Coachella Municipal Code Ch. 2.32 Planning Commission

A city planning commission is created. The city planning commission shall consist of five regular members and one alternate member. Members of the planning commission shall be residents of the city.

(Ord 890 § 3, 2003: prior code § 18-1)

(Ord. No. 1137, § 4, 4-10-19)

Each person appointed to the planning commission shall be appointed for a term of four years or less. The term of each planning commissioner shall expire on December 31st of the year that occurs no more than four years after the date of the appointment. The terms of members of the council who serve as ex-official shall correspond to their official tenure as council members.

(Ord. 890 § 4, 2003: prior code § 18-2)

If a vacancy shall occur in the planning commission otherwise than by expiration of a term, it shall be filled by the alternate planning commissioner, unless the city council determines otherwise.

(Prior code § 18-3)

The members of the planning commission shall not receive any compensation for their services unless the city council shall, by resolution, provide otherwise.

(Prior code § 18-4)

Immediately upon their appointment, the members shall organize the city planning commission, and shall elect a chairperson and a chairperson pro tempore from among their membership. The terms of office for such chairperson and chairperson pro tempore shall be for a one-year period. The city manager shall designate from among the city staff, a secretary, who shall be compensated for such service in such amount, and in such manner as the city council may, by resolution, from time to time designate.

(Prior code § 18-5)

A. The city planning commission shall meet twice each month on the first and third Wednesday of each month. All meetings shall be held at the council chambers in the city hall and shall commence at six p.m. Special meetings may be called at any time by the presiding officer of the planning commission, or by a majority of the members of the commission by providing notice pursuant to Government Code § 54956. If an applicant requests a special meeting, a meeting fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) shall be paid by the applicant prior to the meeting to offset the cost of convening the special meeting.

B. Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and a concurring vote of three members shall be necessary to effectuate any action, decision, finding or order of the planning commission unless a higher number of votes is required by statute. The office of any member who attends less than seventy-five (75) percent of all meetings of the planning commission within any six-month period shall require review by the city council. The city council expressly reserves the right to terminate the term of any member of the planning commission when, in the discretion of the council, such termination will best serve the interests of the city.

(Ord. 919 § 1, 2005: prior code § 18-6)

The alternate planning commissioner shall attend planning commission meetings as a nonvoting, nonparticipating member. In the event of an absence of a regular planning commissioner, the alternate planning commissioner shall sit with the commission as a voting, participating member.

(Prior code § 18-7)

A. The city council finds that nondiscretionary provisions of uniform codes adopted by the city and/or nondiscretionary provisions of this code should not under normal circumstances be waived, varied, changed, altered, increased or decreased with respect to the requirements thereof.

B. Should the planning commission undertake action which waives, varies, changes, alters, increases or decreases any nondiscretionary provision of any uniform code adopted by the city or of any nondiscretionary provision of this code, then, in that event, the city clerk shall put on the agenda such action by the planning commission for consideration by the city council at the next scheduled city council meeting.

C. This provision shall not be construed in any way to limit or otherwise change the authority granted to the planning commission as set forth in Title 17 of this code.

(Prior code § 18-8)