(A) As background for its comprehensive land use plan and any ordinances it may prepare, the Planning Board may gather maps and aerial photographs of manmade or natural physical features of the area, statistics on past trends and present conditions with respect to population, property values, the economic base of the county, land use, and such other information as is important or likely to be important in determining the amount, direction and kind of development to be expected in the county and its environs.
(B) In addition, the Planning Board may make, cause to be made or obtain special studies on the location, condition and adequacy of specific facilities, which may include but are not limited to studies of housing, commercial and industrial facilities, public and private utilities; and traffic, transportation and parking facilities.
(C) All county officials shall, upon request, furnish to the Planning Board such available records or information as it may require in its work. The Board or its agents may, in the performance of its official duties and with the permission of the property owner, enter upon lands and make examinations or surveys and maintain necessary monuments thereon.
(Ord. 27, passed 2-3-1997)