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A. General: The planning, programming and zoning commission shall have full power and authority to make or cause to be made such surveys, studies, maps, plans or charts of the whole or any portion of the city, and of any land outside thereof, which, in the opinion of such commission, bears relation to a comprehensive plan and program for development of the city, and shall submit these studies to the city council. The commission may publish its studies and recommendations.
B. Comprehensive Plan: For the purpose of making a comprehensive plan and program for the physical development of the city, the planning, programming and zoning commission shall make careful and comprehensive studies of present conditions and future growth of the city with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the city and its environs which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in process and development. Any and all plans and programs for the physical development of the city existing prior to the effective date of this chapter shall remain effective until revised or incorporated by a plan adopted according to this section.
C. Adoption: Before adopting said comprehensive plan, or any part of it, or any substantial amendment thereof, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the date of hearing. The adoption of the plan or part or amendment thereof shall be by resolution of the commission carried by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the commission. After adoption of said plan by the commission, an attested copy thereof shall be certified to the city council and the city council may approve the same, and when said plan or any modification or amendment thereof shall receive the approval of the city council, said plan until subsequently modified or amended, as authorized by this subsection and subsections B and D of this section, shall constitute the official city plan of the city.
D. Amendment Of Plan: When said comprehensive plan has been adopted as above provided for, no substantial amendment or modification thereof shall be made without such proposed change being first referred to the planning, programming and zoning commission for its recommendation. If the planning, programming and zoning commission disapproves the proposed change, it may be adopted by the city council only by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all the membership of the city council.
E. Recommendations: The planning, programming and zoning commission shall consider such other matters as the staff or city council shall find it advisable or essential to receive consideration by the planning, programming and zoning commission.
F. Approval Of Plats: All plans, plats, or replats of subdivisions or resubdivision of land embraced in the city or adjacent thereto, laid out in lots or plats with the streets, alleys or other portions of the same intended to be dedicated to the public in the city and all proposals for the vacation of a street, alley or public ground shall first be submitted to the planning, programming and zoning commission and its recommendation obtained before approval of the city council. (Ord. 4916, 6-23-2008)
A. Appropriation Of Funds: The city council may annually appropriate a sum of money from the general fund for the payment of the expenses of such commission.
B. Expenditure Of Funds: The commission shall have full, complete and exclusive authority to expend for and on behalf of the city all sums of money so appropriated.
C. Grants, Gifts And Donations: All grants, gifts, donations or payments whatsoever which are received by the city for city plan and program purposes shall be placed in the planning, programming and zoning commission fund, to be used by said commission in the manner and for the purposes designated by this chapter.
D. Debt Contracting Powers: The commission shall have no power to contract debts beyond the amount of its income for the current year. (Ord. 4916, 6-23-2008)
A. Technical Committee: Technical assistance for the planning, programming and zoning commission shall be provided through the establishment of a plan and program technical committee.
B. Composition: The technical committee shall be composed of, but not limited to, the following: city engineer, leisure services director, waterworks manager, district soil conservationist, police and fire chiefs, community development director, planning director, building official, a representative of the Waterloo school board, a representative of the Iowa department of transportation highway division headquarters and a representative of the Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments. Department heads and board or commission directors whose agencies have a significant impact upon community development planning and programming may serve on the committee in a nonvoting status. A designated representative of any voting member shall have all rights and privileges of said member.
C. Powers And Duties: The committee shall have the authority to review, analyze and make recommendations of a technical nature on items which are brought before the planning, programming and zoning commission.
D. Rules And Regulations: The technical committee shall adopt such rules and regulations governing its organization and procedures as may be deemed necessary subject to the approval of the commission. (Ord. 4916, 6-23-2008)
The planning and zoning department 1 shall provide staff support to the planning, programming and zoning commission. Subject to the limitations contained in this chapter as to the expenditure of funds, and subject to city council approval, the commission may contract with professional consultants or county, regional, state and federal governments for local planning assistance, and may agree with each or all of them as to the amount, if any, to be paid for such planning assistance. (Ord. 4916, 6-23-2008)
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| 1 | 1. See title 1, chapter 6, article E of this code. |