10-9a-302 - Planning commission powers and duties.
10-9a-302. Planning commission powers and duties.
The planning commission shall make a recommendation to the legislative body for:
(1) a general plan and amendments to the general plan;
(2) land use ordinances, zoning maps, official maps, and amendments;
(3) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one designated land use authority tohear and act on a land use application;
(4) an appropriate delegation of power to at least one appeal authority to hear and act onan appeal from a decision of the land use authority; and
(5) application processes that:
(a) may include a designation of routine land use matters that, upon application andproper notice, will receive informal streamlined review and action if the application isuncontested; and
(b) shall protect the right of each:
(i) applicant and third party to require formal consideration of any application by a landuse authority;
(ii) applicant, adversely affected party, or municipal officer or employee to appeal a landuse authority's decision to a separate appeal authority; and
(iii) participant to be heard in each public hearing on a contested application.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 254, 2005 General Session