[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Pocomoke City 10-21-1974 by Ord. No. 237. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the authority contained in § 3.01 of Article
66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1957 Edition, as amended, there
is hereby created in and for Pocomoke City a Municipal Planning and
Zoning Commission to be designated as the "Pocomoke City Planning
and Zoning Commission," hereinafter called the "Commission."
Said Commission shall have all of the powers, duties and obligations
provided by § 3.05 of said Article 66B of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, 1957 Edition, as amended.
A.
The Commission shall consist of five members who shall be appointed
by the Mayor of Pocomoke City and confirmed by the City Council of
Pocomoke City. One member of the Pocomoke City Council shall be appointed
to serve with the Commission as a nonvoting liaison member.
[Amended 5-20-1991 by Ord. No. 314]
B.
All members of the Commission shall serve as such without compensation.
A.
The term of the liaison member shall correspond to his official tenure
of office.
[Amended 5-20-1991 by Ord. No. 314]
B.
The term of each member shall be five years or until his or her successor
takes office, except that the respective terms of the five members
first appointed shall be one, two, three, four and five years, and
the Mayor shall make all such appointments, subject to the confirmation
by the Council, and shall designate the respective terms for each
member to serve.
A.
Members may, after a public hearing, be removed by the Council for
inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. In the case
of any such removal, the Council shall file a written statement of
the reasons therefor.
B.
Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of term
shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Mayor and confirmed
by the Council.
