HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-B-1899 A :N -t1 :r invS"ue"mr1 ; r+ ►._ -!4 .ORDINANCE NO. B - 1899
AN ORDINANCE amending Sections 1 and 2 of Ordinance No. B-224, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE
creating a Planning Commission for the City of Yakima, providing'for the
powers and duties of such Commission, repealing Ordinance No. A -893, and
declaring an emergency ", and repealing Ordinance B -1150, and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. B- 224, passed and approved by
the City Commission on the 16th day of August, 1937, and entitled as set forth in the
caption hereof, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. There is hereby created for the City of Yakima a City Planning
Commission, to consist of ten (10) members, one of which shall be the City
Engineer who shall serve as a non - voting ex officio member. The other nine
(9) members of said Commission shall be appointed by the Commissioner of
Public Works, subject to the approval of a majority of the City Commission."
Section 2. That Section 2 of Ordinance No. B -224, passed and approved by
the City Commission on.the 16th day of August, 1937, and entitled as set forth in the
caption hereof, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 2. The members of said Planning Commission, other than said City
Engineer, shall be appointed for an initial term of office respectively of
three (3), four (4), five (5) and six (6) years. Upon the expiration of
their terms of office their successors shall be appointed or reappointed
for the term of six (6) years. In the event of an increase in the number
of members constituting the Planning Commission, any additional members
shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works, subject to the
approval of a majority of the City Commission. The term of office for
each additional member so appointed shall be for six (6) years. Upon the
resignation or removal of any such Commissioner, his successor shall be
appointed for the balance of his unexpired term.."
Section 3. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation
of public peace, property, health and safety of the people of the City of Yakima; and an
emergency is hereby declared to exist; and said ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage, approval and publication as provided for
in the city charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 25th day of June,
1956.
ATTEST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) C. H. BEHNKE
City Clerk ' Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is ,a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -1899 entitled "AN ORDINANCE amending Sections 1 and 2 of Ordinance No. B -224,
entitled: "AN ORDINANCE creating a Planning Commission for the City of Yakima, providing
for the powers and duties of such Commission, repealing Ordinance No. A-893, and de-
claring an emergency ", and repealing Ordinance B -1150, and declaring an emergency." as
passed on the 25th day of June, 1956, and that same has been published as required by
law.
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