The Municipal Planning Commission shall have the power to:
(1) Review and recommend any revisions to the Master Plan, official map, area plans, and development standards of the City as often as necessary but not less frequently than every five (5) years;
(2) Recommend to Council the disposition of requests for subdivision platting;
(3) Recommend to Council amendments to the zoning plan and ordinance of the Municipality;
(4) Recommend to Council zoning changes and zoning for newly annexed areas;
(5) Determine or recommend to Council, as provided by ordinance, the disposition of requests for conditional use permits;
(6) Cooperate with the regional planning commission and the planning commissions of area municipalities;
(7) Act as the Board of Architectural Review as provided by ordinance. The Council shall annually appoint as additional voting members of the Board of Architectural Review two representatives of the Architectural Review District, one or both of whom shall be a resident freeholder of said District;
(8) Perform such other duties, not inconsistent with this Charter, as may be required by ordinance.
In rendering a decision or recommendation, the Municipal Planning Commission shall articulate its basis therefor, in writing, by reference to the relationship that decision or recommendation has to the overall comprehensive planning goals of the City, which may be found in the Master Plan, the zoning map, a course of zoning or subdivision practices by the City, or any other acknowledged comprehensive strategy or goals previously established at the time of the decision or recommendation. (Amended November 8, 2016.)