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Home My WebLink About19908 ORD - 08/11/1987AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE IV, MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES, TO INCLUDE THE LANDMARK COMMISSION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances be amended by adding a new section to Chapter 2, Administration, Article IV, Miscellaneous Boards, Commissions, and Committees, to read as follows: Division 18. Landmark Commission Sec. 204 Establishment, Composition, Appointment and Terms of Members. The City Council shall be responsible for the appointment of members to the Landmark Commission from resumes on file in the City Secretary's office. Such persons shall be nominated by individual City Council members and appointed by a majority vote of the Council. In so far as possible, the numerical composition of the Commission shall correspond to the ethnic, gender, and economic distribution of the City according to the last Federal Census report. All members shall have knowledge and experience in either the architectural, archaeological, cultural, social, economic, ethnic or political history of Corpus Christi. No one occupation or professional interest shall constitute a majority membership of the Commission. Such membership shall compose of fifteen (15) members. Of that total, a representation of the following competences shall be appointed as members to the Commission: two (2) historians, two (2) licensed real estate salespersons, two (2) registered architects, one (1) structural or civil engineer, two (2) history teachers, one (1) person knowledgeable in title search and/or property surveyor and five (5) other members, totaling fifteen (15) members. Members shall serve a three-year term and a maximum of two consecutive terms. Vacancies of an unexpired term shall be filled by an appointment received from the City Council for the remainder of the term. In addition to the fifteen (15) members, the Director of Planning or his/her appointee shall serve as a non-voting, ex -officio member and provide staff services to the Commission. 03P.044.01 19908 MICROFILMED The Chairperson, Vice -Chairperson and other offices as may be prescribed, shall be elected by a majority vote of the Commission members. Sec. 2-205 Administrative. The Commission shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations and prescribe documentation for the conduct of its business. Sec. 2-206 Quorum, and Voting Guidelines. The Landmark Commission shall meet at least once a month unless a quorum is not present. Additional meetings may be called by the Chairperson or by petition with a simple majority vote of the Commission. Nine (9) voting members shall be present to constitute a quorum. Any action taken on an item with the minimum quorum present shall be decided by an affirmative vote of not less than five (5) members. Whenever more that nine (9) members are present, action on an item shall be decided by a majority vote. However, action on a request by the property owner(s) to demolish, exteriorly change, or remove property (See Zoning Ordinance, Sections 28A-8 and 28A-9) which is listed on the Preservation Plan shall only be granted by a favorable vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all of the Landmark Commission members. Sec. 2-207 Meetings and Public Hearings. Notice of Commission meetings are governed by Article 6252-17, V.T.S. (Open Meeting Law). The Commission may advertise its meetings and agenda as funds permit. However, a public hearing on an application for exterior changes (see Zoning Ordinance, Section 28-A-8) and/or demolition/removal (see Zoning Ordinance Section 28A-9) of a "HC" property or a designated landmark on the Preservation Plan shall require a public notice be advertised once in the official local newspaper, seven (7) days prior to the hearing date. Such notice shall be prepared by the ex -officio member, and shall include a summary of the subject application, the date, time and location of the public hearing. Additionally, notices on the subject item should be mailed by the ex -officio member seven (7) days or earlier of the scheduled hearing to any property owners whose property has both "HC" designation and is within 200 feet of subject property. If a quorum is not present for an advertised public hearing, then members present, but not less than two (2), may reset such public hearing to a date not more than ten (10) days 03P.044.01 after the present hearing. Any rescheduled public hearing shall be readvertised and adjacent property owners notified as originally required. Sec. 2-208 Absentee. Commission members are allowed three (3) absences of regular scheduled meetings per year. A fourth (4) absentee shall constitute an automatic dismissal from the Commission. A member shall be counted absent when attendance at a regular scheduled meeting is less than fifty percent of the scheduled agenda items. Sec. 2-209-2-214 Reserved. SECTION 2. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose. SECTION 3. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance, this ordinance to become effective upon such publication. ATTEST: City Secretary U MA APPROVED:504AY 0 HAL GEORGE, CITY ATTORNEY By Assistant Ci ,7 torney 03P.044.01 , 19k7 R THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS That the foregoing ordinance was read for second reading on this the.2J t day of following vote: Betty N. Turner Clif Moss David Berlanga, Sr. �`L Bill Pruet Leo Guerrero Mary Rhodes Frank Mendez „,),c.._ Mary Pat Slavik the first time and passed to its , 19 F7 , by the That the foregoing ordinance was read third reading on this the a9 day following vote: Betty N. Turner David Berlanga, Sr. Leo Guerrero Frank Mendez That the foregoing ordinance was read this the /, day of I t✓ Sr. 1i 0 Betty N. Turner David Berlanga, Leo Guerrero Frank Mendez Linda Strong for the second of 7,4_14.}. Clif Bill Mary Moss Pruet Rhodes Mary Pat Slavik Linda Strong ay - time and passed to its , 19 8'77, by the for the third time and passed finally , 19 21, by the following vote: Clif Moss Bill Pruet Mary Rhodes Mary Pat Slavik Linda Strong PASSED AND APPROVED, this the /1 day of ATTEST: City Secretary APPOVED: ra DAY 0 , 19.1: HAL GEORGE, C TY ATTORNEY 99.044.01 on THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS .19205 PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT STATE OF TEXAS, }ss: AD #60690 County of Nueces. 1 C ITY OF C . C . Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came IRIS YAP , who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, ACCOUNTING CLERK . Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE # 19908 AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY _ of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in CALLER TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY on the. 1.Zt1day of & 1 UST 193.7...., and once each..da3r thereafter for c�t10 consecutive day one Times. t. 25.30 A_,.4 \-30. .......-_.........._...._.._._....---- IRIS YAP 1 Subscribed and sworn to before me this ..1.9th......_..day o AU.GLJST 19..87. _.—.—._._..._..r......» -.._ . .... .._....._._ Notary Public, Nueces County, Te EUGENIA S. CORTEZ 6.30.89 F NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF a IP ORDINANCE 8 19908 AMENDING THE CODE OF. (ORDINANCES BY ADDING A' NEW SECTION TO CHAPTER 2, ADMINISTRATION, ARTI- 3i — 7,- CLE IV, MISCELLANEOUS ,,q3 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, y41:, N AND COMMITTEES, TO IN- CLUDE THE LANDMARK r ��., �. COMMISSION. 0 t-.- f Lu3 Was passed and approved !N ice by the City Council of the City�� of Corpus Christi. Texas on C 4.4 ex....,v�l0 the 11th day of Aug.!, I ' 1987. The full text of said ' 0,..4 fw U ordinance is available' to,the , public In the Office of the oy Secretary._ea /s/ Armando Chapa n? Oty Secretary City of Corpus Christ_