A.    The planning commission shall act as a consulting and advisory board to the city council and shall make investigations and recommendations in an advisory capacity, either upon its own initiative, or upon the request of the city staff, or the city council, of matters not relegated to other boards or commissions pertaining to growth, development and beautification of the city.

    B.    Planning commission action shall be final or advisory to the city council based upon the following categories of actions taken:

    1.    Advisory. The following actions shall be advisory to the city council: general plan and specific plan adoption, street closures and street vacations, zoning text amendments, density bonus, annexation proceedings, development agreements and capital improvement plans option;

    2.    Advisory if Approved--Final if Denied. General plan and specific plan amendments and zone changes are advisory to the city council if approved and final if denied, absent an appeal;

    3.    Final Action. The following actions shall be final absent an appeal: tentative maps; variances; conditional use permits; planned unit developments; parcel maps; zoning text interpretations; design and site review as provided in Grass Valley Zoning Ordinance No. 69 N.S., Article 16B and city council resolutions pertaining to same; other routine actions as directed by the city council are final, absent an appeal. (Ord. 580 § 2 (part), 1999)