§ 2-124. General powers and duties.

(a)

It shall be the duty of the planning board, in general, to:

(1)

Acquire and maintain in current form such basic information and materials as are necessary to an understanding of past trends, present conditions and forces at work to cause changes in these conditions;

(2)

Identify needs and problems growing out of those needs;

(3)

Determine objectives to be sought in development of the area;

(4)

Establish principles and policies for guiding action in development of the area;

(5)

Prepare and recommend to the town council revisions of the comprehensive and coordinated plan for the physical, social and economic development of the town;

(6)

Prepare and recommend to the town council ordinances promoting orderly development along lines indicated in the comprehensive plan and advises it concerning proposed amendments of such ordinances;

(7)

Determine whether specific proposed developments conform to the principles and requirements of the comprehensive plan for the growth and improvement of the area and ordinances adopted in furtherance of such plan;

(8)

Keep the town council and the general public informed and advised as to these matters; and

(9)

Perform any other duties that may lawfully be assigned to it.

(b)

The planning board shall advise and comment on whether a proposed amendment is consistent with any comprehensive plan that has been adopted and any other officially adopted plan that is applicable. The planning board shall provide a written recommendation to the governing board that addresses plan consistency and other matters as deemed appropriate by the planning board, but a comment by the planning board that a proposed amendment is inconsistent with a comprehensive plan shall not preclude consideration or approval of the proposed amendment by the town council.

(Code 2003, § 2-144; Ord. No. 11-12, § 1(exh. A), 11-17-2011)