ORD 1981-46 - Establish Planning CommissionUWINANCE NO. 61-45
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING J PLANNING COmMISSION;
DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF TUE
PLANNING COMMISSION; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH; AND MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED THERETO.
WHEREAS, the City of Uuntsville, Texas desires to develop
and maintain a Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to regulate the subdivision of
real estate;
NOW TUEREFORE,
Bt.. IT Oid)A1NUD oZ rhz CITY COUNCIL OF 1iE CIIZ OF
HUNTbVILLL, TUAA., that:
Section 1: The Code of Ordinances of the City of
Uuntsville, Texas, is hereby amended by the adoption of a
new Chapter 3, Community Development, tnat shall read as
follows:
Chapter 3b. Community Development.
Article I. City Plarininy Commission.
Section 31J-1. Plannin Commission - Creation, Appointments,
MembershGs*.
(a) Tnere snail be a City Planning Commission consisting of
seven (7) members appointed by the mayor with approval of
Council. members shall ue appointed duriny the month of
October. Each member shall be a resident of the City.
(b) The members of the Commission snail be identitieu by
place numbers one (1) throuyh (7). Places one (1), two (2)
and three (3) shall ue appointed for term of one year,
places four (4) and five (5) shall be appointed for term of
two years, and places six (6) dhu (7) shall be appointed for
a term of three years. Thereafter, all members shall be
appointed for a term of three (3) years.
*Charter authorizes Mayor to remove any appointed officer.
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(c) Should a vacancy occur, the _Mayor, with approval of
Council, shall appoint a person to complete the unexpired
term of such position.
Section 30 -2. meetings, Officers and Rules.
(a)= The Commission shall gold regular meetings during the
first week of every month. Special meetings may be held on
call of the Chairman, the City Manager or by a majority of
the Commission qualified.
(b) The Commission shall elect a Chairman who shall serve
as presiding officer of the board for a period of one year.
'I'lie Chairman shall have no veto Dower, but shall be entitled
to vote in all matters considered by the Commission.
(c) i'ne Director of Planning shall serve as ex officio
secretary of the Commission and shall keep minutes, books,
files and other records of the board and perforia such other
duties as are incidental to his office.
(d) Any four (4) voting members of the Commission present
shall consititute a quorum to conduct business.
Section 3i -3. functions, Rowers and Duties.
The Planning Commission shall have the following
responsibilities:
(a) to advise the city in the preparation and maintenance
of a Comprehensive Plan and related studies;
(b) to advise the city in establishing criteria for
platting of land;
(c) to assist the city in conducting public hearings as may
be required to gather information necessary for the
drafting, establishment and maintenance of the Comprehensive
Plan and ordinances and regulations related to it;
(d) to approve or disapprove, with or without variances,
all plats of subdivisions of land within the City and its
extraterritorial jurisdiction as specifically provided by
the subdivision or development ordinances of the City of
Huntsville;
(e) to initiate planniny concepts and recommend policies
for guiding action affecting development in the City and its
environs;
(f) to perform other duties that may be specifically
assigned to it by the city that may have a bearing on the
preparation or accomplishment of the Comprehensive Plan.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason neld
invalid or unconstitutional, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct and independent provision and such
holding shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 3. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only
to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other
respects this Ordinance shall be cumulative of other
Ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter
covered by this Ordinance. In particular, the planning and
Zoning Commission Ordinance, adopted 3 -8 -1960, and Ordinance
No. 77 -9, passed and approved by City Council on 6 -14 -1977,
are repealed.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect October 1
1961.
PASSED UNAiil;,iUUSLY Lit-ST is ;ADING 'f dIS 4th day of August,
1,961.
PASSES sdCULVL" READING NG HIS day of
huth ueShaw, ity Secretary
APPdOVLi) AS TO FUN;:
Scott Sounds, City Attorney
THE CITY OF IiUNTSVILLE
by
�illiarr� V. Nash, Mayor