The Planning Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(A) To prepare and recommend to the City Council a Comprehensive Plan for the present and future development or redevelopment of the city;
(B) To recommend to the City Council reasonable requirements for subdivision and re-subdivision of unimproved land and, subject to redevelopment, with respect to parks, playgrounds, school grounds and other public improvements;
(C) To suggest to the City Council lands suitable for annexation to the city and the recommended zoning classification for the land upon annexation;
(D) To recommend changes, from time to time, in the official Comprehensive Plan;
(E) To recommend changes in the zoning ordinance and exercise the powers conferred by ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 11-13-1 through 11-13-20;
(F) To prepare and recommend to the city, from time to time, plans for specific improvements and pursuant to the official Comprehensive Plan;
(G) To give aid to the city officials charged with the direction of projects for improvements embraced within the official plan, to further the making of these projects, and generally, to promote the realization of the Comprehensive Plan;
(H) To cooperate with county and regional planning commissions and other agencies or groups to further the local planning program and to assure harmonious and integrated planning for the area; and
(I) To exercise such other powers granted to planning commissions by state law.
(1986 Code, § 16-23)