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Item 12.9 -
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
ESTABLISHING A PLANNING AGENCY
CONSISTING OF A PLANNING COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . PLANNING AGENCY ESTABLISHED. Pursuant to Government
Code Sections 65000 et. seq. , there is hereby established a planning
agency consisting of a Planning Commission.
Section 2. PLANNING COMMISSION: APPOINT. The Planning Commission
shall consist of five members. They shall be appointed for a term of
four years except that the members first appointed shall , at their
first meeting, determine by lot that three members shall serve initially
for a four year term and two members a two year term. Terms shall begin
on the date of the first meeting of the Commission. If a vacancy occurs
otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment
for the unexpired portion of the term. No person shall be appointed
to more than two consecutive four-year terms.
Section 3. MEMBERS: REMOVAL FROM OFFICE. Although a member shall
be appointed for a term, he may be removed by a majority vote of all
the members of the City Council . A member who fails, without permission,
to attend three successive meetings of the commission is subject to
removal .
Section 4. EXPENSES. Planning Commission members shall be entitled
to reimbursement for expenses as the City Council may approve.
Section 5. CHAIRMAN; RULES; RECORDS'AND MEETINGS. The Planning
Commission shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from its membership
annually. In the absence or disability of either the Chairman or Vice
Chairman, the Commission may designate a temporary Chairman. The
Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting each month and such
other meetings as may be necessary. The Commission shall adopt rules
for the transaction of its business and shall keep a public record of
its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations. The rules
shall provide that not less than three affirmative votes shall be
required to recommend matters to the City Council for adoption. The
Commission shall appoint a secretary who may be one of its members or
someone else.
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Section 6. POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY. The Planning Commission
shall have the power and it shall be its duty:
A. To recommend for adoption by the City Council a comprehensive
Long term general plan for the physical development of the City and of
any land outside its boundaries which in the Planning Commission's
judgment bears relation to its planning.
B. To recommend for adoption by the City Council specific plans
based on the general plan and drafts of such regulation, programs and
legislation as may in its judgment be required for the systematic execu-
tion of the general plan.
C. To periodically review the capital improvement program of the
City.
D. To recommend for adoption by the Council a zoning ordinance
and to perform such other duties in reference to planning and zoning
{ and land use matters as may be required by the Council .
Section 7. SUPERSESSION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE. It is the intention
of the City Council of the City of Dublin that this ordinance shall
supersede the effectiveness of the ordinance or ordinances of the County
of Alameda regarding the organization or functioning of the Alameda
County Planning Commission as it relates to land use matters within
the boundaries of the City of Dublin as adopted by the City Council by
Ordinance No. 1 of the City of Dublin.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Dublin on
this day of , 1982, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK