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(A) There is hereby created a City Planning Commission, which shall be referred to as the Planning Commission.
(B) The Planning Commission created under the terms of this section shall consist of an uneven number of members, of not less than three members and not more than five members, appointed by the Mayor, and subject to approval by the City Council. The term each member shall serve shall be for five years. Administrative officials of the city may be appointed as ex-officio members of the Planning Commission, however, all members of the Planning Commission shall serve as such without compensation.
(C) The Planning Commission shall elect a Chairperson from among its members for a term of one year with eligibility for re-election, and shall also elect a Vice-Chairperson and Secretary in a manner prescribed by the rules of the members. The Planning Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month, and shall adopt rules for transaction of its business and keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which shall be a public record. The Planning Commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, and may also contract with planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants for such services as it may require; provided, however, that such appointments and contracts shall be approved by the City Council.
(D) The Planning Commission may exercise the comprehensive planning and zoning powers granted in SDCL §§ 11-4 and 11-6, and acts amendatory thereof, not only within the corporate limits of the city, but also within an area of up to three miles of the corporate limits, as provided by law.
(E) (1) For the purpose of making a comprehensive plan for the development of the city, the Planning Commission shall make, or cause to be made, careful and comprehensive studies of present conditions and future growth of the city, including any land outside the city which bears relation to the comprehensive plan. The comprehensive plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated and harmonious development of the city and its environs.
(2) After such comprehensive plan has been adopted according to law, no substantial amendment or modification thereof shall be made without such proposed change first being referred to the Planning Commission for its recommendations.
(F) It shall be a duly of the Planning Commission to recommend the boundaries of zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein, in accordance with the comprehensive plan. All applications and proposals for changes in, or amendments to, the zoning regulations shall first be submitted to the Planning Commission for its recommendations. The City Council may provide for the Planning Commission to act as a Board of Adjustment to make special exceptions or grant variances to the terms of the zoning regulations.
(G) (1) All plans, plats, or re-plats of subdivisions or re-subdivisions of land within the jurisdiction of this section shall first he submitted to the Planning Commission for its recommendation before approval by the City Council.
(2) The Planning Commission shall prepare and recommend to the City Council regulations governing the subdivision of land within its jurisdiction. No amendments or changes thereto shall be made without recommendation by the Planning Commission.
(H) The Planning Commission, its members, and employees shall have all powers as may be necessary to enable it to fulfill and perform its functions, and to carry out all the purposes and powers provided in SDCL §§ 11-4 and 11-6, and acts amendatory thereof.
(Ord., passed 9-11-1995; Ord. 531, passed 7-14-1999)
According to SDCL § 11-7-7, approval is given to activate a Housing and Redevelopment Commission in and for the city; said approval to transact business and exercise powers based on the shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations available to persons of low or moderate income, including veterans and service members and their families, at rentals or prices they can afford. Further, the Housing and Redevelopment Commission members shall be appointed by the Mayor.
(Res. 96-09, passed - -)
The city hereby creates an Advisory Committee to provide input on policies, codes, plans, and practices and provide a platform for youth engagement in policy making decisions and local government (the Advisory Committee). The Advisory Committee shall be comprised of two students, defined as being of high school age, who live, attend school, or are engaged in the city. The two students shall be nominated by the Garretson High School administration, subject to the approval of an appointment by the City Council. The inaugural members of the Advisory Committee shall be nominated no later than August 30, 2024, and appointed no later than September 6, 2024, to serve a one-year term to expire on May 15, 2025. This same process shall be followed on an annual basis thereafter, save and except the nomination date shall change to May 15 of each year. The City Council, in its sole discretion, has authority to modify or dissolve the Advisory Committee at any time.
(Res. 2024-20, passed 7-1-2024)
(A) Any person violating and provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) (1) The city police or Justice failing to file said report, as required by § 32.01(A), or furnishing any false report, shall be punished by a fine of no less than $5, nor more than $100.
(2) Failure to permit such investigation, or failure to comply with directions given by such officials in accordance with §§ 32.01(B) and 32.02(K) shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any person or persons guilty of such misdemeanor shall, upon conviction, be subject to fine of not less than $5, nor more than $25 for each offense. Each five days of maintenance of prohibited conditions shall constitute a separate offense.
(3) (a) If any firefighter shall, without reasonable excuse, fail to attend any fire, to perform his or her duties faithfully, or, without permission, leave his or her apparatus on such occasion, as described in § 32.02(E), he or she shall, for every such default, pay a penalty not exceeding $5.
(b) Any person who shall willfully hinder or resist any officer or member of the Fire Department in the discharge of his or her duties at any fire, conduct himself or herself in a disorderly or noisy manner at such fire, or shall, without reasonable excuse, refuse to obey any necessary order, the chief in charge, Mayor, or the Chief of Police may give, in a matter relating to the extinguishment of such fire, or to the protection of property thereat, a punishment by a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $50, or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, in the discretion of the Police Justice before whom conviction may be had.
(c) Any person violating the provisions of § 32.02(G) shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $50.
(d) In case any company shall be disbanded, as described in § 32.02(I), all apparatus and other property in their possession shall be immediately delivered to the Fire Chief under a penalty of $20 for every person refusing so to deliver.
(C) Any person or persons who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, refuses to comply with, or resists any of the provisions of § 32.03, or who refuses or neglects to obey any of the rules or orders or sanitary regulations of the Department of Health, or who omits, neglects, refuses to comply with, or who resists any order or special regulations of the Health Officer or of the said Department of Health, shall, upon arrest and conviction before the Police Justice of the Police Court, pay a fine of not more than $10, nor less than $2.
(Ord. 28, passed 6-8-1894; Ord. 33, passed 6-18-1895; Ord. 34, passed 6-18-1895; Ord. 120, passed 1-8-1914)