(a) To recommend to the council and other officers of the city plans for the regulation of the future growth, development, and beautification of the city, including public and private buildings and works, subdivisions, streets, parks, playgrounds, and unimproved real property;

(b) To recommend to the council plans for the future growth and development of the city in order to provide proper and adequate public utilities, sanitation, and other commercial and residential services;

(c) To recommend to the council for approval or disapproval maps or plats for the division of real property within the city and to approve and recommend the annexation of real property to the city. All maps or plats of real property shall be submitted to the planning commission for approval or disapproval before any recommendation is made to the council thereon;

(d) To make suggestions and recommendations to the council from time to time concerning the future needs and growth of the city, including the location and development of public and private buildings, structures, and grounds, and to recommend from time to time, upon request, the locations, architectural design, and use of buildings, structures, or works owned or controlled by private parties to be erected or maintained in the city;

(e) To recommend to the council or other public officers of the city the location, architectural design, and use of public buildings, structures, and works controlled by the city or other political subdivisions within the city and to recommend the adoption of building restrictions and ordinances or codes restricting the use of property in residential, industrial, commercial and other zones within the city;

(f) To consider and make recommendations on any proposed ordinance or resolution referred to the commission by the council and to investigate, suggest, and make recommendations on any matter submitted to the commission by the city manager or council for consideration and recommendation; and

(g) Any other powers and authority granted to the planning commission by the laws of the state.

(a) The council may, by resolution, appoint advisory members to the planning commission, which members shall be selected from the officers, employees, and elected officials of the city.

(b) The term of each advisory member shall correspond to the member’s term of office or term of employment with the city.

(c) Each advisory member so appointed may designate an assistant or deputy to sit on the commission in the absence of the advisory member.

(d) Advisory members shall advise and consult with the commission and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by resolution of the council.

(e) Advisory members sitting on the commission shall not be entitled to vote.