35-00 Proposed Second Amended Charter

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narrowed, relocated, vacated, or its use changed, or any ordinance referring to zoning or other regulations controlling the use or development of land, be adopted unless and until it shall have been submitted to the Planning Commission for report and recommendation. Any matter so referred to the Planning Commission shall be acted upon by it within sixty (60) days from the date of referral unless a longer time is allowed by Council. If the Planning Commission shall fail to act within the time allotted, it shall be deemed to have approved such matter. Any resolution, ordinance or order so referred and disapproved by formal action of the Planning Commission shall require a vote of five (5) members of Council for adoption or authorization. If any plan, design or other proposal conceming the character, extent, location or USe of any public improvement or public property or change thereof within the territorial limits of the City does not, under the law or Charter provision covering same, fall within the province of Council or other official or agency of the City, then the submission to the Pla~nirtg Commission shall be by the State, County, district, school, township or other official body, board or commission having jurisdiction over such public improvement or property in accordance with the provision of the general law. The Planning Commission's disapproval may be overruled at any time after seven (7) days' written notice by the excepting body to the Planning Commission stating the reasons for such exception, adopted by at least two-thirds (2/3) of such excepting body. ARTICLE XIII. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS SECTION 1. ORGANIZATION .... (A) The Board of Zoning Appeals shall be composed of five (5) members, who shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years each. Three (3) members of the Board shall be appointees of the Mayor, and two (2) members shall be appointees of Council. Members of the Board shall 31