18.135.020 City council.
A. Duties and Powers Related to Zoning. The city council shall have the duty to carry out the provisions and intent of the general plan and this code. Specifically, the city council has the powers to do the following:
1. Appointment Powers. The city council shall have the power to appoint and remove members of the planning and zoning commission and the hearing officer.
2. Initiation Powers. The city council or planning and zoning commission shall have the power to initiate legislation and hold public meetings and public hearings on the following:
a. General plan amendments;
b. Zoning code map or text amendments. The city council shall have the power to initiate applications with or without owner authorizations for either zoning code map or text amendments as provided by state law; and
c. Area specific plans.
3. Decision-Making Powers. The city council shall have the power to make final decisions and hold public meetings and public hearings to review and approve, continue, deny, or approve with conditions the following requests:
a. General plan amendments;
b. Zoning code text and zoning map amendments;
c. Final subdivision plats pursuant to MCC Title 17, Subdivisions;
d. Planned area development (PAD) districts and PAD plans in PAD zoning districts, and major amendments or major modifications to conditions of approved planned area development districts and plans, as defined in this code;
e. Area specific plans; and
f. Annexations.
4. Appeal Powers. Refer to Table 18.140.140.
B. The city council may prescribe, in connection with a decision noted in subsections (A)(3)(c) and (A)(3)(d) of this section, conditions of approval as the council deems necessary, in order to fully carry out the provisions and intent of the general plan and this code, pursuant to MCC 18.140.100, Conditions of approval. Violations of any city council condition of approval shall be a violation of this code.
C. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the city council under this code may file an appeal to the Pinal County superior court within 30 calendar days after the city council has rendered its final decision, in accordance with MCC 18.140.140, Appeals. [Ord. 24-01 § 2; Res. 23-19; Ord. 23-17 § 2; Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 501.02; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]