HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 07-17 Amending Chapter 2.12 (Planning Commission) of the Dublin Municipal Code ORDINANCE NO. 07 – 17
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 striketh-roug-#):
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 January 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
of the City Council. A Planning 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.
Planning Commission meetings in any twelve (12) month period. Any Planning Commissioner who is
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Commission pursuant to subsection B of this section Planning Commission members should
endeavor to attend all regular and special meetings of the Planning Commission. The Secretary to
the Planning Commission shall provide the Mayor with monthly attendance reports and a quarterly
overview of attendance by Commissioners. After the third absence from a regularly scheduled
Planning Commission meeting within any twelve (12) month period, said Commissioner automatically
vacates his or her office.
D. Teleconferencing. In rare cases and exceptional circumstances, the Planning Commission
permits teleconferencing by Planning Commissioners at regular and special Planning Commission
meetings. Only one (1) Planning Commissioner is permitted to attend via teleconference per meeting.
The first Planning Commissioner who notifies the City Clerk of his or her intention to do so will be
permitted to attend by teleconference. Only audio teleconferencing is permitted. Video conference or
any other form of non-telephonic communication are not approved forms of teleconferencing of
Planning Commission meetings.
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
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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 on September 15,
2017.
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 15th day of August, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Gupta, and Hernandez
NOES:
ABSENT: Councilmember Goel and Mayor Haubert
ABSTAIN:
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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