There is hereby created a Plan Commission for the City of Mendota,
which Commission shall consist of five members to be appointed by
the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the Council, in the
same manner as other officers of the City are appointed, and shall
be subject to the provisions of all ordinances relating to appointments
of officers of the City. In addition to the five members so appointed,
the acting Chairman of the Zoning Appeal Board of the City of Mendota,
and the Mayor, and the President of the Board of Local Improvements
thereof shall be members ex-officio of the Commission. The five members
so appointed, as aforesaid, shall serve respectively for the following
terms: one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one
for four years, and one for five years from and after the first Monday
of May; the successor to each member so appointed shall serve for
a term of five years each, and until his or her respective successor
is duly appointed. One of the members so appointed shall be named
as Chairman at the time of his appointment. Vacancies shall be filled
for the unexpired term of any member whose place has become vacant.
The Plan Commission shall have power and duties as follows:
A.
To
prepare and recommend to the Mayor and City Council a Comprehensive
Plan of public improvements, looking to the present and future development
of the City of Mendota, which plan, after its adoption by the Mayor
and Council of the City of Mendota, shall be known as the "Official
Plan of the City of Mendota." The Commission may thereafter, from
time to time, recommend any changes to such Official Plan. Such plan
shall include reasonable requirements in reference to streets, alleys
and public grounds in unsubdivided lands, within the corporate limits,
and in contiguous territory outside of the district not more than
1 1/2 miles from the limits of the City of Mendota, and not included
in any city, village or incorporated town, such requirements to be
effective whenever such lands shall be subdivided after the adoption
of such plan.
B.
To
prepare and recommend to the Mayor and City Council from time to time
plans for specific improvements in pursuance of such Official Plan.
C.
To
give aid to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Mendota, and
the Board of Local Improvements of the City of Mendota, in the development
and completion of projects embraced within the Official Plan.
