HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 03-16 Amend Muni Code Planning Commission ORDINANCE NO. 3 -16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
AMENDING CHAPTER 2.12 (PLANNING COMMISSION)
OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1:
Section 2.12.020 of Chapter 2.12 of the Dublin Municipal Code is amended as follows (with
additions in italics and deletions in strikethreugh):
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. Terms shall begin in December January of following even-numbered election years
and end in December of even-numbered 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.
B. Members shall be appointed to the Planning Commission by the Mayor, subject to the approval
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Commissioner can be removed at any time during the Commissioner's term of office by a majority of
the City Council. 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.
C. Planning Commissioners must attend at least seventy-five (75) percent of regular and special
Planning Commission meetings in any twelve (12) month period. Any Planning Commissioner who is
absent from twenty-five (25) percent or more meetings within a twelve (12) month period or is absent
from three (3) consecutive Planning Commission meetings may be removed from the Planning
Commission pursuant to subsection (B) of this section.
Section 2.12.040 of Chapter 2.12 of the Dublin Municipal Code is amended as follows (with
additions in italics and deletions in ctrikethreugh):
A. The Planning Commission shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from its
membership by simple majority vote at the first meeting of the year a ally. The Commission shall,
unless no Commissioners meet the criteria, elect Commissioners to the positions that have not
previously served in the position and that have not declined the appointment, with the intent that no
one should serve in the position for two (2) consecutive years. In the absence or disability of either
the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, the Commission may designate a temporary Chairperson.
B. Unless there is no business to be transacted, -the Commission shall hold at least one (1)
regular meeting each month and such other meetings as may be necessary.
C. The Commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business
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D. The rules shall provide that nNo official action shall be transacted by less than the affirmative
vote of a majority of the quorum present. In the event of a tie vote, the motion fails; another motion
may be entertained to break the tie.
F. Not less than three (3) affirmative votes shall be required to recommend matters to the City
Council for adoption. The City Manager or City Manager's designee shall serve as the Secretary to
the Planning Commission.
Section 2.12.050 of Chapter 2.12 of the Dublin Municipal Code is amended as follows (with
additions in italics and deletions in str rough):
2.12.050 Powers and duties--Generally
The Planning Commission shall have the power and it shall be its duty:
A. To serve the City and the residents of the City of Dublin with professionalism and respect.
A, B. 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 City Council's judgment bears relation to its planning;
C. To recommend for adoption by the City Council specific plans based on the general plan and
drafts of such regulations, programs and legislation as may in its judgment be required for the
systematic execution of the general plan;
G D. To periodically review the capital improvement program of the city;
G E. To recommend for adoption by the City Council a zoning ordinance and to perform such other
duties in reference to planning, zoning, land use and design review matters as may be required by
the City Council.
Section 4. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any provision,
clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any
person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the
ordinance or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days
following its adoption.
Section 7. Posting. 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 16th day of February, 2016, by the following vote:
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YES: Councilmembers Biddle, Gupta, Hart, Wehrenberg, and Mayor Haubert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
C
Mayor
ATTEST:
CaA/P
City Clerk
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