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Attachment A CHAPTER 202 PLANNING COMMISSION SECTION: 202.01: Establishment and Membership 202.02: Meetings and Reports 202.03: Preparation of Comprehensive Plan 202.04: Procedure for Adoption of City Comprehensive Plan 202.05: Adoption of City Comprehensive Plan by City Council 202.06: Means of Executing Plan 202.07: Zoning Code and City Comprehensive Plan 202.01: ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP: A City Planning Commission for the City is hereby established, which shall be subject to Chapter 201 of the City Code. 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 itbythis Chapter. (Ord. 194, 4-19-1955; 1995 Code) The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the City Council. 202.02: MEETINGS AND REPORTS: The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. It shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, and findings, which shall be apublic record. (Ord. 194, 4-19-1955; 1995 Code) 202.03: PREPARATION OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: 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 work. (Ord. 194, 4-19-1955; 1995 Code) 202.04 PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTION OF CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Planning Commission may, at any time, recommend to the City Council, the adoption of the City Comprehensive Plan, any section of it or any substantial amendment thereof. Before making such recommendation to the City Council, the Planning Commission shall hold at least one public hearing, as provided for in Chapter 108 of this Code. The recommendation by the Planning Commission to the City Council shall be by a resolution of the Commission, approved by the affirmative votes of not less than 5/7t's of its total membership. The Commission may from time to time recommend minor amendments to the City Comprehensive Plan or any section thereof without the public hearing mentioned herein providing that a majority of its members are of the opinion that such hearing is not necessary or in the public interest. (Ord.