The word "commission" or "planning commission" or "zoning commission" when used in chapters
10 and
14 of this code shall be construed to mean the "planning and zoning commission."
(Ordinance 335-93 adopted 2/16/1993; 1993 Code, ch. 12, ex. A, sec.
15.00; Ordinance 414-97 adopted 12/16/1997; Ordinance 475-01, sec. 3, adopted 11/20/2001; Ordinance 683-14 adopted 6/10/2014)
A planning and zoning commission is hereby re-established in
accordance with the provisions of Texas Local Government Code, chapters
211 and 212, regarding the planning and zoning of cities and their
extraterritorial area and with the powers and duties as provided in
said statutes.
(Ordinance 683-14 adopted 6/10/2014)
(a) Membership.
(1) The planning and zoning commission ("commission") shall consist of
five voting commissioners separately appointed to specific offices
designated as: Place 1, Place 2, Place 3, Place 4, and Place 5. The
mayor shall make a recommendation of qualified persons to the city
council to serve as commissioners. Each commissioner shall be selected
and appointed by a majority vote of the city council.
(2) The commission shall consist of the five commissioners and two alternates
appointed by the mayor. The alternates shall be appointed to specific
offices designated as: Alternate 1 and Alternate 2.
(3) Alternate commissioners may attend and participate in all commission
meetings and discussions. Only in the absence of one or more commissioners
can an alternate be counted for quorum determination or vote on commission
business or matters appearing on the agenda. A vote cast by an alternate
commissioner, when eligible to vote, shall be cast first by Alternate
Place 1 and by Alternate Place 2, only in the absence of two or more
commissioners or the Alternate Place 1 person.
(4) The secretary shall maintain a list of the names, addresses, telephone
numbers and terms of each commissioner and alternates and shall make
such list available to the commission and city council after each
commission appointment. The secretary shall also provide the city
council at least 60 days' notice of the expiration of a commissioner's
term of office.
(5) To qualify as a commissioner the person must have been a resident
of the city for one year.
(6) The city will make training opportunities available for each commissioner
and allow attendance at seminars and workshops relating to the basics
of municipal planning and zoning in Texas, with tuition, if any, paid
by the city.
(7) Commissioners may resign their office at any time by submitting written
notice to the secretary. The city may remove a commissioner or alternate
at any time for any reason by a majority vote of the city council.
(b) Term.
(1) Each member of the commission will be appointed to a two-year term,
with the term beginning in January as follows:
(A) Place 1, Place 3, and Place 5 in odd-numbered years.
(B) Place 2 and Place 4 in even-numbered years.
(2) Each alternate will be appointed for a one-year term with the term
beginning in January of each year.
(3) A commissioner vacancy shall be filled in accordance with subsection
(a)(1) for the unexpired term of the office vacated.
(Ordinance 683-14 adopted 6/10/2014; Ordinance 733-16 adopted 9/20/2016; Ordinance
851-22 adopted 2/8/2022)
(a) Meetings.
The commission shall schedule regular monthly
meetings.
(b) Quorum.
A majority of the commissioners shall constitute
a quorum to conduct business. An affirmative vote of a majority of
those present and qualified to vote at any meeting, shall be necessary
to pass any motion, recommendation or resolution.
(c) Presiding officers.
(1) Each year during its first meeting in January, or as soon after as
practicable, the commission shall elect presiding officers from the
commissioners, including, at a minimum, a chair and a vice-chair.
An alternate commissioner is not eligible to be an officer.
(2) The chair, or in absence of the chair, the vice-chair, shall preside
at all meetings of the commission.
(d) Rules and regulations.
The city staff shall recommend,
in consultation with the commission, and the city council will consider
rules and regulations for the practical and efficient transaction
of commission business. Such rules and regulations may address but
is not limited to items such as: rules of order, plat application
requirements, production of documents, ethics, and special meetings.
(Ordinance 683-14 adopted 6/10/2014; Ordinance 733-16 adopted 9/20/2016; Ordinance
851-22 adopted 2/8/2022)
(a) General.
The commission shall exercise all powers necessary
and appropriate to recommend the approval or disapproval of plans,
plats, replats, or other regulation of land as authorized by chapters
211 and 212, Texas Local Government Code, subject to final approval
by the city council.
(b) Enumerated duties and powers.
(1) Recommend approval or disapproval of boundaries for the original
zoning districts, proposed changes to a zoning district or map, or
changes to zoning regulations for any district.
(2) Recommend approval or disapproval of the platting of land within
the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city
as permitted by law, with the exception of amending plats and minor
plats as provided in section 212.0065 Texas Local Government Code.
(3) Recommend to the city council a comprehensive plan for the orderly
development of the city. The commission shall, from time to time,
recommend changes or updates to the comprehensive plan as necessary
and appropriate.
(4) Under council direction, and with input from city staff, study and
make recommendations on the location, extension and planning of public
rights-of-way, parks or other public places, including the vacating
or closing of same.
(5) Under council direction, and with input from city staff, study and
make recommendations on the general design and location of public
buildings, bridges, viaducts, street fixtures and other structures
and appurtenances.
(6) Notice and conduct public hearings or motions for the city:
(A) For the opening, vacating or closing of public rights-of-way, parks
or other public places;
(B) For the zoning of recently annexed areas; or
(C) For a change of zoning district boundaries or regulations.
(7) Submit each June a progress report to the city council summarizing
the work and major accomplishments of the commission during the past
year, accompanied with a proposed work program for the next fiscal
year. The report shall contain a meeting attendance record for all
members of the commission.
(Ordinance 683-14 adopted 6/10/2014)
(a) Staff liaison.
A city employee will be designated as
staff liaison by the city manager to handle routine correspondence
for the commission, prepare and post all required agendas, notices,
maintain documents and files on all matters to be considered by the
commission, prepare reports for the commission, provide relevant information
to be considered by the commission to assist them in performing their
functions, and ensure proper agenda item wording, notification and
compliance with Texas Open Meetings Act.
(b) Minutes.
A recording secretary shall be designated by
the city manager to keep complete and accurate minutes of the commission
meetings. The city secretary shall be the custodian of commission
records. Minutes shall include, at a minimum, a written narrative
of all motions and votes taken as well as all relevant discussions,
recommendations, findings and resolutions of the commission. After
approval by a majority of the commission, the minutes shall be made
public.
(c) Reporting.
For each regular city council meeting, city
staff shall provide a written report to each member of city council
summarizing any recommendations of the commission to be presented
to council at that meeting. Such written report shall identify the
matter in question, the date when the matter was declared administratively
complete, the timeline for review, any unresolved issues, the recommendation
of the commission, and the individual votes cast by the commissioners
or alternates.
(Ordinance 683-14 adopted 6/10/2014)