[CC 1984 §20-16]
In order to make adequate provision for the preparation, adoption and revision of a City plan and to guide, direct and control the future growth and development of the City in an orderly, efficient, healthful and economic manner, there is hereby created a commission to be known as the Planning and Zoning Commission.
[Code 1974 §430.030; CC 1984 §20-17; Ord. No. 11-2I 147, 12-12-2019]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of twelve (12) members, including the Mayor if the Mayor chooses to be a member, the Public Works Director, and a member of the City Council if the City Council chooses to have a member serve on the Commission. The nine (9) 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. The City Council may remove any citizen member for cause stated in writing and after public hearing.
[Code 1974 §430.040; CC 1984 §20-18]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect its Chairman and Secretary from among its citizen members. The term of Chairman and Secretary shall be for one (1) year with eligibility for re-election. The 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 make contract with City planners and other professional persons for the services that it requires. The expenditures of the Commission, exclusive of grants and gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the City Council.
[Code 1974 §§430.050, 430.100; CC 1984 §20-19]
A. 
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have and perform all the functions of a Zoning Commission as provided for in Sections 89.010 to 89.250, RSMo.
B. 
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 they are 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 the blighted districts and slum areas. The Commission may also 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 a population density, but the adoption and enforcement and administration of the zoning plan shall conform to the provisions of Sections 89.010 to 89.250, RSMo.