HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 709 Amending Chapter 26 Community Development adding an Additional Alternate member to Planning and Zoning CommissionTOWN OF WESTLAKE
ORDINANCE NO. 709
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE AMENDING CHAPTER 26,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ARTICLE II UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE,
DIVISION 2 AUTHORITY; ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, SEC. 26-67(A),
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION; PROVIDING FOR THE ADDITION OF
AN "SECOND ALTERNATE MEMBER" OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION: PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING
PUBLICATION; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake, Texas is a general law Town; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake currently has five members on the Planning and
Zoning Commission, and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds that in order to maintain predictable development
scheduling, it is important that Planning and Zoning ineetings not be rescheduled due to a lack of
quorum; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council finds that the addition of an "alternate member" to the
Planning and Zoning Commission would reduce the possibility of meetings needing to be
rescheduled due to the lack of a quorum; and
WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the Planning and Development Department,
the Town Council of the Town of Westlake, Texas, is of the opinion that it is in the best interests
of the town and its citizens that the amendments (Exhibit "A") to the Code of Ordinances should
be approved and adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: All matters stated in the Recitals above are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2: That Chapter 26, "Community Development" Article II "Unified
Development Code" Division 2 Authority; Administrative Procedures, Sections 26-67 of the
Town of Westlake Code of Ordinances, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-67. - Planning and zoning commission.
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(a) Creation and membership. There is hereby created a planning and zoning commission for the
town consisting of five regular members, each to be appointed by the Town Council for a term of
two years and removable for cause. The terms of three members shall expire in odd -numbered
years, and the terms of two members shall expire in even -numbered years. Each member shall
continue to serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. In addition to the five
regular members, two alternate members, First Alternate and Second Alternate, shall be
appointed by the Town Council for terms of two years. The alternate members shall only vote in
the absence of a regular member(s) or in place of a regular member(s) that has abstained.
Priority shall be given to the first alternate.
(b) Powers and duties. The planning and zoning commission shall have the following powers and
duties:
(1) To serve as an advisory body to the Town Council concerning adoption of or amendments to
the zoning regulations and zoning map and to make recommendations thereon;
(2) To advise the council and make recommendations concerning adoption of, or amendments to
the town's Comprehensive Plan, Thoroughfare Plan, and Open Space Plan and implementation
thereof,
(3) To oversee the town's regulations governing the platting and recording of subdivisions,
including matters pertaining to the dedication of public facilities, and to advise the board on
matters pertaining to public improvements, traffic, utility extensions and the provision of public
facilities and services, in order to implement the town's Comprehensive Plan;
(4) To undertake such actions as are necessary to exercise its delegated powers, as indicated by
adopted ordinance;
(5) To approve certain matters relating to platting and recording of subdivisions as dictated by
the town's ordinances and the UDC;
(6) To select a planning and zoning commission chair;
(7) To call public hearings to initiate zoning changes.
SECTION 3: That all provisions of the Westlake Code of Ordinances not hereby
amended shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4: That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other Town Ordinances and
all other provisions of other Ordinances adopted by the Town which are inconsistent with the
terms or provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town Council of the Town
of Westlake, Texas, that sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be
declared legally invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such legal invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the Town Council of the Town of Westlake, Texas, without the
incorporation in this Ordinance, of any such legally invalid or unconstitutional, phrase, sentence,
paragraph or section.
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SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage as
the law in such case provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2013.
ATTEST:
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Kelly dwar , Town Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lai;rAVbeat, Mayor
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Tom Brymer, Town M ager
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