City Planning Commission is responsible for the conduct of planning related to the orderly growth, improvement, and future development, of the city, including adequate and appropriate resources for the housing business industry transportation, distribution, recreation, culture, comfort, convenience, health, and welfare of its population.

The CPC is also responsible for the review of and has avito power over all proposals to change to the zoning map, the city map, and the text of the zoning resolution, site selections for city capital projects, all major concessions, proposed franchises of revocable consent that the Department of City Planning determines what have land use impacts, proposed housing and urban renewal plans pursuant to state and federal law, sales acquisition leases or other dispositions of real property, owned by the city, and the granting of special permits pursuant to zoning resolution.

The CPC of overseas implementation of laws that require environmental reviews of actions taken by the city and particularly city environmental quality review known as seeker by by common name.

State Environmental Quality Review Act, SECRA, and the National Environmental Policy Act.