§ 1-5. Planning and zoning commission

1. There is hereby created and established a planning and zoning commission for the city consisting of five members appointed by the city council. In addition to the five regular members, three alternate members of the planning and zoning commission will be appointed to serve in the absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so by the mayor or chairman of the planning and zoning commission.

2. Each regular and alternate member shall be a resident of the city of extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), qualified to vote, hold no other paid, incompatible, or elected public office for the city, and shall not be in arrears in payment of taxes or any liability due to the Rockwall County or McLendon-Chisholm. No more than two regular or alternate members shall reside in the ETJ.

3. The term of office of regular and alternate members of the commission shall be for two years. Three regular members and one alternate member shall be appointed for two-year terms beginning on January 1 in even-numbered years and two regular members and two alternate members shall be appointed for two-year terms beginning January 1 in odd-numbered years.

In the event of a vacancy on the commission, the alternate member with the longest tenure shall, without further formal action, become a regular member until the expiration of the term of the office assumed by the alternate member. In the event of a vacancy in two offices, the alternate member with the longest tenure shall assume the office of the member with the longest remaining term of office. In the event of any vacancy on the commission, the city council shall appoint new members to fill the vacant offices as soon as practicable to fill such vacancies for the remainder of the unexpired terms of office. Members of the commission may be removed from office by the city council by majority vote.

4. Meetings of the commission shall be held as often as necessary to conduct the business of the commission at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the commission may determine. All meetings of the planning and zoning commission shall be public, unless otherwise authorized by law, and the commission shall keep minutes of the proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question coming before the commission. The minutes of the commission shall be public record.

A majority of four members of the commission, whether regular or alternate, shall constitute a quorum to do business. Alternate members may vote on matters before the commission only in the absence of regular members when requested to do so by the mayor or chairman of the planning and zoning commission. The alternate member with the longest tenure on the commission present at the meeting shall be the alternate voting member.

5. The planning and zoning commission shall select one of its regular members to serve as the chairman, and one of its regular members to be vice chairman to serve in the absence of the chairman. No regular member shall be qualified to serve as chairman or vice chairman unless that member has first served on the commission for a period of at least six months. The chairman shall reside in the city.

(Ord. No. 2009-02, §§ 1—5(27A), 6-9-2009)

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Ord. No. 2009-02, adopted June 9, 2009, amended § 27A of the previously adopted Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City. Inasmuch as the current zoning ordinance does not contain a section 27A, said provisions have been redesignated as § 1-5 at the discretion of the editor.