§ 160A-361. Planning boards. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A‑361.  Planningboards.

(a)        Any city may byordinance create or designate one or more boards or commissions to perform thefollowing duties:

(1)        Make studies of thearea within its jurisdiction and surrounding areas;

(2)        Determine objectivesto be sought in the development of the study area;

(3)        Prepare and adoptplans for achieving these objectives;

(4)        Develop andrecommend policies, ordinances, administrative procedures, and other means forcarrying out plans in a coordinated and efficient manner;

(5)        Advise the councilconcerning the use and amendment of means for carrying out plans;

(6)        Exercise anyfunctions in the administration and enforcement of various means for carryingout plans that the council may direct;

(7)        Perform any otherrelated duties that the council may direct.

(b)        A board orcommission created or designated pursuant to this section may include, butshall not be limited to, one or more of the following:

(1)        A planning board orcommission of any size (with not fewer than three members) or compositiondeemed appropriate, organized in any manner deemed appropriate;

(2)        A joint planningboard created by two or more local governments pursuant to Article 20, Part 1,of this Chapter. (1919,c. 23, s. 1; C.S., s. 2643; 1945, c. 1040, s. 2; 1955, cc. 489, 1252; 1959, c.327, s. 2; c. 390; 1971, c. 698, s. 1; 1973, c. 426, s. 57; 1979, 2nd Sess., c.1247, s. 35; 1997‑309, s. 7; 1997‑456, s. 27; 2004‑199, s.41(a).)