A. 
Process. Open positions on the Planning Commission shall be advertised and all applications referred to members of the City Council for consideration. Each Councilmember shall have the authority to appoint one member to the Commission. The City Council shall vote as a ministerial action to ratify each appointment. Such ministerial approval requires at least three affirmative votes.
B. 
Qualifications.
1. 
Members of the Commission shall be residents of the City and shall be qualified electors within the City.
2. 
Each member shall be a resident of the City for the year immediately preceding the inception of his or her term.
3. 
No member of the Commission may be an employee or officer of the City.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1)
A. 
Terms of members of the Commission shall run concurrently with the term of office of the City Councilmember who appointed the Commission member and shall expire 60 days after the end of the appointing Councilmember's term of office or the vacancy is filled, whichever comes first.
B. 
There is no limit as to the number of times that a Commission member may be appointed.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1; Ord. 51 § 2, 2010)
Members of the Planning Commission may be removed from office, or their offices declared vacant, for the following reasons and in the following manners.
A. 
A member of the Commission may be removed from office by the City Council for failure to meet any of the requirements for membership as defined in Section 2.24.020. The vacancy created shall be filled in the manner described in Section 2.24.020.
B. 
A member of the Commission is automatically removed from office if the member has an unexcused absence from three consecutive regular meetings of the Commission. An unexcused absence shall be defined as a failure to attend a regular meeting without providing prior notice to the Commission Chairperson or Planning Director. Following the third consecutive unexcused absence the Planning Director shall notify the City Council that, according to the terms of this section, the Commissioner's position is now vacant. The vacancy created shall be filled in the manner described in Section 2.24.020.
C. 
The member may also be removed at any time and for any reason by a vote approved by at least three of the members of the City Council. The vacancy created shall be filled in the manner described in Section 2.24.020.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1; Ord. 51 § 2, 2010)
If vacancies occur on the Commission, such vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1)
A. 
At its first meeting of the calendar year, the Commission shall elect from its membership a chair and vice chair for the remainder of the calendar year.
B. 
The Commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business. It shall also keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations.
C. 
The Director of Planning or the Director's designee shall serve as the Secretary to the Commission and shall have no vote.
D. 
The Commission shall hold meetings monthly if there are items scheduled to be discussed. The regular meeting day and time will be set by resolution.
E. 
The Commission shall have such duties as are prescribed by California law, including the following:
1. 
Assist in reviewing proposed General Plan amendments and community or specific plans and hold public hearings on such plans.
2. 
Hold hearings and make recommendations to the City Council with regard to proposed amendments to the General Plan and specific plans.
3. 
Make recommendations to the City Council regarding reasonable and practical means for implementing the General Plan or elements of the General Plan, so that it will serve as an effective guide for orderly growth and development, preservation and conservation of open space and natural resources, and the efficient expenditure of public funds relating to the subjects addressed in the General Plan.
4. 
Provide an annual report to the City Council on the status of the General Plan and progress in its implementation, including the progress in meeting the City's share of the regional housing needs determined pursuant to Government Code Section 65584, local efforts to remove governmental constraints on housing pursuant to Government Code Section 65583(c)(3), and compliance of the General Plan with the guidelines contained at Government Code Section 65040.2.
5. 
Hold hearings and make recommendations to the City Council with regard to proposed changes to the zoning ordinance and zoning maps.
6. 
Annually review the capital improvement program of the City and the local public works projects of other local agencies for their consistency with the City's General Plan and make recommendations to the City Council.
7. 
Report and make recommendations to the City Council on the conformity of proposed public land acquisition or disposal with the adopted General Plan.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1; Ord. 51 § 4, 2010; Ord. 120 § 2, 2016)
The Commission shall have approval authority over subdivision applications as provided in Title 16 of the Wildomar Municipal Code and over land use matters as specified in Title 17 of the Wildomar Municipal Code.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1; Ord. 51 § 5, 2010)
A. 
Appeal of staff administrative decisions to the Commission shall be as specified in Section 17.192.070.
B. 
Final decisions by the Commission may be appealed to the City Council within 10 calendar days of the decision becoming final under the provisions of Section 17.192.020. If a Commission decision is not appealed to the City Council within that period, the decision cannot be appealed.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1; Ord. 51 § 6, 2010)
The City Council may establish by resolution the compensation to be paid to the members of the Commission.
(Ord. 08-16 § 1)