HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 3918ORDINANCE NO. I~ 9 ~ 8
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION
2.28.030 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO CREATION AND
APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING COMMISSION
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2.28.030 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
2.28.030 Planning commission---creation---members.
A. There is created a planning commission of the city which shall consist of
seven members who shall be appointed by the city council.
B. Within 30 days of the effective date of this ordinance, the council shall, by
draw, determine the sequential order by which members of the council shall be entitled to
submit a nomination for appointment of a member to the commission.
C. Subsequent to the draw, and at the next available regular meeting of the
council, the city attorney shall provide to the council a proposed ordinance amending this
section to set forth the order of right to nominate. The order of right to nominate shall be
designated by ward based on the results of the draw required in subsection B. above.
D. A commissioner need not be a resident of the ward represented by the
nominating council member, but shall be a resident of the city at the time of nomination.
A majority vote of the full council shall be required for appointment of the nominee as a
member of the commission. If any nomination for appointment of a member of the
commission fails to secure a majority vote, then the council member making the
nomination shall be entitled to make further nominations until an appointment is made. For
purposes of filling vacancies as set forth in subsection F. below, each commission
appointment shall be designated by number to correspond to the ward of the council
member making the nomination.
E. Commission members shall be appointed for a term of four years
commencing on the expiration date of the expired term being filled. All commission
members shall be residents of the city during the entire term of appointment. Members
may be reappointed for an unrestricted number of terms. Members shall serve at the
pleasure of the council and may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of five
members of the council.
F. Any vacancy on the commission, other than by expiration of term, created by
a member appointed after the effective date of this section, shall be filled as provided in
this subsection. The council member of the ward which corresponds with the commission
vacancy, as provided for in subsection D. above, shall nominate a replacement member
who, upon approval of a majority of the full council, shall be appointed for the unexpired
portion of the term.
SECTION 2.
This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the Bakersfield Municipal Code
and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopte~d by the
Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on AU6 1 ]. , '~ , by
the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEMBER CARSON DEMOND, MAGGARD, COUCH, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
COUNCILMEMBER ~ ~) I,J ~
COUNCILMEMBER NO ~ ~.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
BART J. THILTGEN
City Attorney
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AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
County of Kern )
PAMELA A. MCCARTHY. being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield;
and that on the 12th day of August , 1999 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City
Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 3918 , passed by the
Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 1 l thday of August 1999 , and
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2.28.030 OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CREATION AND APPOINTMENT OF
PLANNING COMMISSION.
/s/PAMELA A. MCCARTHY
City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield
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AuguSt 12, 1999