El Segundo Municipal Code Ch. 1 Planning Commission

A Planning Commission which may be known and referred to as the "City Planning Commission" or "Planning Commission" of the City is hereby created and established, pursuant to the provisions of The Planning Law of the State (commencing with section 65000 of the State Government Code). (Ord. 677, 12-26-1967)

The Planning Commission shall consist of five (5) members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City with the approval of the City Council. (Ord. 300, 8-20-1946)

The Planning Commission and the members thereof shall respectively have and exercise each and all of the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and authorities of city planning commissions and of members of the commissions, all as set forth and contemplated in and under The planning law of the State (commencing with section 65000 of the State Government Code) as same now exists and as same may hereafter be amended, and shall perform the functions of the city planning commissions and members thereof, respectively, all as indicated, set forth and referred to in the Act and in the manner therein stated. (Ord. 677, 12-26-1967)

The terms of members of the Planning Commission shall be for four (4) years. If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of the term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Terms shall begin on July 1 of the year of appointment and expire June 30 of the fourth year thereafter. Terms shall be staggered amongst the members such that not more than two (2) Commission terms expire in any given year. (Ord. 689, 5-23-1968; amd. 2000 Code)

The City Council may in making its annual tax levy and as a part thereof levy and collect a tax each year hereafter in the manner and for the purpose of defraying the lawful expenses incurred by the Planning Commission in carrying out the purposes of this Chapter; provided, that the tax shall not exceed in any fiscal year the sum of two (2) mills on the dollar of assessed valuation of the City. The City Council, however, reserves the right to make additional appropriations from the general revenues of the City for the purposes of the Planning Commission whenever the City Council deems the action necessary or advisable. (Ord. 300, 8-20-1946)

The Planning Commission shall cause proper records to be kept of all of its official acts and proceedings and shall make reports to the City Council, all as contemplated in the planning law of the State (commencing with section 65000 of the State Government Code). (Ord. 677, 12-26-1967)

The Planning Commission shall have no power or authority to bind or obligate the City or any officer or department thereof for any money, debt, undertaking or obligation of any kind in excess of the appropriation which the City Council may have made for the purposes of the Planning Commission for any fiscal year. (Ord. 300, 8-20-1946)

The Planning Commission shall provide for its own organization, shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of business and shall designate the time and place for the regular meetings of the Planning Commission. Permission is granted to the Planning Commission to use the Council Chamber in the City Hall as the place for its meetings; provided, that the meetings shall not conflict or interfere with meetings of the City Council. (Ord. 300, 8-20-1946; amd. 2000 Code)

The City Clerk is hereby authorized and instructed to notify the Planning Commission of any matters which may hereafter be pending before the City Council and to forward to the Planning Commission from time to time any and all documents, proceedings and instruments which may hereafter be so pending, which documents, proceedings and instruments, according to law, are required to be submitted to the Planning Commission prior to final action thereon by the City Council. (Ord. 300, 8-20-1946)