Palouse City Zoning Code

Planning Commission Established. Pursuant to the authority of Chapter 35.63 RCW, a planning commission is hereby created and established.

Membership and Term of Office. The planning commission shall consist of seven members. When necessary a representative from the city council or mayor may be requested to attend. The planning commission shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. The seven regular members shall be assigned positions 1 through 7. Each position shall serve for a term of three years, except the initial term of positions 1 and 2 shall be one year, and the initial term of positions 3 and 4 shall be two years.

Residence of Members. All members of the planning commission shall be residents of the city of Palouse.

Vacancies and Removal.

Duties. The planning commission shall investigate, review, and make recommendations to the city council on the creation, adoption, and/or revision of a comprehensive plan, and to investigate, make recommendations, and report to the city council on matters relating to land use planning and zoning which the council may from time to time submit to the planning commission.

Meetings. The planning commission shall hold regular meetings at least once per quarter. Four members shall constitute a quorum for conducting business. The meetings shall be held in the city council chambers or such other place as the commission may designate. All meetings shall convene at 7:00 p.m. unless a different time is fixed by the commission. If there is no regularly scheduled business to come before the commission at a regularly scheduled meeting, the meeting may be canceled.

Organization. The planning commission members shall adopt, by resolution, rules and regulations for its own self-government.