[R.O. 2013 §400.010]
There is hereby established within and for the City a Planning
Commission which shall consist of not more than fifteen (15) nor less
than seven (7) members, including the Mayor, if the Mayor chooses
to be a member; a member of the Board of Aldermen selected by the
Board, if the Board chooses to have a member serve on the Commission;
and not more than fifteen (15) nor less than five (5) citizens appointed
by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen. The term of each
of the citizen members shall be for four (4) years, except that the
terms of the citizen members first (1st) appointed shall be for varying
periods so that succeeding terms will be staggered. Any vacancy in
a membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment
as aforesaid. The Board of Aldermen may remove any citizen member
for cause stated in writing and after public hearing.
[R.O. 2013 §400.020]
All citizen members of the Planning Commission shall serve without
compensation.
[R.O. 2013 §400.030]
The Planning Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Secretary
from among the citizen members. The term of Chairman and Secretary
shall be for one (1) year with eligibility for re-election.
[R.O. 2013 §400.040; CC 1991 §410.020; CC §40.020]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold regular meetings
and special meetings as they provide by rule and shall adopt rules
for the transaction of business and keep a record of its proceedings.
These records shall be public records. The Commission shall appoint
the employees and staff necessary for its work and may contract with
City planners and other professional persons for the services that
it requires.
[R.O. 2013 §400.050]
The expenditures of the Planning Commission, exclusive of grants
and gifts, shall be within amounts appropriated for the purposes of
the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2013 §400.060]
All public officials shall upon request furnish to the Planning
Commission, within a reasonable time, all available information it
requires for its works.
[R.O. 2013 §400.070]
In general, the Planning Commission shall have the power necessary
to enable it to perform its functions and promote City planning. The
Planning Commission shall have the power to perform all of the functions
of the Zoning Commission provided for in Chapter 89, RSMo., and shall
have and perform all of the functions of a Planning Board as outlined
in such Chapter.
[R.O. 2013 §400.080; CC 1991 §410.030; CC §40.030]
The Planning Commission shall make an annual report to the Board
of Aldermen covering their investigations, transactions, recommendations
and such other and further reports relative thereto as it may deem
proper or as required by the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2013 §400.090; CC 1991 §410.040; CC §40.040]
A.
The
Commission shall make and adopt a City Plan for the physical development
of the City and in the preparation of the plan, the Commission shall
make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the existing
conditions and its probable future growth, including recommendations
relative to the location, length, width and arrangement of the streets,
alleys, bridges, viaducts, parks, parkways, playgrounds, recreation
areas, boulevards or other public grounds or improvements, the platting
of public property into lots, plots, streets or alleys, the grouping
of public buildings, the design and placing of memorials, works of
art, street lighting standards, telegraph, telephone and electric
poles, street name signs, billboards or projecting signs and other
things pertaining to the welfare, housing appearance or beauty of
the City or any portion thereof.
B.
Make
recommendations in connection with the execution and detailed interpretation
of the City Plan and make such changes and adjustments in the plan
as may be deemed desirable from time to time.
C.
Prepare
and recommend to the Board of Aldermen rules controlling the subdivision
of land.
D.
Make
recommendations regarding the approval or disapproval of plats for
land subdivision. Such plats shall be referred to the Planning Commission
before the Board of Aldermen takes any action. Failure of the City
Planning Commission to act within sixty (60) days shall be deemed
an approval.
E.
Recommend
from time to time legislation which may be desirable to further the
purposes of City planning.
F.
Assume
any other powers or duties as are provided by the ordinances of the
City or as are provided by Statutes of the State of Missouri relative
to planning in this municipality.
[R.O. 2013 §400.100; CC 1991 §410.050; CC §40.050]
The Commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution
or, as the work 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.
Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion
thereof, the 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 of Tarkio. The adoption of the plan requires a majority
vote of the full membership of the Planning 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
and filed in the office of the Commission, identified properly by
file number; and a copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified
to the Board of Aldermen and the City Clerk; and a copy shall be recorded
in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds.
