<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 50-23. - General powers and duties.</div>
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               It shall be the duty of the planning board, in general:
               
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                  (1)
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                  To acquire and maintain in current form such basic information and materials as are
                  necessary to an understanding of past trends, present conditions, and forces at work
                  to cause changes in these conditions;
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                  (2)
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                  To prepare and from time to time amend and revise a comprehensive and coordinated
                  plan for the physical development of the area;
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                  (3)
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                  To establish principles and policies for guiding action in the development of the
                  area, current and long range;
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                  (4)
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                  To prepare and recommend to the board of county commissioners ordinances promoting
                  orderly development along the lines indicated in the comprehensive plan;
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                  (5)
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                  To determine whether specific proposed developments conform to the principles and
                  requirements of the comprehensive plan for the growth and improvement of the area;
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                  (6)
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                  To keep the board of county commissioners and the general public informed and advised
                  as to these matters;
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                  (7)
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                  To perform any other duties, which may lawfully be assigned to it.
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               (Ord. of 8-15-1986, Â§ 3; Ord. of 12-15-2009, Â§ 3)
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