Except as otherwise provided by law, the commission may:
A. Recommend and make suggestions to the city council and to all other public authorities concerning laying out, widening, extending, parking and locating of streets, sidewalks and boulevards, relief of traffic congestion, betterment of housing and sanitation conditions and establishment of zones of districts limiting the use, height, area and bulk of buildings and structures.
B. Recommend to the City Council and all other public authorities plans for regulation of the future growth, development and beautification of the Municipality in respect to its public and private buildings and works, streets, parks, grounds and vacant lots, and plans consistent with future growth and development of the City in order to secure to the City and its inhabitants sanitation, proper service to all public utilities, harbor, shipping and transportation facilities.
C. Recommend to the City Council and all other public authorities plans for promotion, development and regulation of industrial and economic needs of the community in respect to private and public enterprises engaged in industrial pursuits.
D. Advertise the industrial advantages and opportunities of the Municipality and availability of real estate within the Municipality for industrial settlement.
E. Encourage industrial settlement within the Municipality.
F. Make an economic survey of present potential possibilities of the Municipality with a view to ascertaining its industrial needs.
G. Study needs of existing local industries with a view to strengthening and developing local industries and stabilizing employment conditions.
H. Do and perform all other acts and things necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 227.010 to 227.120.
I. Study and propose in general such measures as may be advisable for promotion of the public interest, health, morals, safety, comfort, convenience an welfare of the City and of the area six (6) miles adjacent thereto. (Ord. 264, 3-18-59; 1993 Code)