(A) The governing body shall appoint the Planning Commission which shall consist of nine members who shall represent, insofar as is possible, the different professions or occupations in the municipality and who shall be residents of the municipality. However, two of such members may be residents of the area over which the municipality is authorized to exercise extraterritorial zoning and subdivision regulations. The members of the Commission shall serve a three-year term of office unless reappointed. The Commission shall serve without compensation and may be required, in the discretion of the governing body, to give a bond in a sum set by resolution of the governing body, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of its duties. At the time of the Commission’s first meeting in January of each year, the Commission shall organize by selecting from its membership a Chairperson and Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the full and correct minutes and records of all meetings and to file the same with the Municipal Clerk, where they shall be available for public inspection at any reasonable time.
(B) The Planning Commission shall be funded by the governing body from time to time out of the General Fund.
(C) A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of doing business. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the Chairperson or any three members of the Commission. The Planning Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month.
(D) It shall be the duty of the Commission to make and adopt plans for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside its boundaries which, in the Commission’s judgment, bear relation to the planning of the municipality. The governing body authorizes the Planning Commission to grant conditional uses or special exceptions to property owners for the use of their property and approves the standards and procedures adopted by the Commission for equitably and judiciously granting such conditional uses or special exceptions. All actions of the Commission shall be subject to the review and supervision of the governing body. The Commission shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such other duties as the governing body may, from time to time, designate.
(E) No member of the governing body, or other municipal official, except where otherwise specifically provided, shall serve as a member of the Planning Commission while serving any other term of office. No member of the Planning Commission shall serve in the capacity of both the Chairperson and Secretary of the Commission.
(2005 Code, § 2-202)