2016-1114 Amending Section 325 of the City Code Related to the Establishment of the Planning & Zoning Commission CITY OF HOPKINS
ennepin County,Minnesota
RDINANCE NO. 2016-1114
AN ORDINANCE AMEND G SECTION 325 OF THE CITY CODE RELATED TO
THE ESTABLISHME T OF THE PLANNING& ZONING COMMISSION
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Sections 325 of the Hopkins City Code is the same and is hereby amended by
adding the following underlined language and deleting the following stfikethgh language,
which reads as follows:
325.01. Subdivision 1. -. - • . . . . . -•-_ _. . _ . . ' : Establishment of the
Planning&Zoning Commission. The Planning&Zzoning eCommission is created
and continued. The ecommission shall consist of seven persons of which no less than six shall
have been a resident of the city for one year or more on the date of appointment;_ At the sole
discretion of the City Council, one member may be a manager, business-owner, err-employee-o€
or have a substantial ownership stake in_a business that is located within the corporate city limits
of the City of Hopkins. The Commission shall also have one staff liaison to be appointed by the
City Manager. Each member except the staff liaison shall have the right to vote on all matters
before the eCommission. Members who discontinue legal residency in the City or fail to
maintain the resuirements to be eligible to serve as a busine s representative shall automatic•11
be deemed to have resigned from the Commission as of the date of such discontinuance,
Citizen m Member terms of office shall be for two years. Three citizen members of
the eCommission shall be appointed on July 1st of each odd numbered year and four shall be
appointed on July 1st of each even numbered year. C'�-tn Members appointed to complete a
current term of office shall be considered to have served a term of office if the appointment is to
an office which is less than half completed. If the appointment is to an office which is more than
half completed*the appointmenappointment will not be considered a term of
office. Citizen mMembers shall serve no more than two consecutive terms of office= (Amended
Ord.No. 87-581, Sec. 1)(Amenled Ord. 2003-899) (Amended Ord 2003-905)
The eCommission shall serve thout compensation other than such compensation as its
members may receive for other services performed for the city. The appointments shall be
made by the Mayor with the ap r royal of the Council*and any member of the Commission may
be removed by a majority vote ef the Council for misconduct or neglect of duties. The secretary
of the Community Developme Department shall act as secretary of the Commission and the
City Attorney shall act as legal ounsel for the Commission. (Amended Ord. No. 87-577)
Subd. 2. Officers: B _l:ws. The commission shall elect a chairperson from among its
members and such other officers as its by- ,ylaws may provide. The chairperson shall not be the
business-owner-of-employee representative unless that member is also a resident of Hopkins.
The commission shall adopt by Bylaws governing its procedures. (Amended Ord 2003-905)
Subd. 3. Other duties. The commission is the Board of Adjustment and Appeals as
provided in the zoning code ( - .' : Chapter 5 of this code) and has the powers and duties
assigned to it by the zoning code .nd by law.
First Reading: October 4, 2016
Second Reading: October 18, 2016
Date of Publication: October 27, 2016.
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: October 27, 2016
Molly 9bmmings, May r
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Amy Domeier, City Clerk