Article VI – PLANNING
Article VI – PLANNING
Section - 6.01 Planning Director.
There may be a planning department headed by a director who shall be appointed by the manager as provided in section 4.01.
The planning director shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) To advise the city manager on any matter affecting the physical development of the
City.
(2) To formulate and recommend to the city manager a comprehensive plan and modifications
thereof.
(3) To review and make recommendations regarding proposed council action mplementing the
comprehensive plan pursuant to section 6.04.
(4) To participate in the preparation and revision of the capital program provided for in
section 5.05, and
(5) To advise the City Planning Board in the exercise of its responsibilities and in connection
therewith to provide necessary staff assistance.
Section - 6.02 City Planning Board.
There shall be a City Planning Board consisting of five members and two alternate members appointed by the council for terms of three years from among the qualified voters of the City. Members of the board shall hold no other city office. The board may make recommendations to the city manager and the city council on all matters affecting the physical development of the City, shall be consulted on the comprehensive plan and the implementation thereof as provided in sections 6.03 and 6.04, and shall exercise all other responsibilities as may be provided by law.
Section - 6.03 Comprehensive Plan.
Content and Modification. The Comprehensive Plan in force at the time of the adoption of
this charter shall remain, in force; it may from time to time be modified by the city council.
Upon receipt from the city manager of a proposed modification of the existing plan, the council
shall refer such proposal to the city planning board, which shall within a time specified by the
council report its recommendations thereon. After receipt of the recommendations of the
planning board, the council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed comprehensive
plan or modification thereof and shall thereafter adopt it by resolution with or without
amendment.
Effect. The comprehensive plan shall serve as a guide to all future council action concerning
land use and development regulations, urban renewal programs and expenditures for capital
improvements.
Section - 6.04 Implementation of the Comprehensive Plan.
(a) Land Use and Development Regulations. The council may by ordinance adopt land use
and development regulations, including but not limited to an official map and zoning and
subdivision regulations.
(b) Urban Renewal. The council may by ordinance provide for redevelopment, rehabilitation,
conservation and renewal program for: (1) The alleviation
obsolescence, blight or other condition of deterioration, and (2) the achievement of the
most appropriate use of
land.
(c) Council Action. Before acting on any proposed ordinance concerning land use and
development regulations, urban renewal or expenditures for capital improvement, where
such ordinance refers to a matter covered by the comprehensive plan, the council shall
refer the proposal to the city planning board, which shall within a time specified by the
council and prior to the public hearing on the proposed ordinance report its
recommendation thereon. Upon adopting any such ordinance, the council shall make
finding and report on the relationship between the ordinance and the comprehensive
plan and, in the event that the ordinance does not accord with such comprehensive
plan, the plan shall be deemed to be amended in accordance with such findings and
report.
Section - 6.05 Zoning Board of Appeals.
The council shall by ordinance establish a zoning board of appeals and shall provide standards and procedures for such board to hear and determine appeals from administrative decisions regarding the zoning ordinance, petitions for variances in the case of peculiar and unusual circumstances which would prevent the reasonable use of land and such other matters as may be required by the council or by law.
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