[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-210), 2-22-1999]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall prepare a zoning plan for the regulation of the height, area, bulk, location and use of private, non-profit and public structures and premises and of population density, provided that the adoption, enforcement and administration of the zoning plan shall conform to the provisions of Sections 89.010 to 89.250, RSMo., and Chapter
405 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-211), 2-22-1999]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall make and adopt a City
plan for the physical development of the City. The City plan, with
the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive and explanatory
matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations for the physical
development and uses of land and may include, among other things,
the general location, character and extent of streets and other public
ways, grounds, places and spaces; the general location and extent
of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned,
the acceptance, widening, removal, extension, relocation, narrowing,
vacation, abandonment or change of use of any of the foregoing; the
general character, extent and layout of the replanning of blighted
districts and slum areas.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-212), 2-22-1999]
In the preparation of the City plan, the Planning and Zoning
Commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies
of the existing conditions and probable future growth of the City.
The plan shall be made with the purpose of guiding and accomplishing
a coordinated development of the City which will, in accordance with
existing and future needs, best promote the general welfare as well
as efficiency and economy in the process of development.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-213), 2-22-1999]
A. The Planning
and Zoning Commission may adopt the City plan as a whole by a single
resolution or, as the work of making the whole City plan progresses,
may from time to time adopt a part or parts thereof, any part to correspond
generally with one (1) or more of the functional subdivisions of the
subject matter of the plan.
B. Before
the adoption, amendment or extension of the City plan or any portion
thereof, the Zoning and Planning Commission shall hold at least one
(1) public hearing thereon. Fifteen (15) days' notice of the time
and place of such hearing shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper
having general circulation within the City and the hearing may be
adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the City plan requires
a majority vote of the full membership of the Planning and Zoning
Commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps, descriptive
matter and other matters intended by the Commission to form the whole
or part of the plan and the action taken shall be recorded on the
adopted plan or part thereof by the identifying signature of the Secretary
of the Commission, identified properly by file number and a copy of
the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the City Council and
the City Clerk and a copy shall be recorded in the office of the Jasper
County Recorder of Deeds.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-214), 2-22-1999]
Whenever the Planning and Zoning Commission adopts the City
plan or any part thereof, no street or other public facilities or
no public utility, whether publicly or privately owned and the location,
extent and character thereof having been included in the recommendations
and proposals of the plan or portions thereof, shall be constructed
or authorized in the City until the location, extent and character
thereof has been submitted to and approved by the Planning and Zoning
Commission. In case of disapproval, the Commission shall communicate
its reasons to the City Council, and the City Council, by vote of
not less than two-thirds (2/3) of its entire membership, may overrule
the disapproval and, upon the overruling, the City Council or the
appropriate board or officer may proceed. The acceptance, widening,
removal, extension, relocation, narrowing, vacation, abandonment,
change of use, acquisition of land for, sale or lease of any street
or other public facility is subject to similar submission and approval,
and the failure to approve may be similarly overruled. The failure
of the Planning and Zoning Commission to act within sixty (60) days
after the date of official submission to it shall be deemed approval.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-215), 2-22-1999]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall prepare and recommend,
and the City Council may by ordinance adopt regulations governing
the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. The regulations,
in addition to the requirements provided by law for the approval of
plats, may provide requirements for the coordinated development of
the City; for the coordination of streets within subdivisions with
other existing or planned streets or with other features of the City
plan or official map of the City; for adequate open spaces for traffic,
recreation, light and air; for a distribution of population and traffic;
and for other matters mentioned in Section 89.410, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-216), 2-22-1999]
Before adoption of any subdivision regulations or any amendment
thereof by the City Council, a duly advertised public hearing thereof
shall be held by the City Council.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-217), 2-22-1999]
After the Planning and Zoning Commission has adopted a City
plan which includes at least a major street plan, or the Commission
progresses in its City planning to the making and adoption of a major
street plan, and files a certified copy of the major street plan in
the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Jasper County, then no plat
of a subdivision of land lying within the City shall be filed or recorded
until it has been submitted to and a report and recommendation thereon
made by the Planning and Zoning Commission to the City Council, and
the City Council has approved the plat as provided by law.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-218), 2-22-1999]
Upon adoption of a major street plan and Subdivision Regulations,
the City shall not accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave or
light any street, or lay out or authorize the laying of water mains,
sewers, connections or other utilities in any street within the City
unless the street has received the legal status of a public street
prior to the adoption of a City plan; or unless the street corresponds
in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat
approved by the City Council or the Planning and Zoning Commission,
or on a street plan made by and adopted by the Planning and Zoning
Commission. The City Council may locate and construct or may accept
any other street if the ordinance or other measure for the location
and construction or for the acceptance is first submitted to the Commission
for its approval, and approved by the Commission or, if disapproved
by the Commission, is passed by the affirmative vote of not less than
two-thirds (2/3) of the members elected to the City Council.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-219), 2-22-1999]
A. After
the adoption of a major street plan, no building permit shall be issued
for and no building shall be erected on any lot within the City unless
the street giving access to the lot upon which the building is proposed
to be placed conforms to the requirements of this Chapter.
B. Whenever
a major street plan has been adopted, the City Council, upon recommendation
of the Planning and Zoning Commission, is hereby authorized to establish,
regulate, limit and amend, by ordinance, building or setback lines
on major streets and to prohibit any new building from being located
within the proposed site or right-of-way when the centerline of the
proposed street or the limits of the proposed sites have been carefully
determined and are accurately delineated on plans approved by the
Planning and Zoning Commission and adopted by the City Council.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-220), 2-22-1999]
All public officials shall, upon request, furnish to the Planning
and Zoning Commission within a reasonable time all available information
it requires for its work. The Commission, its members and employees,
in the performance of its functions, may enter upon any land to make
examinations and surveys. In general, the Planning and Zoning Commission
shall have the power necessary to enable it to perform its functions
and promote municipal planning and zoning.
[Ord. No. 6924 §§1—3(9-221), 2-22-1999]
The Comprehensive City Plan of the City of Webb City dated June,
1977 on file with the City Clerk, as amended, is the City Comprehensive
Plan referenced herein.
[Ord. No. 09-7335 §1, 2-9-2009]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall prepare and recommend
and the City Council may by ordinance adopt regulations governing
the designation of certain districts, buildings, lots, public land
or any other landmark, property public or private that in the judgment
of the Zoning and Planning Commission and City Council exhibits the
necessary attributes to be designated a historic resource of the City
of Webb City as provided by Chapter 89 and Section 253.415 of the
Missouri Statutes.
[Ord. No. 7126 §1(2-180), 10-25-2004]
The Planning and Zoning Commission is hereby established and
shall consist of seven (7) citizen members appointed by the Mayor
and approved by the Council. All citizen members of the Commission
shall serve without compensation. The term of each of the citizen
members shall be for four (4) years. Any vacancy in a membership shall
be filled for the unexpired term by appointment as aforesaid. The
Council may remove any citizen member for cause stated in writing
and after public hearing.
[CC 1989 §2-181]
As soon as practicable after the appointment of the new members
each year, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall meet and elect
a Chairman and Secretary from among the citizen members. The term
of Chairman and Secretary shall be for one (1) year with eligibility
for re-election. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold such
regular and special meetings as they provide by rule and they shall
adopt rules for the transaction of business and keep a record of their
proceedings. These records shall be public records.
[CC 1989 §2-182]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have and perform all
of the functions of a Zoning Commission provided by State law and
shall have and perform all of the functions of a Planning Commission
provided by State law.