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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 789-96 02-13-1996 ORDINANCE NO. 789-96 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9 "PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION" OF CHAPTER 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS; ADDING ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON SAID CONIlVIISSION; PROVIDING FOR STAFF SUPPORT; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RECORD KEEPING BY THE CITY SECRETARY; REDEFINING QUORUM REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: I. That Section 9 "PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION" of Chapter 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended in the following specified particulars: A. Subsection A "CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS" of said Section 9 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: A. CREATION• QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS There is hereby created the Richland Hills Planning and Zoning Commission. Members of the commission shall be registered voters and citizens of the city on the date of their appointment. No member may serve in any capacity on more than one other Richland Hills standing board, commission and committee, or any special committee exceeding six month's duration; or serve as city representative to a local, state or national organization. All members shall serve without compensation. No debts of any kind or character shall be made or incurred by the board or by anyone acting in its behalf. B. Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS" shall be hereby amended by the addition of the following language to the end of said Subsection as it currently exists: Appointment of commission members should be accomplished by the City Council to coincide with election of Councilmember by places 1 through 5; provided, however, that this provision will take effect in May of 1996. When the City Councilmembers take office and appointments are made in the month of May, the seating of new members of the Planning and Zoning Commission should occur during the first regular meeting following that appointment. • • C. Subsection D "OFFICERS" of said Section 9 shall be hereby amended by the addition at the end of said subsection of the following sentence: A staff representative will be assigned to a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting where a replatting or zoning matter requires a vote of the commissioners. Each board shall be responsible for setting up their own needs. In the event additional staff support is needed, it should be coordinated through the City Manager's office. A chairman, vice chairman and secretary shall meet the minimum office requirements for each board, commission and committee. D. Subsection I "APPLICATIONS" of said Section 9 shall be hereby amended by the addition of the following language to the end of said Subsection as it currently exists. "The City Secretary shall maintain previously filed applications indefinitely of an appointed board, commission or committee member if said member is to be considered for reappointment by the City Council and said member has expressed a desire to continue serving on said board, commission or committee." E. Subsection E "MEETINGS, RULES OF PROCEDURE AND QUORUM" of said Section 9 shall be hereby amended by the deletion of the last sentence of said Subsection E and by the addition of the following language in place • of said deleted last sentence: A majority of the currently appointed members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (A quorum is one more than half the currently appointed members). F. Subsection F "MINUTES AND ATTENDANCE REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL" of said Section 9 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: F. MINUTES AND ATTENDANCE REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL The secretary (staff representative) shall keep minutes of all official meetings where there are plats and zoning requests and shall submit said minutes, following each meeting, to the City Secretary. Meetings with no plats or zoning requests are to be taped and written minutes shall be submitted by the elected secretary of the commission for those meetings. City staff is only required to attend those Planning and Zoning Commission meetings where official action is taking place. The minutes shall become a part of the City Council's informational report. The secretary shall also keep attendance records on each member for submission to the City Council along with the commission's minutes and will make specific notation if a • ORDINANCE NO. 789-96 PAGE 2 • member misses two consecutive meetings. Members must attend at least seventy-five percent (75%) of all meetings of the commission based on a twelve-month period beginning June 1 of each year. II. Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. III. Saving Clause. That Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. IV. • Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas. PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the 13th day of February , 1996, by a vote of 3 ayes, 2 nays, and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: C. F. Kelley, Mayor ATTEST: ~ . erri Willis, City Secretary • ORDINANCE NO. ?89-96 PAGE 3 • APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney rhlib42/bh/010496 ORDINANCE NO. 789-96 PAGE 4