Legal Documents of Rocky Top

In order to guide and accomplish a coordinated and harmonious development of the municipality which will, in accordance with existing and future needs, best promote public health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity, and the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, a municipal planning commission is hereby created and established as authorized by Tennessee Code Annotated, § 13-4-101. The membership of said commission shall be organized as follows:

The municipal planning commission shall consist of five (5) members. One of the members shall be the mayor of the City of Rocky Top. One (1) shall be a member of the city council, selected by said board, and the three (3) remaining members shall be citizens appointed by the mayor. The terms of the three (3) appointive members shall be for three (3) years, excepting that in the appointment of the first municipal planning commission, one (1) of the three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, one (1) for a term of two (2) years, and one (1) for a term of one (1) year. Any vacancy in the appointive membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by the mayor, with the approval of the board, who shall have the authority to remove any appointive member with the consent of counsel. The terms of the mayor and the member selected from the city council shall run concurrently with their membership on the city council. All members shall serve without compensation. (1996 Code, § 14-101, modified)