§ 134-64. Preparation of development regulations.  


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  • It shall be the function and duty of the county planning commission to make such careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of existing conditions and probable future developments and to prepare such plans for physical, social and economic growth as will best promote public health, safety, morals, convenience, property or general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy, in the development of the county. In particular, the planning commission shall have the power and duty to:

    (1)

    Prepare a master plan or parts thereof for the development of the county.

    (2)

    Prepare and recommend for adoption to the board of commissioners a zoning ordinance or resolution and map for the county.

    (3)

    Prepare and recommend for adoption to the board of commissioners regulations for the subdivision of land within the county, and to administer the regulations that may be adopted.

    (4)

    Prepare and recommend for adoption to the board of commissioners a plat or an official map showing the exact location of the boundary lines of existing, proposed, extended, widened or narrowed streets, public open spaces or public building sites, together with regulations to control the erection of buildings or other structures within such lines, within the county or a specified portion thereof.

(Res. of 12-26-72, § V; Ord. of 12-11-90, § 3-28-9.6A)