HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 309 2004 1103ORDINANCE NO. 309
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.36, PLANNING
COMMISSION, OF TITLE 2, ADMINISTRATION AND
PERSONNEL, OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.36 of Title 2 of the Moorpark Municipal
Code sets forth the requirements for the Planning Commission;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that Section
2.36.020 of Chapter 2.36 should be amended to clarify the
nomination and appointment procedure for the Planning
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has further determined that
Section 2.36.080 of Chapter 2.36 should be amended to clarify
the regular meeting schedule for the Planning Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sections 2.36.020 and 2.36.080 of Chapter 2.36
of the Moorpark Municipal Code are hereby amended in their
entirety as follows:
"Section 2.36.020 Membership- -Term of Office.
A. The planning commission shall consist of five
(5) members to be appointed by the city council. The
mayor shall solicit suggested nominees from members of
the council. The mayor shall make a motion putting
forth a single name to be approved for appointment. A
second shall be required. The council shall vote on
each appointment to the commission individually. The
term of the planning commissioner shall be for a
period of two (2) years. All appointments shall occur
during the second regularly scheduled City Council
meeting held in December every even - numbered year, or
as soon as possible thereafter. The existing term of
each planning commissioner shall be extended until
such new appointments occur. If a vacancy occurs
otherwise than by expiration of a term, it shall be
filed for the unexpired portion of the term of office
by the same nomination process described herein for a
new term of office. The term of the ex officio or
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advisory members shall correspond to their respective
terms of office.
B. Nothing in this chapter is intended to
preclude the reappointment of any planning
commissioner upon the expiration of his or her term.
Section 2.36.080 Organization.
A. At the first regular meeting of each year, the
planning commission shall elect its chair from among
the appointed members for the term of one (1) year
and, subject to other provisions of law, may create
and fill such other offices as it may determine.
B. The commission shall hold regular monthly or
bimonthly meetings as determined by the commission at
its first meeting of each year, such determination to
include the dates, time and place of such meetings.
Should a need arise during the year, the commission
may, by a majority vote, revise the dates, time and
place of such meetings.
C. The commission may hold such additional
adjourned or special meetings as may be called in
accordance with the provisions of the Government Code.
D. If any regular meeting falls on a holiday, it
shall be held on the next scheduled business day and
all meetings otherwise scheduled or noticed to be held
on a regular meeting day falling on a holiday shall be
held at the meeting of the next business day without
the necessity of any other or further notice."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, part or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares
that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part or portion thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any one or more section,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30)
days after its passage and adoption.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of
original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the
passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of
the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and
shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption
thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark Star
a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of
the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby
designated for that purpose.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenste City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss.
CITY OF MOORPARK )
I, Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk of the City of
Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 309 was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Moorpark at a regular meeting held on the
3rd day of November, 2004, and that the same was adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Harper, Mikos, Millhouse, Parvin,
and Mayor Hunter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 4th day
of November, 2004.
Deborah S. Traffensted , City Clerk
(seal)