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requesting that any such ordinance be either repealed or submitted to the vote of the people. When such a petition has been certified as sufficient by the city secretary, the ordinance specified in the petition shall not go into effect, or further action thereunder shall be suspended if it shall have gone into effect, until and unless it is approved by the voters as herein provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no zoning district boundary ordinance shall be subject to the referendum process. MEASURE NO. 11 SHALL ARTICLE VII OF THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE VII. MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND ZONING Sec. 7.01. Planning and zoning commission. A city planning and zoning commission is established. Commission members shall be appointed by the council and serve without compensation. The council shall establish, by ordinance, the number of members, residency requirements and terms of office of members of the commission. In making appointments to the commission, council shall seek to ensure broad representation and expertise among the membership. The commission shall establish bylaws to govern rules of procedure and the annual election of officers. All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. Sec. 7.02. Powers and duties ofthe commission. The commission shall have the power and be required to: (1) Be responsible to and act as an advisory body to the council on all matters related to the physical growth and development of the city. (2) Review and be the final approval authority for the subdivision and platting of land within the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. The councilor the commission may expressly delegate authority to approve certain minor subdivision plats to the director of the planning and development services department in accordance with the provisions of state law. (3) Hold a public hearing and recommend to the city council the approval or disapproval of any proposed change to the city's official zoning map. (4) Hold a public hearing and be the final approval authority for any specific use permit application made under the city's zoning ordinance. (5) Submit annually to the city council, not less than one hundred and twenty days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, a list of recommended capital improvements found necessary or desirable. (6) Hold an annual public hearing on the subdivision ordinance and recommend any necessary or desirable changes to the council. (7) Hold an annual public hearing on the zoning ordinance and recommend any necessary or desirable changes to the council. (8) Perform an ongoing review ofthe city's master plan to include: (A) holding an annual public hearing on the plan and recommend any necessary or desirable changes to the council; (B) holding public hearings and making recommendations to the council regarding -6-