[Ord. 2018-67, 10-1-2018]
There is hereby created a Plan, Zoning and Development Commission for the Village, by virtue of the authority of divisions 12 and 13 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code and pursuant to the home rule powers of the Village.
The Plan, Zoning and Development Commission shall consist of seven members, who shall be appointed by the Village President, with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees. The Village President shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, one member to serve as Chairman. The Chairman shall serve for a period of one year and may be reappointed to successive terms. Members of the commission shall elect a Vice Chairman and Secretary.
The seven members shall be appointed to staggered terms. For the initial appointments to the commission, two members shall be appointed to a term expiring April 30, 2019, two members shall be appointed to a term expiring April 30, 2020, and three one members shall be appointed to a term expiring April 30, 2021. Their successors shall be appointed for three year terms. All appointments, except the initial appointments, shall begin on May 1 and end on April 30. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Village President shall have the power to remove any appointed member for cause and after public hearing. In case of any vacancy, the Village President, with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired term of the person whose office was vacated.
The President of the Village shall be an ex officio, non- voting member of the Plan, Zoning and Development Commission. In addition, the Village President may appoint, with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, additional non- voting members, including persons who are employed or who do business in some capacity in the Village.
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The Plan, Zoning and Development Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) 
To recommend changes, from time to time, in the official comprehensive plan of the Village;
(b) 
To recommend the boundaries of zoning districts and appropriate zoning regulations to be enforced therein;
(c) 
To hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official charged with the enforcement of any zoning ordinance;
(d) 
To conduct public hearings and make recommendations regarding zoning ordinances, variations, special uses, text amendments and map amendments;
(e) 
The preparation and presentation to the President and the Board of Trustees of the Village, from time to time, of recommendations regarding the development of business and commercial districts within the Village;
(f) 
The review of the facade improvement program conceptual drawings and the presentation to the Village President and Board of Trustees of recommendations regarding such conceptual drawings;
(g) 
To hear and decide all matters referred to it upon which it is required to pass, as directed by the Village President and Board of Trustees and such other powers and duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Village President and Board of Trustees.
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The members of the Plan, Zoning and Development Commission shall serve without compensation.
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The Plan, Zoning and Development Commission shall, from time to time, adopt such rules, bylaws and regulations governing its organizational procedures as it may deem proper, for the conduct of its work and which are consistent with the ordinances of this Village and State Statutes. The commission shall keep written records of its proceedings which, upon approval by the commission, shall be forwarded to the Village Clerk, with a copy to the Village Manager for distribution to the Village President and Board of Trustees. Such minutes and other written records of the commission shall be placed on file in the Office of the Village Clerk, where the same shall be available for public inspection.
The Plan, Zoning and Development Commission shall hold regular meetings each month on dates to be determined by the commission. Special meetings may be called at any time by the Chairman or by three members, upon 48 hours' notice to the members of the commission. Four voting members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. No required public hearing shall be conducted without a quorum of the commission being present. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. The Chairman, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. Any absent member who certifies that he or she has read the transcript of the proceedings before the commission may vote upon any question before the commission.