Ord 1373 11/1/1943 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ALOPT"INIG THE PROVISIONS Oi� THE ACTS Or
1927, 40TH LEGISLATURE, PAGE 424, CHAPTER 283, '-vVHICE IS ALSO
KNO'WN AS ARTICLES 101la-1011j, INCLUSIVE, OF' VERNONIS TEXAS
CIVIL STATUTES ANNOTATED, AND CREATING A CITY PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND
DESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the Acts of 1927, 40th Legislature, page 424
Chapter 283, also known as Articles 101la-1011j, Vernon' s'
Texas Civil Statutes, be and the same are hereby adopted
by the City of Wichita Fails as a basis and as a guide and
to furnish rules and regulations for the zoning of said
City; said Act to be supplemental and in addition to such
zoning authority as is now granted said city by the Consti-
tution of the State of Texas and its Charter and other laws
of the State of Texas.
SECTION 2
That there is hereby created and established for the
City of Wichita Falls, Texas, a planning and zoning Commission
which shall be composed of nine (9) membersJ six ( 6) of whom
shall be representative, insofar as Possible, of different
businesses, Professions or occupations, shall be resident citi-
zens who pay taxes on real property within the city and quali-
fied voters of the cit I who reside in different sections of
the city, and three ( 3T of whom shall be ex-officio members,
namely, the City Manager, City Engineer and one member of the
Board of Aldermen, all of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor
subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen, to serve for
terms of six ( 6) years, except that the respective terms of
five ( 5) of the six ( 6) members first appointed shall be one
two, three, four and five years; and that the terms of ex-of-'
ficio members shall correspond to their respective official
tenures. All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms
in the same manner as Provided for the original appointments,
and shall be for the terms as Provided for the original appoint-
ments. Members of the Commission may be removed by the Mayor
with the consent of the Board Of Aldermen, after public hearing
and for cause assigned in writing. The members of the Commis-
sion shall serve without compensation. No member other than an
ex-officio member shall hold any other office Or Position with
the city, except that one of them may also be a member of a
Board of Zoning Appeals or Adjustments.
SECTION 3.
That the Planning and Zoning commission shall
elect a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and a Secretary from its mem-
bership and shall have power to employ such qualified persons
as may be approved by the Board of Aldermen that are necessary
for the proper conduct and undertaking of the Commission, which
person.sshall be paid for their services and such other necessary
expenses by voucher issued by the City Manager and City Clerk in
the same manner that other city expenses are paid; Provided such
payment shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the Board of
Aldermen for the use of the Commission.
SECTION 4.
That the Commission shall also have power to make rules,
regulations and by-laws for its own goverment, all of which
rules, regulations and by-laws shall be approved by the Board
of Aldermen and shall include among other items and provisions:
( a) Regular and special meetings open to the public;
(b) Records of its proceedings to be open for inspection
by the public;
( c) Reporting to the governin6 body and the public from
time to time and annually; and
(d) For the holding of public hearings on its recommenda-
tion, provided that said Commission shall at all times give
notice of the time and place for such public hearings by publi-
cation in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of
Wichita Falls at least fifteen ( 15) days before the time of
such hearing.
SECTION 5.
That the Planning and Zoning Commission shall have the
power and it shall be its duty to make and recommend for adop-
tion a master plan for the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, as a
whole or in parts for the future development and redevelopment
of the city and its environnow0s and it shall be its duty to
prepare a comprehensive plan and Ordinance with maps for zoning
the city, in accordance with provisions of the Constitution of
the State of Texas and applicable Statutes, Ordinances and Charter
provisions. The Commission shall perform such other duties as may
be prescribed by Ordinances of the City of Wichita Falls, or the
laws of the State of Texas.
PASSED AND APPROVED this day of
A.D. 1943.
laYOR.
AT' T:
CITY CLERK.