80 of 1959 - Amending Title 51 of the R.O. 1955, relating to Zoning by adding a new Chapter to be known as Chapte ROLL CALL Salt Lake City,Utah() i 1 J 9 , 195
VOTING Aye Nay
I move that the Ordinance be passed.
Burbidge . . . 1'
Christensen .
Geurts. . .
Romney . . . i tt Lf.
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Mr. Chairman . AN ORDINANCE
Result .
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Title 51 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt
Lake City, Utah, 1955, relating to Zoning, by adding thereto a new chapter
to be known as CHAPTER 28, providing for the creation of a Citizens'
Advisory Committee on City Planning and Capital Improvements, providing
for the manner of appointment and removal and the terms of the members
thereof, providing for an ex officio chairman and ex officio members, and
prescribing the powers and duties of said committee.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah:
SECTION 1 . That Title 51 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake
City, Utah, 1955, relating to Zoning, be, and the same hereby is, amended
by adding to said Title a new chapter to be known as Chapter 28, relating
to the creation of a Citizens' Advisory Committee on City Planning and
Capital Improvements, the appointment of the members thereof and powers
and duties of said committee, said Chapter 28 to read as follows:
"CHAPTER 28"
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"CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CiTY
PLANNING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS"
"Sec. 51-28-1 . Appointment. There is hereby created in and for
Salt Lake City, Utah, a Citizens' Advisory Committee on City Planning and
Capital Improvements to be composed of twenty five members, one of whom
shall be the Mayor of Salt Lake City, who shall be the chairman of said
committee; one of whom shall be the Planning Director of Salt Lake City;
one of whom shall be the City Engineer of Salt Lake City; one of whom
shall be the City Attorney of Salt Lake City; all of whom shall be
ex officio members. The remaining twenty one members, one of whom shall
be designated as vice-chairman, shall be appointed by the Board of Com-
missioners from among the qualified electors of said city as follows:
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one member from each of the six municipal wards of the city and three
members to be chosen at large who shall serve until July 1, 1961; one
member from each of the first, second and third municipal wards of the
city and three members to be chosen at large who shall serve until July
1, 1963; and one member from each of the fourth, fifth and sixth municipal
wards of the city and three members to be chosen at large who shall serve
until July 1, 1965. In the month of June, 1961, and every second year
thereafter, like members shall be appointed for a term of six years to take
the place of members whose terms shall next expire. Members, other than
ex officio members, may be removed for cause by the Board of Commissioners
and any vacancy occurring by reason of their death, resignation or removal ,
shall be promptly filled by the Board of Commissioners for the unexpired
term of such member.
"Sec. 51-28-2. Members' compensation. Appointment of employees.
Number of members to constitute quorum. The members of the Citizens'
Advisory Committee on City Planning and Capital Improvements shall serve
without compensation except for reasonable expenses. The Committee shall
not have the power to appoint any employees or staff with any funds pro-
vided by the City Commission. The Committee shall use the employees and
staff of the Salt Lake City Planning Commission as its staff. Thirteen
members of the Citizens' Committee shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
"Sec. 51-28-3. Powers and duties of the committee. The function
of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on City Planning and Capital Improve-
ments is to support the activity of planning and community development,
to assist in getting community appreciation and understanding of such
citizens
planning and to encourage private/and public oilficials to adopt and adhere
to a program of planned development of community facilities. The Citizens'
Advisory Committee on City Planning and Capital Improvements shall have
the authority to make recommendations to the Planning and Zoning Commission
in all matters pertaining to city planning and shall assist such Commission
in its formulation of over-all plans for city development and long ran
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programming of Salt Lake City's capital needs, including water projects,
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parks, arterial highways, streets, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, general
zoning requirements, and the establishment of priority for proposed capital
improvements consistent with long range needs. The Committee shall also
have the authority to make recommendations to the Planning and Zoning
Commission relative to integrating all public improvements and public area
developments, and the financing thereof, into the approved comprehensive
design for city planning, including, but not limited to (1) recommendations
covering the geographical location of proposed public buildings and
structures, (2) proposed public building plans and architectural designs,
(3) alteration of existing public buildings and structures, (4) establish-
ment of proposed public parks and recreational areas, and (5) proposed
street and highway plans.
"The Citizens' Advisory Committee on City Planning and Capital
Improvements shall submit its recommendations to the Planning Commission
on all proposed capital improvement programs for Salt Lake City and the
financing thereof, which shall become a matter of public record, and the
Board of Commissioners shall not approve any such program or any expendi-
ture in the furtherance thereof until it shall have received and reviewed
the recommendations of this committee.
"The meetings of the Committee shall be held at the call of the
chairman, or vice-chairman, or at such other times as a quorum of the
Committee may determine. The Committee shall keep minutes of its proceed-
ings and shall keep records of all its official actions, all of which
shall be filed in the office of the City Planning and Zoning Commission
and shall be a public record.
"Sec. 51-28-4. Subcommittees. The Citizens' Advisory Committee
on City Planning and Capital Improvements shall have authority to appoint
subcommittees to investigate and make recommendations and reports on any
subject involving city planning when in the opinion of the Committee it
shall be deemed appropriate or advisable. All such committees shall serve
without compensation and at the pleasure of theCitizens' Advisory Committee
on City Planning and Capital Improvements."
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SECTION 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners it is
necessary to the peace, health and safety of the inhabitants of Salt Lake
City that this ordinance become effective immediately.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first
publication.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
14th day of October 1959.
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BILL NO. 80 of 1959
(NOT PUBLISHED * NOT IN EFFECT)
(SEE BILL NO. 97 of 1959)