A. Commission Created; Members: There is hereby created a municipal planning commission of the city, to be composed of at least five (5) members. The mayor and the city engineer (local staff only) shall serve as ex officio members of said commission, without voting powers. (1985 Code § 1-39; amd. 2004 Code)
B. Appointment; Qualifications:
1. The members of the municipal planning commission shall be nominated for appointment by the mayor and confirmed by the city council, shall be residents of the city, and shall serve without salary. (1985 Code § 1-39)
2. The members of the municipal planning commission shall be appointed at large. (Ord. 388, 6-27-2006)
3. Each appointed member shall hold office for a term of three (3) years ending at seven thirty o'clock (7:30) P.M. on the first Monday in May, or until his successor takes office.
4. The appointed members of the commission shall be appointed solely with reference to their fitness and without reference to party affiliation. (1985 Code § 1-39)