• 157.01 - Creation; Membership; Term; Vacancy.
• 157.02 - Officers; Meetings; Procedure; Records.
• 157.03 - Assistance to the City Planning Board.
• 157.04 - Powers and Duties.
• 157.05 - Conflicts with Zoning Code.
• 157.06 - Regional Planning Commission Powers and Duties.
• 157.07 - Municipal Planning and Platting Policy Objectives

157.01   CREATION; MEMBERSHIP; TERM; VACANCY

(a) There is hereby created and established a Planning Commission for the City, which shall be known as the City Planning Board, and which shall consist of nine members. Each of the members shall serve for a period of three years and shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent and approval of the City Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of the Planning Board as of October 9, 1990, shall be established by an ordinance enacted by the City Commission. No member shall serve more than three consecutive terms. After a member has served during three consecutive terms he shall be ineligible for reappointment to the Planning Board until one year has expired since his last date of service on the Board.
(b) Any vacancy on the Planning Board shall be filled as in the case of the original appointment, as set forth herein, for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is so filled.
(c) All members of the Planning Board shall serve without compensation and shall be subject to removal from office by a majority vote of the City Commission.
(d) The City Commission shall appoint at least one of its members as an advisory, nonvoting member of the Planning Board. This City Commission member shall not be counted as one of the nine members of the Board.
(e) Persons eligible for service on the Planning Board shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) Persons serving on another City board or commission shall not be eligible to serve on the Planning Board; provided, however, one member may serve on both the City Planning Board and the Board of Zoning Appeals and members of the City Planning Board may serve on Regional Planning Commissions for which the City Planning Board was a creating party.
(2) Persons serving on the Planning Board shall be electors of the City.
(3) Elected public officials shall not be eligible to serve on the Planning Board.
(4) Except as otherwise provided herein, if any member of the Planning Board fails to meet any of the qualifications stated in suubsections (e)(1) and (2) hereof, his office shall immediately become vacant.
(5) The City Commission, by ordinance and upon finding that the particular expertise of a potential appointee or member is needed on the Planning Board, may waive any or all of the requirements of subsections (e)(1) and (2) hereof, for such appointee or member.
(f) If any board member is absent from three of any six consecutive regularly scheduled meetings, or if such member is unwilling or unable to attend a regularly scheduled prearranged discussion of the public business of his board which fails to qualify as a "meeting" for lack of quorum, is [sic] office shall immediately become vacant. Such member shall have the opportunity to explain his absence to the City Commission and may be reappointed by a majority vote of the City Commmission to complete the balance of his term.
(g) The Planning Board, constituted as hereinbefore provided, shall exercise authority and jurisdiction in all matters pending before the Planning Board existing prior to the effective date of this section.
(Ord. 02-350. Passed 9-3-02.)

157.02   OFFICERS; MEETINGS; PROCEDURE; RECORDS

(a) The City Planning Board shall elect from its membership a chairperson and such other officers as it may deem necessary. No chairperson shall serve more than three years during a period of nine consecutive years. The term "year" means twelve consecutive months. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with law and ordinance. Meetings of the Board shall be held once each month, and at such additional times as the Board may determine; provided, however, the chairperson may cancel a meeting if no member has proposed business to be conducted at the meeting. The time of regular meetings shall be specified in the rules and regulations of the Board. Special meeetings shall be called by the chairperson. There shall be a fixed place of meeting.

(b) The Planning Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the action of the Board and the vote of each member upon each question or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its official action, all of which shall be filed promptly in the Planning and Development Department. The presence of five members shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall act by resolution and a copy of each resolution duly adopted shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the City Commission.
Ord. 02-350. Passed 9-3-02.)

Chapter 157 Continued

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