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i <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 83-5-1 AND THE BATESVILLE <br /> MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 13.04 PERTAINING TO THE CITY PLANNING <br /> COMMISSION; CREATING A CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, DESIGNATING <br /> THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, PROVIDING <br /> FOR THE COMMISSION'S DUTIES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING <br /> FOR A MANNER OF APPOINTMENT, TERMS OF OFFICE AND VACANCIES, <br /> AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. <br /> (BOLD PRINT INDICATES CHANGE FROM ORDINANCE NO. 83-5-1) <br /> BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, <br /> ARKANSAS: <br /> Section 1 : That Ordinance No. 83-5-1 and the Batesville Municipal Code <br /> Chapter 13.04 are hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> (1) There is hereby created a commission of and for the City of Batesville, <br /> Arkansas, to be known as designated as the "City Planning Commission", <br /> which commission shall consist of seven (7) members who shall serve <br /> without compensation and of whom not more than one-third (1/3) may <br /> • hold any other municipal office or appointment. <br /> (2) The City Planning Commission shall have and is hereby vested with <br /> all the duties, powers, and functions as set forth and prescribed by Act <br /> 186 of the Acts of the General Assembly for 1057 and all amendments <br /> thereto. <br /> (3) The members of the City Planning Commission shall be named and <br /> appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation and approval by the City <br /> Council. <br /> (4) The Planning Commission shall designate one (1) of its members as <br /> chairman and select a vice-chairman and such other officers as it may <br /> require. The terms of office of the chairman and other officers of the I <br /> Planning Commission shall be as provided by the rules of the Planning <br /> commission. <br /> (5) Regular meeting dates shall be established providing for at least one <br /> regular meeting to be held in each quarter of each calendar year. <br /> (6) The Planning Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the <br /> discharge of its duties and the transactions of business, and shall keep a <br /> ® public record of all business, resolutions, transactions, findings and <br /> determinations. <br /> (7) The terms of office of the members of the City Planning commission <br /> shall be for five (5) years; provided, however, the initial appointments to <br /> the commission shall be one (1) member for a one (1) year term, one (1) <br /> member for a two (2) year term, one (1) member for a three (3) year term, <br /> one (1) member for a four (4) year term and one (1) member for a five (5) <br /> year term. As vacancies occur on said commission, Tor wnatevei ucause, <br /> said vacancy shall be filled in the manner herein provided, and said <br /> appointees, as well as all initial appointees hereunder, shall hold office <br /> until their successors are appointed and confirmed. <br /> ® (8) Upon the appointment of the members holding position number <br /> six (6) and position number seven (7) of said commission the person <br /> appointed to position number six (6) shall serve a term of four (4) <br /> years and the person appointed to position number seven (7) shall <br /> I <br />