There is hereby continued as heretofore created a Planning Commission for the City of Brooklyn Park to have all the powers provided by state law and as set forth in this subchapter.
(A) There are 11 members of the Commission to be appointed by the Council in the manner hereinafter set forth.
(B) All members of the Commission must be lawful residents of the City of Brooklyn Park.
(C) The 11 members are appointed to serve for terms of three years each, except that young adult members are appointed to terms of one year each, and that any vacancy occurring among the members of the Planning Commission during an unexpired term must be filled for the rest of the term by vote of the Council. Any members of said Commission may be removed for cause by the Council upon notice, written charges, and after a public hearing. Appointments must be made as soon after the first of each year as practicable.
(D) The members of the Commission must take the usual oath of office and the Commission must appoint its own Chair and Secretary and may provide its own rules of procedure. It must determine regular dates and times of meetings, which are to be held at least once a month, and it must call public hearings when appropriate. No member of the Commission shall pass or vote upon any question in which the member is directly or indirectly interested.
(E) The Commission must prepare all reports as the Council shall request.
(F) Two of the 11 members of the Planning Commission shall be young adult members. The young adult members may serve up to three one-year terms. The young adult members must have reached the age of 18 by the date of appointment to that young adult member's first term and must not have reached the age of 25 by the date of appointment for any term.
('72 Code, § 250:00) (Am. Ord. 1973-154(A), passed 2-26-73; Am. Ord. 2008-1086, passed 4-7-08; Am. Ord. 2021-1268, passed 12-6-21)