HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning & Zoning Bylaws 2.28.20177.aiding and assisting the City Council in the annual preparation of a long
range capital improvement budget and determining sources of funds; and
8.performing such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance or State law;
and
9.functioning as the City zoning commission and exercise all of those po wers
and duties permitted by Chapter 221 of the Local Government Code, the City
Charter, and City ordinances, as each may be amended from time to time.
ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP
Section 2.1. Number of Members. The Commission will be comprised of seven (7)
Members.
Section 2.2. Eligibility. All of the seven Members shall reside in the corporate City
limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City. The Commission shall be br oadly
representative as a whole, and whenever possible, Members shall be drawn from
different residential areas, different racial and ethnic groups, different occupations and
professions and different interest groups. The Members may also be Members of the
Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Section 2.3. Appointment of Commission Members and Commissioners-in
Training.
a.Members of the Commission shall be appointed pursuant to and in accordance with
the City Charter.
b.The City Council shall appoint two persons who would be qualified to serve on the
Commission as Alternate Members. Alternate Members shall serve as alternates
with voting privileges for any absent Member. Each individual appointed as an
Alternate Member shall be appointed as either Alternate Member 1 or Alte rnate
Member 2, and each shall rotate as the Alternate Commissioner serving as a
Commissioner when needed. Alternate Members shall be eligible to be appointed to
the position of Commissioner upon the expiration of the term of a regular
Commissioner or upon the creation of a vacancy on the Commission.
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