(a) Appointment. There shall be a Municipal Planning Commission consisting of six members one of whom shall be a member of Council appointed by it to serve a term of one year and who shall have no vote in the proceedings of the Commission and five of whom shall be voting members appointed by Council. The five voting members shall be appointed for three-year overlapping terms so that no more than two members shall be appointed to terms commencing on the same date. Each newly appointed member shall serve for a full term of three years except when appointed to fill a vacancy, in which case he or she shall serve for the unexpired term. The five voting members appointed by Council shall hold no other municipal office or employment. The Commission shall elect its own officers annually. All members shall serve without pay.
(Ord. 22-87. Passed 5-11-87.)
(b) Organization, Rules and Hearings. The Municipal Planning Commission shall organize annually and elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary who may, within budgetary limitations, retain the services of a recording secretary. The Commission shall adopt from time to time such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance. The Commission shall hear any owner of property with a substantial interest in any matter before the Commission. The Chairman and all other voting members of the Commission shall vote on any and all matters before the Commission. Motions on all applications before the Commission shall be made in the affirmative. For a motion to be approved and a request granted, for all applications except those filed in compliance with Chapter 1177 of the Codified Ordinances, an affirmative vote of three members of the Commission shall be required.
(Ord. 25-96. Passed 4-22-96.)
(c) Minutes and Records. The Municipal 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 certified correct and kept on file by the City Clerk in the office of the Director of Planning and Building and shall be a public record. (Ord. 09-2013. Passed 4-15-13.)
(d) Witnesses, Oaths, Contempt and Documents. The Municipal Planning Commission shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and punish for contempt, and may require the production of documents, under such regulations as it may establish.
(e) Department Assistance. The Municipal Planning Commission may call upon the City Manager and, through the City Manager, any department of the City to render such assistance to the Commission as may reasonably be required.
(Ord. 51-71. Passed 12-13-71.)