(A) Meetings. The Planning Commission shall organize and adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning Code. Meetings of the Planning Commission shall be held at the call of the chairperson, and at such other times as the Planning Commission may determine. The chairperson, or in his or her absence, the acting chairperson, may administer oaths and the Planning Commission may compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the Planning Commission shall be open to the public and all business of the Planning Commission shall be transacted at such meetings. The Planning Commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of Council and shall be a public record.
(B) Appeal procedure.
(1) Appeals to the Planning Commission may be taken by any person aggrieved. Such appeal shall be taken within 20 days after the decision by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the Planning Commission a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof.
(2) The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Planning Commission all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. The Planning Commission shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal and give ten days’ notice after it is submitted. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by attorney. Such appeal shall be accompanied by payment of such fees as Council may determine from time to time.
(Prior Code, § 152.02) (Ord. 95-3, passed 2-28-1995)