[Code 1957, § 2.9]
Pursuant to N.D.C.C. § 40-48-01 et seq., there is
hereby created a body to be known as the "Planning Commission of the
City of Williston," referred to in this article as the "planning commission."
[Code 1957, § 2.10; Ord. No. 515, § 3, 1-13-1976]
The planning commission shall consist of 12 members: 10 from
the city and two appointed by the county commissioners of the county.
[Ord. No. 515, § 3, 1-13-1976]
The two members of the planning commission appointed by the
county commissioners shall hold office, one for five years and the
other for three years, and thereafter such members shall hold office
for a term of five years.
[Code 1957, §§ 2.10, 2.11; Ord. No. 515, 1-13-1976]
(a)
The president of the board of city commissioners shall appoint seven
members of the planning commission to be approved by such board, who
shall be residents of the city. There shall be appointed at the expiration
of the term of each member as aforesaid a member for a term of five
years.
(b)
Three of the members, the executive officer (president of the board
of city commissioners), the city engineer and the city attorney, shall
be ex officio members and shall serve during and for their respective
terms for which they are elected or appointed.
[Code 1957, § 2.12]
(a)
The president of the board of city commissioners shall submit to
the board of city commissioners, at the next meeting after making
appointments to the planning commission, the names of the persons
appointed and the length of their terms. The board of city commissioners
shall, by a majority vote, confirm or reject such appointments.
(b)
If such appointments or any of them are rejected, the president of
the board of city commissioners shall make other appointments for
such appointees as may be rejected, which appointments shall be approved
or rejected in like manner.
[Code 1957, § 2.13]
The members of the planning commission appointed as provided
in this article shall take office immediately upon confirmation of
their appointment and qualifying, and shall organize and hold regular
meetings in the City Hall.
[Code 1957, § 2.14]
The planning commission shall have such powers and perform such
duties as may now or hereafter be provided for by law. All members
of the planning commission shall serve as such without compensation
and, when duly authorized by the commission, may be allowed reasonable
traveling expenses incidental to attending planning conferences or
meetings of planning institutes or hearings upon pending planning
legislation.
[Code 1957, § 2.15; Ord. No. 515, § 1, 1-13-1976]
The planning commission appointed under this article shall act
ex officio as a body to be known as the zoning commission of the city,
to recommend the boundaries of the various original zoning districts
and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and make a preliminary
report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its final
report.
[Ord. No. 515, § 4, 1-13-1976]
The planning commission shall exercise jurisdiction over the
planning and zoning of the entire city and the territory added by
this article, subject only to final action taken by the board of city
commissioners.
[Ord. No. 515, § 2, 1-13-1976]
The jurisdiction of the planning commission shall be extended
up to one mile in any direction from the present city limits as shown
on the map attached to the ordinance from which this section is derived
and made a part thereof by reference, none of which is incorporated
territory.
