Arcadia Municipal Code § 2252.1 Same

The Planning Commission shall have power to do any act set forth in the following subsections.

Recommend to the proper officers of the City plans for the regulation of the future growth, development and beautification of the City with respect to its public and private buildings, works, streets, parks and vacant lots.

Recommend to the proper officers of the City plans consistent with the future development of the City in order to secure to the City and its inhabitants sanitation, proper service of all public utilities and transportation facilities.

Make recommendations to any public authorities or any corporation or individuals of the City with reference to the location of any proposed buildings, structures or works.

To do and perform any and all other acts or things necessary to properly carry out the provisions of this Part.

The Planning Commission may in its discretion prepare such maps or plans as are necessary for the purpose of making recommendations in connection therewith to the proper officers of the City having charge, superintendence or control of the matters set forth in such recommendations.

The Commission may also from time to time make suggestions or recommendations to the Council concerning any of the matters and things aforesaid for action by the Council thereon, having due regard for the present conditions and the future needs and growth of the City, including the distribution and relative location of all public buildings, grounds and open spaces devoted to public use; also, the planning and laying out for urban uses of all private grounds brought into the market from time to time and as well the division of the City into zones for the purpose of conserving and protecting the public health, comfort and convenience.

To do any act authorized by any law of the State or by any other Part of this Code.

The duties of the Planning Commission shall be as set forth in the following subsections.

The Planning Commission shall cause to be made, at the direction of the Council, a map or maps of the City or any portion thereof, including adjacent territory lying outside of the corporate boundaries of the City, showing the streets, highways or other natural or artificial features therein; also the locations or relocations proposed for any new public building, civic center, street, parkway, boulevard, park, playground or other public grounds or improvement; also any proposed widening, extension, closing or relocation of any street or highway or any change in the plan of the City, as the Planning Commission deems advisable.

All ordinances and resolutions relating to the location of any public building of the City, or the location, extension, widening, enlargement or ornamentation of or parking upon any street, playground or other public property, or relating to vacation of any street or other alteration of the City plan of streets and highways, or relating to the location of any bridge, tunnel, subway or any surface, underground or elevated railway, or any public utility, or relating to housing, or building codes or zones, shall be referred to and reported upon by the Planning Commission before initiation of proceedings for the adoption thereof by the Council. This Section is directory only, not mandatory, and noncompliance herewith shall not invalidate any proceedings or acts undertaken or performed contrary hereto.