(A) There is hereby created a City Planning Commission consisting of seven voting members, to be determined as follows:
(1) The Mayor and City Administrator shall be members.
(2) The Chairman of the Park and Recreation Board shall annually appoint a member of the City Planning Commission.
(3) The Mayor shall appoint four electors of the City to serve as members of the City Planning Commission. Appointments by the Mayor shall be subject to the approval of the Council by a majority vote of its members. All appointments by the Mayor to the City Planning Commission shall be for four-year terms of office.
If a person appointed as a member to the Commission by the Chairman of the Park and Recreation Board vacated that position, the Chairman shall appoint a successor. If a person appointed as a member of the Commission by the Mayor vacates that position, the Mayor shall appoint a successor. In any case, a successor appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the predecessor.
In addition to the seven voting members, the President of Council shall annually appoint one member of Council to serve as an ex-officio and non-voting member of the City Planning Commission. The non-voting member shall not be counted in determining quorums or voting majorities required for the Commission to take action.
(B) The powers, duties and functions of the City Planning Commission shall be provided by this Charter and the ordinances and resolutions of the City; but until such ordinances or resolutions shall be passed, it shall possess powers, duties and functions as are provided by the laws of Ohio, to the extent that such laws do not conflict with the provisions of this Charter. (Amended 11-6-01)