A. Commission Established: There is hereby created and established, under the provisions of Idaho Code section 67-6504, a commission to be known as the "Middleton planning and zoning commission".
B. Membership And Terms Of Office:
1. Residency:
a. The commission shall consist of a minimum of five (5) members to be appointed by the mayor, with the consent and approval of the council. At least three (3) of the five members shall have lived within City limits for two (2) years or more immediately prior to their appointment. Up to two (2) of the five members may live outside City limits but must have lived within the City’s area of impact for at least two (2) years immediately prior to their appointment to the commission. All members must maintain their residency within City limits or within the City’s area of impact during their service on the commission.
2. Selection And Term:
a. The terms of office for all appointed members shall be for three (3) years.
b. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of terms shall be filled by action of the mayor and confirmed by the council.
c. Members shall be selected without regard to political affiliations, and shall serve without compensation except that they shall each receive per diem compensation for every regular meeting of the commission that they duly attend, as set by resolution of the council.
d. Members may be removed by a majority vote of the council.
C. Organization, Rules And Meetings:
1. Officers: The commission shall elect its own chairman, and may create and fill such other offices as it may determine necessary.
2. Required Meetings: The commission shall hold one regular meeting each month for at least nine (9) months in each year. A majority of the currently appointed voting members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
3. Open Meetings; Records: All meetings shall be open to the public. Written record of meetings, hearings, resolutions, studies, findings, permits and determinations shall be kept, which record shall be a public record.
4. Authority: The commission may request the attendance at any meeting of such other city officials as it may deem necessary.
D. Duties: The planning and zoning commission shall have those duties as prescribed by the local land use planning act, Idaho Code section 67-6501 et seq.
E. Review Of Maps, Plats: Any and all planning maps, preliminary plats and replats of lands which require the approval of the city council shall first be submitted to the commission for its recommendation.
(Ord. 548, 1-21-2015; amd. Ord. 659, 1-19-2022)