There is created a Planning Commission for the City which shall
consist of seven members who shall not be officials or employees of
the City, but who shall be residents of the City.
(Ord. 101 § 2, 1985)
The City Council shall appoint members of the Planning Commission
as follows: two members shall be appointed by a majority vote of the
entire Council. Those two positions shall be appointed for terms of
two years commencing January 1st of each odd-numbered year and expiring
December 31st of each even-numbered year. Except as modified below
the remaining five members shall be directly appointed by each individual
City Councilmember in December of each even-numbered year. The terms
of appointment for the directly appointed members of the Planning
Commission shall be two years, commencing on January 1st of each odd-numbered
year, and expiring on December 31st of each even-numbered year. Appointments
may be made after the commencement of a term to fill a vacancy or
removal, in which case the term of office shall be for the balance
of the unexpired term. In the event that a member at large (appointed
by a majority vote of the entire Council) resigns or is removed, the
vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the entire City Council.
In the event that a member directly appointed by a City Councilmember
resigns or is removed, the vacancy shall be filled by the individual
City Councilmember that made the appointment of the resigning or removed
Planning Commission member. In the event that the appointing City
Councilmember has vacated office the appointment shall be made by
the City Councilmember appointed or elected to fulfill the term of
the vacating City Councilmember. In the event that the vacated City
Council position has not been filled by appointment or election, an
appointment to the vacated Planning Commission term may, but does
not have to be, made by a majority vote of the entire Council. Any
such appointment shall be for the remainder of that unexpired term.
All members shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council and may
continue to serve after expiration of the stated term, with the approval
of the City Council, until such time as a successor is selected according
to the procedures set forth above.
(Ord. 101 § 2, 1985; Ord. 200 § 1, 1990; Ord. 291 § 1, 1995; Ord. 327 § 2, 1997; Ord. 411 § 1, 2003; Ord. 565 §
1, 2013; Ord. 588 § 1, 2015)
Absence of a member of the Planning Commission from three consecutive
meetings, or from four meetings during a calendar year, without formal
consent of the Planning Commission noted in its official minutes,
shall be reported by the Planning Director to the City Council for
consideration of removal from office.
(Ord. 101 § 2, 1985; Ord. 200 § 2, 1990)
A member of the Planning Commission serves at the pleasure of
the City Council and may be removed from office, with or without cause,
by a majority vote of all the members of the City Council.
(Ord. 101 § 2, 1985; Ord. 200 § 3, 1990)
A vacancy on the Planning Commission occurring by death, resignation,
removal, or any other cause before the expiration of the term of the
member shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the
Council.
(Ord. 101 § 2, 1985)
Planning Commission members shall be entitled to remuneration
for expenses in accordance with the procedure approved by resolution
of the Council.
(Ord. 101 § 2, 1985)
The powers, duties, and functions of the Planning Commission shall be all those powers, duties, and functions of a Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment as provided in Chapters 3 and 4 of Title
7, commencing with Section 65100 of the
Government Code of the State (the Planning and Zoning Law), as the same may be hereafter amended. The Planning Commission shall perform such other duties and functions as may be directed or designated by the Council not inconsistent with State law.
(Ord. 101 § 2, 1985)
As of February 1st annually, or as soon thereafter as is feasible,
the Planning Commission shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from
among its members. The chair shall preside over meetings, appoint
appropriate committees, sign resolutions and direct the affairs of
the Commission. In the absence of the chair, the duties of this office
shall be performed by the vice-chair. The Commission shall conduct
meetings pursuant to adopted rules for the transaction of business,
shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings,
and determinations and shall hold regularly scheduled meetings in
the Rotunda Room, fourth floor, Administration Building, 6500 Palma
Avenue, Atascadero, every first and third Tuesday evening at 6:00
p.m., and on such other days, at such other times, as may be designated
in order for a special meeting. When the day for any regular meeting
of the Planning Commission falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall
not be held on such holiday but should be held at the same hour on
the next succeeding day thereafter which is not a holiday, or at such
other time as shall be determined and noticed by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 610 § 1, 2017; Ord. 291 § 2, 1995; Ord. 142 § 2, 1986; Ord. 101 § 2, 1985)