The purpose of the McMinnville planning commission is to serve in an advisory role to the city council on the development and implementation of the city of McMinnville’s Comprehensive plan and its associated planning documents. The planning commission also serves in a quasi-judicial capacity on land-use decisions for the city of McMinnville, in order to ensure that the city of McMinnville grows and develops in an orderly fashion with adequate resources for housing, business, industry, transportation, recreation, culture, comfort, health and welfare of its population so that residents and businesses enjoy a high quality of life. (Ord. 5041, 2017).