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AN ORDINANCE CREATING A OI'l'Y PLANNmG OO:Mli[[SSION, PROVIDIW FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF ITS MEMBERS AND PRESCRIBING THEIR Q.UALIFIOATIONS ,
TERM OF OFFICE .AND THEIR DUTIES o
BB IT ORDAINED BY TBE CITY OOMUISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
SBCTION 1: There is hereby oreated a City Planning Oo~saion tor
the City ot Lubbock, Texas, to be composed of nine members who shall
aerYe without p8J, seven of whom shall be residents in, and real
property tax pafers ot • the City o't Lubbock fllld shall have :resided in
the City ot Lubbook not less than five years, the other two members
shall b~ the City Manager and the City Engineer both ot who ~ shall be
ex officio members, acting 1n an advisory oapac!ty and without the power
to vote.
SECTION 2: The seven appointive members or the City Plannins Commission
shall be appointed by the City Oomm!ssion, two shall be appointed tor
a term or two years, two for a term of three yearsp end three ror a
term or four years 1 they shall serYe their respect1 n terms and until
t heir respective successors shall have been appointed. At the expiration
ot the terms as outlined above the appointment of members shall be made
on the basis ot tour year term. It shall be the duty or the members ~
or the Oity Flanning Commission after their appointment to meet and
organize. They shall elect a chairman, a rlce-ohairman, and a secretaryo
It shall be the duty 9! the Chairman to call all meetings of said Commissi o~
and to preside at such meetings. It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chairman
to preside over me&tings and to call meetings as may be necessary in the
a~enoe of the chairmano It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a
record of all ot the City Planning Go~ssionis meetings and the business
transacted at such meetings. The members shall adopt such rules and regu-
lations as they may deem best aove:r•ning their actions, proceedings, timep
and place ot ~eet1ng; however• suoh rbles and regulat1ons shell not be in
oontrovent1on ot any of the laws of the State of Texas or ordinances ot
the City of Lubbocko A majority of th$ voting members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of businetso
SECTION 3: The Idembers of the 0lt7 Planning Commission shall be subjeot
to remoYal t.rom ottioe by the City Commission ~r any cause deemed by the
Citr Commission sutfic1ent tor their remo.al in the interest of public
serTioeo An1 vacancy occurring apon said City Planning Co~ssion by
death, resisnationl remoTal 9 or otherwise shall be tilled by the City
Commission appoint D8 a sui~able person to fill suoh unexpired term.
SICTION 4: It shall be the duty of the City Planning Commission to act
as an advisory board to the Ott~ Commiss1on 1 or any other Commission,
Boardj) or Department of the City Governm.ea' ot the City at Lubbock. It
shall be their duty to make reoommendet ions to the C1 ty C onunissi on and
other Commissions, Boards~ and Departments of the City of LubbookD relating
to all nature of publ:la tm:rrovements, eiyic impra; omonts 1 city plannins11
opening, widening and changing of streets, routing of publlo util1ties 0 controlling an~ reg~a~ing of t~atfio upon the public streets bnd ways
ot the City of Lubbook, and ~uch other ~tters r~l~ting to city improve-
ments as the City Planning Commission and the Ctty Commission or theCity
ot Lubbock may deem beneficial to said City.
SBOTION 5: The City Planning Co~ssion is he~eby Yested with power
to submit to the City Commission plans together with recommendations
gover.atng public i~~vements tor the establishment and ·looation of ·
additional streets, allersa and b7-ways,-sohoO'ls, parks, playgroundso
~ecreat1on centers, publie !!.!!nlsements~ outdoor theaturs, swimming
pools, the creation or new zones or the changing or present zones or
any othe~ reaommendationa deemed by the City Planning Oomadssion to
come 1mder the heading or ci vlo !.aprovement or ci tr planning. The
City .C~asion may thereafter adopt the recommendations made by the
OitT Planning Commission or any other plans or methods which may be
de~a.tmost advlaable by the Oity Commission~ providtd, howe•ert that
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any public improv~ts undertaken hereunder or otherwise. by the
Oity Commission shall never be deemed invalid because the City Plannins
Commission has not been consulted or has not furnished any advise or
recommendations thereon or beoause the City Commission has failed to
submit to the CitY Planning Co~lssion its plans thereon.
SECTION 6: It shall be the further duty of th~ City Planning Corumi3sion
to examine all proposed division ot lands (division of lands, ls h~reby
defined as plan&, plats, replats• additions subdivisions, and re-·
subdlv1s1ons, tor subdividing lands) located in ths oorporat$ 11ndts ·ot0 or within five miles ot the corporate limits ot 1 the City of Lub~ock~
to deter.mine if said division ot lands conforms to the general »lan ot
salt\ City, its streets, al.leya , parks,. play~ounds• public utillt7
taoil1t1ea. sanitary taa111t1es, drainage taeilittes and any/and all
other rac111t1es or the extension of any and/all of the above rao1l1t1es 0 which ha~e been or aay be laid out~ and to determine it such division ·
of land conforms to such general rules, regulations, o~dinano~ or lawe 0 I
if anyt go•erning the d1v{a1on ot land ralling "ithin tho 3ur1ad1ct1on
or the Ctty ot Lubbock• its C1tr Commiss1on 1 or the C1t7 Plann1ns
Commission which rules, regulations, ard1nanc9s or laW3 are or have be~n
adopted or promulgated to promote the health, eatetrt moralsp or general
welfare of the oommun1ty 0 and/or the sate, orderly• and henl.th.f'ul
development Of S~i1d OO.DlrAU.ilitJo
The City Planning Commission is turthe~ authorized to set u~
standards to oover the preAentation ot guch division or land 9 and to establish prooodurG tor a c t i ng ~pon such presen-tations as it
may deem advieablep provided sR1d standards and procedures shall not
be 1noonsist.nt with the ordinances of the City ot-Lubbonk, the
laws or the State of Texas and the constitution or the United States o
SICTION 7·: T.b.e City Planning Commi ssion• in addition to the powers
an~ author1ty herein granted, shall be anc is hereby vested with all
of the ~owers an4 authority oop~orred upon City Planning Commissions
by tbe laws of tte St&te of Texas and said Ci ty Ebnning Co~ss1on
shallD in addition to the duties herein set forth• perform all ot
the dut1$G provided by the laws ot the State or Texas for 01tr
Planning Conuniaaions 11 AND IT IS SO ORDEREDo .
PASSED Am) APPROVll!D 1"1ret reading thi:l the 14th dt;ty of October. A.D o , l 9 4 3 o
PASSED AND APPROVED second reading this the 28th day ot Octobe r , A.D., l 9 4~o
Attest:
J4iyor -C.E, Slll ton
fij{enj; Wtlliam!l
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