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There is hereby created and established a Planning Commission which shall consist of seven members as hereinafter provided. The Council shall appoint one member of the Planning Commission from among the membership of Council, which member shall serve for a two year term, provided that he shall not serve beyond his tenure on the Council. The Mayor shall be a member of the Planning Commission. In addition to the members hereinabove provided, there shall be five citizen members of the Planning Commission who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council by a vote of at least four members of the Council. The five citizen members shall serve for terms of three years; however, the first appointment of citizen members of the Commission under this Charter shall be as follows: one of such members shall be appointed for a one year term; two of such members shall be appointed for two year terms; and two of such members shall be appointed for three year terms. Thereafter each citizen member shall be appointed for a three year term and shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and confirmed.
The Planning Commission shall conduct studies, surveys and prepare plans, reports and maps relative to the overall planning of the growth, development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and renewal of the Municipality, and may make such recommendations relative thereto to the Council as it feels are in the best interest of the Municipality. The Planning Commission shall continuously review and report to the Council its recommendations concerning the Municipality’s capital improvement programs, subdivision, platting and zoning ordinances and regulations. The Planning Commission shall cooperate with other governmental or private planning agencies to secure the maximum benefit to the Municipality of the work, studies, surveys and reports of such other planning agencies. Other powers and duties of the Planning Commission shall include those established by this Charter and by the Council by ordinance, but until such ordinances shall be passed, it shall possess such other powers and duties as are provided by the general laws of Ohio, to the extent that such general laws do not conflict with the provisions of this Charter.
There is hereby created and established the Zoning, Housing and Building Appeals Board, which shall consist of five citizen members who shall hold no other office or employment with the Municipality, and who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the confirmation by the Council by a vote of at least four members of the Council. The members of the Board shall be appointed and shall serve for terms of three years; however, the first appointment of members of the Board under this Charter shall be as follows: one of such members shall be appointed for a one year term; two of such members shall be appointed for two year terms; and two of such members shall be appointed for three year terms. Thereafter each member shall be appointed for a three year term and shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and confirmed.
The Zoning, Housing and Building Appeals Board shall have the powers to hear and decide appeals for exceptions to and variances in, the application of resolutions, ordinances, regulations, measures and orders of administrative officials or agencies governing zoning, building, and housing in the Municipality, as may be required to afford justice and avoid unreasonable hardship, subject to such reasonable standards as shall be prescribed by Council; and such Board shall have such other powers as may be granted to it by Council.
There is hereby created and established a Park and Recreation Board which shall consist of seven members as hereinafter provided: one Board member shall be a member of the Board of Education of the Mason Local School District or a person appointed by such Board of Education; and one member shall be appointed by a vote of at least four members of the Council from among the membership of the Council. In addition to the members hereinabove provided, there shall be five citizen members who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council by a vote of at least four members of the Council.
The member appointed by the Board of Education and the member appointed by the Council from among its membership shall each serve for two year terms, provided that the member appointed from the membership of the Council shall not serve beyond his tenure on the Council. The five citizen members shall serve for terms of three years; however, the first appointment of citizen members of the Board under this Charter shall be as follows: one of such members shall be appointed for a one year term; two of such members shall be appointed for two year terms; and two of such members shall be appointed for three year terms. Thereafter, each citizen member shall be appointed for a three year term and shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and confirmed. All members of the Board shall be electors of the Municipality.
If the Board of Education of the Mason Local School District shall fail to appoint the member as hereinabove provided within sixty days after the effective date of this section, or within sixty days after any vacancy shall occur for which said Board of Education is to make the appointment, or if it is determined by any Court that said Board of Education does not have the power under the laws of the State of Ohio to make such appointment, then and in those events the Council shall make the appointment of such member.
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