(A) Creation. The City Planning Commission is created for the city in accordance with the provisions of the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, Public Act 33 of 2008, being M.C.L. §§ 125.3811 et seq.
(B) Membership.
(1) The City Planning Commission shall consist of nine members, six of whom shall be representative, insofar as possible, of important segments of the community in accordance with the major interests as they exist in the city and shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to approval by a majority vote of the members elect of the Council, and three of whom shall be ex officio members. The ex officio members shall be comprised of the City Manager or his or her designee, the Mayor, and one or more Council Members selected by the Council, or any combination thereof. The term of each appointed member shall be three years or until his or her successor takes office. The terms of ex officio members shall correspond to their respective official tenures, except that the term of any administrative official selected by the City Manager as his or her designee shall terminate with the term of the City Manager selecting him or her.
(2) Except as otherwise provided herein, an elected officer or employee of the city is not eligible to be a member of the City Planning Commission.
(3) Members of the City Planning Commission shall be qualified electors of the city, except 1 member may be a qualified elector of another jurisdiction.
(C) Powers and duties. The Commission is hereby vested with all the powers and duties conferred upon it by law, by City Charter, and by ordinances.
(D) Advisory Committee. The City Planning Commission may appoint advisory committees whose members are not members of the Commission.
(Prior Code, § 12.30) (Ord. D-308, passed 5-25-1953, effective 6-4-1953; Ord. D-414, passed 3-4-1957, effective 3-14-1957; Ord. D-548, passed 3-6-1961, effective 7-1-1961; Ord. D-1637, passed 7-15-1991, effective 7-25-1991; Ord. O-207, passed 3-4-2019, effective 3-14-2019)