(A) There is hereby created and established in the town a Town Planning and Zoning Commission, hereafter known as the “Daleville Planning and Zoning Commission”, consisting of seven members, four of whom shall be citizens of the town, who shall be qualified by knowledge or experience to act in matters pertaining to the development of a master plan, and who shall not hold any other office in the town government, and who shall be appointed by the Town Council, and not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. The Town Council shall appoint three persons in the town government as members of such Commission.
(B) The first four citizen members of the Town Planning and Zoning Commission appointed by the Town Council shall hold office as follows: two members for a term of three years and two members for a term of four years, from and after January 1 of the year of their appointment. Thereafter, as the terms of the citizens members expires, each new appointment shall be for a term of four years. Should any vacancy occur in the Commission of a citizen member thereof, the President of the Town Council shall fill such vacancy by appointment of a Commissioner for the residue of his or her term. The terms of the members appointed by the Town Council to represent the town government shall expire with the termination of their respective terms of office to which they have been elected or appointed, and all vacancies occurring among such members shall be filled according to law. The members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve without compensation or pay.
(C) At the first regular meeting in each year, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect from its members a President and Vice President. The Commission shall fix the time for holding regular meetings. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the Commission shall be official unless authorized by a majority of the Commission at a regular or properly called special meeting.
(D) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have full and exclusive power to make rules and regulations for the proper management, and may appoint and prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of a Secretary and such employees as the duties and responsibilities of the Commission.
(E) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the power and authority given such commissions by state law.
(Ord. 88-6, passed 5-2-1988)