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| PLANNING COMMISSION
| Meeting Schedule: |
Fourth Monday of each month |
| Meeting Location: |
City Hall |
| # of Members: |
Nine (9) |
| Length of Term: |
3 years |
Planning Commission
Minutes & Agendas
The
plan commission shall consist of nine members, residents of the city
or persons who reside within territory contiguous to the city and
not more than 1 1/2 miles beyond the corporate limits and not within
another municipality, to be appointed by the mayor on the basis of
their particular fitness for their duty and service on the plan commission.
The appointments shall be subject to approval and consent of the council.
Of the nine members on the plan commission, three shall serve for
a period of one year, three for a period of two years and three for
a period of three years. Thereafter, such members shall serve for
a period of three years. Vacancies shall be filled by appointments
for unexpired terms only. All members of the plan commission shall
serve without compensation except that, if the council deems it advisable,
the secretary may receive compensation as may be fixed from time to
time by the council and provided for in the appropriation ordinance.
The terms of office set forth in this section shall commence on April
1 of each calendar year, and the council by proper resolution shall
fill all vacancies as they occur.
Immediately following their appointment, the members of the plan commission
shall meet, organize and elect such officers as it may deem necessary,
and adopt and later change or alter rules and regulations of organization
and procedure consistent with city ordinances and state laws. The
commission shall keep written records of its proceedings, which shall
be open at all times to public inspection. The commission shall also
file an annual report with the mayor and council, setting forth its
transactions and recommendations. The
plan commission shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To prepare and recommend to the council
a comprehensive plan of public improvements, looking to the present
and future developments and growth of the city. Such a plan, after
its adoption by the council, shall be known as the official plan
of the city. Such plan shall include reasonable requirements in
reference to streets and alleys, and public grounds within the
corporate limits and in contiguous territory outside of and distant
not more than 1 1/2 miles from such limits, and not included in
any municipality, such requirements to be effective whenever such
lands shall be subdivided after the adoption of such plan.
(2) To prepare and recommend to the council, from time to time,
such changes in the plan or any part thereof as may be deemed
necessary by the council or plan commission.
(3) To prepare and recommend to the council, from time to time,
plans and/or recommendations for specific improvements in pursuance
to such official plan.
(4) To give aid to officials of the city charged with the direction
of projects for improvements embraced within the official plan,
to further the making of such improvements, and generally to promote
the realization of the official plan.
(5) To prepare and recommend to the corporate authorities schemes
for regulating or forbidding structures or activities which may
hinder access to solar energy necessary for the proper functioning
of solar energy systems, as defined in section 1.2 of The Comprehensive
Solar Energy Act of 1977, or to recommend changes in such schemes.
State Law References: Similar provisions, 65 ILCS 5/11-12-5.
(6) To arrange and conduct any form of publicity relative to its
activities from the general purpose of public understanding.
(7) To cooperate with municipal or regional plan commissions and
other agencies or groups to further the local planning program
and to ensure harmonious and integrated planning for the area.
(8) To exercise such other powers germane to the powers granted
under authority of the Illinois Municipal Code, as may be conferred
by the council.
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7:00 p.m., City Hall
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Board of Fire & Police Comm.
Second Friday of each month 4:00 p.m., City
Hall
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Historic Preservation
2nd Thursday of each month at noon 12:00 p.m.
City Hall
- Ottawa Tree Board
last Thursday of each month 7:00 p.m., City
Hall
- Plan Commission
4th Monday of each month 7:00 p.m., City
Hall
- Playground and Recreation Board
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month 7:00 p.m.,
City Hall
- Senior Citizen Comm. 1st
Thursday of each month 10:00 a.m., City
Hall
- Special Events Committee
To
be announced City Hall 2nd floor
conference room
- Visitors Center Board
4th
Monday of each month 4:00 p.m., At Visitors
Center
- Zoning Board of Appeals
3rd Thursday of each month
(as needed)
7:00 a.m., City Hall
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