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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd 011 Planning Commission RepOR~ Daily RoooFd on the ~day ORDINANCE NO. /1 AN ORDINANCE CREATING A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF BEL AIRE; PROVIDING FOR MEMBERSHIP, VACANCIES, COMPENSATION; PROVIDING FOR THE MEETING THEREOF AND A QUORUM; PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS, DUTIES AND COMPRE- HENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC FACILITY OR UTILITY ALL AS PROVIDED FOR BY K.S.A. 12-701, et. seq. AS AMENDED. (Published in the of May, 1981) Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Bel Aire: Section 1. CREATED. There is hereby created a City Planning Commission as provided for and authorized by Section 12-701 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, as amended. Section 2. MEMBERSHIP, VACANCIES, COMPENSATION. The City Planning Commission shall consist of seven (7) electors of which number, two (2) members shall reside outside of but within three (3) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Bel Aire, but the remaining members shall be residents of the City, to be appointed by the Mayor by and with the consent of the Council. The members of the Commission first appointed shall serve respec- tively for terms of one (1) years, two (2) years and three (3) years, divided equally or as nearly equal as possible between these terms. Thereafter members shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years each. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term only. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation for their services. (K.S.A. Supp. 12-702) Section 3. MEETINGS, QUORUM. The members of the City Planning Commission shall meet within two (2) weeks following their appointment and organize by selection of one (1) of their members as chairman, and one (1) as vice chairman who shall serve one (1) year and until his successor has been selected and qualified. The City Planning Commission shall meet thereafter at least once each month at such time and place as it may fix by resolution, and special meetings may be called by the chairman or in his absence by the vice chairman. A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Commission shall cause a proper record to be kept of all their proceedings. (K.S.A. 12-703) Section 4. POWERS, DUTIES; COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The Planning Commission is hereby authorized to make or cause to be made a comprehensive plan for the development of such city and any unincorporated territory lying outside of the city but within the county in which such city is located, which in the opinion of the Commission forms the total community of which the city is a part. In the preparation of such plan, the Planning Commission shall make or cause to be made comprehensive surveys and studies of past and present conditions and trends relating to land use, population and building intensity, public facilities, transportation and transportation facilities, economic conditions, natural resources, and may include any other element deemed necessary to the comprehensive plan. Such proposed plan, which may in addition to a written presentation, include maps, plats, charts and other descriptive matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations for the development or redevelopment of the territory including: (a) The general location, extent and relationship of the use of land for agriculture, residence, business, industry, recreation, education, public buildings and other community facilities, major utility facilities both public and private and any other use deemed necessary; (b) Population and building intensity standards and restrictions and the application of the same; (c) Public facilities including transportation facilities of all types whether publicly or privately owned which relate to the transporation of persons or goods; (d) Public improvement programming based upon a determination of relative urgency; (e) The major sources and expenditure of public revenue including long range financial plans for the financing of public facilities and capital improvements, based upon a projection of the economic and fiscal activity of the community, both public and private; (f) Utilization and conservation of natural resources; and (g) Any other element deemed necessary to the proper development or redevelopment of the area. (K.S.A. Supp. 12-12-704) The Commission shall cause to be prepared zoning studies and a zoning Ordinance, and shall make recommendations on the zoning of all land within the jurisdiction designated by the Council. The Commission shall also cause to be prepared and adopted recommendations governing the control of subdivisions within an area designated by the City Council. Section 5. CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC FACILITY OR UTILITY; APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION. Whenever the Planning Commission shall have adopted and certified the comprehensive plan of the community or of one or more major sections or districts thereof, then and henceforth no public improvement, public facility or public utility of a type embraced within the recommendations of the comprehensive plan or portion thereof shall be constructed without first being submitted to and being approved by the Planning Commission as being in conformity with the plan. If the Planning Commission does not make a report within sixty (60) days, the project shall be deemed to have been approved by the Planning Commission. In case the Planning Commission shall find that any such proposed public improvement facility or utility does not conform to the plan, the commission shall submit forthwith in writing the manner in which such proposed -2- improvement, facility or utility does not conform, to the governing body sponsoring the same, and such governing body may, by a recorded vote of three-fourths (3/4) majority of its membership overule the disapproval of the Planning Commission and the plan for the area concerned shall be deemed to have been amended and the Planning Commission shall make the necessary changes in the plan to reflect the same. (K.S.A. Supp. l2-704a) Passed by the City Council this~~ day of May, 1981. Approved by the Mayor 1981. 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