Legal Documents of Baxter
Code of Baxter
Title 14 Zoning and Land Use Control
Chapter 1 Municipal Planning Commission
14-101 : Creation and membership.
A planning commission is hereby created in accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, § 13-4-101. Said planning commission shall consist of seven (7) members of which one (1) shall be the mayor of the municipality or a person designated by the mayor and one (1) shall be a member of the chief legislative body of the municipality elected by that body. Five (5) of the members shall be citizens of Baxter appointed by the mayor. Terms of the citizen members shall be five (5) years, except for those first appointed whose terms shall be for one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years respectively so that the term of one (1) member will expire each year.
The planning commission shall have all the powers, duties, and responsibilities authorized for municipal planning commissions under Tennessee Code Annotated, title 13. (2011 Code, § 14-101)