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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE A CITY PLANNING COb1111ISSION: TO PRESCRIBE
ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ,LITTLE ROCK:
SECTIONI. A City Planning Commission is hereby
created in and for the City of Little Rock.
SECTION 2. Said City Planning Commission shall con-
sist of twenty -five members. One member shall be appointed by each
Alderman and seven by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the
Council. The term of office shall be coterminous with that of
the off icialµ making the appointment. Vacancies shall be filled
in the same manner, and the members of the Commission shall serve
at the will and pleasure of the official makin,- the appointment.
SECTION 3. The members of the Commission shall organize
and elect a President and Secretary, who are members thereof.
Neither the President, Secretary ol(members of the Commission shall
receive any salary, but allowances for actual expenses in connec-
tion with duties performed may be made. No expenditures for
commission expenses shall be made by the Commission, except those
authorized by the City Council.
SECTION 4. The members of the Planning Commission
shall meet at least once a month in the Council Chamber at the
Cit;; Hall, or at such place as may be selected by the President.
Special meetings may be called from time to time, by the President.
The Commission shall adopt its own rules for its procedure and the
Secretary shall keep a proper record of its proceedings. Nine members
shall be considered a quorum.
SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the members of the
planning commission to collect data, obtain information, and keep
informed as to the best practice, and the advancement made
generally in the science of city planning, to the end that they
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may be qualified to act on matters that affect the present and
future movements of traffic, city zoning, the convenience, the
safety of _?ersons and property, the health, the recreation, the
general welfare, and all other needs of the municl *pality that are
dependent upon the city plan.
SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of the City Officials,
department he&ds, and employees generally to render assistance to
the Planning Commission in the way of information, advile and co-
operation. 6 special Committee shall be appointed in the Council
for these purposes. The Council shall have no vote in the com-
mission. It is not intended to supplant the Council, Council
Committees or City departments, except that matters coming within
the purview of the Planning Commission shall be referred to that
body; to the end the -.t there shall be a proper correlation of
thought anft the furtherance of comprehensive plans for all better-
ments carried out by the City.
SECTION 7. It shall be within the further powers and
duties of the Planning Commission to make the plans and maps of the
whole, or any portion of the municipality, or any land outside o£
the municipality which, in the opinion of the Commission bears a
relation to the planning of the municipality, and to make such
changes in such plans or maps as it deems advisable. Such plans
and maps shall show the recommendation of the Commission for any
streets, alleys, viaducts, subways, bridges, railroads, terminals,
transit lines, parks, parkways, play grounds or other public'
grounds or improvements and the removal, relocation, wideniri�_' or
extending of such public works then existing. The Planning
Commission shall have authorit to recommend the care and preser-
vation of historic landmarks and the locGtion of Statuary, or
other works of art, which are now or may become the property of
the municipality; and the removal, relocation and alteration of
such works belonging to the municipality, and the design and
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location of bridges, viaducts, street fixtures and other public or
semi - public structures and appurtenances.
SECTION 8. The Planning Commission shell consider
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making surveys and reports to the Council on city zoning, major
streets, plots, major health projects, sewers, parks, play
grounds and other- matters of public interest which may be brought
to its attention.
SECTION 9. The Council may refer any matter at any
time to the Planning Commission for its adviQk. Should the
Commission not care to investigate and report on matters so
referred, it shall so notify the Council at its next meeting.
SECTION I0. All plans, plots or replots of land,
laid out in building lots, streets, and, alleys intended to be
dedicated to the public use, or for the use of purchasers or
owners of lots fronting on or adjoining, and located within or
without the corporate limits of the municipality, shall be
submitted to the Planning Commission for its consideration.
No public funds shall be expended within any lands laid out in
building lots, streets and alleys, until the plan, plot or re-
plot of such lands shall have been approved by the Planning
Commission and the City Council.
SECTION II. The Planning Commission shall have
authority to employ such architects, engineers, draftsmen, clerks,
or other employees as it shall deem necessar�� for the performance
of its functions; provided that the expenditures so made shall
have been approved by the City Council for the use of the Com-
mission.
SECTION 12. The Planning Commission shall make an
annual report to the Council for the previous year as soon as
possible in the new year. It shall make such supplementary re-
ports as it sees fit from time to time.
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SECTION 13. Recommendations from the City Planning
Commission to the City Council shall be accepted or rejected by
the Council by a majority vote of the Council.
SECTION I4. As the public welfare requires that
immediate steps
be
taker.. for
the
purpose
of regulating
-traffic
on the streets
of
the City,
and
for the
safety
and protect -on of
persons and property; an emergency is hereby declared and thi
passage'.
ordinance shall be in effect from and after -its e.
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Passed: March 26, 192. App "rave
Attest: /Y
City Cle ' ?rayor,