Part 1 — Planning Commission

A Planning Commission for the City is hereby created.

Said Planning Commission shall consist of five members who shall be qualified electors of the City who may be persons who hold an office or a position with the City, provided, however, that the number of members of such Commission who are not officials of the City shall exceed the number of members who may be officers or employees of the City. Of the members of the Commission first appointed hereunder, one shall be for the term of four years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of two years, and two for the term of one year. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years. If vacancies shall occur, otherwise than by expiration of term, they shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council.

If a member of the Planning Commission shall be absent from three successive regular meetings of said Commission, without cause, the office of such member shall be deemed to be vacant and the term of such member ipso facto terminated and the Planning Commission shall immediately inform the City Council of such termination.

An absence due to illness or an unavoidable absence from the City and written notice thereof to the Planning Commission on or before the day of any regular meeting by said Commission shall be deemed absence for cause.

A regular meeting as provided for by law or by rule of the Planning Commission or any regularly advertised public hearing shall be deemed a regular meeting.

The Planning Commission shall elect its chairperson from among its appointed members for a term of one year and, subject to other provisions of law, may create and fill such other offices as it may determine. The Planning Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a record of the resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.

Said City Planning Commission shall perform the duties and shall have all the rights, powers and privileges specified and provided for in this Code or by State Law.