ARTICLE XIV

MASTER PLAN REVIEW COMMISSION

SECTION 14.01. COMPOSITION AND TERMS.

On or before January, 2002, the Mayor shall, with confirmation by a majority vote of Council, appoint a Commission of nine (9) qualified electors of the Municipality, holding no other office or appointment in this Municipality, as members of a Master Plan Review Commission to serve until their duties as outlined in Section 13.02 hereof are completed. A subsequent Commission shall be appointed not more than five (5) years after the preceding Commission. In the years in which the Commission is convened, the appointment of members shall be made by the Mayor in January of that year, and such members shall serve without compensation. Council shall appropriate sufficient funds to permit the Master Plan Review Commission to complete its duties under this Article, including the hiring of any consultant services deemed necessary. (11-4-1997.)

SECTION 14.02. DUTIES.

It shall be the function and duty of the Master Plan Review Commission to prepare a Master Plan for the City, and/or to review the current Master Plan for the City and recommend revisions to that Master Plan. In performing their function, the Master Plan Review Commission shall solicit input from the Planning Commission, the Mayor and the Administration, City Council and its various committees, and the public, including residents of, and businesses located in, Aurora. The Master Plan, or any revision of the Master Plan, shall contain the Commission’s recommendations for appropriate land use classifications for every parcel of land within the City. Following the completion of its activities, and within eight (8) months of the appointment of the Master Plan Review Commission, the Master Plan Review Commission shall submit its recommendations for adoption of, or for revision to, the City’s Master Plan, to the Planning Commission for their consideration. (11-4-1997.)

SECTION 14.03. MASTER PLAN CONTENTS.

The Master Plan or revisions to it, as recommended by the Master Plan Review Commission shall clearly define existing and projected problems in the City development and land use for the next twenty (20) years, and provide suggested solutions for resolving such problems. The Master Plan shall contain the following:

A. Formal recommendations for appropriate land use classifications for every parcel of land within the City, preserving the current character of the City, and ensuring that Residential, Commercial and Industrial growth shall be attractive, productive, and in the best interests of the health, safety and welfare of the City;

B. Measures to preserve, protect, enhance and expand upon, open space areas and other natural resources such as watercourses, wetlands, and mature forests;

C. Measures to preserve the Historic areas of the City, including any and all designated Historic District(s);

D. Plans for the development and management of safe and efficient traffic flow and transportation facilities throughout the community;

E. Plans for the continuing upgrade of the City’s infrastructure, including but not limited to the management of water and sewer systems, whether storm or septic, roads, utilities, schools, police, fire and recreation; and

F. An identification of adequate funding options to implement all recommendations contained in the Master Plan.(11-4-1997.)

SECTION 14.04. MASTER PLAN REVIEW BY PLANNING COMMISSION.

Within four (4) months of their receipt of any Master Plan report and recommendations, Planning Commission shall review such recommendations, recommend adoption of a recommended Master Plan, recommend adoption of revisions to any existing Master Plan, or recommend adoption of some variation to it (hereinafter the Master Plan Recommendations), and forward those recommendations on to City Council for their consideration and action. (11-4-1997.)

SECTION 14.05. MASTER PLAN REVIEW BY CITY COUNCIL.

Within three months of its receipt of the Master Plan Review Commission’s master plan recommendations, Council shall review and consider those recommendations, and either approve and adopt the Master Plan Recommendations as submitted, or approve them with revisions. After the Master Plan has been approved by Council, but subject to amendments of the plan by Council from time to time, the Planning Commission and Council shall, in performing their duties and exercising their powers, adhere to the Master Plan, provide for any expenditures called for by the Master Plan and authorized by Council, and enact, consistent with that plan, land use recommendations and other regulations to the fullest extent permitted by law. (11-4-1997; 11-2-2004.)