Ordinance 889 established a Planning Commission under Chapter 2.50 of the Municipal Code. The five members are appointed by the Mayor and subject to the confirmation of the City Council. Three of members shall reside within city limits and two may reside within the city’s Urban Growth Area. Members serve six year terms.
The duties of volunteers serving on the Planning Commission include:
To make and study the physical developments and requirements of the city, to make plans and recommendations for such development and requirements looking toward the orderly growth and convenient use and enjoyment of property in the city and to recommend to the city council, from time to time, the passage of legislation to carry into effect such plans as may be developed by the planning commission and it shall be particularly the duty of the commission to study and plan for a comprehensive and satisfactory zoning of the city.
In addition to its other duties, it shall be the duty of the planning commission to review the city’s comprehensive plan and to recommend any necessary changes to such plan.