<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 2-110. - Powers and duties.</div>
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               It shall be the function and duty of the planning board to make comprehensive surveys
               and studies of existing conditions and probable future developments and prepare such
               plans for physical, and economic growth, as will best promote the public health, safety,
               convenience or the general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the development
               of the county. In general, the planning board shall have the power and duty to:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  Make studies of the area within its jurisdictions and surrounding areas.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  Determine objectives to be sought in the development of the county.
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  Prepare and adopt plans for achieving objectives.
                  
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                  (4)
                  
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                  Develop and recommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedures, and other means
                  for carrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner.
                  
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                  (5)
                  
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                  Advise the board of commissioners concerning the use and amendment of means for carrying
                  out plans.
                  
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                  (6)
                  
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                  Exercise any functions in the administration and enforcement of various means for
                  carrying out plans that the board of commissioners may direct (i.e., zoning, subdivision
                  development regulations, etc.).
                  
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                  (7)
                  
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                  Perform any other related duties that the board of commissioners may direct.
                  
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                  (8)
                  
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                  The planning board shall review upon request and make recommendations to the board
                  of commissioners upon the extent, location and design of all public structures and
                  facilities, on the acquisition of public properties, on the opening, abandonment,
                  widening, extension, narrowing or other change to streets and other public ways, and
                  on the construction, extension, expansion or abandonment of utilities whether publicly
                  or privately owned.
                  
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                  (9)
                  
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                  The planning board may consult with the county manager, with the county soil and water
                  conservation district and with the economic development commission as necessary on
                  issues of mutual concern. The planning board may coordinate planning activities with
                  adjoining jurisdictions, to include coordination through and cooperation with the
                  Mid-East Commission.
                  
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                  (10)
                  
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                  The planning board may conduct such public hearings as may be required to gather information
                  necessary for the drafting, establishment, and maintenance of the comprehensive land
                  use plan.
                  
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                  (11)
                  
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                  The planning board shall have power to promote public interest in and an understanding
                  of its recommendations and to that end it may publish and distribute copies of its
                  recommendations and may employ such other means of publicity and education as it may
                  deem necessary.
                  
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                  (12)
                  
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                  Members of the planning board may attend planning conferences or meetings of planning
                  institutes or hearings upon pending planning legislation, and the county may pay,
                  from within the planning board's budget, the reasonable traveling expenses incidental
                  to such attendance.
                  
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               (Ord. No. 1991-2, Â§ 2, 6-3-1991)
               
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