35-00 Proposed Second Amended Charter

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and recommend them to the appropriate authority. These plans and proposals shall not become a part of the general plan until adopted as such. The Commission may call upon officers and employees of other departments and divisions of the City for assistance in City planning. Each year, the Commission shall, if and to the extent requested by the Mayor, assist the Mayor in the preparation of a capital improvement budget and a comprehensive five-year capital improvement program. The Commission shall take the initiative in planning for the City and surrounding area. It may make such investigations, maps and studies relating to the planning of the community as it may deem desirable. The Planning Commission may recommend to the appropriate public authorities or private agencies programs for the development and improvement of the community, for the enactment of legislation pertaining thereto, for the building of public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof. The Commission, subject to the approval of Council, may enter into agreement with other governmental or private agencies necessary or desirable for carrying forward any of its purposes. In addition to those powers and functions as provided in this'Charter, the Planning Commission shall have such other powers and functions as may be provided by Council. The Planning Commission may establish rules and regulations for its own procedure not inconsistent with this Section or any Ordinances of the City. SECTION 4. MANDATORY REFERRAL. No public building, street, boulevard, parkway, park, playground, harbor, dock, wharf, bridge, tunnel, publicly or privately owned utility or part thereof shall be constructed or authorized to be constructed in the City, nor shall any street, avenue, parkway, boulevard or alley be opened for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall any street, avenue, parkway, boulevard or alley be widened, 3O