The Planning Commission shall have power to:
(a) Make plans and maps of the whole or any portion of the City, and of any land outside of the City, which, in the opinion of the Commission, bears relation to the planning of the City, and may make changes in such plans or maps when it deems same advisable.
(1) Such maps or plans shall show the Commission's recommendations for new streets, alleys, ways, viaducts, bridges, subways, parkways, parks, playgrounds or any other public grounds or public improvements; and the removal, relocation, widening or extension of such public works when existing.
(b) With a view to the systematic planning of the City, the Commission may make recommendations to the City Manager, City Council, and department heads concerning the location of streets, transportation and communication facilities, public buildings and grounds.
(c) Control, preserve, and care for historical landmarks; to control in the manner provided by ordinance the design and location of statuary, which are or may become the property of the City; and the removal, relocation, and alteration of any such works belonging to the City;
(d) Control the design of bridges, viaducts, street fixtures, and other public structures and appurtenances.
(1) Whenever the Commission shall have made a plan of the City, or any portion thereof, no public building, street, boulevard, parkway, park, playground, public ground, canal, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, utility (whether publicly or privately owned), or part thereof, shall be constructed in the City of such planned portion of the City until the location thereof shall be approved by the Commission; provided that in case of disapproval the Commission shall communicate its reasons for disapproval to City Council and City Council, by a vote of not less than a majority of its members shall have the power to overrule such disapproval.
The narrowing, ornamentation, vacation or change in the use of streets and other public ways, grounds, and places shall be subject to similar approval, and disapproval may be similarly overruled. The Commission may make recommendations to any public authority or to any corporations or individuals in such City or the territory contiguous thereto, concerning the location of any buildings, structures or works to be erected or constructed by them.
(Ord. 12-2012. Passed 10-15-12.)