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- CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />Chapter 2 - ADMINISTRATION <br />ARTICLE V. - BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS <br />DIVISION 6. PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> <br /> <br />DIVISION 6. PLANNING COMMISSION <br />Sec. 2-296. Established. <br />A city planning commission is hereby established. The commission shall be the city planning agency <br />authorized by Minn. Stats. § 462.354, subd. 1(1). <br />Sec. 2-297. Membership. <br />The planning commission shall consist of seven members who are residents of the city. <br />Sec. 2-298. Purpose. <br />The planning commission assists in implementing city plans by making recommendations to the City <br />Council on long-range planning issues, such as land use and transportation, as well as current issues including <br />subdivisions, site plans, conditional use permits, and variances. <br />Sec. 2-299. Powers and duties. <br />The planning commission shall have and exercise the powers and duties conferred upon such commissions <br />by Minn. Stats. §§ 462.351—462.364 and by ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city. The commission shall <br />also exercise the duties conferred upon it by this Code and by the council. After the commission has prepared and <br />adopted a comprehensive plan, the commission shall periodically review the comprehensive plan, any ordinances, <br />and any capital improvement program the council has adopted to implement the plan. After such review, it shall, <br />to the extent it deems necessary, revise the comprehensive plan, adopt the amendments or the new <br />comprehensive plan, and recommend it to the council in accordance with the law. Similarly, after such review, it <br />shall recommend to the council any amendments it deems desirable to the capital improvement program and any <br />ordinance implementing the plan. <br />Sec. 2-300. Meetings. <br />The planning commission shall meet regularly each month at such time and place as established per their <br />bylaws. <br />Sec. 2-301. Reports. <br />The planning commission’s reports, conclusions and recommendations shall be made to the city council as may be <br />required. Its reports, conclusions and recommendations are purely advisory, and the final determination and <br />responsibility shall be with the city council. <br /> <br />Secs. 2-302—2-325. Reserved. <br /> <br />Elk River, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Created: 2023-10-18 09:21:21 \[EST\] <br />(Supp. No. 59) <br /> <br />Page 7 of 10 <br />