Chapter 2.57
LAND USE AND PLANNING BOARD
Sections:
2.57.010 Creation.
2.57.020 Membership, terms, residence requirements, and compensation.
2.57.030 Duties and responsibilities.
2.57.040 References to planning commission.
2.57.050 In-person meetings.
2.57.010 Creation.
There is hereby created the land use and planning board, which is subject to the general provisions applicable to boards and commissions as provided for under Chapter 2.50 KCC, except as those provisions are modified by the following provisions specific to the land use and planning board.
2.57.020 Membership, terms, residence requirements, and compensation.
The land use and planning board shall consist of seven members who shall be residents of the city of Kent. When making the appointments, the mayor shall consider appointments from residents residing at different locations within the city.
2.57.030 Duties and responsibilities.
A. The land use and planning board shall operate as part of the economic and community development department and shall, except in those instances when the city council has determined to consider the matter, hold public hearings on comprehensive plan formulation and amendments, annexation zoning, zoning code and subdivision code and other assigned code formulation and amendments which have been prepared and submitted to the board by the economic and community development department. The land use and planning board, after holding one or more public hearings on these matters, shall refer the planning office’s proposals and its recommendation to the city council for the council’s final action.
B. In lieu of or in the alternative to the land use and planning board considering and holding hearings and performing other related functions on matters set forth in subsection (A) of this section, the city council may elect to perform these functions on such matters directly without taking input from the land use and planning board.
(Ord. No. 4406, § 8, 7-6-21; Ord. No. 3512, § 14, 6-6-00. Formerly § 2.57.040)
2.57.040 References to planning commission.
All references in the Kent City Code to the planning commission shall mean the land use and planning board.
(Ord. No. 4406, § 8, 7-6-21; Ord. No. 3512, § 14, 6-6-00. Formerly § 2.57.050)
2.57.050 In-person meetings.
Except as permitted by KCC 2.50.090(E)(3) for emergencies, the land use and planning board shall hold its meetings in such a manner that a quorum of the board shall meet in-person. The remote attendance of any member of the land use and planning board shall comply with the provisions of KCC 2.50.090(E)(4)(b).
(Ord. No. 4458 § 4, 2-21-23)