10-3-8 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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All Planning Commission members shall be under the direction of the Mayor and Council and shall not involve themselves in matters such as business licensing, animal regulations, and nuisance enforcement unless delegated to do so by the Mayor or City Council. The Planning Commission shall elect from its members a Chair and Vice Chair, during the month of December of each year, whose term of office shall be from January 1st to December 31st or until a successor is elected. The Commission shall be governed by the following duties as prescribed by the Wendover City Council and the Utah Code. Any future revisions of said section or any successor provision of law relating to the powers and duties of planning commissions in fifth class cities shall govern and control this ordinance.
1.
The Planning Commission shall make a recommendation to the legislative body for:
a)
a general plan and amendments to the general plan;
b)
land use ordinances, zoning maps, official maps, and amendments;
c)
an appropriate delegation of power to at least one designated land use authority to hear and
act on a land use application;
d)
an appropriate delegation of power to at least one appeal authority to hear and act on an
appeal from a decision of the land use authority; and
e)
application processes that:
i)
may include a designation of routine land use matters that, upon application and
proper notice, will receive informal streamlined review and action if the
application is uncontested; and
ii)
shall protect the right of each:
A)
applicant and third party to require formal consideration of any
application by a land use authority;
B)
applicant, adversely affected party, or municipal officer or employee to
appeal a land use authority's decision to a separate appeal authority; and
C)
participant to be heard in each public hearing on a contested application.
2.
Planning Chairperson
a)
shall preside over all meetings for the Planning and Zoning Board;
b)
shall call special meetings of the Commission in accordance with these procedures;
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c)
shall execute all documents for the Commission and see that all actions of the Commission
are properly taken;
d)
shall recommend to the Secretary items to be placed on meeting agendas.
3.
Planning Vice-Chairperson
a)
shall act as Chairperson in the absence or disability of the Chairperson and shall perform
such other duties as may be designated by the Chairperson.
4.
Secretary
a)
Prepare and maintain documentation of agenda items including the posting of agendas and
record of minutes.
5.
The Planning Commission shall administer provisions of the land use ordinance, where specifically
provided in this Code.
6.
The Planning Commission shall hear or decide the approval or denial of, or recommendations to
approve or deny, conditional use permits.