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ORDINANCE NO. , '~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25-52 "MEMBERSHIP;
TERMS" OF CHAPTER 25, "PLANNING" OF ARTICLE IV, "CITY
PLAN COMMISSION" OF THE CITY CODE TO REFLECT THAT THE
PLAN COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF NINE MEMBERS AND TWO
ALTERNATE MEMBERS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 25-52 of the City Code concerning membership on the Plan
Commission states that the membership shall consist of nine members serving in places
numbered 1 through 9;
WHEREAS, Section 25-52 does not provide for the appointment of alternate members
on the Plan Commission to serve in the absence of one or more of the regular members;
WHEREAS, six (6) members of the city plan commission constitute a quorum for the
conduct of business;
WHEREAS, Section 212.OQ9 of the Local Government Code provides that a plat is
deemed approved by the Plan Commission unless the commission acts on the plat within thirty
days after the date the plat is filed
WHEREAS, it is advisable to appoint alternates to serve on the Commission to ensure
that there is a quorum of members of the Commission for each Plan Commission meeting;
WHElECEAS, it is advisable to amend Section 25-SZ in order to provide for the
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SECTION I.
Section 25-52 "Membership. Terms" of Chapter 25, "Planning" of Article IV "City Plan
Commission" of the Code of the City of Fort Worth is amended to provide for the appointment
of two alternate members as follows:
See. 25-52. Ivlembership, terms.
The city council shall appoint the city plan commission, which shall consist of
nine (9) members, and who shall serve in places numbered 1 through 9, and two
alternate members to serve in the absence of one or more regular members.
Preference will be given, where feasible, to prior plan commission members as
appointees to serve as alternate members to the commission. After the expiration
of the initial members' terms, members shall serve two-year terms. No regular
member shall serve more than three {3) consecutive two-year terms and the terms
of current members of the commission shall be counted toward the limit of terms
to be served, far purposes of this section. At the expiration of three {3)
consecutive two-year terms of service as a regular member, the member may be
appointed to serve as an alternate member at the discretion of the City Council.
SECTION 2.
Except as expressly amended, all provisions of Section 25-52 shall remain in full farce
and effect.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986}, as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are
in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event
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judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not
affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section.
SECTIClI~15.
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
APPRt~VED AS T4 FOR.M AND LEGALITI~;
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pity of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and, Council Communication
CQUNCI~ ACTIC}N: Approved on 9!3012403 - Ord.# 15702
DATE: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
REFERENCE N4.: G-14110 L.QG NAME: 06PCA~T
SUBJECT:
Adoption of Ordinance Amending Section 25-52 of the City Code to Provide for the Appointment of
Two Alternate Members to the Plan Commission
RECQMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attach ordinance amending Section 25-52 of the City
Code to provide for the appointment of two alternate members to the Plan Commission.
DISCUSSION:
Section 25-52 of the City Code, concerning membership on the Plan Commission, states that the
membership of the Commission shat( consist of nine (9} members serving in places numbered 1 through 9,
but does not provide for the appointment of alternate members on the Plan Commission to serve in the
absence of one or more of the regular members.
Section 212.009 of the Local Government Code provides that a plat is deemed approved by the Plan
Commission unless the Commission acts on the plat within thirty (30} days after the date the plat is
filed. Six (6} members of the City Plan Commission are required to be present to constitute a quorum in
order to conduct business.
It is advisable to appoint alternates to serve on the Commission to ensure that there is a quorum of
members of the Commission for each Plan Commission meeting.
The alternate members would serve as at-large members and would be appointed by the City Council an
the recommmendation of the Government and Neighborhood Relations Council Committee. The ordinance
would require that preference would be given, where feasible, to prior Plan Commission members as
appointees to serve as alternate members to the Commission.
On September 24, 2003, the Plan Commission voted to support adoption of the ordinance.
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