CHAPTER 309

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-901, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the composition and terms of office of municipal
planning commissions, so as to authorize either the mayor or the
council to appoint the members of such commission in certain cities.

[S 145]
Approved March 15, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-901, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15-901. The number of members of the planning commission of a
municipality shall be specified by the council in the ordinance creating the
commission, which number shall be not less than five nor more than *
fifteen; provided, however, that in any city having a population of more
than ninety thousand but less than two hundred thousand, said ordt-
nance may authorize either the mayor or the council to appoint the mem-
bers of the commission. One of the members may be a member of
the council, and not more than three members may be administrative
officials of the municipality appointed by the Mayor; provided, however,
that the number of such ex officio members, including the councilmanic
member, if there be one, shall be a minority of the total membership of
the commission. The remaining members, hereinafter referred to as ap-
pointed members, shall be qualified voters of the municipality appointed
by the mayor. All members of the commission shall serve as such without
compensation, and the appointed members shall hold no other municipal
office except that one of each such appointed members may be a member
of the zoning board of appeals. The terms of ex officio members shall cor-
respond to their respective official tenures. Provision shall be made in the
ordinance creating such commission for the terms of office of the appointed
members, the length of which terms shall not be less than four years or
more than six years, for the removal after public hearing of any appointed
member for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office and for
the filling of vacancies.
An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.