HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-05-01 ORDINANCE NO. g� ✓�— I
AN ORDINANCE AMENDIfdG ORDINANCE #659 AND THE BATESVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER
13.04 PERTAINING TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION; CREATING A CITY PLANNING COM-
MISSION, DESIGNATING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION, PROVID-
ING FOR THE COMMISSION'S DUTIES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FOR A MANNER
OF APPOINTMENT, TERMS OF OFFICE AND VACANCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS:
Section l: That Ordinance No. 659 and the Batesville Municipal Code Chapter
13.04 are hereby amended to read as follows :
( 1) There is hereby created a commission of and for the City of Bates-
ville, Arkansas, to be known and designated as the "City Planning Comm-
ission" , which commission shall consist of five (5) members who shall
serve without compensation and of whom not more than one-third ( 1/3)
may hold any other municipal office or appointment.
(2) The City Planning Commission shall have and is hereby vested with
all the duties , powers and functions as set forth and prescribed by
Act 186 of the Acts of the General Assembly for 1957 and all amendments
thereto.
(3) The members of the City Planning Commission shall be named and
appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation and approval by the
City Council .
(4) The Planning Commission shall designate one ( 1) of its members as
chairman and select a vice-chairman and such other officers as it may
require. The terms of office of the chairman and other officers of
the Planning Commission shall be as provided by the rules of the Plan-
ning Commission.
(5) Regular meeting dates shall be established providing for at least
one regular meeting to be held in each quarter of each calendar year.
(6) The Planning Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the
discharge of its duties and the transactions of business , and shall
keep a public record of all business , resolutions , transactions , find-
ings and determinations .
(7) The terms of office of the members of the City Planning Commission
shall be for five (5) years; provided, however, the initial appointments
to the commission shall be one ( 1) member for a one ( 1) year term, one
( 1) member for a two (2) year term, one ( 1) member for a three (3) year
term, one ( 1) member for a four (4) year term and one ( 1) member for a
five (5) year term. As vacancies occur on said commission, for whatever
cause, said vacancy shall be filled in the manner herein provided, and
said appointees , as well as all initial appointees hereunder, shall hold
office until their successors are appointed and confirmed.
Section 2: The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall continue to consist of members
of the Batesville Planning Commission as provided by other ordinances of the
City of Batesville.
Section 3: Any ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Passed and adopted this day of , i 1983.
APPROVED:
JIfA SHI RELL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LARRY WILLIAMS, CITY CLERK