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(a) Except as in this Charter otherwise provided or except as otherwise provided by a majority vote of the Council of the City of Cleveland, every temporary or regular officer or employee of the City of Cleveland, including members of all City boards and commissions established by the Charter or the ordinances of Cleveland, whether in the classified or unclassified service of the City of Cleveland, appointed after the effective date of this amendment, shall, at the time of his appointment, or within six months thereafter, be or become a bona fide resident of the City of Cleveland, and shall remain as such during his term of office or while employed by the City of Cleveland.
(b) No person shall, in any way, falsify or misstate verbally or in writing any application, paper, document or form, which relates to his employment with the City, that he is a resident of the City of Cleveland, when in fact he is not a bona fide resident of the City of Cleveland. Any officer or employee of the City of Cleveland who is found to have supplied or furnished such false or misleading information concerning his true residence or who fails to become a resident as herein required, or who, being a resident or having become a resident of the City, subsequently establishes a residence outside of the City, shall, after hearing, according to law, be discharged from service with the City.
(c) A person who is a bona fide resident of the City of Cleveland for at least one year and desires to take an entrance level civil service examination, as determined by the Civil Service Commission, at the time of filing his or her application for examination, shall, if a passing grade is attained, as determined by the civil service bulletin for such examination, have added to his or her raw score ten (10) points.
Notwithstanding anything in this Charter to the contrary, every veteran who has served in the United States Armed Forces for a period of 180 consecutive days, if he has received an honorable discharge or separation or a general discharge under honorable conditions, shall receive an additional five (5) points added to his raw score. The Civil Service Commission may grant additional veterans preference points for servicemen having a service-connected disability not to exceed ten (10) points.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any officer or employee on the payroll of the City of Cleveland on the effective date of this section.
(Effective November 29, 1982; division (c) amended by the electors November 2, 1999)
A person who is a bona fide resident of the City of Cleveland for at least one year from the date of filing of an application for a promotional civil service examination, who receives a passing grade on that promotional examination, shall have added to his or her raw score five (5) points.
(Effective March 6, 2012)
The City shall publish weekly a City Record which shall contain the transactions and proceedings of the Council, the legal advertising of the City and such other information relating to the affairs of the City as shall be determined by ordinance. The City Record shall be published, distributed and sold in such manner and on such terms as the Council may determine. No unofficial advertisements shall be published in the City Record.
(Effective November 9, 1931)
There shall be a City Planning Commission composed of seven (7) members. One shall be a member of the Council of the City of Cleveland chosen by each Council to serve during the term of such Council, and six members shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of Council, and may be removed by the Mayor. Two alternate members shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of Council, and may be removed by the Mayor. The alternate members may serve in place of a non-Council member of the City Planning Commission who is unable to act or is self-disqualified because of personal interest, and shall then have all the powers of the member and shall receive compensation for services as determined by the Council. In the event of the absence of the one Council member of the City Planning Commission, the Council President may appoint another Council member to serve as a member pro tempore for purposes of that City Planning Commission meeting. The term of the members, other than Council members, shall be six (6) years, except that of the initial appointments of the non-alternate members, the terms of two members shall be two (2) years, and the terms of two members shall be four (4) years. Vacancies in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired term. The Chairman of the Commission shall be appointed annually by the Mayor from the members and may be removed as Chairman at the Mayor’s pleasure.
(Effective November 3, 2009)
There shall be a Planning Director who shall be nominated by the Commission and appointed by the Mayor at his discretion. He shall be ex-officio Secretary of the City Planning Commission and shall serve until removed by the Mayor with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission. Upon nomination of the Planning Director the Commission shall appoint as its staff such technical and office personnel and assistants as it may deem necessary within the appropriation made available for such purpose. All such appointments, except the Planning Director and his secretary, shall be made in conformity with the civil service provisions of this Charter. Under the direction of the Commission the Director shall supervise and control the planning staff.
(Effective November 3, 1942)
It shall be the function and duty of the Planning Commission to make and adopt a general plan for the development and improvement of the City, and for any area outside of the City which in the judgment of the Commission bears relation to the planning of the City. No general plan or portions thereof or amendments thereto shall be adopted by the Commission until after a public hearing thereon. So much of the general plan as may be established or from time to time amended by ordinance of Council shall constitute the official map of the City of Cleveland. The Commission shall also make plans and proposals for specific improvements and projects which it deems desirable for the City and its surrounding area and recommend them to the appropriate authority. These plans and proposals shall not become a part of the general plan until adopted as such. The Commission shall have authority to call upon officers and employees of other departments and divisions of the City of Cleveland for assistance in City planning. On or before the 1st day of June in each year the Commission shall recommend to the Mayor a capital improvement budget for the following year and a comprehensive five-year capital improvement program. It shall be the duty of the Commission to take the initiative in planning for the City and surrounding area and it shall have full power to publish and distribute at public expense copies of plans or reports and to promote public interest in and understanding of general plans and of other recommendations or proposals. It shall have authority to make such investigations, maps and studies relating to the planning of the community as it may deem desirable. The Planning Commission may recommend to the appropriate public authorities or private agencies programs for the development and improvement of the community, for the enactment of legislation pertaining thereto, for the building of public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof. The Commission may enter into agreement with other governmental or private agencies necessary or desirable for carrying forward any of its purposes subject to the approval of Council.
(Effective November 3, 1942)
All ordinances or resolutions of Council, or acts or orders of any administrative official or agency of the City of Cleveland which affect the City plan or concern the plan, design, character, extent, location or use of any public improvement or public property or change thereof, or concern zoning or other regulations affecting or controlling the use or development of land or otherwise come within the functions of the Planning Commission as set forth in Section 76-1, before adoption and before they shall become legal or binding upon the City, shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for report and recommendation. Any matter so referred to the Planning Commission shall be acted upon by the Planning Commission within thirty (30) days from the date of referral, unless a longer time be allowed by Council. If the Commission shall fail to act within the time aforesaid, it shall be deemed to have approved such matter. Any provision of any ordinance, resolution or order disapproved by formal action of the Planning Commission shall require a two-thirds vote of all the members of Council for adoption of authorization. If any plan, design, or other proposal concerns the character, extent, location or use of any public improvement or public property or change thereof within the territorial limits of the City of Cleveland but does not under the law or Charter provision governing the same fall within the province of the Council or other official agency of the City of Cleveland, then the submission to the Planning Commission shall be by the State, County, district, school, township or other official, board, commission or body having jurisdiction over such public improvement or property, in accordance with the provisions of the general law of the State of Ohio; and the City Planning Commission’s disapproval may be overruled not earlier than one week after communicating to the Commission the reasons therefor, by such official, or by such board, commission or body by a vote of not less than two-thirds of its membership.
(Effective November 3, 1942)
There shall be a Co-ordinating Board composed of the Mayor, the directors of the various City departments and representatives of such other public agencies as the Commission shall invite, and an Advisory Committee appointed by the Mayor on the recommendation of the Commission, which shall advise with the Commission on matters pertaining to the planning and development of the community.
(Effective November 3, 1942)
The Council shall by ordinance provide regulations and restrictions governing the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the density of population, the size of yards, courts and open spaces, and the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence and other purposes, and such other matters pertinent thereto as may be competent for this Charter to authorize.
(Effective November 3, 1942)
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