Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-416 Created.
Sec. 2-416. - Created.
There is hereby created and established a planning board to be known as the planning board of the city referred to in this division as the planning board.
(Code 1971, § 2-167)
PLANNING BOARD
Jackson Code of Ordinances ch. 2, art. V, div. 3
in effectJackson Code of Ordinances § 2-417 Composition; appointment; compensation.
Sec. 2-417. - Composition; appointment; compensation.
The planning board shall consist of 15 members, who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. Such members shall serve without pay.
(Code 1971, § 2-168)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-418 Designation of officers.
Sec. 2-418. - Designation of officers.
The chairman and vice-chairman of the planning board shall be designated by the mayor and confirmed by the city council.
(Code 1971, § 2-169)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-419 Term of office.
Sec. 2-419. - Term of office.
Members of the planning board shall be eligible to succeed themselves at the pleasure of the city council. All appointments to the board shall be for a period of four years, except as follows: Three of the members appointed in 1992 shall serve a term of one year, and one member appointed in 1992 shall serve a term of two years. Upon the expiration of such terms, all appointees shall serve for a term of four years each. Any member may be removed by the council for good cause shown after a notice of charges and an opportunity for hearing have been afforded the member.
(Code 1971, § 2-170; Ord. No. 1992-36, § 1, 7-14-92)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-420 Meetings; rules of procedure; committees.
Sec. 2-420. - Meetings; rules of procedure; committees.
The planning board shall meet at such time and as often as the board may deem necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes for which the board is created. The board shall establish its own rules of procedure, subdividing itself into such committees as it may deem meet and proper, and select such other officers, coordinating committee, and establish within its members such other committees as will best promote the work of the board and accomplish the purpose for which it is created.
(Code 1971, § 2-171)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-421 Preparation of master plan.
Sec. 2-421. - Preparation of master plan.
For the purpose of bringing about coordinated physical development in accordance with present and future needs of the city to assist the city council in the preparation of and extension of an official plan through the authority of the city council; to create an increasingly better, more healthful, convenient, efficient and attractive city environment; to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; and to facilitate adequate provisions for transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements in accordance with a carefully thought out comprehensive official plan to serve both present and future needs of the city, the members of such board, in cooperation with the city council, shall prepare a master plan for the physical development of the municipality, using the existing plan as a basis for study including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
(1) The development of a street system, including major street plans, parkways and boulevards, express highways, traffic flow, control and safety, truck routes, viaducts, underpasses and bridges, on- and off-street parking, and illumination.
(2) Transportation and transit, including railroads, bus lines, both local and interurban, trucks lines, air lines, terminal facilities in collaboration with the Jackson Airport Commission, and taxicabs.
(3) Housing, including in collaboration with citizens' rehabilitation advisory board, the extent and treatment of substandard buildings and blighted areas, and the development of neighborhood districts.
(4) Parks and recreation, including the development of new parks, neighborhood playgrounds, playfields and parks, community centers, clubhouses and recreational programs.
(5) Public schools, including, in collaboration with existing school authorities, the expansion of facilities, the location and erection of new schools with particular reference to accessibility, utilities and traffic problems.
(6) Cultural and public buildings, including cultural institutions, federal, state and county buildings, city buildings, such as auditoriums, libraries in collaboration with the city library board, art and music center, fire stations, police buildings, City Hall and facilities required for the operation of city government.
(7) Long range water supply and water storage.
(8) Sewage disposal.
(9) Sewage system, expansion and development and flood control, surface water and river.
(10) Extension of corporate boundaries of the city, as related to feasibility, service to be rendered, and economic and fiscal factors.
(11) Finance, including orderly fiscal control of both short range and long range development in the light of the present financial structure of the city.
(12) Zoning problems, including revision of zoning maps and ordinances, coordination of zoning ordinances with building codes and sanitary codes, changes and use permits, and any other phase of the zoning requirements of the city.
(13) Proposed regulations governing the subdivision of land, giving consideration to the requirements of streets and utilities, both inside and outside the city.
(Code 1971, § 2-172)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-422 Additional duties.
Sec. 2-422. - Additional duties.
(a) The planning board shall consider any matters which may be submitted from time to time by the city council or the mayor, and any other matters which in the judgment of the board will bring about a more orderly development of the city working in close cooperation with state and county governments, with existing city boards and commissions, and with the chamber of commerce and other planning agencies of the city, county and state.
(b) On or before September 1 of each year, the board shall prepare, recommend and present a budget covering expenditures required for its operation in the next ensuing fiscal year.
(c) The city council may request the board to prepare, recommend and present to the city council, prior to publication, such other and further recommendations as it may deem meet and proper in the carrying on of its planning activities in the city.
(Code 1971, § 2-173)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-423 Cooperation of city boards and commissions required.
Sec. 2-423. - Cooperation of city boards and commissions required.
All boards and commissions of the city shall extend their fullest cooperation to the planning board of the city in the discharge of the planning board's duties, and insofar as the functions and future plans of such city boards or commissions shall affect the development of a master plan for the physical development of this municipality, city boards and commissions shall make all details of their functions and future plans available to the planning board of the city on their request.
(Code 1971, § 2-174)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-424 Paid personnel not to be controlled by board.
Sec. 2-424. - Paid personnel not to be controlled by board.
Paid personnel shall be controlled by the mayor and not by the planning board.
(Code 1971, § 2-175)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-425 Recommendations to be submitted to mayor and council prior to release.
Sec. 2-425. - Recommendations to be submitted to mayor and council prior to release.
In order for the planning board to best serve the interest of the city and its citizens, the recommendations of the board shall be presented to the mayor and the city council for consideration prior to any release of information in connection with the recommendations.
(Code 1971, § 2-176)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-426 Authority and functions as to zoning.
Sec. 2-426. - Authority and functions as to zoning.
The planning board shall exercise any and all authority and functions in regard to zoning in the city and is invested with all the authority so to do as provided in MCA 1972, § 17-1-13, and all other statutes of the state and ordinances of the city as presently existing and as same may be amended from time to time.
(Code 1971, § 2-178)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-427 Hearings on zoning matters—Conduct generally.
Sec. 2-427. - Hearings on zoning matters—Conduct generally.
Hearings on zoning matters within the city shall be heard before the city planning board, and the proceedings before the board shall be taken down either in shorthand or by mechanical or tape recording, which cannot be altered, and all witnesses before the board shall be sworn by an officer qualified to administer oaths under the laws of the state. Before the city planning board shall hold any official hearing, there shall have been two advertisements of such meeting setting forth the time and place of such hearing, a description of the property involved, and the existing zoning and purported changes and modifications therein. Such publication shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation within the city, the first publication to be at least 15 days before such hearing.
(Code 1971, § 2-179)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-428 Same—Action by city council on recommendation of board.
Sec. 2-428. - Same—Action by city council on recommendation of board.
After such zoning hearings the city planning board shall make its recommendation to the city council which recommendation may be accepted or rejected by the council, or may be accepted in part and rejected in part or may be sent back to the city planning board for further hearing.
(Code 1971, § 2-180)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-429 Same—Time limit for board recommendation; appeal from board recommendation.
Sec. 2-429. - Same—Time limit for board recommendation; appeal from board recommendation.
(a) The city planning board shall make its recommendation in writing on all matters presented to it within a period of 30 days from the conclusion of such hearing, and the zoning administrator shall, within five days of such recommendation, mail a copy of such recommendation to all parties appearing at the hearing.
(b) Any person desiring to appeal such recommendation shall give notice of such appeal to the zoning administrator of the city, or to his designated agent, and shall mail a copy of such notice to all parties entering an appearance in such cause within a period of 15 days from the date of the rendition of its recommendation in such cause.
(c) The zoning administrator shall notify the reporter of all notices of appeal, and the reporter shall have a period of 60 days from the date of the delivery of the notice of appeal to the zoning administrator within which to make up the record on appeal. If the 60-day period is insufficient, upon request of the reporter, the city planning board shall give an additional 60 days within which to make up such record.
(d) The hearing before the city council on appeal shall consist of the matters reflected in the transcript of record of such proceedings before the city planning board, but the council may, within its discretion, request the various parties to file with the council a brief of the law and facts in the cause, setting forth their positions and the decision which in their opinion the city council should render therein.
(Code 1971, § 2-181)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-430 Same—Use of court reporter by board; payment of costs of making up record.
Sec. 2-430. - Same—Use of court reporter by board; payment of costs of making up record.
The city planning board may, within its discretion, employ a court reporter to take down in shorthand the proceedings before the city planning board, and, in the case of an appeal, the person requesting such an appeal shall pay the court reporter the cost of making up the record in such cause.
(Code 1971, § 2-182)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-431 Fees to be charged for applications for rezoning and related purposes.
Sec. 2-431. - Fees to be charged for applications for rezoning and related purposes.
(a) The following processing fees are hereby authorized to be charge:
(1) Rezoning and use permit, a filing fee of $500.00 for the first five acres, plus an additional $30.00 for each additional acre.
(2) Planned unit development (P.U.D.) a filing fee of $500.00.
(3) Variance, a filing fee of $300.00; plus $100.00 for each additional variance request.
(4) Special exception, a filing fee of $300.00, and a $100.00 yearly renewal fee.
(5) Home occupation permit, a fee of $35.00, and a $25.00 yearly renewal fee.
(6) Written zoning verification, a fee of $20.00.
(7) Postponements, a fee of $25.00.
(8) Use permits for commercial communications towers, a filing fee of $500.00 and a $200.00 annual renewal fee.
(9) Communication attachment permits an application fee of $100.00.
(b) All application fees shall be payable when applications are filed, and shall be paid by certified check or money order. Fees are nonrefundable. Fractional acres shall be rounded to the next whole acre in computing fees.
(c) All legal advertising required by the processing of the application shall be paid by the petitioner.
(d) The zoning administrator shall request the approval of renewals of certain permits by the city council only after payment of the fees.
(e) A fee necessitated by a postponement shall be paid before the hearing is held.
(Code 1971, § 2-183; Ord. No. 1996-38(2), § 1, 6-18-96; Ord. No. 2006-57(2), 9-13-06)
Jackson Code of Ordinances § 2-432 Duties of city attorney in regard to zoning appeals.
Sec. 2-432. - Duties of city attorney in regard to zoning appeals.
(a) It shall be the duty of the city attorney to defend in the appellate courts the decision rendered by the city council in all zoning matters, unless the council shall order otherwise.
(b) In defending the position of the city on appeal, the city attorney shall handle such matters in as impartial a manner as possible so far as other parties to the zoning cases are concerned, and shall represent only the city's interest in maintaining the integrity of the decision of the city council in both the circuit and supreme courts.
(Code 1971, § 2-184)
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