Sec. 2-177. - Same—Construction, etc., of streets, parks, etc., after adoption of plan.

(a)

Whenever the city council shall have adopted the comprehensive plan of the city, or any part or parts thereof, then and henceforth no street, park or other public way, ground, place or area, no public building or structure and no public utility, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be constructed or authorized in the city until and unless the location and extent thereof shall have been submitted to the planning board for its recommendation of approval or disapproval to the city council. If the planning board shall recommend its disapproval of such projects, the board shall communicate its reasons of disapproval to the city council, and the city council may either adopt or reject the decision of the planning board. The city council may refer any matter relative to the comprehensive plan, part or parts thereof, to the appropriate board, commission or department head with instructions to proceed in accordance with the council's directive.

(b)

The acceptance, widening, removal, extension, relocation, narrowing, vacation, abandonment, change of use or acquisition of land for sale or lease of any street or other public way, ground, place, property or structure shall be submitted to the planning board for its approval or disapproval and such recommendations, with the board's reasons, to the city council as it may deem proper. Failure of the board to act on matters presented to it contained in this section within 30 days from the date of its filing shall constitute an approval and recommendation of the matters presented to the city council.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 2-177; Ch. 742, § I, 8-20-19)