HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 619 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE CREATING LAUREL-YELLOW-
STONE CITY-COUNTY PLANNING BOARD; PRO-
VIDING FOR THE MEMBERS THEREOF; AND
ESTABLISHING A MILL LEVY FOR PLANNING
BOARD PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA:
Section 1. This ordinance shall henceforth be known as the Laurel-
Yellowstone City-County Planning Board Ordinance.
Section 2. There is herewith created a planning board to be
known as the Laurel-Yellowstone City-County Planning Board, pursuant
to ~11-3810, R.C.M., 1947, as Amended; that the City of Laurel shall
join with Yellowstone County, Montana, in the creation of a joint
planning board. The Laurel-Yellowstone City-County Planning Board
shall have all powers and duties as prescribed by Chapter 38 of Title
I, Part 2, R.C.M., 1947, as Amended.
Section 3. The Laurel-Yellowstone City-County Planning Board
shall consist of eleven (11) members to be appointed as follows:
(a) Two (2) official members who reside outside the city
limits, to be appointed by the Yellowstone County
Board of County Commissioners who may in the discre-
tion of the Board of County Commissioners be employed
by or hold public office in the County.
(b)Two (2) official members to be appointed by the
city council who may in the discretion of the Laurel City
Council, be employed by or hold public office in the
city.
(c)Three (3) citizen members to be appointed by the
Mayor of the city.
(d) Three (3) citizen members to be appointed by the
Yellowstone County Board of County Commissioners.
Two (2) members shall reside outside the city limits
but within the jurisdictional area of the planning board.
(e) The eleventh member shall be selected by the ten (10)
official and citizen members hereinabove provided for
with the consent and approval of the Board of County
Commissioners and the City Council.
(f) The terms of ~he members who are officers of any govern-
mental unit represented on the board shall be co-extensive
with their respective terms of office to which
they have been elected or appointed; the terms
of the other members shall be be two (2) years,
except that the terms of the first members
appointed shall be fixed by agreement and rule
of the governing bodies represented on ~he board
for one (1) or two (2) years in order that a
minimum number of terms shall expire in any year.
(g) Vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled
by the governing body, having appointed them for
the unexpired te~m.
Section 4. The Jurisdictional area shall include the area within
the corporate limits of the City of Laurel and extend four and one-half
miles (4%) beYond the limits of the City of Laurel.
Section 5. The Laurel-Yellowstone City-County Planning Board
shall function as the zoning commission authorized under ~11-2706,
RoC.M., 1947, as Amended.
Section 6. To defray all expenses and liabilities of the City
for Planning Board purposes, a two (2) mill levy is hereby levied
against all taxable property in the city.
Section 7. Ail proposed subdivisions, plats, certificates of
survey shall be presented to and meet the approval of the Laurel-
Yellowstone City-County Planninq Board within the jurisdictional area
above-described before the same shall be filed of record or accepted
for record or brought within the city limits of the city of Laurel.
Section 8. Ail ordinances or parts thereof in conflict with
any of the provisions herein contained are hereby repealed.
Section 9. All acts, contracts and actions of the City-County
Planning Board organized under Ordinance No. 571-A are hereby ratified
by the City of Laurel. All members appointed to the City-County
Planning Board under Ordinance No. 571-A shall be members of the Laurel-
Yellowstone City-County Planning Board until their term shall expire
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as provided under Ordinance No. 571-A.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council
by alderman ~ilpa%riek
this
on Jume
Passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Laurel
l~th day of Jun. , 19~ ~
-- J LUUI~ M. x~'£1c~, Mayor
ATTEST:
DOROTHY ~ BUND¥~ City'Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
LARRY D. HERMAN, Ci'ty Attorney
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