There is created a planning commission
(commission).
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001)
A. The planning commission shall perform functions as outlined in this
chapter.
B. The duties of the commission shall include the following:
1. Prepare and make recommendations to city council to adopt and administer
a general plan for the city and for land adjacent to the city for
long-term growth, subject to revision as conditions and land uses
change.
2. Prepare and make recommendations to city council to adopt and administer
specific plans, and area plans in accordance with the general plan,
regulating land and building uses, height and bulk of buildings, open
spaces about buildings, lot percentages, lot sizes and locations of
buildings and rights-of-way.
3. Recommend to the city council amendments to the zoning ordinance
to carry out the general plan and specific plans.
4. Investigate, hear and determine applications for use permits and
for variance permits made pursuant to the zoning laws of the city.
5. Investigate, hear and determine disputes and controversies regarding
the zoning ordinance.
6. Review subdivision maps filed with the city, act as "advisory agency"
pursuant to the subdivision map act of the state of California in
making recommendations concerning said maps to the council.
7. Make recommendations to the city council and/or establish policies
regarding affordable housing projects affiliated with the city including
preference and eligibility criteria for city assisted housing, available
grant applications, and new affordable housing programs.
8. Review and make recommendations to the city council regarding community
development block grant applications for capital improvement and rehabilitation
projects.
9. As directed by the city council or in accordance with adopted city
policy, review and make recommendations to the city council regarding
expenditures of the city's lower income housing fund.
10.
Review and make recommendations to the city council regarding affordable housing agreements entered into pursuant to Chapter
17.44.
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001; Ord. 2276, 3/5/2024)
A. The commission shall have five regular
commissioners, and one alternate commissioner all of whom shall be
residents of the city.
B. The five regular commissioners and the
one alternate commissioner shall be selected from the community at
large. The regular commissioners and alternate commissioner shall
be appointed by the mayor, subject to ratification by the city council,
as provided in the adopted city council resolution establishing procedures
for appointments to boards and commissions.
C. Commissioners shall be eligible to participate
in all activities of the commission except that the alternate commissioner
shall vote only in the event of an absence or conflict of interest
of one of the regular commissioners.
D. The alternate commissioner may serve as
a voting member on any subcommittee of the commission and may be designated
as the commission's representative to other boards and commissions.
E. Commissioners shall be compensated as established
by city council resolution.
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001)
A. Regular commissioners shall be eligible
to serve a maximum of eight years with two four-year terms.
B. Alternate commissioners shall be eligible
to serve four-year terms and are not subject to a limit in the number
of years served.
C. The terms of commissioners shall be consistent
with and subject to city council resolution concerning limiting service
on boards and commissions.
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001)
A. Persons appointed to the commission shall
continue to serve as members of the commission except when:
1. The commissioner's term of office on the
commission expires;
2. The commissioner voluntarily resigns from
the commission;
3. The commissioner is absent from one-third of the regular meetings within a six-month period as provided in subsection
C of this section;
4. The commissioner fails to maintain a primary
residence in the city;
5. The commissioner is employed with the city
in a capacity related to the duties of the commission.
B. The secretary of the commission shall inform
the council when any of the above occurs.
C. The following procedures shall apply to
termination of office as a result of absences from commission meetings:
1. At the end of each six-month period, the
secretary of the commission shall report the attendance record of
each member of the commission to the city manager, who shall transmit
the record to the city council.
2. The city manager shall notify, in writing,
any commissioner who has been absent from one-third or more of the
regular meetings during the course of a six-month period and request
that the commissioner submit, in writing, to the city council the
reasons for the absences.
3. The city council shall determine if the
commissioner's reasons for the absences were justified. If the city
council determines that the reasons for the failure of the member
to attend the meetings in question were not justified, the city council
shall terminate the term of office of the commissioner and declare
the office vacant.
4. If the city council declares such office
vacant, the city clerk shall notify the commissioner that the commissioner's
term has been officially terminated.
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001)
Vacancies on the commission shall
be filled as provided in the city council resolution establishing
procedures for appointments to city boards and commissions.
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001)
A. Commissioners shall meet in regular session
and elect a chairperson and vice chairperson. The election shall be
by a majority vote of the commission, to be held in December of each
year. The term of service for these offices shall be one year, beginning
in January of each year. No commissioner shall serve more than two
consecutive full terms as chairperson of the commission.
B. The commission shall conduct its meetings
and business in accordance with the Pleasanton city council's adopted
"rules and operating procedures", as those rules and procedures are
amended from time to time.
C. The chairperson shall:
2. Appoint commissioners as needed to serve
on subcommittees, ad hoc committees, and as representatives on other
boards and commissions; and
D. The vice chairperson shall preside in the
absence of the chairperson.
E. The city manager shall appoint a city employee
to serve as staff liaison who shall also serve as secretary to the
commission. The staff liaison/secretary to the commission shall keep
true and accurate accounts of all action of the commission.
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001; Ord. 1887 § 4,
2003)
A. Regular meetings shall be held on the second
and fourth Wednesday of each month at a predetermined time and place.
The commission may approve an alternate meeting date.
B. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson
or by a majority of the commissioners, the city manager, and/or the
city council, provided written notice is given 48 hours in advance
of the special meeting to the following: each commissioner, local
newspapers of general circulation, and anyone filing written request
for notice with the city clerk. Notice of meetings shall comply in
all respects with Section 54950 et seq., of the
Government Code, known
commonly as the Ralph M. Brown Act.
C. All meetings shall be open to the public
and shall follow a prepared agenda. Minutes of all meetings shall
be kept and filed with the city clerk.
D. Three commissioners need to be present
to constitute a quorum and a vote to approve or deny shall only occur
upon a majority vote of the commissioners present.
(Ord. 1819 §§
1, 3, 2001)