Montebello Municipal Code Ch. 2.40 Planning Commission

A planning commission for the city is created.

(Prior code § 2300)

The planning commission of this city shall consist of five members. Each commissioner shall be appointed for a term not to exceed four years; provided that the city council shall stagger terms of office; or portions of terms of office at such times as it shall deem necessary, so as to provide for continuity in the membership of the commission. Each city council member shall be entitled to appoint one commissioner from among qualified residents in accordance with this section. An individual shall be eligible for appointment to the commission as long as he or she is a resident within the city at the time of his or her appointment and at all times during his or her term. Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, or until he or she is removed from office, by not less than a majority vote of the total voting membership of the city council, with or without cause. Any commissioner serving due the appointment by a member of the city council who is no longer serving in office shall continue to serve until a successor commissioner is appointed.

(Ord. 2158 § 3, 1997: Ord. 2106 § 4, 1994: prior code § 2301)

(Ord. No. 2428, § 4, 11-18-2020)

The commission shall elect its chairman 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 commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. It shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of the resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record.

(Prior code § 2305)

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.

(Prior code § 2304)

A. If a member of the commission shall be absent from three successive regular meetings of the commission, without cause, the office of each member shall be deemed to be vacant. The secretary of the commission shall immediately inform the city council of such vacancy.

B. An absence due to illness, an unavoidable absence from the city, or provided that written notice thereof is given to the secretary of the commission in advance of such regular meeting, shall be deemed an absence for cause.

(Prior code §§ 2302 and 2303)

The 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.

(Prior code § 2306)