HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 16-92 Plan Comm ApptsORDINANCE NO. 16 - 92
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING CHAPTER 2.12 OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS
AND DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
Section 1
Section 2.12.020 of the Dublin Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
2.12.020 Membership - Appointment - Term - Removal
A.
The Planning Commission shall consist of five (5) members.
They shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years except
that two (2) of the members first appointed following'
enactment of this Ordinance shall serve for a two (2) year
term. Terms shall begin in December of even numbered
election years .and end in November of even numbered election
years (or until successors are appointed). If a vacancy
occurs otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be
filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.
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Members shall be appointed to the Planning Commission by the
Mayor, subject to the approval of the Council. The Mayor
may, with the approval of a majority of the City Council,
remove a Planning Commissioner at any time during the
Commissioner's term of office. Removal and appointment of
Planning Commission members shall be made only at a
regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council. Members of
the Planning Commission shall be residents of the City.
Section 2
Section 2.12.040 of the Dublin Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
2.12.040 Chairperson - Rules - Records - Meetings
The Planning Commission shall elect a Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson from its membership annually. In the absence or
disability of either the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, the
Commission may designate a temporary Chairperson. The Commission
shall hold at least one (1) regular meeting each month and such
other meetings as may be necessary. The Commission shall adopt
rules for the transaction of its business and shall keep a public
record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and
determinations. The rules shall provide that not less than three
(3) affirmative votes shall be required to recommend matters to
the City Council for adoption. The commission shall appoint a
secretary who may be one of its members or someone else.
Section 3
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately pursuant to Government
Code Section 36937 as an urgency Ordinance. The urgency is based on
the following facts: The electorate approved an Ordinance making the
office of Mayor directly elected by the people. In accordance with
State Law, the directly elected Mayor makes all appointments to
boards, commissions and committees. It is, therefore, necessary for
this Ordinance to take effect immediately in order that the procedures
for appointment of board, commission and committee members be in
effect when the directly elected Mayor takes office following the
November 3, 1992 election.
Section 4
The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be
posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in
accordance with Section 36933 of the Government Code of the State of
California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of November, 1992, by
the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Burton, Howard, Moffatt, and
Mayor Snyder
NOES:
Councilmember Houston
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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