2-1-8: ITEMS SUBMITTED FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL:
   A.   All subdivision plats located within the City limits, and all plans or plats for vacating or laying out, widening, extending, parking and locating streets or plans for public buildings shall first be submitted to the Commission by the Public Works Superintendent or other proper Municipal officer, and a report thereon from the Commission secured in writing before approval is given by the proper Municipal official.
   B.   All subdivision plats and all plats or deeds dedication land to public use in that portion of a county within six (6) miles outside the limits of any City shall first be submitted to the City Planning Commission, if no such Commission exists, to the Public Works Superintendent and approved by the Commission or Public Works Superintendent before they shall be recorded.
   C.   It shall be unlawful to receive or record such plan, plat or replat or deed in any public office unless the same bears thereon the approval, by indorsement, of such Commission or Public Works Superintendent. However, the indorsement of the Commission or of the Public Works Superintendent of the City with boundaries nearest the land such document affects shall satisfy the requirements of this Section in case the boundaries of more than one City are within six (6) miles of the property so mapped or described. If the governing bodies of such cities mutually agree upon a boundary line establishing the limits of the jurisdiction of the cities other than the line equidistant between the cities and file the agreement with the recording officer of the County containing such boundary line, the boundary line mutually agreed upon shall become the limit of the jurisdiction of each City until superseded by a new agreement between the cities or until one of the cities files with such recording officer a written notification stating that the agreement shall no longer apply.
   D.   Copies of all ordinances for establishment of boundaries of any zone or district provided by ORS 227.090, and all ordinances regulating or limiting the use, height, area, bulk and construction of buildings to be submitted to the Council before they are presented to the Council, shall be first submitted by the Auditor or City Recorder to the Commission to make its recommendation. The Auditor or City Clerk, shall immediately so notify the Council, and the Commission shall make its recommendation thereon in writing to the Council. The Commission shall first hold a public hearing at such time and place as may be directed by the Council, and make a careful and appropriate investigation thereon. Before final action is taken by the City Council, or any department of a City government, on the location or design of any public building, bridge, statue, park, parkway, boulevard, playground or public grounds the same shall be submitted to the Commission for consideration and report. Unless the City Council definitely names a longer period for the return of a report specified in ORS 227.090 to 227.120, the approval of the Commission to any matter so referred to it in accordance with the provisions of those sections shall be deemed to have been given at the end of thirty (30) days after the receipt of the matter in writing by its secretary unless the Commission submits a report thereon prior to that time. (Ord. 264, 3-18-59; 1993 Code)