§ 78-20. Duties of zoning commission.

The duties of the zoning commission are as follows:

(1)

To recommend the boundaries of original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein.

(2)

To hold public hearings and make recommendations to the city council on requests for a change in zoning district boundaries or in the regulations applicable in the various zoning districts, or on the zoning to be applied in areas which are proposed for annexation. Such recommendations may be evidenced by minutes of the commission's meeting.

(3)

To recommend approval or disapproval of the original location and relocation of alleys, sidewalks, and any means of ingress and egress to the public streets, the final determination of which shall be made by the city council.

(4)

To act as the city's planning commission in recommending to the city council a comprehensive plan for the physical development of the city, including land use regulation and capital improvement programs, and in recommending updates to such plan and its implementation programs as the commission considers necessary or as the council requests.

(5)

To perform such other functions as are necessary or required by state law or city ordinance.

(Ord. No. 929, § 20, 1-20-2005)