THE VILLAGE OF
TAOS SKI VALLEY
ORDINANCE 97-15
CREATING A
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION; MEMBERSHIP, APPOINTMENT, TERMS OF OFFICE AND
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE; ESTABLISHING THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.
BE IT ORDAINED
BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE VILLAGE OF TAOS SKI VALLEY, NEW MEXICO:
SECTION
1. CREATION.
There is hereby created a Planning and
Zoning Commission (hereinafter "Commission") of the Village of Taos
Ski Valley (hereinafter "Village").
SECTION 2. MEMBERSHIP, APPOINTMENT, TERMS OF OFFICE AND
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE.
A. The Commission shall consist of seven
(7) members who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Village
Council. Members shall be residents of the planning and platting jurisdiction
of the Village. Administrative
officials of the Village may be appointed ex-officio, non-voting members of the
Commission.
B. On the first Commission, a majority of
the members shall be appointed for one-year terms and the balance of the
members shall be appointed for two-year terms.
Each subsequent term of a member on the Commission shall be for two
years or less in order to maintain the original staggering of terms of
membership. A vacancy in the membership
of the Commission shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.
C. After a public hearing and for cause
stated in writing and made part of the public record, the Mayor with the
approval of the Village Council may remove a member of the Commission.
SECTION 3. POWERS AND DUTIES.
The Commission shall have such powers and
duties as are necessary to:
A. Fulfill and perform its functions,
promote municipal planning, and carry out the purposes of Sections 3-19-1
through 3-19-12 NMSA 1978 as amended, which Sections are hereby incorporated by
reference and made a part of this ordinance; and,
B. Promulgate and enforce regulations
governing the subdivision of land within the planning and platting jurisdiction
of the Village as provided by Section 3-19-6 and Sections 3-20-1 through
3-20-16 NMSA 1978, as amended, which Sections are hereby incorporated by
reference and made a part of this ordinance; and.
C. To promulgate and enforce regulations
governing zoning within the platting and planning jurisdiction of the Village
as provided in Sections 3-21-1 through 3-21-11 NMSA 1978, as amended, which
Sections are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this
ordinance; and,
D. To serve as the Board of Appeals as
required by Section 204 of Village Ordinance 97-10 pertaining to the New Mexico
Uniform Building Code; and,
E. Perform such other functions as the
Village Council may from time to time grant to the Commission for the purpose
of promoting health, safety, moral or general welfare of the Village.
SECTION
4. ORGANIZATION AND MEETINGS.
A. OFFICERS: The Commission shall elect one (1) of its
members as chairman for a one (1) year term, and create and fill any other
offices as it may deem appropriate.
B. CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS: The Commission
shall adopt and publish such rules and regulations for the conduct of business
as it deems appropriate.
C. MEETINGS: The Commission shall hold regularly
scheduled meetings at least once a month.
All meetings shall be held in accordance with Village Resolution 97-1
pertaining to Open Meetings.
D. QUORUM: A quorum of the Commission shall be a
majority of its members.
E. RECORDS: A public record shall be kept of all
transactions, findings, resolutions, determinations and actions of the
Commission. All public records shall be
open to inspection as provided by the Inspection of Public Records Act Sections
14-2-4 et. seq. NMSA 1978
F. REPORTS: The Commission shall submit to the Village
Council at its regular monthly meeting a copy of the minutes of its monthly
meetings.
G. CONFLICT
OF INTEREST: A commission
member having any potential conflict of interest on any policy, decision, or
determination before the Commission shall disclose to each of the other members
the nature of his potential conflict as provided by Section 3-10-5 NMSA 1978,
as amended. The Disclosure shall be
recorded in the Commission's minutes.
H. PENALTY: Failure to disclose a conflict of interest
shall be punishable by a fine not exceed $500.00 (Five hundred dollars) or by
imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days or both a fine and imprisonment.
SECTION
5. SEVERABILITY.
Should any section, paragraph, clause
or provision of this ordinance, for any reason, be held to be invalid or
unenforceable, the invalidity or enforceability of such section, paragraph,
clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this
ordinance.
SECTION
6. REPEAL.
All ordinances or resolutions, or parts
thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent only of such
inconsistency. The repealer shall not
be construed to revive any ordinance or resolution, or part thereof, heretofore
repealed.
SECTION
7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Ordinance shall take effect July
30, 1996.
PASSED,
APPROVED AND ADOPTED This 25th day
of July, 1996.