[CC 1990 §20-10; Ord. No. 341, 5-9-2001]
A. The
City of Belle, Missouri, is hereby authorized to make, adopt, amend
and carry out a City plan for the physical development of this municipality.
B. The
Commission shall make and adopt a City plan for the physical development
of the municipality. 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.
C. In
the preparation of the City plan, the Commission shall make careful
and comprehensive surveys and studies of the existing conditions and
probable future growth of the municipality. The plan shall be made
with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated
development of the municipality 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.
D. The
Commission may make reports and recommendations relating to the plan
and development of the municipality to public officials and agencies,
public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other
organizations and citizens. It may recommend to the executive or legislative
officials of the municipality programs for public improvements and
the financing thereof. All public officials shall, upon request, furnish
to the 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 Commission shall have the
power necessary to enable it to perform its functions and promote
municipal planning.
E. The
Planning and Zoning Commission shall hear and decide appeals from
the denial of development permit applications.
[CC 1990 §20-11; Ord. No. 341, 5-9-2001]
A. The
Planning Commission shall recommend and the Board of Aldermen may
by ordinance adopt regulations governing the subdivision of land within
its jurisdiction.
1. 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; and for distribution of population
and traffic.
2. The regulations may include requirements as to the extent and the
manner in which the streets of the subdivision or any designated portions
thereto shall be graded and improved as well as including requirements
as to the extent and manner of the installation of all utility facilities.
Compliance with all of these requirements is a condition precedent
to the approval of the plat.
3. Before the adoption of its subdivision regulations or any amendment
thereof, a duly advertised public hearing thereon shall be held by
the Board of Aldermen.