Comprehensive City Plan Preparation And
Contents. It shall be the function and duty of the Planning and Zoning
Commission to make and adopt a Comprehensive Plan for the physical
development of the City. Such plan, with the accompanying maps, plats,
charts and descriptive matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations
for the development of the area, including, among other things; the
general location, character and extent of streets, viaducts, bridges,
waterways, waterfronts, boulevards, highways, parkways, playgrounds,
squares, parks, airfields and other public ways, grounds and open
spaces; the general location of public buildings and other public
property; and the general location and extent of public utilities
and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, for
water, light, sanitation, transportation, communication, power and
other purposes; also the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing,
vacating, abandonment, change of use or extension of any of the foregoing
ways, grounds, open spaces, buildings, property, utilities or terminals;
as well as a zoning plan for the control of the height, area, bulk,
location and use of buildings and premises and of population density;
the general location, character, layout and extent of community centers
and neighborhood units; and the general character, extent and layout
of the replanning of blighted districts and slum areas and the establishment
of fire zones. The Commission shall hold public hearings on any major
final report before submitting the same to the City Council for its
action thereon, and the Council shall not hold its public hearings
or take action until it has received the final report of the Plan
Commission on the particular proposition to be acted on.