(A) Council may establish a commission of five members, consisting of the Mayor, one member of Council to be elected by the Council for the remainder of the individual’s term as such member of the Council, and two citizens of the municipality, and one public member to be appointed by the Mayor for terms of six years each, except that the term of one of the members of the first Planning Commission shall be for four years and one for two years. All members shall serve without compensation.
(B) The public member appointed under this section need not be residents of the municipality but shall be residents of the county in which the municipality is located or a township that is adjacent to the county. For purposes of this section, all members of the Planning Commission are subject to R.C. § 2921.42.
(C) Whenever the Planning Commission is appointed under this section, it shall have all the powers conferred in R.C. § 735.15.
(D) If and when the municipality adopts a Charter, and except as otherwise may be provided in that Charter, a Planning Commission created in the manner and by virtue of authority granted by the Charter shall have the powers of, and the plans made by it shall have the effect of, a planning commission or city plan created under R.C. §§ 713.01 through 713.15.
(E) Any member of a Planning Commission established under this section or by Charter, except as otherwise provided in the Charter, may hold any other public office and may serve as a member of a county planning commission and/or a regional planning commission.
(R.C. § 713.01)