§ 8.02. Planning & Zoning Commission

A Planning and Zoning Commission shall be established to advise and formulate recommendations to the city council for the improvement, planned growth, health, safety and well being of the City. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of nine (9) voting members, appointed by and responsible to the city council. Commission members shall serve two year terms. Places 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 shall be appointed in odd numbered years, and Places 2, 4, 6 and 8 shall be appointed in even numbered years. The qualifications specified in Section 8.01 shall apply to members of the Planning & Zoning Commission. In addition, appointees shall own real property within the City and shall not hold an elective office within the city or within the State of Texas. The Commission shall elect a chairperson from its members, and shall meet not less than once each month. A majority of all members shall constitute a quorum. The duties and powers of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall include:

(a) To prepare and recommend for approval by the city council, a long range comprehensive City plan for the orderly physical development of the City, and to review and make recommendations for revisions to the City plan as necessary, but such review shall be made no less frequently than once every five years.

(b) To review proposed changes in zoning districts and make recommendations to the city council, in accordance with procedures for such review as established by ordinance and State law.

(c) To review and approve or deny proposed platting or subdivision of land within the City and its extraterritorial jurisdiction, in accordance with procedures established by ordinance and State Law.

(d) Any other duties or powers assigned to the Commission by ordinance.