[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
Under the general direction of the Mayor, the Commissioner of Planning and Development shall have the supervision and control of the administration of the several bureaus and divisions of the Department; said powers and duties shall include but not be limited to the inauguration and direction of comprehensive planning for the economic, social and physical development of the City of Yonkers; the clearance, reconstruction, renewal, rehabilitation, conservation, restoration or improvement, or any combination of these, for the arrest, prevention and elimination of substandard and unsanitary areas, slums and blight, including code enforcement activities now or subsequently vested with the Department; the coordination or capital improvement programs of the city for purposes of obtaining maximum assistance for urban renewal and economic development from the state and federal governments; the inauguration and undertaking of programs designed to retain, restore or expand the city's commercial and industrial tax base; the inauguration and development of public information in all areas concerned with the development, redevelopment, marketing or disposal of properties; the implementation of programs to promote understanding and support for proposed projects and to promote cooperation with interested citizens' groups in the development of interest and participation in public projects; and the submission of applications for federal or state funds, subsidies, grants or grants-in-aid for the conservation, urban renewal or redevelopment through clearance, replanning, reconstruction or rehabilitation of any areas as may be authorized by the Council. The commissioner shall have all the powers and shall exercise all the duties hereinafter conferred upon the several bureaus and divisions of the Department and shall have such other powers and duties as may be granted to him or her by this act or by ordinance or general or special law.