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CHAPTER 201 PLANNING COMMISSION SECTION: 201.01: Establishment and Membership 201.02: Organization 201.03: Meetings and Reports 201.04: Duties and Functions 201.01: ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSIP: There is established a Planning Commission of the City which shall consist of seven members appointed by the City Council. Members shall be residents of the City and appointed for three year staggered terms. No member shall serve more than two full consecutive terms. The Planning Commission shall be the City planning agency and shall have the powers and duties given such agencies generally by Minnesota Statutes, sections 462.351 through 462.364, as amended, and as conferred upon it by this Chapter. (Ord. 194, 4-19-1955; 1995 Code) 201.02 : ORGANIZATION: The Commission shall annually elect one member to serve as chairperson and one member to serve as vice chairperson. One of the seven members appointed by the City Council may be a member of the City Council. (Ord. 194, 4-19-1955; 1995 Code) 201.03: MEETINGS AND REPORTS: The Commission shall annually adopt a regular meeting schedule and may hold other meetings, as it deems necessary. The Commission may adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its meetings and actions. 201.04: DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS: A. It shall be the function and duty of the Planning Commission to prepare and recommend a Comprehensive City Plan for the development of the City, including proposed public buildings, street arrangements, public utility services, parks, playgrounds and other similar developments, the use of property, the density of population and other matters relating to the development of the City. Such Plan may be prepared in sections, each of which shall relate to a major subject of the plan, as outlined in the Commission's program of wark B. The Planning Commission may, upon its own motion or upon instruction by the City Council, prepare revisions to the Zoning Code and/or Plan for the City. Before recommending such Code and/or Plan to the City Council, the Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing as provided for in Chapter 108 of this Code. The same procedure shall apply for the preparation of any overall street plan or acquisition of lands for public purposes. B. Upon the adoption of the City Plan or any section thereof, it shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to recommend to the City Council reasonable and practicable means