(A) There is hereby continued by action of the Metro Government, the Louisville and Metro Planning Commission.
(B) (1) The Planning Commission shall be composed of ten members and shall include eight members, appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Metro Council; and the Mayor or his or her designee, the Director of Works, or the Jefferson County Road Engineer as determined by the Mayor.
(2) The term of office of all elected public officials shall be the same as their official tenure in office. Other public officials shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(3) Pursuant to KRS 100.157, the terms of the appointed members of the Commission shall be for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(4) All members of the Planning Commission shall be reimbursed for any necessary authorized expenses, and citizen members shall receive additional compensation of $100 for each Commission meeting attended, but no such member shall be paid more than $3,000 during any fiscal year of the Commission nor for more than 30 meetings attended during any fiscal year.
(5) Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(C) The Metro Government shall continue to assume full funding responsibility, administrative responsibility, and fiscal control of the Planning Commission. The Metro Government shall be responsible for the funding of the regulatory zoning functions; advanced planning, special plans, and studies commissioned separately by the Metro Government.
(D) The Metro Government shall continue to provide all staff support, including a Director, to the Planning Commission through Metro Government officers, assistants, clerks, deputies, and employees. All Metro Government employees, and staff of the Planning Commission shall be deemed Metro Government employees and shall be subject to the control of the Mayor. The officers, employees, and staff of the Planning Commission shall be in the service of Metro Government; provided that all such employees who at such time are in the classified service shall be continued in a classified service administered by Metro Government. All functions, obligations, powers, and duties now vested in the Planning Commission shall continue to be vested in the Commission unless as allowed by law they are changed by ordinance of the Metro Council.
(E) All existing planning, zoning, and subdivision regulations are hereby readopted, affirmed, and ratified to the extent necessary to keep them in full force and effect. The Planning Commission is hereby authorized and empowered to continue to operate under those existing regulations until superseded by new regulations.
(F) All other details which are necessary for the establishment and administration of the Commission, for the preparation of plans, and for the aids to help implement the plans, shall be as provided by law.
(G) This section supersedes and replaces any other agreement or enactment of the Metro Government that created a Louisville and Jefferson County Planning Commission or a Louisville and Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustment.
(Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 18-2003, approved 2-28-2003; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 240-2017, approved 12-20-2017)
Editor's Note:
This section is derived from the Louisville and Jefferson County Cooperative Compact, § 9. KRS 100.137 changes subsection (1) of the Compact by making the membership include eight citizen members appointed by the Mayor or his or her designee and the Director of Public Works or the County Road Engineer, as determined by the Mayor.
This section is derived from the Louisville and Jefferson County Cooperative Compact, § 9. KRS 100.137 changes subsection (1) of the Compact by making the membership include eight citizen members appointed by the Mayor or his or her designee and the Director of Public Works or the County Road Engineer, as determined by the Mayor.