Planning Commission
A planning commission is the municipal body that drafts the comprehensive plan and the zoning ordinance and reviews subdivision and land development proposals before elected officials vote on them.
In Phoenixville
Phoenixville's Planning Commission prepares the comprehensive plan, recommends adoption or amendment of the official map, prepares the borough's zoning ordinance, and administers subdivision and land development regulations. It recommends and Borough Council decides. Members serve four-year terms with regular public meetings. People routinely confuse it with the Zoning Hearing Board, which does close to the opposite job. Longer read: what a Planning Commission seat actually involves.