A.   In order to direct the future development of the city and to encourage social and economic improvements in accordance with modern city planning principles, and to ensure the orderly, efficient and economic arrangement and development of future public works projects, the city commission may appoint a city planning commission.

B.   It is deemed in the best interests of the citizens of the city and further to be in the interests of the peace, health and safety of said citizens, for the city to utilize the provisions contained in 11 Oklahoma Statutes sections 45-101 through 45-105, as amended, and by the authority granted therein, to hereby create a city planning commission, to be known as the Perkins planning commission.

C.   All ordinances of the city now in full force and effect that contain the phrases "planning commission", "zoning and planning commission", "metropolitan area planning commission" or other words and phrases that mean city-county zoning and planning commission shall now mean, be and referred to as the Perkins planning commission. (2010 Code § 22-1)

A.   Established; Membership: There is hereby established a planning commission, which shall consist of five (5) citizens of the city.

B.   Nomination: The mayor shall nominate the members of the planning commission, subject to confirmation by the city commission.

C.   Terms:

   1.   Members of the planning commission shall hold office for overlapping terms of three (3) years each, beginning on July 1 annually; providing, that the first members shall be appointed to serve as follows:

      a.   Two (2) shall be appointed for terms of one year;

      b.   Two (2) shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years; and

      c.   One shall be appointed for term of three (3) years.

   2.   Appointments thereafter shall be made for terms of three (3) years, except, vacancies on the board occurring otherwise than by expiration of a term of office shall be filled by nomination by the mayor and confirmation by the city commission for the unexpired term of the member or members whose vacancy is being filled.

D.   Compensation; Reimbursement For Expenses: The appointed members of the planning commission shall serve without compensation or pay, except that any member of said planning commission who shall incur reasonable expenses at the direction of the city or in official and sanctioned furtherance of his duties shall be entitled to reimbursement in full by the said city.

E.   Residency; Qualifications: All members appointed to the planning commission shall be residents residing within the corporate limits of the city, and shall further be qualified by knowledge or experience to act upon matters pertaining to the physical, social and economic development and betterment of the city.

F.   Removal For Cause: Any appointed member to the planning commission may be removed by the city commission at any time for due cause shown.

G.   Authority Of City Commission: The city commission shall be the sole judge of the qualifications of the members of such planning commission, and may, without notice, and for due cause, remove any and all of the members from such planning commission.

H.   Vacancy Created: Removal of any such member from the planning commission shall create a vacancy in the office of the member so being removed. (2010 Code § 22-2)

A.   Election Of Officers: Immediately after appointment of the planning commission annually by the mayor and city commission, such planning commission shall organize by electing from their members, for a term of one year, a chairperson and a vice chairperson, and shall further adhere to the rules and regulations.

B.   Procedures: All rules, regulations and matters of procedure shall be determined in a manner not inconsistent with the ordinances of the city.

C.   Quorum: Three (3) members of the planning commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. No action shall be taken and be binding upon the planning commission unless concurred in by not less than three (3) of the members comprising the planning commission.

D.   Absences: If any member of the planning commission shall be absent for more than one-half (1/2) of all the meetings of the planning commission, regular or special, held within any period of six (6) consecutive calendar months, said person thereupon shall immediately cease to hold the office of planning commissioner. (Ord. 446, 12-13-2016)

A.   The planning commission may consider and investigate any subject matter tending to the development and betterment of the municipality, and make recommendations as it may deem advisable concerning the adoption thereof, to the city commissioners, and for any purpose may make, or cause to be made, surveys, maps and plans. All plans, plats or replats of land, laid out in lots or plats, and the streets, alleys or other portions of the same, intended to be dedicated to public or private use, within the corporate limits of the city, shall first be submitted to the planning commission for its approval or rejection. Before such plan, plat or replat shall be entitled to be recorded in the office of the county clerk, they must be approved by the city commission after a report thereof has been submitted to the city commission by the planning commission. The disapproval of any plan, plat or replat by the city commission shall be deemed a refusal of the proposed dedication shown thereon.

B.   The planning commission shall have the power and the duty to prepare and recommend to the city commission for adoption a comprehensive plan for the physical development of the city. In conducting its work, the planning commission may consider and investigate any subject matter tending to the development and betterment of such municipality and may make recommendations, as it may deem advisable, concerning the adoption thereof to the city commission. The planning commission may make surveys, studies, maps and plans in the conduct of its activities. In the preparation of the comprehensive plan, the planning commission may from time to time prepare and recommend to the city commission for adoption a part or parts thereof, which parts shall cover one or more major geographical divisions of the city or one or more major elements of the comprehensive plan. The planning commission may from time to time recommend extending, amending or changing any portion of the comprehensive plan.

C.   In preparation of such comprehensive plan, the planning commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of present conditions and future growth of the city, and with due regard to its relation to neighboring territory. The comprehensive plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the city and its environs, which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for light and air, the promotion of healthful and convenient distribution of population, the promotion of good civic design and arrangement, and wise and efficient expenditure of public funds.

D.   The planning commission may prepare and recommend to the city commission for adoption rules and regulations governing the subdivision of land within the corporate limits of the city. All plans, plats or replats of land laid out in two (2) or more lots, plats or parcels, or streets, or other ways intended to be dedicated to public use within the corporate limits of the city, shall first be submitted to the planning commission for its recommendations. The planning commission shall, with the help of appropriate municipal officials, check the proposed dedications or subdivisions of land and with other elements of the comprehensive plan for the city. The disapproval of any such plan, plat or replat by the city commission shall be deemed a refusal of the dedications shown thereon. No plat or replat of subdivision of land, or dedication of street or alley, or other easement, shall be recorded unless it bears the signature of the mayor and attested by the city clerk, certifying the approval and acceptance thereof by the city commission.

E.   The planning commission may recommend the division of the city into districts of such number, size and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the zoning purpose. All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.

F.   Zoning regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements. Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the city.

G.   The planning commission shall have the power to prepare and recommend to the city commission zoning district boundaries and appropriate regulations relating to height, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot that may be occupied, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence and other purposes. (2010 Code § 22-3)