(A) Council to serve as Planning and Zoning Commission. The Planning and Zoning Commission of the city is hereby abolished and its functions, duties, responsibilities policies, practices and procedures shall be assigned to the City Council.
(B) Organization.
(1) The Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem shall serve as Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson and the members of the City Council shall serve as Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission and shall have the power to employ such qualified persons as may be necessary for the proper conduct of planning and zoning, land use planning, subdivision requirements and flood plain control; and to pay for their services and such other necessary expenses provided that the cost of the services and expenses shall not exceed the amount budgeted by the City Council for those purposes.
(2) The City Council shall have the power to make regulations for its own practices and procedures which shall conform as nearly as possible to those governing the City Council in its other conduct of city business, the rules shall include among other items, provisions for:
(a) Regular and special meetings open to the public;
(b) Records of its proceedings to be open for inspections by the public;
(c) Reporting to the public from time to time; and
(d) For the holding of public hearings prior to the adoptions of its recommendations.
(C) Council’s function as Planning and Zoning Commission. The City Council while serving as a Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the power and it shall be its duty to make and recommend for adoption a master plan, as a whole or in parts for the future development and redevelopment of the municipality and its environs and shall have the power and it shall be its duty to prepare a comprehensive plan of ordinances for zoning the city and in accordance with the applicable laws of the State of Texas. The Council as Planning and Zoning Commission shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by ordinance or state law.
(Ord. 3-86, passed 6-12-1986; Ord. 2-7-98, passed 7-9-1998)