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§ 31.01 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
   (A)   Pursuant to I.C. 36-7-12-4, the Council finds it necessary to create a body with the powers to finance economic development or pollution control facilities under the Act, and hereby establishes the City of Linton Department of Economic Development (the Department). The Department is established to exercise the powers set forth in the Act or otherwise granted by law. Pursuant to I.C. 36-7-12-5(d), the Department will be controlled by a board of five members to be known as the City of Linton Economic Development Commission (the Commission), consisting of three members to be selected by the Mayor, one member nominated by the Council and one member nominated by the Greene County Council, all of which shall be appointed by the Mayor.
   (B)   This section shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Council in the manner provided by law.
(Ord. 99-1, passed 5-25-1999)
§ 31.02 FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING CLASSES.
   (A)   Establishing approval of training classes for firefighters, such as for firefighting, E.M.T., safety classes, paramedic training with the approval of the Fire Chief, Mayor, and Board of Works of the City of Linton. The city will pay for the classes, time, and transportation to the classes if so approved and permission given by the mentioned afore persons by verbal or written orders.
   (B)   This order will be in force retroactive back to January 10, 1894.
   (C)   This section shall be in force and effect as aforementioned and after passage by Common Council of the City of Linton and the Mayor.
(Ord. 88-10, passed 9-12-1988)
§ 31.03 FIVE-MEMBER LEGISLATIVE BODY.
   (A)   The City of Linton, Indiana, hereby adopts the procedure set out in I.C. 36-4-6-5 for the establishment of a five-member governing body.
   (B)   The legislative body shall be composed of five members elected from districts established under division (C) below.
   (C)   (1)   The legislative body shall divide the city into five districts that:
         (a)   Are composed of contiguous territory;
         (b)   Are reasonably compact; and
         (c)   Contain, as nearly as possible, equal population.
      (2)   This division shall be made in 1982 and then every ten years thereafter.
   (D)   Each voter of the City of Linton may vote for one candidate. The candidates receiving the most votes in their respective districts are elected to the legislative body.
   (E)   This section shall take effect and be in force on and after its passage and approval by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Linton, Indiana.
(Ord. 82-15, passed 8-10-1982)
§ 31.04 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS.
   (A)   There is hereby established the Department of Public Parks for the City of Linton under the provisions of I.C. 36-10-4.
   (B)   This section be in full force and effect from the date of its passage and approval by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Linton, Indiana.
(Ord. 80-7, passed 3-13-1980)
§ 31.05 ADVISORY PLANNING COMMISSION.
   (A)   Establishment. There is hereby created and established a City of Linton Planning Commission, which has all of the powers and duties authorized under the laws of the state of Indiana, including those set forth in I.C. 36-7-4 et seq., and the members of the Commission are charged with all of the duties and responsibilities set forth under the laws of the state of Indiana.
   (B)   Membership. The membership of the City of Linton Advisory Planning Commission shall be in accordance with the laws of the state. The official members are hereby designated to be: three members to be appointed by the Common Council from person in the city government, the term of such appointed members to be coexistent with the term of office for which he or she has been elected or appointed; and four citizen members to be appointed by the Mayor, no more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. Two of the citizen members shall be appointed for a term of three years to expire on the first Monday of January of the third year after their appointment; and the remaining two shall be appointed for a term of four years to expire the first Monday of January on the fourth year following their appointment. Thereafter, as terms expire, each new appointment shall be for a term of four years.
   (C)   Election of officers, powers and duties. It shall be the duty of the City Planning Commission to organize ad elect one of its members as Chairperson, one of its members as Vice-Chairperson and one of its members as Secretary. The City Planning Commission shall hold hearings for the purpose of recommending to the Common Council the adoption of ordinances regulating the use of land, sanitary and safety standards, building and safety standards, fire prevention and safety standards, and all other uses of land that affect the health, safety, and welfare of citizens. This authority shall not be construed as a limitation on the City Planning Commission, but the Planning Commission shall have authority to make recommendations as may be authorized by the laws of the state.
   (D)   Meetings. It shall be the duty of the City Planning Commission to hold regular meetings, keeping regular minutes of those meetings in accordance with the laws of the state of Indiana.
   (E)   Extraterritorial authority. By the laws of the state of Indiana, the City of Linton, through its City of Linton Advisory Planning Commission, ad the City Planning Commission, hereby exercise their extraterritorial authority two miles outside the contiguous boundaries of the city.
   (F)   Quorum. Four members of the City of Linton Planning Commission shall constitute quorum to do business.
(Ord. 2006-09, passed 10-9-2006)
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