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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 03-036 ORDINANCE NO. 03-036 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2-31 , PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION--CREATED; MEMBERS; VACANCIES; COMPENSATION;SECTION 2-33, SAME--ORGANIZATION, MEETINGS.AND CHAPTER 30,SECTION 30-38, PLANNING COMMISSION, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. THAT Chapter 2, Section 2-31, Planning and zoning commission--Created; members; vacancies; compensation, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 2-31. Planning and zoning commission--Created; members; vacancies; compensation. (a) There shall be a planning and zoning commission,which commission shall be composed of nine (9) members and three (3) alternate members, whose offices are hereby created and established. (b) The members of the city planning and zoning commission shall be resident citizens and qualified voters of this city. The members of the city planning and zoning commission shall be appointed by the city council. The alternate members are to be appointed by the mayor subject to the approval of the city council. The term of office of each commissioner shall be for three (3) years or until a successor is appointed. The city council shall appoint one of the commissioners as chairman and one as vice-chairman of the commission to serve a term of one (1) year. Section 2. THAT Chapter 2,Section 2-33, Same--Organization, meetings, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2-33. Same--Organization, meetings The city planning and zoning commission shall, subject to the approval of the city council, make such rules and regulations and adopt such bylaws for its own government and designate such times and places for holding meetings as it deems proper. Five regular and/or alternate members of the city planning and zoning commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 3. THAT Chapter 30, Section 30-38, Planning commission, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 30-38. Planning commission. (a) Creation. The planning commission, created in accordance with Article XVII, Section 24, of the Charter of the City of Beaumont, shall have the duties and responsibilities of the zoning commission provided for in V.T.C.A. Local Government Code, Section 211.007. The planning commission shall consist of nine (9) members and three (3) alternate members who are resident citizens and qualified voters of the city. The alternate members shall serve in the absence of a regular member in the conducting of commission business. The members of the planning commission shall be appointed by the city council for three (3)-year terms or until a successor is appointed. The three alternate members shall be appointed by the mayor subject to approval of the city council for three(3)-year terms or until a successor is appointed. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose position becomes vacant for any cause in the same manner as the original appointment was made. The members of the planning commission existing on the effective date of this chapter shall continue to serve as members of the commission until the terms for which they were originally appointed expire. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. Failure of any regular or alternate member to attend a minimum of eighty (80) per cent of all required meetings and workshops of the planning commission during any calendar year shall result in automatic removal from membership on the planning commission. Excused absences which have been approved by the chairman of the planning commission shall not be computed as an absence in calculating the percentage of attendance. (b) Proceedings The planning commission shall adopt rules, regulations and bylaws to govern its proceedings; provided that such rules shall not be inconsistent with this chapter or the laws of the State of Texas. All meetings of the planning commission shall be open to the public. A full complement of the voting commission shall be nine (9). Five (5) regular and/or alternate members of the planning commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 4. That if any section,subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, including conflicting portions of the City Budget, are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. Section 6. That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, Texas. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 6th day of May, 2003. _ y ti - Ma Evelyn M. Lord -