[Ord. No. 2020-187, 12-21-2020]
Pursuant to Section 31-23-201, et seq., C.R.S., as amended, there is hereby created a Planning and Zoning Commission for the Town.
[Ord. No. 2020-187, 12-21-2020]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be appointed at the discretion of the Town Council. The term of each appointed member shall be four (4) years or until his or her successor takes office. Members are not term limited.
[Ord. No. 2020-187, 12-21-2020; Ord. No. 2024-257, 8-19-2024]
All members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be residents of the Town. If any member ceases to reside in the Town, his or her membership shall immediately terminate. All members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve with compensation for each meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission that a member attends in the amount of one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per meeting.
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The Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect its chairman from among the appointed members and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of the chairman shall be two (2) years, with eligibility for re-election. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold at least one (1) regular meeting in each month, unless there is no Town business to come before the Commission during any such month. The Planning and Zoning Commission may adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of the resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations.
[Ord. No. 2020-187, 12-21-2020]
The Planning and Zoning Commission shall have all of the powers and perform each and all of the duties specified by Section 31-23-201, et seq., C.R.S., as amended, together with any other duties or authority which may hereafter be conferred upon it by state law. The performance of such duties and the exercise of such authority is to be subject to each and all of the limitations expressed in such legislative enactment or enactments.
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Consistent with Section 31-23-206, C.R.S., as amended, the Planning and Zoning Commission shall prepare a master plan and, after public hearing, refer such approved master plan to Town Council. In the preparation of a master plan, the Commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the Town with due regard to its relations to neighboring territory. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the Town and its environs, which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, order, prosperity and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development; including, among other things, adequate provision for traffic, the promotion of safety from fire and other dangers, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, wise and efficient expenditure of public funds, and the adequate provision of public facilities and infrastructure.
[Ord. No. 2020-187, 12-21-2020]
Upon referral from the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Town Council shall conduct a public hearing to consider the master plan and thereafter adopt the master plan, adopt the master plan with modifications, deny adoption of the master plan or remand the proposed master plan to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further modifications and subsequent referral to Town Council for adoption.