Pursuant to Section 65100 et seq. of the California Planning and Zoning Law, there has been and hereby is established for the city a planning agency, consisting of a planning, department, a planning commission, and the city council acting in combination. The planning commission consists and shall consist of seven members, serving without compensation, and appointed in the manner and for the terms prescribed in Sections
2.04.060 and
2.06.010 respectively, of this code. It shall have the powers, functions and duties prescribed in the Planning and Zoning Law and in the Palm Springs zoning ordinance and in this code and other local ordinances, provided that it shall not exercise any direct contracting authority as specified in Section 65007 of the planning and zoning law.
(Ord. 1027 § 3, 1976; Ord. 2031 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2088, 11/9/2023)
The commission shall be authorized to appoint and fix the membership
of such number of standing and temporary committees as it may find
expedient for the performance of its duties. The city manager shall
appoint a person to act as secretary to the commission and shall be
responsible for providing necessary staff support.
(Ord. 1027 § 3, 1976)
The planning commission shall set its regular meetings by resolution
or motion of the commission and shall hold adjourned regular meetings
and special meetings at such times as circumstances shall require.
A majority of the existing appointed members of the commission shall
constitute a quorum for the general transaction of business subject,
however, to more restrictive requirements as to the number of votes
necessary in order to take certain actions, as may be prescribed in
the Planning and Zoning Law. The commission may establish such rules
and regulations as it deems necessary and expedient for the conduct
of its business, and shall, in compliance with Section 65804 of the
Planning and Zoning Law, develop and publish procedural rules for
conduct of the commission's hearings so that all interested parties
shall have advance knowledge of procedures to be followed. In matters
relating to the holding of regular and special meetings, the commission
is bound by the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act of the State
of California (Sections 54950 et seq., California Government Code.
(Ord. 1027 § 3, 1976; Ord. 2014 § 6, 2020)