[Adopted 6-19-1980 as Secs. 6-1-1 through 6-1-6 of the 1980 Code]
Pursuant to state law, a Planning Commission for the town is
hereby created.
The Planning Commission shall be composed of seven members,
who shall be appointed by the Town Council, all of whom shall be residents
of the town and freeholders qualified by knowledge and experience
to make decisions on questions of community growth and development.
One member of the Commission may be a member of the Town Council and
one member may be a member of the administrative branch of government
of the town. The term of each of these two members shall be co-extensive
with the term of office to which he or she has been elected or appointed
unless the Town Council, at the first regular meeting each year, appoints
others to serve as their representatives. The remaining members of
the Commission shall serve for terms of four years each.
[Amended 6-15-2015]
Compensation for their services, and reimbursement for actual
expenses incurred, for the Planning Commission members shall be set
by the Town Council subject to any limitations placed thereon by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
[Amended 4-15-2019]
Any member of the Planning Commission may be removed from office
for malfeasance in office. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision,
any member of the Planning Commission may be removed from office by
the Town Council without limitation in the event that the Planning
Commission member is absent from any three consecutive meetings of
the Planning Commission or is absent from any four meetings of the
Planning Commission within any twelve-month period. In either such
event, a successor shall be appointed by the Town Council for the
unexpired portion of the term of the member who has been removed.
Vacancies upon the Planning Commission, however caused, shall
be filled by the council for the unexpired term only.
[Amended 12-18-2000]
The Planning Commission shall have the functions, powers and
duties, and be subject to the limitations, which are prescribed by
§ 15.2-2221 of the Code of Virginia.