Cross References — Administration, Title I; airport planning commission, ch. 145 art. II; parks and recreation, ch. 235; civil defense, ch. 240; zoning regulations, ch. 405; subdivision regulations, ch. 410; buildings and building regulations — generally, ch. 500; fire prevention code, §500.070 et seq.; electricity, ch. 505; plumbing, ch. 510; property maintenance code, ch. 520.
[Code 1962 §2-125; CC 1979 §22-16]
In order to make adequate provision for and to guide and direct
the future development and growth of the City and to avail the City
of the powers and benefits conferred by Sections 89.010 to 89.140,
RSMo., 1969, there is hereby created a Commission to be known as the
City Planning and Zoning Commission.
[Code 1962 §2-126; CC 1979 §22-17; Ord. No. 187-2021, 6-1-2021]
The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of seven
(7) appointed, voting members, who shall be citizens of the City and
who shall serve without pay. Additionally, one (1) Council member
and the City Manager or his/her designee shall be ex officio, non-voting
members of such Commission.
[Code 1962 §2-127; CC 1979 §22-18; Ord. No. 188-2021, 6-1-2021]
Each member of the City Planning and Zoning Commission shall
be appointed by the City Council. Initially two (2) members shall
serve for one (1) year, two (2) for two (2) years, and three (3) for
three (3) years. The term of each member shall be determined and assigned
by the Council at the time of appointment. Subsequent terms shall
be for three (3) years. In the event of a vacancy, a new member shall
be appointed to fill such vacancy in the same manner and for the remainder
of the unexpired term.
[Code 1962 §2-128; CC 1979 §22-19]
The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect from its
members a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary, and may adopt
rules and regulations for its own organization and procedure as it
may deem proper, not inconsistent with law and the ordinances of the
City. Such Commission shall meet at such times and at such places
as may be determined by the members of the Commission, suitable to
their needs and convenience and to the end that its final report on
zoning to the City Council may be submitted without undue delay.
[Code 1962 §2-129; CC 1979 §22-20]
The City Planning and Zoning Commission may employ such City
planners, engineers, surveyors, clerks and other persons as may be
authorized and approved by the City Council, whose salaries and compensation
and the necessary expenses of the Commission shall be provided for
at the discretion of the City Council by proper appropriations or
ordinances, and no expenditures shall be incurred or made without
the consent and approval of the City Council, nor shall any expenditure
exceed the amount appropriated or consented to by the City Council.
[Code 1962 §2-130; CC 1979 §22-21]
The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall make studies,
investigations and surveys, hold public hearings, and do all things
necessary, advisable and proper to determine and shall thereupon recommend
by a report to the City Council the boundaries of the various original
Zoning Districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein,
and shall prepare and submit a suggested comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
and plans, maps, outlines, and drawings, covering the whole City and
the various recommendations of a zoning system for the City. The Commission
shall make a preliminary report and shall hold public hearings thereon
before submitting its final report to the City Council. The Commission
shall prepare and submit plans for the physical development of the
City, or portions thereof, and areas adjacent to the City which in
the opinion of the Commission bears relation to the welfare, convenience
and beauty of the City, together with its recommendations as to restrictions
and other questions and issues relating to the development of the
City and its adjacent areas, and such plans shall show the ideas and
recommendations of the Commission relative to the location, width
and arrangement of streets, alleys, bridges, parks, playgrounds, location
of public buildings, public improvements, and other things pertaining
to the welfare and appearance of the City or any portion thereof.
