TITLE 2
COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS

CHAPTER 1
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

SECTION:

2-1-1: Commission Created

2-1-2: Clerk Of The Commission

2-1-3: Members, Appointment

2-1-4: Organization, Rules, Meetings

2-1-5: Employees And Expenditures

2-1-6: Duties

2-1-7: Joint Planning And Zoning Commission

2-1-8: Maps, Plats And Replats

2-1-9: Conflict With Other Laws

2-1-10: Acquisition And Disposition Of Property

2-1-1: COMMISSION CREATED:

There is hereby created a planning and zoning commission for the city, which commission shall be known and designated as the Mountain Home planning and zoning commission. (Ord. 727, 2-26-1973; amd. 1990 Code)

2-1-2: CLERK OF THE COMMISSION:

The planning and zoning commission shall have authority to designate a clerk who may be an officer or employee of the city and who shall act as such clerk or secretary of all proceedings of said commission and shall file when ordered by the commission with the council a report of all transactions of the planning and zoning commission. (Ord. 727, 2-26-1973)

2-1-3: MEMBERS, APPOINTMENT:

   A.   Number of Planning and Zoning Commissioners: The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of not less than five (5) nor more than eleven (11) members, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the council. Members shall be selected without respect to political affiliation.

   B.   Planning and Zoning Commission membership requirements:

      1.   An appointed member of the commission must have resided in the City of Mountain Home, Mountain Home's Area of Impact, or Elmore County for at least two (2) years before their appointment pursuant to Idaho Code section 67-6504(a).

      2.   Not more than one-third (1/3) of such membership may be ex officio members by virtue of public office or position held in the City.

      3.   At least one member shall be an Elmore County resident living outside the City, within the adopted Area of Impact, pursuant to Idaho Code section 67-6526(g).

      4.   A single member may be an Elmore County resident living outside the City, outside the adopted Area of Impact, representing Elmore County at large.

      5.   The majority of commission members shall be residents of the City of Mountain Home and not be ex officio members by virtue of public office or position held in the City.

   C.   Planning and Zoning Commission Term of Office: The term of office for Planning and Zoning Commissioners shall be four (4) years.

   D.   Commission Compensation: Planning and Zoning Commissioners shall be paid sixty dollars ($60.00) per diem for each regular monthly meeting that they attend. In addition to the payment of sixty dollars ($60.00) for each meeting attended, members traveling outside Elmore County on official planning and zoning commission business shall receive, if requested, receive such mileage and per diem compensation as may, from time to time, be determined by the council. (Ord. 1734, 1-24-2022)