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The Planning Commission shall consist of seven (7) rotating County resident members appointed by the Board. Five (5) members shall be selected, one nominated by each district supervisor and thereafter appointed by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors. The remaining two (2) members shall be selected at large and may be nominated by any Board member, with appointment thereafter by majority vote. At all times during the recruiting process, all reasonable measures to recruit suitable candidates shall be used, including but not limited to those measures customarily used to seek candidates for vacant positions on other County boards, commissions, and committees.
(§ 1, Ord. 122, as amended by § 1, Ord. 430, § 1, Ord. 957, eff. September 8, 1983, § 1, Ord. 1070, eff. February 4, 1988,§ 2, Ord. 1337, eff. September 1, 2005, and § 2, Ord. 1479, eff. January 12, 2017)
The Planning Commission shall be lawfully constituted and have jurisdiction to proceed to act as provided by law upon the appointment of the members thereof by an order of the Board duly entered in the minutes and upon each of such members taking and filing an oath of office as provided by law. (§ 2, Ord. 122)
The Planning Commission, by resolution, shall adopt such rules and regulations governing the conduct of its business as the Commission deems appropriate, which rules shall be consistent with this Code and all provisions of State laws. (§ 1, Ord. 843, eff. April 26, 1979)
A majority of the duly appointed members of the Planning Commission shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of Commission business. Action by the Planning Commission shall be taken only on the affirmative vote of a majority of the members then present, excluding those who abstain due to a conflict of interest, but including those who abstain for any other reason.
In the event there is a tie vote on any motion pending before the Planning Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals, the chairman shall call for any further motions of any member on the subject. In the event no further motions are made, or that such further motions also result in a tie vote, the chairman shall call for a motion to declare the Commission or Board deadlocked. If the declaration of a deadlock is passed by a majority of a quorum, or if the vote on the motion of a deadlock is also a tie vote, the chairman shall declare a deadlock.
The declaration of deadlock shall be considered a denial of the matter and shall be appealable to the Board of Supervisors to the same extent and in the same manner as if the Commission or Board had denied the request. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized and instructed to waive the applicable filing fee for any appeal resulting from a declaration of a deadlock. (§ 2, Ord. 843, eff. April 26, 1979, as amended by § 7, Ord. 1178, eff. April 27, 1995)
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