[Amended 12-6-2004 by Ord. No. 04-53]
On April 10, 1989, the Village Board of Trustees
established a Plan Commission for the Village of Pleasant Prairie.
[Amended 10-21-2019 by Ord. No. 19-38]
The Plan Commission shall consist of seven members
and up to three alternates. The members shall be citizens of recognized
experience and qualifications, appointed by the Village President.
The Village President shall also appoint a first alternate member,
a second alternate member and a third alternate member of the Plan
Commission, who shall attend all hearings and other proceedings of
the Plan Commission. The first alternate member shall vote whenever
any regular member is absent or has a conflict of interest. The second
alternate shall vote whenever two or more regular members are absent
or have a conflict of interest, or one regular member and the first
alternate member are absent or have a conflict of interest. The third
alternate shall vote whenever three or more regular members are absent
or have a conflict of interest, or one regular member and the first
and second alternate members are absent or have a conflict of interest,
or two regular members and the first or second alternate members are
absent or have a conflict of interest.
The actual and necessary expenses incurred by
Plan Commission in the performance of its duties shall be paid and
allowed as in cases of other claims against the Village. The Village
Board may likewise compensate members of said Board and such assistants
as may be authorized by the Village Board.
The Plan Commission shall elect a Chair and
a Vice Chair who shall appoint a Secretary for the Commission.
Each member of the Commission shall serve a
three-year term which shall commence May 1 of the year of appointment.
(The terms of the existing Commission members shall expire when their
terms as Town Plan Commission members would have expired.) The alternate
members of the Plan Commission shall serve a one-year term commencing
on May 1 of the year of their appointment. (The term of the initial
alternate members shall commence upon their appointment and shall
end on the following April 30.)
The Village President shall promptly appoint
a new member or alternative member to fill any mid-term vacancy of
the Plan Commission, and the newly appointed member or alternative
member shall serve the balance of his or her predecessor's term.
The Plan Commission shall organize and adopt
rules for its own government in accordance with the provisions of
this article.
[Amended 10-19-2009 by Ord. No. 09-52]
A.
Regular
meetings. Regular meetings of the Plan Commission shall be held twice
a month. The days and time shall be established by resolution and
approved by the Village Board. Any regular meeting falling on a legal
holiday may be rescheduled.
[Amended 1-18-2010 by Ord. No. 10-03; 11-4-2019 by Ord. No. 19-35]
B.
Special
meetings. Special meetings of the Plan Commission may be called by
the Village President, the Plan Commission Chair, a majority of the
Commission or the Village Administrator.
C.
All meetings
of the Plan Commission shall be held in the Village Hall and shall
be open to the public.
Standing and special committees may be appointed
by the Commission Chair.
Four members shall constitute a quorum, but
all actions shall require approval of a majority of the full Commission,
except a motion to adjourn.
A written record shall be kept showing all actions
taken, resolutions, findings, determinations, transactions, and recommendations
made, and a copy of such record shall be filed with the Village Clerk
as a public record, unless a closed session of the Plan Commission
is permitted under § 19.85, Wis. Stats. Records shall not
be destroyed except as pursuant to law. When necessary, conclusions
and orders of the Plan Commission shall be filed with the Kenosha
County Register of Deeds Office.
The Plan Commission shall have such powers and
duties as may be necessary to enable it to perform its functions and
promote Village Planning. Such powers and duties shall include the
following:
A.
To employ experts and a staff and to pay for their
services, supplies, equipment and such other expenses as may be necessary
and proper, not to exceed the appropriations and regulations made
by the Village Board.
B.
To recommend public improvement programs to the Village
Board.
C.
To request available information from any public official
to be furnished within a reasonable time.
D.
To make and adopt master plans, such as but not limited
to land use, transportation and other relevant plans for the physical
development of the Village, and any amendments thereto, in accordance
with § 62.23(2) and (3), Wis. Stats.
E.
To hear and decide applications for conditional use permits in accordance with the general and specific rules set out in Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance.
F.
To hear and decide applications for site and operational plans and residential development plans in accordance with Chapter 420, Zoning Ordinance.
G.
To prepare and make recommendations to the Village
Board regarding an official map, or amendments thereto, in accordance
with § 62.23(6), Wis. Stats.
H.
To prepare and make recommendations to the Village
Board regarding zoning district maps and regulations, and amendments
to such maps and regulations, in accordance with § 62.23(7),
Wis. Stats.
I.
To prepare and make recommendations to the Village
Board regarding subdivision and other land division regulations in
accordance with § 236.45, Wis. Stats.
J.
To make recommendations to the Village Board relating
to any changes or amendments related to incorporations, annexations
or consolidations affecting the Village.
K.
To make recommendations to the Village Board and the
Community Development Authority related to any redevelopment plans
or amendments thereto.
L.
To prepare and make recommendations to the Village Board on any changes or amendments that the Plan Commission deems necessary or desirable concerning Chapter 180, Fire and Rescue Protection, Chapter 132, Blasting Regulations and Licensing, and Chapter 270, Quarries and Nonmetallic Mining Operations, of the Village Code as may be requested by Village Board.
M.
To prepare and make recommendations to the Village
Board regarding the location and architectural design of any public
building; the location of any statue; or vacation, abandonment, change
of use, sale, acquisition of land for or lease of land for any street,
alley or other public way, park, playground, area for parking vehicles
or other memorial or public grounds as may be requested by the Village
Board.
N.
To consider and report or make recommendations on
all matters referred to the Plan Commission.
Any member of the Plan Commission having a conflict
of interest in any matter coming before the Commission shall refrain
from any voting or discussion either prior to, at or after the matter
has been heard by the Plan Commission.
