(1) To hear and make recommendations on amendments to the Official Zoning Map (rezones);

(2) To hear and make recommendations on the text of Zoning Code (PCC Title 17);

(3) To hear and make recommendations on amendments to the Comprehensive Plan;

(4) To hear and make recommendations on planned residential developments (PRDs), manufactured home parks, and recreational vehicle parks, and any accompanying applications for conditional use permits;

(5) To review and make recommendations on land use management ordinances and regulations of the city;

(6) To meet with Department of Community Development staff of the city as requested by the chairperson of the planning commission with the concurrence of the Director of Community Development to review land use decisions and to determine if the city’s Comprehensive Plan and land use management ordinances and regulations are promoting orderly and coordinated development within the city. Where development or the absence of development indicates a condition, a problem, a new element or expansion unforeseen and not anticipated by the Plan, the commission shall study the subject; and if the commission determines that an amendment, refinement, or clarification of the Plan may be advisable, the commission may initiate an amendment to the plan as provided in PCC 17.175.030(4) and Chapter 17.110 PCC, Changes to the Comprehensive Plan;

(7) To review and make recommendations on pending annexations to the city;

(8) To perform design review and make recommendations when required by this Title;

(9) To recommend, establish priorities for, and review studies of geographic subareas in the city;

(10) To submit an annual report to the City Council on work completed during the past fiscal year;

(11) To review and make recommendations to the City Council concerning the city’s Capital Improvements Program, Six-Year Transportation Improvement Plan, and other planning studies and analyses, as they relate to land use or the Comprehensive Plan;

(12) To review all private projects requiring city review and approval for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, unless that review is delegated to some other appointed body or city staff;

(13) To review and report to the City Council on the location, extent, and consistency with the Comprehensive Plan regarding proposals for the establishment, improvement, abandonment, construction, authorization, vacation or dedication of any street, park, or other public way, public building, or structure. The planning commission may recommend such conditions as are considered appropriate in order that the proposal will be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan;

(14) To perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be conferred by city ordinance or as directed by the Council. (Ord. 22-2 §5, 2022; Ord. 01-5 §6, 2001; Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).