2094                                Municipal Charters

21. a. The Council shall have the power to provide for planning,
zoning and subdivision control within the City as hereinafter provided.

b.    The Council may authorize the appointment of a Planning Com-
mission whose members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval
of the Council. Said Commission shall have the powers and duties herein-
after prescribed and such other powers and duties as may be prescribed
from time to time by the Council. The Commission shall consist of five
members or such greater number as the Council may determine from time
to time. The Commission may, but need not, include among its membership
one or more members of the Council. The term of each member of the
Commission shall be four years, unless some different term shall be fixed by
the Council at the time of appointment. After the expiration of the terms
of present members of the Commission, Commission members shall be
appointed in such manner that the terms of no more than 60% of the
members shall expire in any one calendar year. Any member of the Com-
mission may be removed by the Council at any time without cause. Any
vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be filled by the Mayor,
with the approval of the Council. The members of the Commission shall
receive such compensation as shall be determined by the Council from time
to time by resolution.

c.    The Commission shall elect its chairman from amongst the ap-
pointed members and create and fill such other of its offices as it may de-
termine. The term of chairman shall be one year, with eligibility for
re-election. The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each
month. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a
record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which
record shall be a public record.

d.    It shall be the function and duty of the Commission to make and
adopt a master plan for the physical development of the City, including
any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the Commission's judgment,
bear relation to the planning of the City. Such plan, with the accompanying
maps, plats, charts and descriptive matter shall show the Commission's
recommendations for the development of said territory, including, among
other things, the general location, character, and extent of streets, viaducts,
subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, boulevards, parkways, play-
grounds, squares, public buildings, parks, aviation fields, and other public
ways, grounds and open spaces, the general location and extent of public
utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated,
for water, light, sanitation, transportation, communication, power, and
other purposes, also the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating,
abandonment, change of use or extension of any of the foregoing ways,
grounds, open spaces, buildings, property, utilities, or terminals; as well as
a zoning plan for the control of the height, area, bulk, location, and use of
buildings and premises. As the work of making the whole master plan
progresses, the Commission may from time to time adopt and publish a
part or parts thereof, any such part to cover one or more major sections or
divisions of the City or one or more of the aforsaid or other functional
matters to be included in the plan. The Commission may from time to time
amend, extend, or add to the plan.

e.    In the preparation of such plan the Commission shall make careful
and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future
growth of the City and with due regard to its relation to neighboring
territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and
accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the