It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission
to prepare and recommend to the City Council for adoption a Comprehensive
City Plan for guiding the physical, social and economic development
of the City and its environs, including but not limited to a preparation
of policy statements, goals, standards, maps, zoning regulations,
land use plans, community facilities plans, transportation plans,
building and occupancy regulations, official maps, a capital improvements
program, platting regulations, regulations for the subdivision of
land, urban renewal, a program for the coordination of the normal
public improvements and services, recommendations in connection with
the improvement or destruction of dilapidated buildings and structures
and any other recommendations of reasonable and practical means for
putting the plan or section of the plan into effect.
The Planning Commission shall act as a Board
of Adjustments and Appeals to hear and decide appeals where it is
alleged that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision
or determination made by any administrative officer in the enforcement
of any ordinance pertaining to zoning regulations, building regulations,
land use regulations, platting regulations, subdivision regulations,
safety and sanitary regulations, official maps and other matters of
a like nature and also to hear requests for variances from the literal
provisions of any ordinance pertaining to zoning, official maps, subdivision
regulations and any other ordinances of a like nature under the terms
of which variance may be permitted.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission
to study and review all proposed plats and subdivision developments
and make recommendations to the City Council.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission
to study and review all proposed acquisitions by the City and all
proposed dispositions by the City of any interest in real property
within the City and make recommendations to the City Council.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission
to study and review all proposed capital improvements in the City
and make recommendations to the City Council.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
chapter to the contrary, the failure of the City Council to refer
any matter to the Planning Commission for its consideration or recommendation
shall not affect the legality of any action taken by the City Council.
