The City Council of the City of Brownfield may appoint five registered voters of the City of Brownfield, who shall constitute the City Planning and Zoning Commission and who shall serve for two years, and until their respective successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Said Commissioners shall serve without pay, and shall adopt such rules and regulations as the deem best, governing their action, proceeding, and deliberations, and time and place of meeting.
The purpose and object of said City Planning Commission is to act as an advisory board to the City Council or other governing body relating to all nature of public improvements, civic improvements, city planning, opening, widening and cha grog of streets, routing of public utilities, controlling and regulating traffic upon the public streets and ways of the City of Brownfield, and such other matters relating to City improvements as the City Planning Commission and the governing body of the City of Brownfield may deem beneficial to the City of Brownfield, Texas. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum.
If a vacancy occurs upon the said City Planning Commission, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the governing body of the City of Brownfield, shall appoint a Commissioner to fill such vacancy for the unexpired term.
(Amended by Charter election called 5/6/00)
All of the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas are hereby adopted and made a part of this Charter, and shall be con rolling on the City Planning Commission, as the law may now exist or may be hereafter enacted or amended.
The City Planning Commission shall have the power to pass upon all plans which may be considered by the City Council of the City of Brownfield relating to public improvements, and it shall be the duty of the City Council as far as practicable to submit plans governing public improvements involved under the terms of this Charter, to the City Planning Commission to obtain its advice with reference thereto. The governing body may thereafter adopt the methods recommended by the City Planning Commission or any other plans or methods which may be deemed most advisable by the City Council of the City of Brownfield, Texas; provided however, that any public improvements undertaken hereunder, or otherwise by the governing body shall never be deemed invalid because the City Planning Commission has not been consulted or has not furnished any advice thereon, or because the governing body has failed to submit its plans thereon for consideration by said City Planning Commission.
The members of the City Planning Commission shall be subject to removal from office by the governing body, for any cause deemed by the governing body sufficient for their removal in the interest of the public service; but only after a public hearing before the City Council on charges publicly made, if demanded by such member within ten days.
For the purpose of promoting the public health, morals, safety, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare; the City Council of the City of Brownfield, or any other body by, through, or under its direction, shall have the power to divide the City of Brownfield into zones or districts for the purpose of regulating and controlling the size, height, bulk and use of buildings within such zones or districts and may exercise any other powers necessary fully to effectuate and accomplish the purpose of the powers herein conferred; that the further power is conferred upon the City of Brownfield to establish building lines within such zones or districts or to establish building lines in residence districts or in other portions of the City, as may be deemed advisable by the said City Council, and to make different regulation for different districts, as may be deemed advisable, all according to the Laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, as it now exists or may hereafter exist, and the Statutes of the State of Texas; are hereby adopted in full for the guidance of the City Council of the City of Brownfield, in enacting such regulations, rules, resolutions and ordinances.
The City Council of the City of Brownfield may establish building lines on any public street or highway, or part thereof in Brownfield, Texas. The word "street" as used herein, means an public highway, boulevard, parkway, square or street, or any part or side of any of the same. The establishing of building lines may be done by adopting a resolution or ordinance describing the street, highway or part thereof to be effected, and the location of the building line or lines, and except as herein otherwise provided by following the same procedure as that authorized by this charter, the constitution an laws of the State of Texas, for acquiring land for the opening of streets by the City of Brownfield, Texas. After the establishment of any such lines, no building or other structures shall be erected, reconstructed or substantially repaired, and no new buildings or other structure or part thereof, shall be erected or re-erected within said line or lines so established. The provisions of Article 1105-A of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, are hereby adopted into for the guidance of the City Council, in establishing such building line or lines, as well as the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas.