The City of O'Fallon, Missouri, shall be authorized to make, adopt, amend, extend, and carry out a comprehensive plan as authorized by law.

A Commission to be known as "Planning and Zoning Commission" is hereby created which shall consist of: 1) the Mayor, if the Mayor chooses to be a member of the Commission; 2) a member of the City Council selected by the City Council, if the City Council chooses to have a member serve on the Commission; and 3) eleven (11) citizen members appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council such that two (2) members are representing each ward and one (1) citizen member shall serve at large. The eleven (11) citizen members shall be compensated in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per meeting attended up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month.

The Planning and Zoning Commission shall elect its Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among the citizen members. The term of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be for one (1) year with eligibility for re-election. The term of each of the citizen members shall be for four (4) years, except that the terms of the citizen members first appointed shall be for varying periods so that succeeding terms will be staggered. The terms of all members and the terms of office for the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall expire on April 30 of the appropriate year and when a successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy in a membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment as aforesaid. The City Council may remove any citizen member for cause stated in writing and after public hearing.

The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hold regular meetings and special meetings as they provide by rule. The Commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record. Any member of the Planning and Zoning Commission who within any twelve (12) month period has three (3) unexcused absences or a total of five (5) absences, shall be subject to immediate removal by the Mayor for neglect of duty unless there are extenuating circumstances. Any member being more than thirty (30) minutes late to a meeting shall be charged with one-half (1/2) of an unexcused absence.

The City Council may provide the funds, equipment and accommodations necessary for the work of the Commission, but the expenditures of the Commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the City Council and no expenditures, nor agreements for expenditures shall be valid or legal in excess of such amount.

It shall be the function and duty of the Commission to make and adopt plans for the physical development of the municipality, including any area outside of its boundaries but within its statutory authority which, in the Commission's judgment, bear relation to the planning of the municipality, including site plans as provided in Article XIV of this Chapter.