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• • • LAWS OF FLORIDA 2215 and organize and appoint such officers, with such powers and du- ties, as the City Planning and Zoning Commission may deem advisa- ble and expedient for the conduct of its business under the authority herein granted, and shall prescribe such rules of procedure and adopt such by-laws as may be necessary to carry into effect and operation its duties and powers hereby granted, and may prescribe penalties for the non-attendance or disorderly conduct of its mem- bers and enforce the same. A majority of the Board shall be neces- sary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from. time to time, and under the pro- visions of their rules of procedure may compel the attendance of absent members by the imposition of fines and penalties. The said Commission shall provide the time and place of its regular meetings and the manner in which special meetings shall be called and held. Section 105. The general powers and duties of the City Planning and Zoning Commission which shall be exercised and performed as herein provided and in accordance with the general ordinances of the City, shall be as follows: (a) The City Planning and Zoning Commission shall procure information and make reconunendations to the City Council of all facts bearing upon the needs of the City, with regard to recreation grounds, the development and improvement of parks and boule- vards, the improvement of water fronts, the extension or opening of streets and avenues or other public ways or places and all other City plans and improvements generally. (b) Shall receive and report on suggestions offered by citizens or officials within the scope of its. powers and when it deems such suggestions practicable, to report them to the City Council with its recommendation. (c) Shall prepare a general City plan, and if they deem it neces- sary they may, with the consent and approval of the City Council, employ any and all expert assistance which they niay require in the preparation of such plan, which plan shall be submitted to the City Council for its approval. Upon the adoption of the City plan by the City Council the City Planning and Zoning Commission shall carry out the provisions of the same in accordance with the direc- tions and requirements of the City Council. (d) Shall provide plans for original landscape work to be done in, about and around City parks and boulevards now owned or hereafter acquired; and shall provide plans for all landscape work to be done by said City. (e) Shall formulate a plan to regulate and restrict the location I 32.