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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 710-1976 ORDINANCE N0.710-76 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING COMMISSION THE CIIY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Commission Establishment; Members; and Appointment. The South San Francisco Planning Commission is' hereby estab- lished, consisting of seven (7) members who are electors of the City. The City Council shall appoint the Commissioners. SECTION 2. Terms; Limitation; and Vacancy. 2.1. Terms. The term of each member of the Commission shall be four (4) years and until a successor is appointed and qualified, except that commencing January 1, 1977, the first term shall be two (2) years for Commissioners 1, 2 and 3, and four (4) years for Commissioners 4, 5, 6 and 7, as described below, which description establishes the base dates for future appointments. The Council may designate.the respective Commissioners presently serving or appointed prior to January 1, 1977, to fill each of the Commission offices described below, and until so desig- nated the Commissioners presently serving or appointed prior to January 1, 1977, shall continue in their respect- ive offices, unless a successor has been appointed and qualified. Commissioner No. I Two (2) years commencing January 1, 1977, and end- ing December 31, 1978. IIII ~" Il I ;llmL Commissioner No. 2 Commissioner No. 3 Commissioner No. 4 Commissioner No. 5 Commissioner No. 6 Commissioner No. 7 Two (2) years commencing January 1, 1977, and ending December 31, 1978. Two (2) years commencing January 1, 1977, and ending December 31, 1978. Four {4) years commencing January 1, 1977, and ending December 31, 1980~ Four (4) years commencing January 1, 1977, and ending December 31, 1980. Four (4) years commencing January 1, 1977, and ending December 31, 1980. Four (4) years commencing January 1., 1977, and ending December 31, 1980. 2.2. 2.3. Limitation. Commencing on January 1, 1977, Commissioners shall be limited to two (2) consecutive terms. Vacancy. Upon a vacancy occurring in a Planning Commis- sion Office for any reason, including but not limited to (1) resignation, (2) Council declaration of vacancy for a Commissioner's failure to attend four consecutive regular meetings without excuse by the Commission, and e Ill '~' 11 I (3) removal by majority vote of the Council, a successor shall be appointed by the Council to fill the unexpired portion of the term. SECTION 3. Chairman, Chairman Pro Tem and Secretary. OD the second ~uesday of May of each year, the Commission shall elect a chairman, chairman pro tem and appoint a secre- tary and secretary pro tem. The term of said offices shall be one (1) year. The chairman pro tem and secretary pro rem shall serve in the. absence of the chairman and secretary. SECTION 4. Place of Meetings. 4.1. Regular Meetings, Adjourned Regular Meetings, Special Meetings and Study Meetings. The Commission shall meet on the second andfod~th Tuesdays of each month at seven- thirty o'clock (7:30) p.m. in the West Orange Avenue Library (in the room referred to as the Auditorium), 840 West Orange Avenue, South San Francisco, California, except in case of necessity or emergency the chairman or four (4) commissioners may designate an alternate meeting place within the corporate limits of the City of South San Francisco, with legal notice thereof to be given at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time of said meeting. If a meeting is set for said regular meeting place of the Commission, or duly noticed for an alternate meeting place, and. because of necessity or emergency the Commission is required to meet in another place within IIII ~" II I'III the corporate limits of the City of South San Francisco~ then the secretary shall appear at the regular or alter- nate meetin§ place, whichever is the case, at the time set for the meeting, and publicly announce the new meeting place and post a nOtice of same on the door of the re§ular meeting place. Notices of all meetings, except regular meetings, shall be served on each Commissioner ' and to each person who has requested notice in writing of such meetin§s, at least twenty-four. (24) hours prior to the time specified for the proposed meeting, and said notices shall comply with the Government Code Section 54950, et seq., also referred to as the Ralph M.Brown Act or Secret Meeting Law. 4.2.' Holidays. If the day designated as a regular, adjourned regular, special or study meeting falls upon a legal hol- iday, the Commission shall meet upon the next succeeding day which is not a holiday unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. SECTION 5. Compensation. Commissioners shall receive the compensation established by the City Council pursuant to resolution or ordinance. SECTION 6. Clerk's Maintenance of Records and Not, ce'to Council. 6.1. Record Maintenance. The City Clerk shall establish and maintain a record of the names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of appointment and dates of termination me It[i T' I i lilt of each commissioner, and the names of the chairman, chairman pro tem, and the dates of their election and termination of service in those offices. 6.2. Notice to Council of Term Expiration. The Clerk shall give the Council written notice of the expiration of a Commissioner's term sixty (60) days prior thereto. SECTION 7. Repeal of Ordinances Nos. 275 and 401. The following ordinances shall stand repealed on December.31, 1976, at twelve o'clock (12:00) p.m., except that commissioners serving pursuant to said ordinances shall continue to so serve until the Council has designated said commissioners to fill one of the Commission offices described in Section 2, or appointed a new commissioner for said office: Ordinance No. 275, adopted June 21, 1948, entitled "An Ordinance Creating a City Planning Commission for the City of South San Francisco", and Ordinance No. 402, adopted August 6, 1956, entitled "An Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco Amending Ordinance No. 275, entitled 'An Ordinance Creating a City Planning Commission for the City of South San Francisco'", which was passed and adopted on the 21st day of June, 1948. SECTION 8. Publication and Effective Date. This ordinance shall be published once in the Enterprise- Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of South San Fran- cisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after adoption, and operative on December 31, 1976, at twelve o'clock (12:00) p.m.. I~ll I I III Francisco at a regular City of South San Francisco this 19 76 , by the following vote: AYES, COUNCILMEN NOES, " ABSENT," Introduced this 18th day of August , 19,76 ,. Passed and adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South San meeting of the City Council of the 1st day of September William A. Borba, Emanuele N. Damonte. Terrq J. Mirri and Leo Padreddii None Richard A. Battaqlia ATTEST: City C1 erk As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco I do hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this day of September , 1976 . Mayor I I 1lilt e