Planning Commission

Planning Meeting Agenda and Documents

Planning Commission Meeting Minutes

Planning Commission Appointment and Regulations.

Appointment and terms

• Consist of 5-7 members.
• Shall be appointed by council.
• May not hold an elected office.
• Terms are staggered for 4 years.
• Council can remove a member for cause after written notice and public hearing.

Current Members

• Chris Grant- Chair
• Rosemary Bailes- Vice-Chair
• Regina Orr
• Juanita Johns
• Kelvin Bryant

Regulations

• The planning commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman.
• Recommendations, transactions, findings and determinations are recorded and are public record.
• Shall meet at the chairman’s discretion.

(Currently the commission holds quarterly meetings.)

Planning Commission Duties

• Relationship with Council
• Serves as an advisory role to council.
• Council has ultimate authority on land usage. However, no zoning amendments for the ordinance or map may be implemented without first being presented to the planning commission for a recommendation.
• To prepare and revise, parodically, a comprehensive plan and programs for the development of the City of Walhalla. These duties include:
• A comprehensive plan.
• Land development regulations and maps.
• Location, character and layout of community centers.
• General character, extent and layout of the replanning of blighted districts and slum areas.
• Recommend land development regulations, maps and appropriate revisions.
• Recommend regulations for the subdivision of land and appropriate revisions.