(a) Establishment - There is hereby established a Planning Commission for the Municipality.
(b) Membership; Terms – The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members. The Mayor shall be a full voting member of the Planning Commission by virtue of holding the office of Mayor. On or before the first day of February of each year, the Council shall designate, by a motion adopted by a majority vote of its members, one of its members to serve as a full voting member of the Planning Commission, and such person shall serve so long as he or she is a member of the Council and until a successor is designated by the Council. In addition to the members hereinbefore provided (the Mayor and one member of the Council), there shall be five Citizen members of the Planning Commission appointed to 3-year terms of office by the Council by a motion adopted by a majority vote of the members of the Council; provided that the first citizen members appointed pursuant to this Charter shall be appointed so that two shall serve for a term of 3 years, two shall serve for a term of 2 years, and one shall serve for a term of 1 year. Thereafter, each Citizen member shall be appointed to serve a term of 3 years. Such Citizen members of the Commission shall also be full voting members.
(c) The powers, duties, and functions of the Planning Commission shall be provided by these Regulations and the ordinances and resolutions of the Municipality; but until such ordinance or resolutions shall be passed, it shall possess powers, duties, and functions as are provided by the laws of Ohio, to the extent that such laws do not conflict with the provisions of these Regulations.