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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd.2237.09-15-1997BILL NO. 97-205 ORDINANCE NO. CS�cw % AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO ADOPTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: ARTICLE 1. Section 30-91 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, entitled "Adoption of plan; procedure", reading as follows: Sec. 30-91. Adoption of plan; procedure. The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution, or, as the work of making the whole city plan progresses, may from time to time adopt a part or parts thereof, any part to correspond generally with one (1) or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion thereof the commission shall hold at least one (1) public hearing thereon. Fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper having general circulation within the city. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan requires a majority vote of the full membership of the commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps, descriptive matter and other matters intended by the commission to form the whole or part of the plan and the action taken shall be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof by the identifying signature of the secretary of the commission and filed in the office of the commission, identified properly by file number, and a copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the council and the city clerk, and a copy shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of deeds. is hereby repealed in its entirety, and a new Section 30-91 entitled "Adoption of plan; procedure", is hereby enacted in lieu thereof, in words and figures, to read as follows: Sec. 30-91. Adoption of plan; procedure. The commission may adopt the plan as a whole by a single resolution, or, as the work of making the whole city plan progresses, may from time to time adopt a part or parts thereof, any part to correspond generally with one or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan or portion thereof the commission shall hold at least one (1) public hearing thereon. Fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in at least one (1) newspaper having general circulation within the municipality. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time. The adoption of the plan requires a majority vote of the full membership of the planning commission. The resolution shall refer expressly to the maps, descriptive matter and other matters intended by the commission to form the whole or part of the plan and the action taken shall be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof by the identifying signature of the secretary of the commission and filed in the office of the commission, identified properly by file number, and a copy of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the council and the municipal clerk, and a copy shall be available in the office of the county recorder of deeds and shall be available at the municipal clerk's office for public inspection during normal office hours. ARTICLE 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. ARTICLE 3. It is the intention of the governing body and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and the sections of this Code may be renumbered to accomplish such intention. ARTICLE 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten days after its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS -7 DAY OF - �19% . A. $. Spradling, III/, Mayor