FREDERICK                                             2225

A RESOLUTION TO AMEND SECTIONS 176, 177, 178 AND 179 OF THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FREDERICK AS THE SAME WAS ADOPTED
JULY 7, 1966.

SECTION I: BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED AND ORDAINED by

the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Frederick that Sections 176, 177,
178 and 179 of the Charter of the City of Frederick, Maryland, be repealed and
re-enacted as follows:

Sec. 176. Planning commission-Composition; appointment: term; removal;
compensation.

There shall be a planning commission which shall consist of five members,
namely, a member of the board of aldermen, and four persons, all residents of the
City of Frederick, who shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and
consent of the board of aldermen. The term of each member shall be five years or
until his successor takes office; except, that the respective terms of the five
members first appointed shall be one, two, three, four and five years. The present
members of the planning commission shall continue to serve as members until this
resolution becomes effective, after which the planning commission shall be
appointed within thirty days in accordance herewith. The commission shall appoint
one of its members as chairman. All members of the commission shall serve as
such without compensation. Members may be removed by the board of aldermen
after a hearing for inefficiency, neglect of duties or malfeasance in office.

Sec. 177. Same—Vacancies.

If the member of the board of aldermen serving on the planning commission
ceases to be a member of the board of aldermen before the expiration of his term
on the planning commission, the board of aldermen shall appoint another
alderman to serve on the planning commission for the remainder of the unexpired
term. Vacancies among the other four members of the commission shall be filled
by the mayor with the advice and consent of the board of aldermen for the
remainder of the unexpired term.

Sec. 178. Same—Powers and duties generally.

The planning commission shall have the power and shall be required:

(a)   To make, amend, extend, and add to a master plan for the physical
development of the city.

(b)  To exercise control over subdividing in the city.

(c)  To draft for the board of aldermen an official map of the city.

(d)  To prepare and adopt a zoning plan and recommend or disapprove proposed
changes in the plan.

(e)  To submit annually to the mayor, not less than ninety days prior to the
beginning of the budget year, a list of recommended capital improvements which in
the opinion of the commission are necessary or desirable to be constructed during
the forthcoming four-year period. Such list shall be arranged in order of
preference, with recommendations as to which projects shall be constructed in
which year.

Sec. 179. Same—Further powers and duties.