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ORJ?INANCE NO •. 2559 0'0-.;l~-,q~
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION Z-43 AND Z-44 OF ~HE CO~
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK INCREASING THE APPOINTIVE MEMBERSHIP
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OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FROM SEVEN (7) TO NINE (9);
AND REDUCING THE TERMS OF OFFICE FROM FOUR (4) TO THREE (3)
YEARS; AND SUBSTITUTING THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING OR HIS SUCCESSO
FOR THE CITY PLANNING ENGINEER AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER OF THE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, both the area and population of the City of Lubbock have
increased to an extent not foreseen when the Planning and Zoning Commission
was created; and,
WHEREAS, this unprecedented growth has greatly increased the work of
the Planning and Zoning Commission; and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission has found that it will be in the public
interest to enlarge the appointive membership of the Planning and Zoning Com-
1 mission from 7 to 9 members and reduce the 4-year term to a 3-year term;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COM.MISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 2-43 of the Code of the City of Lubbock be
amended to read as follows:
"There is hereby created a City Planning and Zoning
Commission to be composed of twelve (12) members; nine
(9) of whom shall be residents in, and real property taxpayers
of the City. The other three (3) members shaH be the City ·
Engineer, the City Manager and the Director of Planning, all
. of whom shall be ex officio members, acting in an advisory
capacity and without the power to vote. 11
SECTION 2. THAT Section 2-44 of the Code of the City of Lubbock be amend
to read as follows:
11 The nine (9) appointive members of the City Planning and
Zoning Commission shall be appointed by the City Commission.
The present seven (7) appointive members of the Planning and
Zoning Commission shall serve the remainder of the 4-year
terms to which they were appointed, and their positions shall be
filled upon expiration of their present terms bX: members
appointed for 3-year terms; except those. two tZ) members
appointed in November of 1958 to replace the two (2) present
members whose terms then expire shall be appointed to 2-year
terms; two {2) additional members shall be appointed in November
of 1958, .one of whom shall serv.e a 3-year term and the other a
Z-year term. They shall serve for their respective terms or
until their successors shall have been appointed. At the expira-
tion of the terms out-lined above, the appointment of members
shall be made on the basis of 3-year terms."
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the Commission on lst reading this 14 day of August , 1958.
Passed by the Commission on 2nd reading this~28 y ofAuust , 1958.
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