(A) The duties of the Village Planning Commission in zoning administration shall be:
(1) To review applications for amendments to this chapter, the Commission shall not have the authority to make changes or amendments to this chapter; it shall act in a purely advisory manner to the Village Board; and
(2) To review applications for special use permits as provided herein.
(B) Following the effective date of this chapter, the members of the Zoning Board shall also serve as members of the Planning Commission. and the Chairperson of the Zoning Board shall also serve as the Chairperson of the Planning Commission. The resignation, removal or replacement of any member from the Zoning Board shall be deemed to be a resignation, removal or replacement from the Planning Commission. The term of each member of the Planning Commission serving concurrently on the Zoning Board shall be that term for which the member is appointed to the Zoning Board pursuant to § 153.117.
(C) Whenever, in the village’s zoning ordinance, action is required of both the Zoning Board and the Planning Commission (i.e., both bodies must make a recommendation to the Village Board upon the same matter) duplicative action need not be taken, provided that legal requirements are met. For example, if it were required that the Planning Commission consider a matter and forward recommendations to the Zoning Board for consideration at a public hearing following which the Zoning Board makes a recommendation to the Village Board, the bodies (comprising of the same membership) need only make one recommendation to the Village Board following a public hearing.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. 2012-216, passed 2-16-2012)