There is hereby created a Planning Commission for the City of Flandreau, South Dakota and for land within three miles of its corporate limits.

(Ord. 622, passed 10-7-2024)

   The Mayor, with approval of the City Council body shall appoint a commission to be known as the Planning Commission which shall consist of city residents qualified by knowledge or experience to act in matters pertaining to the development and administration of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Administrative officials may be appointed as ex-officio members of the Commission by the President.

(Ord. 622, passed 10-7-2024)

   The term of each member of the Planning Commission shall be for three years and may be reappointed for successive terms.

(Ord. 622, passed 10-7-2024)

   Per Diem and expenses of the Planning Commission shall be established by the City Council and paid by the city.

(Ord. 622, passed 10-7-2024)

   Such Planning Commission shall elect its chairperson from among its members for a term of one year with eligibility for re-election, and may fill such other of its offices as it may create in a manner prescribed by the rules of such Commission. The Commission shall adopt rules for transaction of its business and keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations which shall be a public record. The Planning Commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work whose appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal shall be subject to the same provisions of law, including Civil Service Regulations as govern other corresponding civil employees of the municipality. The Commission may also contract with planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants for such services as it may require. The expenditures of the Commission, exclusive of those made from funds received by it, shall be within the amount appropriated for the purpose by the City Council which shall provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary for the Commission's work.

(Ord. 622, passed 10-7-2024)

   The Planning Commission shall have the following duties:

      (1)   The Planning Commission may prepare, or cause to be prepared, a comprehensive plan for the City of Flandreau. Upon preparation the Planning Commission shall make recommendation to the City Council after complying with the public hearing and noticing requirements.

      (2)   The comprehensive plan shall be for the purpose of protecting and guiding the physical, social, economic, and environmental development of the city; to protect the tax base; to encourage a distribution of population or mode of land utilization that will facilitate the economical and adequate provisions of transportation, roads, water supply, drainage, sanitation, education, recreation, or other public requirements; to lessen governmental expenditure; and to conserve and develop natural resources.

      (1)   For the purpose of promoting health, safety, or the general welfare of the city, the City Council, upon recommendation from the Planning Commission, may adopt a zoning ordinance to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of the yards, courts, and other open spaces, the density of population, and the location and use of buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry, residence, flood plain, or other purposes.

      (2)   The City Council may divide the city into districts of such number, shape, and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and within the districts it may regulate and restrict the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, or use of buildings, structures, or land. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.

      (3)   The regulations shall be made in accordance with the comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration or scattering of population; to facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewage, schools, parks; and other public requirements.

      (4)   The regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, to the character of the district, and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.

      (5)   Upon preparation of a zoning ordinance, or any amendment thereto, the Planning Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council after complying with the public hearing and noticing requirements.

      (1)   The Planning Commission may make recommendations to the City Council for the adoption of a subdivision ordinance which shall be made in accordance with the comprehensive plan. The regulations may establish standards and procedures to be employed in land development including subdividing of land and the approval of land plats and the preservation of streets and land for other public purposes requiring future dedication or acquisition and general design of physical improvements.

      (2)   To review proposals for subdivision ordinance adoption, or amendments thereto, to determine whether such subdivisions comply with the subdivision ordinance of the City of Flandreau and make recommendation to the City Council relating to the approval of subdivisions.

      (3)   Upon preparation of a subdivision ordinance, or any amendment thereto, the Planning Commission shall make a recommendation to the City Council after complying with the public hearing and noticing requirements.

      (1)   The Planning Commission may from time to time propose and make recommendation on amendments to the comprehensive land use plan, zoning ordinance, and subdivision regulations to the City Council after complying with the public hearing and noticing requirements.

(Ord. 622, passed 10-7-2024)