(a) 
A planning and zoning commission is hereby created for and in the city.
(b) 
The planning and zoning commission shall consist of five (5) members to be duly appointed by the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council. The members of the planning and zoning commission shall be resident citizens, taxpayers, and qualified voters of the city and shall be selected for their outstanding and unselfish interest in civic affairs. Members shall hold no elective city office.
(c) 
Members of the planning and zoning commission shall serve for a term of three (3) years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. Three (3) of the five (5) members shall be appointed in even-numbered years and two (2) in odd-numbered years. As soon as practicable after passage of this division, the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council manifested by a three-fourths (3/4) majority in approval, shall appoint five (5) persons who shall serve on the commission. The terms of three (3) of the five (5) members shall be until the next even-numbered year and the terms of the other two (2) members shall be until the next odd-numbered year.
(d) 
Vacancies on the planning and zoning commission shall be filled by appointment by the mayor in the manner prescribed above for the unexpired term.
(e) 
Any or all members of the planning and zoning commission, may be removed at any time by majority vote of the city council.
(Ordinance 05-2014 adopted 9/11/14)
(a) 
All members of the planning and zoning commission shall serve without pay. The planning and zoning commission shall make no expenditures until they shall have been submitted to and approved by the city council, which shall provide the funds, equipment and accommodations necessary for the commission’s work.
(b) 
The planning and zoning commission shall adopt rules for practical and efficient transactions, findings and determinations, which rules shall be a public record. The commission shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, and such other officers as it may deem necessary, each to hold office for a period of one (1) year.
(c) 
All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. The commission shall keep minutes of their proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicate such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the zoning administrator and shall be a public record.
(d) 
The planning and zoning commission shall hold at least one (1) meeting each quarter and additional meetings from time to time upon call of the chairman. Should a member of the commission fail to attend two (2) consecutive regular meetings, such member shall be automatically dropped from the commission, and a vacancy thereon declared.
(e) 
The planning and zoning commission may recommend to the city council the appointment of such employees as it may deem necessary for its work; and such contracts with city planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants, for such services as it may require.
(f) 
The planning and zoning commission shall make to the city council an annual report, giving a statement of its work during the preceding year. In such annual report, it shall also make it recommendations as to future projects to be undertaken, and from time to time it shall also make like recommendations for public improvements which, in its judgment, should be undertaken.
(Ordinance 05-2014 adopted 9/11/14)