12.03.030 Duties (6/12/12).
Subject to change by the County board, the committee may adopt such rules and regulations governing its procedures as it considers necessary or advisable and not in conflict with either the Wisconsin Statutes or the Municipal Code of Kenosha County. The committee shall keep a record of its planning and zoning studies, it resolutions, reports, transactions, findings and determinations pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 59.69(2)(c). In addition thereto, the committee shall have the following duties:
(a) To hold public hearings pursuant to petitions for amendments to the zoning ordinance and pursuant to petitions for conditional use permits and as otherwise required by Wisconsin Statutes and this ordinance.
(b) To perform all Planning and Zoning related functions required by State Statutes and the Municipal Code of Kenosha County including the preparation of a master plan for the physical development of the County’s lands, air and waters.
(c) To make any inspections of properties deemed necessary by the committee so as to allow the committee to be better informed on any issues presented to it.
(d) To supervise the administration of the Kenosha County Department of Planning and Development.
(e) The Planning, Development & Extension Education Committee shall not grant variances to the terms of the ordinance in place of action by the Board of Adjustments or amend the text or zoning maps in place of official action by the governing body. [Code § 12.03-3.]