[Ord. No. 516 §22(22-01), 6-21-2001]
The City of Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, shall be authorized
to make, adopt, amend, extend and carry out a municipal plan as authorized
by law.
[Ord. No. 1341 §1, 8-20-2008]
There is hereby established within and for the City a Planning
and Zoning Commission which shall consist of not more than fifteen
(15) nor less than seven (7) members, including the Mayor, if the
Mayor chooses to be a member; a member of the Board of Aldermen selected
by the Board, if the Board chooses to have a member serve on the Commission;
and not more than fifteen (15) nor less than five (5) citizens appointed
by the Mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen.
All citizen members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall
serve without compensation.
[Ord. No. 516 §22(22-03), 6-21-2001; Ord. No. 1341 §2, 8-20-2008]
The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect its Chairman and Secretary from among the citizen members. The term of Chairman and Secretary shall be for one (1) year with eligibility for re-election. The term of each of the citizen members shall be for four (4) years, except that the terms of the citizen members first (1st) appointed shall be for varying periods so that succeeding terms will be appointed as aforesaid. Any vacancy in a membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment as provided in Section 400.010 of this Code. The Board of Aldermen may remove any citizen member for cause stated in writing and after public hearing.
[Ord. No. 516 §22(22-04), 6-21-2001; Ord. No. 1225 §1, 10-17-2007; Ord. No. 1341 §3, 8-20-2008]
The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold regularly
scheduled meetings and special meetings as they provide by rule. The
Commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall
keep a record of its proceedings. These records shall be public records.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 1225 §2, adopted October
17, 2007, repealed section 400.050 "regular meetings". Former section
400.050 derived from ord. no. 741 §§3 — 5, 4-15-2004.
Subsequently ord. no. 1341 §4 additionally repealed this section.
At the editor's discretion, this section has been reserved for the
city's future use.
[Ord. No. 1341 §5, 8-20-2008]
All public officials shall upon request furnish to the Planning
and Zoning Commission within a reasonable time all available information
it requires for its work.
In general, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the
power necessary to enable it to perform its functions and promote
City planning. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the power
to perform all of the functions of the Zoning Commission provided
for in Chapter 89, RSMo., and shall have and perform all of the functions
of a Planning Board as outlined in such Chapter.
[Ord. No. 516 §22(22-05), 6-21-2001]
The Board of Aldermen may provide the funds, equipment and accommodations
necessary for the work of the Commission, but the expenditures of
the Commission exclusive of grants and gifts, shall be within the
amounts appropriated for that purpose by the Board of Aldermen and
no expenditures nor agreements for expenditures shall be valid or
legal in excess of such amount.
[Ord. No. 516 §22(22-06), 6-21-2001; Ord. No. 1341 §6, 8-20-2008]
The Commission may make reports and recommendations relating
to the plan and development of the City to public officials and agencies,
public utility companies, civic, education, professional and other
organizations and citizens. It may recommend to the Mayor of the Board
of Aldermen of the City programs for public improvements and the financing
thereof. The Commission, its members and employees, in the performance
of its functions, may enter upon any land to make examinations and
surveys.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 1341 §7, adopted August
20, 2008, repealed section 400.100 "recommendations of the commission"
in its entirety. Former section 400.100 derived from ord. no. 516
§22(22-07), 6-21-2001; ord. no. 542 §1(p), 12-20-2001. At
the editor's discretion, this section has been reserved for the city's
future use.
Whenever the Commission adopts the plan of the City or any part
thereof, no street or other public facilities, or no public utility,
whether publicly or privately owned, and, the location, extent and
character thereof having been included in the recommendations and
proposals of the plan or portions thereof, shall be constructed or
authorized in the City until the location, extent and character thereof
has been submitted to and approved by the Planning Commission. In
case of disapproval the Commission shall communicate its reasons to
the Board of Aldermen, and the Board, by vote of not less than two-thirds
(⅔) of its entire membership, may overrule the disapproval
and, upon the overruling, the Board or the appropriate board or officer
may proceed, except that if the public facility or utility is one
the authorization or financing of which does not fall within the province
of the Board, then the submission to the Planning Commission shall
be by the board having jurisdiction, and the Planning Commission's
disapproval may be overruled by that board by a vote of not less than
two-thirds (⅔) of its entire membership. The acceptance, widening,
removal, extension, relocation, narrowing, vacation, abandonment,
change of use, acquisition of land for, sale or lease of any street
or other public facility is subject to similar submission and approval,
and the failure to approve may be similarly overruled. The failure
of the Commission to act within sixty (60) days after the date of
official submission to it shall be deemed approval.
