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 eight members, seven voting members and one non-voting member, 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. The eighth non-voting member shall not be counted toward quorum requirements, nor toward required vote counts, and is limited to one, three-year term which does not count towards city term limits prescribed in Title 2 of this code. The eighth non-voting member shall not have the opportunity for reappointment as a non-voting member, nor will appointment as a non- voting member guarantee appointment as a full member of the planning commission. The Planning Commission 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; Ord. 2110, 4/23/2025)
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)