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 Austin
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Article X. PLANNING.

  § 4. THE PLANNING COMMISSION — POWERS AND DUTIES.  

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  • The planning commission shall:

    (1)

    Review and make recommendations to the council regarding the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive plan (as defined by section 5 of this article) or element or portion thereof prepared under authorization of the city council and under the direction of the city manager and responsible city planning staff;

    (2)

    After a comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof has been adopted in conformity with this article:

    (a)

    Review and make recommendation to the council on all amendments to the comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof;

    (b)

    Review and make recommendations to the council on all proposals to adopt or amend land development regulations for the purpose of establishing the relationship of such proposal to, and its consistency with, the adopted comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof. For purposes of this article and subsection, "land development regulations" includes zoning, subdivision, building and construction, environmental, and other police power regulations controlling, regulating, or affecting the use or development of land;

    (3)

    Pursuant to ordinances adopted by the council, exercise control over platting and subdividing land within the corporate limits and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city to insure the consistency of any such plats or subdivision with the adopted comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof;

    (4)

    Submit annually to the city manager, not less than 90 days prior to the beginning of the budget year, a list of recommended capital improvements, which in the opinion of the commission are necessary or desirable to implement the adopted comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof during the forthcoming five-year period;

    (5)

    Monitor and oversee the effectiveness and status of the comprehensive plan and recommend annually to the council any changes in or amendments to the comprehensive plan as may be desired or required;

    (6)

    Prepare periodic evaluation and appraisal reports on the comprehensive plan, which shall be sent to the council at least once every five years after the adoption of the comprehensive plan or element or portion thereof;

    (7)

    Require information from the city manager relative to its work;

    The commission shall be responsible to and act as an advisory body to the council and shall perform such additional duties and exercise such additional powers as may be prescribed by ordinance of the council not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter.

    Amendment note: Section 4 appears as renumbered and amended at the election of January 19, 1985. Previously, this material was § 2.

Source: Ord. No. 20180809-113 , Pt. 7, 8-20-18/election of 11-6-18.