2015-0255
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles, providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Chapter 19 Planning and Development, Article I. In General, Section 19-1. Planning and Zoning Commission, (b), to add term limits on Council appointments to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
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WHEREAS, Article III, Section A.7.c.x authorizes the Parish Council to provide budgetary, fiscal, and other controls over all special boards, commissions, agencies, districts, or any device having governmental functions which it or its predecessor has created to insure the maximum coordination of government at the local level in St. Charles Parish; and,
WHEREAS, in following with the ethical reform by the State of Louisiana in relative to term limits for members of certain Boards and Commissions; and,
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2008 election ballot, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 was overwhelmingly approved on the State level by 69% of the voters and on the Parish level by 69.41% of the voters; showing the voters of Louisiana believed in term limits; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council desires to prohibit any person appointed to any Board or Commission from serving in such a position for more than a specified portion of a specified number of consecutive terms or for more than a specified number of consecutive years; and,
WHEREAS, St. Charles Parish Council desires to provide for a term limit on serving on the Planning and Zoning Commission.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Chapter 19 Planning and Development, Article I. In General, Section 19-1. Planning and Zoning Commission, (b) is hereby amended by adding term limits on Council appointments as follows:
AS WRITTEN
(b) All members of the planning and zoning commission shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years from an...
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