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§ 17-1-11. Official plan; local planning commission

The governing authority of each municipality and county may provide for the preparation, adoption, amendment, extension and carrying out of a comprehensive plan for the purpose of bringing about coordinated physical development in accordance with present and future needs and may create, independently or jointly, a local planning commission with authority to prepare and propose […]

§ 17-1-15. Procedure for establishing, amending, etc., of regulations, zone boundaries, etc.; notice and hearing

The governing authority of each municipality and county shall provide for the manner in which the comprehensive plan, zoning ordinance (including the official zoning map) subdivision regulations and capital improvements program shall be determined, established and enforced, and from time to time, amended, supplemented or changed. However, no such plan, ordinance (including zoning boundaries), regulations […]

§ 17-1-1. Definitions

The following words, whenever used in this chapter, shall, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, have the following meanings: “Municipality” means any incorporated city, town or village within the state. “Governing authority” or “governing authorities,” in the case of counties, means the board of supervisors of the county, and, in the case […]