San Mateo County Municipal Code Ch. 2.61 Planning Commission

There is in the County a Planning Commission consisting of five members, who shall not be officials or employees of the County of San Mateo. The five members shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors. One member shall reside in each supervisorial district and members shall reside in the district of their appointment during their term. These residency requirements may be waived by the Board of Supervisors if it finds such waiver to be in the public interest. In the event that the Board of Supervisors waives the requirement that one member reside in each supervisorial district, reasonable effort shall be made to seek appointees from areas as geographically near as practicable to the district that lacks a resident member. However, in no event shall more than two (2) members reside in the same supervisorial district.

The term of office for each member shall be four years. The term for a member shall coincide with the term of office of the Supervisor representing the member's district of appointment. When a Supervisor vacates office for any reason, the term of the member appointed from the same district shall also be vacated, except that said member may continue in office until a successor is appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Members are limited to three consecutive full terms of office. For purposes of determining the number of consecutive terms that a member may serve, any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Commission will be considered to have served a full term if there are two or more years remaining in the term to which appointed, determined as of the date of appointment to fill the vacancy; and any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Commission with less than two years remaining in the term as of the date of appointment will not be considered to have served a full term.

(Ord. 4331, 10/17/06)

(Ord. No. 04686, § 1, 2-11-2014)

Voting members shall receive travel and meal expenses as elsewhere provided in this code and in addition a compensation of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month for each month that such voting members are members of the Planning Commission.

(Ord. 4331, 10/17/06)

The functions of the Planning Agency are assigned as follows:

(a) The Planning Commission shall review and recommend to the Board of Supervisors action on the general plan and specific plans, and all proposed implementing ordinances or other regulations with regard thereto, or proposed amendments thereto, including any property amendments with respect to the San Mateo County Local Coastal Program. Any such review and recommendation by the Planning Commission shall be in accordance with general law. The Planning Commission shall also review, on an annual basis, the County of San Mateo's capital improvement program for consistency with the County's general plan. The Planning Commission shall perform such other functions as are set forth in the Charter and the general law and the ordinances of the Board of Supervisors.

(b) All other functions of the Planning Agency are assigned to such officers or bodies as are specified in division VI (Zoning Annex) to the San Mateo County Ordinance Code, in the San Mateo County subdivision ordinance or in other applicable sections of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code.

(Ord. 4331, 10/17/06)

(Ord. No. 04457, § 2, 2-3-2009)

The Planning Commission shall hold at least one regular public meeting in each month in the Hall of Justice and Records, and may schedule and hold such other meetings, or postpone or cancel meetings as it deems necessary.

(Ord. 4331, 10/17/06)