(A) When basic information has been compiled and analyzed, the Commission/Board shall make a Comprehensive Plan for the physical development of the city, based on existing and anticipated needs, showing existing and proposed improvements, and stating the principles and policies according to which future development should proceed and the manner in which such development should be controlled and guided.
(B) The Comprehensive Plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the city which will, in accordance with existing and future needs, promote public health, safety, order, comfort, convenience, general welfare, and economy in the process of development. The Comprehensive Plan shall be a guidance document for development of the city.
(C) The adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, or of any amendment thereto, shall be by a resolution carried by the affirmative vote of not less than four members of the Commission/Board. The resolution shall refer specifically to the maps, reports, descriptive material, and other matters intended by the Commission/Board to form the whole or part of the Plan, and the action shall be recorded on the Plan or parts thereof by the identifying signature of the chair and the secretary of the Commission/Board together with the date of the action. The City Council shall then approve or amend the Plan, portion of the Plan, or amendment to the Plan by ordinance. Upon approval by the City Council, the Plan, or the Plan as amended, becomes the Comprehensive Plan for the purposes set forth in AS 29.40.030.
(D) The Commission/Board shall review the Comprehensive Plan periodically and shall provide any recommendations for revision of the Plan to the City Council.
(Ord. No. 2001-04, passed 5-8-01; Am. Ord. 2005-09, passed 4-26-05; Am. Ord. 2012-07, passed 9-11-12)