§ 2.091. Membership; eligibility; term of office; training qualification requirements.

(a)

The planning and zoning commission consists of nine members, appointed by city council.

(b)

To be eligible for appointment and continued service on the commission, all of the commission members must have resided in the city for a period of five years before the date of appointment. To be eligible for continued service on the commission members must maintain residence in the city.

(c)

The council will seek to ensure broad citizen representation and expertise among the membership which includes geographic, professional, gender, racial, and viewpoint diversity in making appointments to the planning and zoning commission.

(d)

Three members of the planning and zoning commission are appointed each year for staggered three-year terms, with one-third to be appointed each year on a continuing basis.

(e)

A newly appointed regular member, must attend an orientation meeting with the director of planning and development services, and must attend a seminar on land use, environmental and planning issues approved by the director. The director will advise newly appointed members who do not already meet these requirements of the date and location of approved seminars, and will facilitate their registration and attendance at the seminars. The members are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable costs of attendance. If a newly appointed member fails to fulfill these attendance requirements within six months of being appointed, the appointment is automatically rescinded and the city council will make a new appointment.

(Code 1970, § 2-113; Ord. No. 1994-49, § 1, 6-27-94; Ord. No. 1995-43, § 1, 7-10-95; Ord. No. 1999-59, § 1, 7-12-99; Ord. No. 2000-65, § 1, 9-25-00; Ord. No. 2001-36, § 1, 5-21-01; Ord. No. 2002-25, § 1, 3-25-02; Ord. No. 2002-50, § 1, 7-22-02; Ord. No. 2003-25, § 1, 5-12-03; Ord. No. 2004-69, § 2, 10-25-04 ; Ord. No. 2014-03, § 3, 1-21-14 ; Ord. No. 2018-04 , § 2, 4-17-18)