or failed to vote, and shall also keep records of all its official actions.
(G) To file with the Village Clerk and make a matter of public record, every rule, regulation amendment, order, requirement, decision, or determination of the Planning and Zoning Board.
(H) To initiate, direct, and review, from time to time, studies of the provisions of this chapter and to make reports of its recommendations to the Village Board of Trustees not less frequently than once each year.
(I) To hear and report on all matters which it is required to consider under this chapter, or that which may be specifically delegated to the Planning and Zoning Board by the Village Board of Trustees.
(J) To prepare and recommend to the Village Board of Trustees, a comprehensive plan for the village and its peripheral area and, from time to time, to review and propose any needed amendments to the plan.
(K) To prepare and recommend to the Village Board of Trustees, from time to time, plans for specific improvements in pursuance of the official comprehensive plan.
(L) To consider all amendments to this chapter, and make recommendations to the Village Board of Trustees.
(M) To review subdivision plans and make recommendations thereon to the Village Board of Trustees.
(N) To review the zoning and special use cases before the Champaign County Planning and Zoning Board which are located within one and one-half miles of the limits of the village, and textual amendments to the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance under consideration by the Champaign County Planning and Zoning Board, and make recommendations thereon to the Village Board of Trustees.
(Ord. 2020-O-3, passed 2-18-2020)