HomeMy WebLinkAbout1085 member planning commissionORDINANCE NO. 1085
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UKIAH AMENDING SECTION 1151 OF THE UKIAH CITY
CODE, PERTAINING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF AND
APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE UKIAH
PLANNING COMMISSION
The City Council of the City of Ukiah hereby ordains as follows:
FINDINGS:
1. The City Council finds that a diversity of views should be represented on the City's Planning
Commission.
2. This diversity of views is best achieved, if each City Council member has the opportunity to
select a planning commissioner.
3. It is the intent of the City Council that each City Council member should have the opportunity
to select a planning commissioner, subject to ratification by a majority vote of the City Council.
4. It is the expectation of the City Council that the commissioner nominated by a City Council
member will be approved by a majority vote of the City Council, except in unusual
circumstance, where a majority of the City Council does not believe that the candidate is suited
to perform the functions of a planning commissioner, which include an ability to understand and
apply the laws and standards that apply to commission decisions, listen carefully to evidence and
argument presented during commission meetings, follow the rules adopted by the Commission,
and make reasoned decisions and clearly articulate positions.
SECTION ONE.
Section 1151 of the Ukiah City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
§1151: MEMBERS; APPOINTMENT:
Said commission shall consist of five (5) members who shall be registered voters of the city.
Each member of the City Council, including each newly elected or appointed City Council
member, may nominate one commissioner who shall be appointed to the commission, if
approved by a majority vote of the City Council. Each commissioner's term of office shall
coincide with the term of office of the City Council member who nominated him or her.
A new City Council member selected to fill a vacancy on the Council and serve out an unexpired
term of office may nominate a replacement of the commissioner nominated by that Council
member's predecessor in office, who shall be appointed for the remainder of that Council
member' s term of office, if approved by a majority vote of the City Council. If a commissioner
vacates his or her office before the expiration of his or her term of office, the City Council
member who nominated that commissioner may nominate a replacement to serve the remainder
of that commissioner's term of office, who shall be appointed, if the nomination is approved by a
majority vote of the City Council.
If a City Council member's nomination receives less than a majority vote, he or she may
nominate additional candidates, one at a time, until one of them is appointed by a majority vote
of the City Council. Commissioners shall be nominated and voted upon at a single City Council
meeting, unless a different procedure is approved by a majority vote of the City Council. If a
City Council member fails to nominate a commissioner within sixty (60) days after the vacancy
occurs, a majority of the City Council shall fill the vacancy following the procedure used to
appoint members to other city commissions and boards.
SECTION TWO
1. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of
such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance and any section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be published as required by law in a
newspaper of general circulation in the City of Ukiah, and shall become effective thirty (30) days
after its adoption. It shall apply to injuries or damage occurring after it becomes effective.
Introduced by title °nly on June 21, 2006, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers Crane, McCowen and Mayor Ashiku
Councilmember Baldwin
Councilmember Rodin
None
Adopted on August 2, 2006 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers Crane, McCowen and Mayor Ashiku
Councilmembers Baldwin and Rodin
None
None
-~- Mark Ashiku, ~Iayor
Gail Petersen, City Clerk