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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 05-82 Plan Comm EstablishORDINANCE NO. 5 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CIT.Y OF DUBLIN ESTABLISHING A PLANNING AGENCY CONSISTING OF A PLANNING COMMISSION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS' Section 1. PLANNING AGENCY ESTABLISHED. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 65000 et. seq.,-there is hereby established a planning agency cOnsisting of a Planning Commission. Section 2. PLANNING COMMISSION: APPOINT. The Planning Commission shall consist of five members. They shall be appointed for a term of four years except that the members first appointed shall, at their first meeting, determine by lot that three members shall serve initially for a four year 'term and two members a two year term. Terms shall begin on the date of the first meeting of the Commission. If a vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration of term., it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. No person shall be appointed to more than two consecutive four-year terms. Section 3. MEMBERS: REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. Although a member shall be appointed for a term, he may be removed by a majority vote of all the members of the City Council. A member who fails, without permission, to attend three successive meetings of the commission is subject to removal. Section 4. EXPENSES. Planning Commission members shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses as the City Council may approve. Section 5. CHAIRMAN; RULES; RECORDS AND MEETINGS. The Planning Commission shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from its membership annually. In the absence or disability of either the Chairman or Vice Chairman, the Commission may designate a temporary Chairman. The Commission shall hold at least one 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 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 6. POWERS AND DUTIES G_E.NERALLY. The Planning Commission shall have the power and it shall be its duty- A. To recommend for adoption by the City Council a comprehensive long term general plan for the physical development of the City and of any land outside its boundaries which in the Planning Commission's judgment bears relation to its planning. B. To recommend for adoption by the City Council specific plans based on the general plan and drafts of such regulation, programs and legislation as may in its judgment be required for the systematic execu- tion of the general'plan. C. To periodically review the capital improvement program of the City. D. To recommend for adoption by the Council a zoning ordinance and to perform such other duties in reference to planning and zoning and land use matters as may be required by the Council. Section 7. SUPERSESSION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE. It is the intention of the City Council of the City of Dublin that this ordinance shall supersede the effectiveness of the ordinance or ordinances of the County of Alameda regarding the organization or functioning of the Alameda County Planning Commission as it relates to land use matters within the boundaries of the City of Dublin as adopted by the City Council by Ordinance No. I of the City of Dublin. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on this 16th day of February , 1982, by the following vote- AYES' Councilmembers Burton, Hegarty, Jeffery, Moffatt and Mayor Snyder NOES' None ABSENT' None ATTEST'