There is hereby created in and for the city, a planning and zoning commission, to be composed of five (5) members and alternate members as necessary. An alternate may be a voting member in the absence of a full quorum. The members shall be appointed and approved by the mayor and/or the city council for a five (5) year term. Members may be extended for one additional term, with no more than two (2) members being changed at one time, from among the qualified electors of the city, and compensation if any shall be set by the city council. (Ord. 13-06, 3-27-2013)

   A.   Officers: The planning and zoning commission shall elect a chairperson from among the appointive members of said commission, and also a secretary, who need not be a member of the commission. (Ord., 9-3-1996)

   B.   Meetings: The planning and zoning commission will conduct a work session meeting at seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. which shall be followed by a regular meeting at seven thirty o'clock (7:30) P.M. which shall be held on the Thursdays prior to the city council's work session and regular meetings each month at the Garland City Civic Center, 72 North Main Street, Garland, Utah. If the meeting date(s) is a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held on a date to be determined by the planning and zoning commission. (Ord. 12-09, 12-18-2012)

It shall be the duty of the planning and zoning commission and it shall have the power to make recommendations to the city council for the zoning of the city, by dividing the city into districts of such number, shape and area as may be best suited to make effective the proper zoning of the city, and to provide within said districts for the regulation and restriction of the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings, structures and land, all of such regulations to be uniform for each class or kind of building throughout the district, but such regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts. (Ord., 9-3-1996)

   A.   Recommendation Of Commission Required: The city council may from time to time amend the number, shape, boundaries or area of any zone, or any regulation or any other provision of this title, but any such amendment shall not be made or become effective unless the same shall have been proposed by or be first submitted for the approval, disapproval or change suggestions of the planning and zoning commission. If disapproved by the commission, within thirty (30) days after submission, the amendment shall receive the favorable vote of not less than a majority of the entire membership of the city council to become effective. (Ord., 9-3-1996)

   B.   Hearing And Publication Of Notice: Before finally adopting any such amendment, the planning and zoning commission and city council shall comply with the provisions of sections 10-9a-502 and 503, Utah Code Annotated, regarding the adoption and amendment of the city's land use ordinance. The planning and zoning commission shall hold a public hearing, after giving the notice required by section 10-9a-205, Utah Code Annotated, before forwarding its recommendations regarding any proposed amendment(s) to the city council. The city council shall adopt any such amendment(s) only at a properly noticed public meeting. (Ord. 13-03, 2-27-2013)