The Lexington-Fayette County Planning Commission shall continue after the effective date of this Charter as the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission. Said commission shall take immediate steps to declare the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government as the official planning unit under law to supersede the joint city-county agreement designating the City of Lexington and the County of Fayette as an official planning unit.
Said commission shall have all the powers, duties and functions provided under law for planning commissions generally. Pursuant to KRS 100.173, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission shall utilize the Division of Planning in the Department of Housing and Community Development for such professional staff assistance as may be required to accomplish its assigned duties under law.
All vacancies on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission occurring after the effective date of this Charter shall be filled by the Mayor, subject to the provisions of Section 7.02 of this Charter.