Visalia Municipal Code Art. XIII City Planning

Section 1. Planning Commission: The Council may, by ordinance, provide for the appointment of a City Planning Commission of five members, to serve without compensation, and to have such powers and duties as the Council may prescribe relating to City planning.

The Planning Commission shall have the power and duty to:

(a) Recommend to the Council, after a public hearing thereon, the adoption, amendment or repeal of a General Plan or any part thereof, for the physical development of the City;

(b) Exercise such functions with respect to land subdivisions, planning and zoning as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution.

(c) Perform such other duties relating to planning and zoning as the Council may require by ordinance or resolution.