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ORDINANCE NO. 235
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF GUADALUPE K
CITY OF CIBOLO
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CIBOLO, TEXAS, CREATING A PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION.
SECTION 1 : CREATION AND PURPOSE
A Planning and Zoning Commission is hereby created in order to
accomplish the following purposes:
A. To recognize community needs and to advise the City Council of
their short-range and long-range implications for the total
development of the city;
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B. To recommend achievable community goals as a busis for long-range
planning and development programs;
C. To recommend plans, programs, and policies that will aid the entire
community in achieving its defined goals; and
D. To interpret the adopted plans and programs to concerned citizens so
that private activities and desires may be accomplished in harmony
with the public needs and policies.
SECTION 2: MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT
The Council shall appoint .a Planning and Zoning Commission consisteng
of five (5) members who shall be residents of and own real property
in the city, and shall serve without compensation. The City Council
will_consider for appointment only those persons who have demonstrated
a general knowledge of the community, independent judgement, interest
in planning and zoning, and availability to prepare for and attend
meetings. Members shall constitute a Commission which is broadly
representative of the community.
SECTION 3: TERMS OF OFFICE
The terms of three (3) members shall expire, on October 1 of each odd-
numbered year and the terms of two (2) of the members shall expire on
October 1 of each even numbered year. The members of the Commission shall r_
be designated by place numbers one (1) through five (5) . The odd-num-
bered places shall expire in the odd numbered years; the even-numbered
places shall expire in even numbered years . Commission members may be
appointed to succeed themselves . Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired
terms, but no member shall be appointed for a term in excess of two years .
SECTION 4: ORGANIZATION
The Commission shall elect a chairman from its membership annually, and
shall establish rules of procedure which shall include the following:
A. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the membership and an affirmative
vote of a majority of the membership shall be necessary to pass upon
pending questions.
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B. The chairman shall be entitled to vote upon any question.
C. Minutes shall be kept of the proceedings of the Commission and shall
be open to the public.
D. All meetings shall be open to the public .
SECTION 5: DUTIES AND POWERS
The Planning and Zoning Commission is hereby charged with the duty
and invested authority to:
A. Make, ammend, extend, and add to a master plan for the physical develop-
ment of the City;
B. Be responsible to and act as an advisory body to the Council;
C. Recommend to the Council approval or disapproval of proposed changes
in the zoning plan;
D. Review all plans for platting or sub-dividing of land within the City and
within adjacent areas as permitted by law and submit finds and recom-
mendations to the Council;
E. Submit annually to the City Council, not less than ninety (90) days prior
to the beginning of the fiscal year, a list of recommended capital
improvements found necessary or desireable;
F. Perform such other duties and be vested with such other powers as the
Council may prescribe in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas .
SECTION 6: COMMISSION ACTIONS
A. A motion may be made by any member other than the presiding officer.
B. A motion to approve any matter before the Commission or to recommend
approval of any request requiring Council action shall require three
(3) favorable votes of the members present. When fewer than all the
members are present for the voting and when all motions to recommend'
on a given application fail to carry by three (3) votes, consideration
of the 'application shall be continued to the next regular meeting up-
on motion carried by a majority of those present. Provided further
that no request for application shall be continued under this rule
beyond the next regular meeting; failure of the Commission to secure ,'. _
three (3) concurring votes to approve or recommend approval at said
next regular meeting shall be recorded in the minutes as a denial of
the proposal under this rule.
SECTION 7: DISQUALIFICATION FROM VOTING
A. A member shall disqualify himself from voting whenever he finds that
he has a personal or monetary interest in the property under appeal,
or that he will be directly affected by the decision of the Com-
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B. A member may disqualify himself from voting whenever any applicant,
or his agent, has sought to influence the vote of the member on his
application, other than in a public hearing.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 19th DAY OF May , 1977 .
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