There shall be a Charter Township of Harrison Planning Commission pursuant to P.A. 33 of 2008, as amended, being the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, M.C.L. 125.3801 et seq. hereinafter referred to as the commission with the powers and duties as therein set forth and as hereinafter provided and a staffed planning department. This ordinance shall be officially known and described as the "The Charter Township of Harrison Planning Commission Ordinance."

A.

The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the Charter Township of Harrison Board of Trustees. To be qualified to be a member and remain a member of the planning commission, the individual shall meet the following qualifications:

1.

Shall be a qualified elector of the Charter Township of Harrison, except that one member may be a non-qualified elector;

B.

Members shall be appointed for three-year terms. If a vacancy occurs, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as provided for an original appointment such that, as nearly as possible, the terms of one-third of all commission members continue to expire each year.

C.

One member shall also be a member of the Charter Township Board of Trustees, whose term of office shall coincide with his or her elected term of office on the Township Board of Trustees. The board liaison shall not serve as chair.

D.

The membership of the commission shall be representative of the important segments of the community, such as the economic, governmental, educational, neighborhoods and social development of the Charter Township of Harrison, in accordance with the major interests as they exist in the township as follows:

1.

Agriculture;

2.

Natural resources;

3.

Recreation;

4.

Education;

5.

Public health;

6.

Government;

7.

Transportation;

8.

Industry;

9.

Commerce.

E.

The membership shall also be representative of the entire geography of the Charter Township of Harrison to the extent practicable, and as a secondary consideration to the representation of the major interests.

A.

The Charter Township of Harrison Board of Trustees may remove a member of the commission for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office upon written charges and after a public hearing. Failure to disclose a potential conflict of interest shall be considered malfeasance in office. Failure to repeatedly attend commission meetings shall be considered nonfeasance in office.

B.

The secretary of the planning commission shall report any member who has missed three regular meetings in a row to the Charter Township of Harrison Board of Trustees.

The Charter Township Board of Trustees shall fill any vacancy in the membership of the commission for the unexpired terms in the same manner as the initial appointment.

All members of the planning commission shall serve as such with compensation as determined by the township board.

The commission shall meet at least quarterly and a majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the ordinary business of said commission and all questions which shall arise at their meetings shall be determined by a vote of the majority of the members of the planning commission.

The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the total number of seats for members of the commission, regardless if vacancies or absences exist or not, shall be necessary for the adoption, or recommendation for adoption, of any master plan or amendment to a master plan.

The commission shall have their powers and duties as set forth in P.A. 33 of 2008, as amended, being the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, M.C.L. 125.3801 et seq.; and PA. 110 of the Public Acts of 2006, as amended, being the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, (M.C.L. 125.3101 et seq.).