Section 2-104 – Meetings; Compensation; Employees; Contractors
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a planning commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. (2) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a planning commission appointed by a municipal corporation shall hold meetings quarterly, or more often as the planning commission’s duties require. (ii) If there is no […]
Section 3-201 – Plan Preparation
(a) (1) A planning commission shall prepare a plan by carefully and comprehensively surveying and studying: (i) the present conditions and projections of future growth of the local jurisdiction; and (ii) the relation of the local jurisdiction to neighboring jurisdictions. (2) A planning commission shall make the plan with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing the coordinated, adjusted, and […]
Section 2-105 – Miscellaneous Powers and Duties
(a) (1) A planning commission shall have the powers necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions, promote planning, and execute the purposes of this division. (2) On a planning commission’s request, all public officials shall provide to the commission, within a reasonable time, available information that the commission may require for the performance of the planning […]
Section 3-202 – Recommendation for Adoption
(a) (1) A planning commission shall: (i) make and approve a plan; and (ii) recommend the plan to the legislative body for adoption. (2) A planning commission may recommend adoption of: (i) the whole plan; (ii) successive parts of the plan, which correspond to geographic sections or divisions of the local jurisdiction; and (iii) an amendment to the plan. (b) (1) The elements of the […]
Section 3-101 – Plan Required; Municipal Inclusion
(a) A local jurisdiction shall enact, adopt, amend, and execute a plan in accordance with this division. (b) A municipal corporation may be included as part of a county plan under this division if: (1) the legislative body of the municipal corporation, by resolution directed to the legislative body of the county where the municipal corporation is located, […]
Section 3-203 – Plan Development
(a) (1) When a local jurisdiction initially implements the zoning powers under this division, the planning commission shall recommend the boundaries of the original districts and zones and appropriate regulations to be enforced in the districts and zones. (2) The planning commission shall make a preliminary report on the proposed districts, zones, and regulations and hold at least […]
Section 3-102 – Elements — Noncharter Counties and Municipal Corporations
(a) (1) The planning commission for a local jurisdiction shall include in the comprehensive plan the following elements: (i) a community facilities element; (ii) an area of critical State concern element; (iii) a goals and objectives element; (iv) a housing element; (v) a land use element; (vi) a development regulations element; (vii) a sensitive areas element; (viii) a transportation element; and (ix) a water resources element. […]
Section 3-103 – Development Regulations Element
(a) The development regulations element shall include the planning commission’s recommendation for land development regulations to implement the plan. (b) The development regulations element shall encourage: (1) the use of flexible development regulations to promote innovative and cost–saving site design and protect the environment; and (2) within the areas designated for growth in the plan: (i) economic development through the […]
Section 3-104 – Sensitive Areas Element
(a) A sensitive areas element shall include the goals, objectives, principles, policies, and standards designed to protect sensitive areas from the adverse effects of development. (b) Beginning October 1, 2013, the Department of Natural Resources shall provide a statewide forest resource inventory to local jurisdictions at least every 5 years, to be available for the local comprehensive […]
Section 3-105 – Transportation Element
(a) The transportation element may include all types of: (1) airways; (2) highways or streets; (3) railways; (4) waterways; (5) routings for mass transit; and (6) terminals for individuals, goods, and vehicles related to airways, highways, railways, and waterways. (b) The transportation element shall: (1) propose, on a schedule that extends as far into the future as is reasonable, the most appropriate and desirable […]