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The Planning Board shall elect a chairperson and create and fill such other offices as it may determine. The term of the chairperson and other officers shall be one year, with eligibility for re- election. The Board shall adopt rules for transaction of its business and shall keep a record of its members' attendance and of its resolutions, discussions, findings and recommendations, which record shall be a public record. The Board shall meet quarterly and at other times upon the call of the Chairperson of the Board. All of the meetings of the Board shall be open to the public.
(Ord., passed - -; Am. Ord., passed 6-25-14)
(A) Voting. Before taking action on any matter there shall be present a quorum of four members. Action shall be taken by a majority vote of members present.
(B) Conflicts of interest. Members of the Planning Board shall not vote on any advisory or legislative decision regarding a development regulation adopted pursuant to this title where the outcome of the matter being considered is reasonably likely to have a direct, substantial, and readily identifiable financial impact on the member. An appointed Board member shall not vote on any zoning amendment if the landowner of the property subject to a rezoning petition or the applicant for a text amendment is a person with whom the member has a close familial, business, or other associational relationship.
(C) Resolution of objections. If an objection is raised to a Board member’s participation at or prior to the hearing or vote on a particular matter and that member does not recuse himself or herself, the remaining members of the Board shall by majority vote rule on the objection.
(Ord., passed - - ; Am. Ord., passed 6-23-93; Am. Ord., passed 6-23-21)
(A) It shall be the duty of the Planning Board, in general:
(1) To make studies of the area within its jurisdiction and surrounding areas;
(2) To determine objectives to be sought in the development of the study area;
(3) To prepare and adopt plans for achieving those objectives;
(4) To develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedures, and other means for carrying out plans that the Village Council may direct;
(5) To advise the Village Council concerning the use and amendment of means for carrying out plans;
(6) To exercise any function in the administration and enforcement of various means for carrying out plans that the Village Council may direct;
(7) To perform any other related duties that the Village Council may direct.
(B) The Planning Board may conduct such public hearings as may be required to gather information necessary for the drafting, establish- ment and maintenance of the plans. Before recommending any such plans to the Village Council, the Planning Board shall hold at least one public hearing thereon.
(C) The Planning Board shall have power to promote public interest in and an understanding of its recommendations, and to that end it may publish and distribute copies of its recommendations and may employ such other means of publicity and education as it may determine.
(Ord., passed - -)
(A) As background for its comprehensive plans and any ordinances it may prepare, the Planning Board may gather maps and aerial photographs of manmade and natural physical features of the area, statistics on past trends and present conditions with respect to population, property values, the economic base of the community, 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 area and its various parts.
(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, parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities, public and private utilities, and traffic, transportation and parking facilities.
(C) All officials of the village shall, upon request, furnish to the Planning Board such available records or information as it may require to its work. The Board or its agents may, in the performance of its official duties, enter upon lands and make examination or surveys and maintain necessary monuments thereon.
(Ord., passed - -)
(A) The comprehensive plans, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive matter, shall be and show the Planning Board's recommendations to the Village Council for the development of the area, including, among other things, the general location, character and extent of streets, bridges, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields, and other public ways, grounds and open spaces; the general location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, for water, power, gas, sanitation, transportation, communication, and other purposes; and the removal relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use, or extension of any of the foregoing ways, buildings, grounds, open spaces, properties, utilities or terminals.
(B) The comprehensive plans and any ordinances or other measures to effectuate the plans shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the village and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, and the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of the healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, the wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public utilities, services and other public requirements.
(Ord., passed - -)
The Planning Board may initiate, from time to time, proposals for a zoning ordinance and map based upon its studies and plans. In addition it shall review and make recommendations to the Village Council concerning all proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance and map after a zoning ordinance has been adopted.
(Ord., passed - -)
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