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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd1980-492 ~ 7/3/80 JES:jes . . . . _ntrodllced By: City Manager Introduction Date: 9/22/80 Public Hearing and Enac tment: 10/27/80 CITY OF SEWARD ALASKA ORDINANCE NO. 492 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE SEWARD ADVISORY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, REPEALING ARTICLE V, SEC. 2-66 THROUGH 2-70 AND ARTICLE VI, SEC. 2-71 AND 2-72, AND CREATING SECTIONS 2.50.010 THROUGH 2.50.040 OF THE SEWARD CITY CODE THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, ORDAINS: Section 1. Article V, Sections 2-66 through 2-70, and Article VI, Sections 2-71 and 2-72 of the Seward City Code are hereby repealed. There is hereby created Seward City Code Sections 2.50.010 through 2.50.040 to read as follows: SECTION 2-50 SEWARD ADVISORY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Sec. 2.50.010 Established. (a) Pursuant to Kenai Peninsula Borough Code of Ordinances 21.78.420, there is hereby created the Seward Advisory Planning and Zoning Commission, con- sisting of seven citizens, all of whom shall reside in the city and who shall be nominated by the mayor and confirmed by the Council. No officer or employee of the City may be an appointed member of the Commission. (b) A chairman of the Commission shall be selected annually and shall be appointed from and by the appointive members. (c) The mayor, city manager, city engineer and city building inspector shall be ex officio members of the Commission and shall have the privilege of the floor but not the right to vote. Sec. 2.50.020 Terms of Office; filling vacancy in office. (a) Members of the Seward Advisory Planning and Zoning Commission shall be appointed for three years; provided, that the first members to the Commission shall be appointed as follows: one-third of the members thereof shall be appointed for three-year terms, one-third of the members for two-year terms and one-third of the members for a one-year term. (b) The mayor, with the approval of the Council, may appoint any qualified person to fill a vacancy of any member of the Commission; provided that the appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the vacancy. (c) Following a member's absence from three consecutive regular meetings of the Commission, the remaining Commission members shall decide whether the commissioner should be retained or whether to request Council appointment of a new member. . . . Ala_ . City of Seward, Ordinance No. 492 Page Two Sec. 2.50.030 Meetings and quorum. (a) The Seward Advisory Planning and Zoning Commission shall meet at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the second Wednesday of each month. Special meetings may be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the Commission may determine. (b) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; except that, in the absence of a quorum, any number less than a quorum may adjourn the meeting to a later date. The affirmative votes of at least a majority of those commissioners present shall be required for official action unless a larger majority is required by law. (c) All meetings and records of the Commission shall be open to the public. The Commission shall keep minutes of the proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, and shall keep records of any other of its official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the city clerk and shall be a public record. Sec. 2.50.040 Powers and Duties. It shall be the responsibility of the Seward Advisory Planning and Zoning Commission to: (a) Interpret the prOVlSlons of Chapter 21.78 of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Code of Ordinances (Seward Zoning Code) and make zoning compliance determinations when requested. (b) Act upon requests for PUDs, variances and conditional use permits. (c) modifications hensive Plan. Prepare and recommend to the Borough Planning Commission to the Seward Zoning Code, zoning map and the Seward Compre- (d) Conduct public hearings relative to its functions. (e) Review subdivisions within the city and make recommendations to the City administration and Council on the acceptance of such. (f) Perform other duties as requested by the City Council, City administration and Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission. Section 2. This ordinance takes effect ten days following enactment. ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA, this 27th day of October , 1980. . . . . . City of Seward, Alaska Ordinance No. 492 Page Three CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA &/2 J. 6{A Mayor AYES: NOES: ABSENT: CAMPBELL, CRIPPS, GILLESPIE, HUGLI, SORIANO AND VINCENT NONE SWARTZ ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ranald H. Jarrell Attorney for the City of Seward, Alaska (City Seal)