§ 155.224 POWERS AND DUTIES OF PLANNING BOARD.

   The Planning Board may:

   (A)   Make studies of the area within its jurisdiction and surrounding areas;

   (B)   Determine objectives to be sought in the development of the study area;

   (C)   Prepare and adopt plans for achieving these objectives;

   (D)   Develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedure and other means for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner;

   (E)   Advise the Council concerning the use and amendment of means for carrying out plans;

   (F)   Exercise any functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for carrying out plans that the Council may direct;

   (G)   Advise the City Council concerning the implementation of plans, including, but not limited to, review and comment on all zoning text and map amendments as required by G.S. § 160D-604.

   (H)   Perform any other related duties that the Council may direct; and

   (I)   The Planning Board may adopt rules and regulations governing its procedures and operations not inconsistent with policies of the City Council.

(2009 Code, § 155.194) (Ord. passed 10-27-1992; Ord. 2021-Z-19, passed 6-22-2021)

§ 155.225 ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

   (A)   From time to time, the City Council may appoint one or more individuals to assist the Planning Board to carry out its planning responsibilities with respect to a particular subject area. By way of illustration, without limitation, the City Council may appoint advisory committees to consider the thoroughfare plan, bikeway plans, housing plans, economic development plans and the like.

   (B)   Members of the advisory committees shall sit as nonvoting members of the Planning Board when the issues are being considered and shall lend their talents, energies and expertise to the Planning Board. However, all formal recommendations to the City Council shall be made by the Planning Board.

   (C)   Nothing in this section shall prevent the City Council from establishing independent advisory groups, committees or commissions to make recommendations on any issue directly to the City Council.

(2009 Code, § 155.195) (Ord. passed 10-27-1992)

§ 155.226 STATEMENTS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN CITY COUNCIL ON REFERRED MATTERS.

   When conducting a review of proposed zoning text or map amendments pursuant to this section, the Planning Board shall advise and comment on whether the proposed action is consistent with any comprehensive plan that has been adopted and any other officially adopted plan that is applicable. The Planning Board shall provide a written recommendation to the City Council that addresses plan consistency and other matters as deemed appropriate by the Planning Board, but a comment by the Planning Board that a proposed amendment is inconsistent with the comprehensive plan shall not preclude consideration or approval of the proposed amendment by the City Council. If a zoning map amendment qualifies as a "large-scale rezoning" under G.S. § 106-602(b), the Planning Board statement describing plan consistency may address the overall rezoning and describe how the analysis and policies in the relevant adopted plans were considered in the recommendation made.

(2009 Code, § 155.196) (Ord. passed 1-24-2006; Ord. 2021-Z-19, passed 6-22-2021)

BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

§ 155.240 APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

   (A)   As of November 14, 2017, the City Planning Board will assume the duties of the Board of Adjustment The Planning Board members serving as of the date listed above shall serve in a dual capacity, both as Planning Board and Board of Adjustment members.

   (B)   Members may be reappointed to successive terms without limitation.

   (C)   All members may participate in and vote on all issues before the Board, regardless of whether the property involved is located within the city or within the extraterritorial planning area.

   (D)   All members appointed to the Board of Adjustment shall, before entering their duties, qualify by taking an oath of office as required by G.S. § 160D-309.

   (E)   Proportional representation of populations within the extraterritorial area shall be provided by appointing residents of the entire extraterritorial planning and development regulation area to the Board of Adjustment with a minimum of one resident appointed from the extraterritorial area. The population estimates for this calculation shall be updated no less frequently than after each decennial census.

(2009 Code, § 155.215) (Ord. passed 10-27-1992; Ord. 2017-O-57, passed 11-14-2017; Ord. 2021-Z-19, passed 6-22-2021)