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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 009 ORDINANCE NO. 9 (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE) AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF ATASCADERO AND DECLARING THE ORDINANCE TO BE AN URGENCY ORDINANCE. ' THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATASCADERO ORDAINS as follows : ' Section 1. Planning Commission Created. There is hereby created a Planning Commission for the City which shall consist of seven ( 7 )members who shall not be officials. or employees of' the City, but who shall be residents of the City. Section 2. Members: Appointment: Terms of Office. The City Council shall appoint members of the Planning Com- mission. The four ( 4 ) members appointed for terms commencing on August 6, 1979 , shall be appointed for twenty-four (24) months, which term shall expire on July 31 , 1981 , and the three ( 3 ) members appointed for terms commencing on August 6, 1�ha11 I ' be appointed for forty-eight (48) months, which term shall expire on July 31 , 1983 ' Thereafter, all terms shall be for four (4) years and shall expire four (4) years after the effective date of the appointment, except those appointments made after the commencement of the term ' to fill a vacancy or removal, in which case the term of office shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. Section 3. Members: Removal From Office. ' A member of the Planning Commission may be removed wed by a majority vote of all of the members of the Council. ' Section 4. Vacancies. ' A vacancy on the Planning Commission occurring- by .death, res- ignation, removal, or any other cause before the expiration of the term of the member shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the Council. Section 5. Expenses. ' Planning Commission members shall be entitled to remuneration forexpenses as' the Council may approve- in advance. 1 IG:fr -1- /16/79 0 i ORDINANCE NO. 9 Section 6. Powers, Duties, and Functions. The powers, duties, and functions of the Planning Commission shall be all those powers, duties, and functions of a Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment as provided in Chapters 3 and 4 of Title 7 commencing with Section 65100 of the Government Code of the State (the Planning and Zoning Law) , as the same may be hereafter amended. The Planning Commission shall perform •such other duties and functions as may be designated by the Council. Section 7. Chairman: Rules : Records and Meetings. The Planning Commission annually shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members, shall adopt rules for the transaction of business, shall keep a public record of its resolu- tions, transactions, findings, and determinations, and shall hold at least one regular meeting each month. Section 8. Superseding County Ordinances. This ordinance is specifically intended to supersede the pro- visions of Atascadero Ordinance No. 2 insofar as it is in conflict therewith and to supersede the provisions of the County ordinance providing for a County planning commission insofar as the same was incorporated by reference by Atascadero Ordinance No. 2 . Section 9. Declaration of Facts Const• Muting ,Urgency. ' This ordinance is an urgency ordinance and is for the imme- diate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The ' facts constituting the urgency are these: the City of Atascadero is newly incorporated and comprises territory formerly unincorpo- rated. It is necessary that this ordinance take effect immediately in order to assure continuity in the application, administration, and enforcement of the ordinances and policies of the newly incur- - porated city, ' Section 1.0•. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an urgency ordinance for the immediate protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare, con- taining a declaration of the facts constituting the urgency, and passed by a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the Council shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. Section 11. Publication. The City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published once within fifteen (15) days after its passage in the Atascadero News, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circu- lated in this City, shall certify to theadoption' and •publication -2- e r ORDINANCE NO. 9 ' of this ordinance; and shall cause this -ordinance and its certifi- cation, together with proof of publication, to be entered in the Book of Ordinances of this City. The foregoing ordinance was introduced, adopted, and ordered published at a meeting of the Council held on July 23 , 1979 , by the following vote: Ayes: Councilmen Highland, Mackey, Nelson, Stover, and Mayor Wilkins Noes: None Absent: None 12obert J. Wi kins, Jr. 4Maor' ATTEST: ' MukraY Warden, City Clerk I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and cor- rect copy of Ordinance No. 9 passed by the City Council of Atascadero at its regular Council meeting held on July 23 , 1979. GZs2�. M*ray Warden, City Clerk -3- CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of Ordinance. No. 9 passed by the Atascadero City Council at its regular Council meeting held on July 23 , 1979 67 RAY L -WARDEN, City Clerk C ty o Atascadero, California