Chapter 2.15
PLANNING COMMISSION
Sections:
2.15.050 Regional cooperation.
2.15.010 Established.
There is hereby created a city planning commission consisting of six members to be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council; provided, that not more than one-third of which number may be ex officio members by virtue of any office held in the city of South Bend. The term of office for the ex officio members shall correspond to their respective tenures.
The terms of office for the first appointive members shall be designated from one to six years in such manner as to provide that the fewest possible terms will expire in any one year. Thereafter the term of office for each appointive member shall be six years. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through expiration of terms shall be filled for the unexpired term.
Members may be removed after public hearing by the mayor with approval by the city council for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Members shall be selected without respect to political affiliation and shall serve without compensation. (Ord. 876 § 1, 1969).
2.15.020 Offices – Meetings.
The commission shall elect its own chairman and create and fill such other offices as it may determine it requires. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month for not less than nine months in each year. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a written record of its meetings, resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations which record shall be a public record. (Ord. 876 § 2, 1969).
2.15.030 Expenditures.
The expenditures of any commission or regional commission authorized and established under this chapter, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose of the council. Within such limits, any commission may employ such employees and expert consultants as are deemed necessary for its work. (Ord. 876 § 3, 1969).
2.15.040 Powers.
The commission may act as the research and fact finding agency of the city, and to that end may make such surveys, analyses, researches and reports as are generally requested by the city council, and may also act generally in accordance with the powers as set out in RCW 35.63.060, and the commission may also prepare for the adoption and enforcement of coordinated plans for the physical development of the city of South Bend, and for the adoption and enforcement thereof by the city council, all in accordance with RCW 35.63.080. (Ord. 876 § 4, 1969).
2.15.050 Regional cooperation.
The commission may cooperate with the commissioners of Pacific County, Washington, to form, organize and administer a regional planning commission for the making of a regional plan for the region defined as may be agreed upon, all in accordance with RCW 35.63.070. (Ord. 876 § 5, 1969).