Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 06-08-04 Regular — reading text

approve with conditions. or deny 94 applications for development permits to expand. snlares or chance a 95 nonconformine buildinc. structure or characteristic of use. 96 97 13) To hear. consider. and make recommendations to city council to DRAFT 5- 11- 04 2  o o or deny proposed development 98 approve. approve with conditions. 99 aareements. accordinq to the procedure specified in Article XV. 00 Development Aareements. of this Chapter: 101 102 14) To serve as the land development regulation commission 103 pursuant to Section 163.3194( 2), F. S.; 104 105 15) To make its special knowledge and expertise available upon 106 written request and authorization of the city council to any 107 official board, commission or agency of the city, department, 108 state or federal governments; 109 not 110 ( To recommend to the city council rules of procedure 43) 16) 111 inconsistent with this section to govern the Municipal Planning 112 Board' s proceedings; and 113 114 17) To make studies of the priorities, resources, possibilities and 115 needs of the city and to report its findings and recommendations, 116 with reference thereto, from time to time, to the city council. 117 118 Section 20-63. Municipal Planning Board membership. 119 120 a) Qualifications. Members of the municipal planning board shall be a 121 resident of the city for two ( 2) years prior to appointment, and a qualified 22 elector. No member of the city councilor a city employee shall serve on 123 the municipal planning board. Although no specific experience shall be shall be given 124 necessary as a prerequisite to appointment, consideration 125 to applicants who have experience or education in planning, architecture, 126 law, natural resource management, real estate and related fields. 127 128 b) Appointment. The municipal planning board shall be composed of seven ( 7) members, to be appointed by the city council. In addition to the 129 130 seven members appointed bv the City Council. the local plannina aaency 131 shall include an ex officio member who is a representative of the Okaloosa 132 County School District appointed bv the Okaloosa County School Board as a nonvotina member. The municipal plannina board shall include 1) . an 133 ex Officio member who represents Ealin Air Force Base as a nonvotina 134 member and 2) an ex officio member who represents Hurlburt Field as a 135 nonvotina member. The school board representative shall attend those 136 137 meetinas at which the local plannina aaency considers comprehensive 138 plan amendments and rezoninas that would. if approved. increase 139 residential density on the property that is the subiect of the ~ pplication. 140 Neither the school board representative nor the representatives of EaHn 141 Air Force Base or Hurlburt Field shall be counted in the auorum. 142 143 Section 20-64. Terms of office. 144 145 a) Term. All members serving on the municipal planning board on the DRAFT 5- 11- 04 3  o o 146 effective date of the LDC shall complete their terms according to their prior under the appointments. The term of office of each member appointed q~ LDC shall be for 48 months, which term shall commence at a time of the 149 specified by the city council at the time of appointment. No member successive four- 150 municipal planning board shall serve more than two year 151 terms, or parts thereof consisting of 24 or more months of an unexpired 152 term. When a person is appointed to fill out the term of a departing 153 member, that person' s term shall end at the time the departing member's 154 term would have ended. A member must be notified, in writing, of his 155 appointment and must accept such appointment, in writing, indicating his willingness to serve, within ten days after receipt of such notice, or 156 157 automatically forfeit such appointment. 158 159 b) Removal from office. 160 161 1) The city council shall have authority to revoke any appointment for 162 reasonable cause, including but not limited to, failure to be a 163 resident or quali~ed elector, conviction of a felony, or an offense 164 involving moral turpitude while in office. 165 166 2) A vacancy shall be deemed to occur if any member of the municipal board 167 planning board fails to attend three ( 3) consecutive regular five special 168 meetings, or a total of four regular meetings or within 12- month period, without cause. It shall be the 169 meetings any 70 duty of the chairpersonof the municipal planning board to report 171 the lack of attendance to the city council in the manner prescribed 172 in Section 2- 58, of the Code of Ordinances. 173 174 c) Vacancy. Whenever a vacancy occurs on the municipal planning 175 board, the city council shall appoint a new member within thirty ( 30) 176 days of the vacancy. 177 178 Sec. 20-65. Officers; quorum; rules of procedure. 179 180 a) Chairperson and At the last meeting of each vice-chairperson. 181 calendar year the members of the municipal planning board shall elect 182 a chairperson and vice- chairperson from among its members to serve 183 as officers of the board for the ensuing calendar year. The chairperson 184 and vice-chairperson' s terms shall be for one ( 1) year. No member 185 shall serve for more than two ( 2) consecutive terms. The chairman 186 shall administer oaths, shall be in charge of all procedures before the 187 municipal planning board and shall take such action as shall be before 188 necessary to preserve order and the integrity of aU proceedings 189 the municipal planning board. In the absence of the chairperson, the 190 vice-chairperson shall act as chairperson. 191 192 b) Secretary. The CDS Director shall serve as secretary of the all 193 municipal planning board. The secretary shall keep the minutes of DRAFT 5- 11- 04 4  o o 94 proceedings, which minutes shall be a summary of all proceedings 95 before the municipal planning board, which shall include the vote of 96 all members upon every question, and be attested to by the is 197 secretary. The minutes shall also indicate whether a member 198 absent or disqualified from voting. The minutes shall be approved by 199 a majority of the municipal planning board members voting. In 200 addition, the secretary shall maintain all records of the municipal 201 planning board meetings, hearings, proceedings and the in 202 correspondence of the municipal planning board, as public records 203 the Department of Community Development Services. 204 205 c) Staff. The staff of the Department of Community Development 206 ervices shall provide the board with technical expertise regarding 207 planning matters. Legal counsel shall be provided by the City 208 Attorney' s Office. Additional consultants may be employed to provide 209 special expertise for the board at the request of the municipal 210 planning board and approval of city council. 211 212 d) Quorum and voting. The presence of four (4) or more members shall 213 constitute a quorum of the municipal planning board necessary to 214 take action and transact business. All actions shall require a simple 215 majority of the members then present and voting. Members of the 216 board shall vote on all matters before the municipal planning 17 municipal planning board, unless they are absent or disqualified. l18 219 e) Rules of procedure. The municipal. planning board shall, by a majority 220 vote of the entire membership, adopt rules of procedure fdr the 221 transaction of business and shall keep a record of minutes, 222 resolutions, findings and determinations. The municipal planning 223