There is created a planning commission to be composed of five members who are appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the Kamas City Council from among qualified electors of the city.

(Ord. 2015-04, 11/10/2015)

The terms of the planning commission shall be staggered. Each member of the planning commission shall serve for a term of five years and until their successor is qualified and appointed, provided that the term of the members shall be such that the term of one member shall expire one year, the second member the next, the third the next, the fourth the next, and the fifth the following year. Members may serve a maximum of three consecutive terms. Terms of members of the planning commission shall begin on the first day of January each year.

The governing body may remove any member of the planning commission for cause and after public hearing, if one is requested. Vacancies shall be promptly filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. An unexpired term shall not be counted toward the maximum number of terms. The mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, may appoint one alternate member to the planning commission for a term not to exceed five years. The prior term of an alternate member who subsequently becomes a full time member shall not prevent that member from serving three consecutive terms. The planning commission shall select a chairperson and vice chairperson annually who will serve for a term of one year. The vice chairperson shall serve as chairperson during any period of the chairpersons'absence, inability, refusal, or failure to act. Nothing shall prohibit the chairperson or vice chairperson from serving consecutive terms.

(Ord. 2015-04, 11/10/2015)

The planning commission shall:

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Prepare and recommend a general plan and amendments to the general plan to the city council.

2.

Prepare and recommend land use ordinances and maps, and amendments to the land use ordinances and maps, to the city council.

3.

Administer provisions of the land use ordinance, where specifically provided for in the land use ordinance.

4.

Prepare and recommend subdivision ordinances and amendments to those subdivision ordinances to the city council that regulates the subdivision of land in Kamas City.

5.

Recommend approval or denial of subdivision applications as provided in KMC 15.18.

6.

Recommend approval or denial of conditional use permits to the city council as provided in KMC 15.23 of this land use ordinance.

7.

Recommend an appeal authority for the City of Kamas to the city council.

8.

Advise the city council on matters as the city council directs and hear or decide any matters that the city council designates, including those powers authorized by state law.

9.

Conduct such public hearings as are required by law or as may be deemed necessary by the planning commission.

10.

Exercise any other powers that are necessary to enable the planning commission to perform its functions or delegated to it by the city council.

(Ord. 2015-04, 11/10/2015)

The planning commission may adopt such rules that it deems necessary for the conduct of its proceedings. Meetings of the commission shall be held at the call of the chairperson and at such times as the planning commission may determine. The planning commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the city recorder/clerk, which shall be the office of the planning commission, and shall be a public record.

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Meetings. The planning commission shall meet as necessary and at such times as the planning commission may determine. Meetings shall be held at the Kamas City offices or at such other reasonable location(s) within Kamas City as the planning commission may deem necessary. Meetings shall be held in accordance with the provisions of Title 52, Chapter 4, U.C.A. (1953 edition), as amended, entitled "Open and public meetings", or any successor statute enacted in its place.

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Quorum. Three members of the planning commission shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the voting members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be required for any action. No less than three yes votes are required for passage of any action.

(Ord. 2015-04, 11/10/2015)