[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the City of Taneytown 1-14-1980 by Ord. No. 5-79 as Title 8, Chapter
1 of the 1980 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created a Planning Commission
of the City of Taneytown, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission."
Its territorial jurisdiction shall extend throughout the corporate
limits of the City of Taneytown.
A.
There shall be five members of the Commission, each
to serve for a period of five-year staggered terms of office, on the
same basis now in effect for appointment, and until his or her successor
takes office, one of whom shall be a member of the Council.
B.
All members shall be eligible for reappointment.
[Amended 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99; 12-13-1999 by Ord. No. 9-99]
C.
There shall be an alternate member of the Commission
appointed pursuant to the terms of this chapter. This alternate member
shall be empowered to sit on the Commission in the absence of any
member of the Commission. The alternate member shall serve a period
of five years and shall be treated in all other respects as a member
of the Commission.
[Added 11-9-2009 by Ord. No. 09-2009]
The members of the Commission shall be appointed
by the Mayor subject to approval by the Council.
Any permanent vacancy on the Commission for
any reason shall be filled only for the unexpired portion of the term
in question. Vacancy appointments, as with initial appointments, shall
be made by the Mayor subject to approval by the Council.
[Amended 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99; 12-13-1999 by Ord. No. 9-99]
All members of the Commission shall receive
such compensation as fixed from time to time by resolution of the
Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Secs. 8-1-6, Officers,
8-1-7, Staff and finances, and 8-1-8, Powers, which immediately followed
this section, were deleted 8-9-1999 by Ord. No. 8-99 and 12-13-1999
by Ord. No. 9-99.
