B. • Action ItemsCity of Crowley (Johnson County)

Hold a public hearing, discuss, and consider making a recommendation to the City Council on an ordinance approving a city-initiated request to amend Sec. 106.32 ‘Review Authorities’ of city code Ch. 106 – Zoning to provide for the appointment of two alternate members of the Planning & Zoning Commission. Case # ZCA-2026-005

Presented in: City of Crowley Planning & Zoning Commission on 2026-09-14

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

The Planning & Zoning Commission has had several meetings over the past couple of years when the Commission was not able to take action on an agenda item due to lack of quorum. To help prevent this issue from reoccurring, the city can adopt changes to the zoning code to create the position of alternates for the Planning & Zoning Commission. The alternate positions are intended to allow commissioners to take excused absences while maintaining a quorum on the board. The alternate position would function similar to the alternate positions already in place for Crowley’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, where alternates attend the meetings on a regular basis so they will be available when needed and will stay up to date on current local planning issues. The proposed amendment is shown below. The relevant section of the zoning code is Article 2, “Procedures and Administration,” which sets forth zoning-related procedures, duties and membership of the Planning & Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment, and enforcement provisions. (2) Organization and Membershipa. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of seven (7) regular members and two (2) alternate members. The members shall be residents of the city and qualified voters. They shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years by a majority vote of the members of the City Council at a regular or specially-called meeting thereof. Alternate members shall serve in the absence of regular members in keeping with the rules and procedures adopted by the Planning and Zoning Commission. b. The terms of four of the regular members shall expire on the first Monday in June of each odd-numbered year, and the terms of three of the regular members shall expire on the first Monday in June of each even-numbered year. The regular members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be identified by place numbers one through seven, and the alternate members shall be identified by place numbers 8 and 9. The odd-numbered places shall expire in the odd-numbered years; the even-numbered places shall expire in the even-numbered years. Planning and Zoning Commission members may be appointed to succeed themselves. <h2 style="margin-left:0in;">ACTION BY THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION</h2>Sample motions are provided below. You are not required to use these motions. Approval I make a motion to recommend approval of Case # ZCA-xxxx-xxx. Approval with conditions I make a motion to recommend approval of Case # ZCA-xxxx-xxx with the following conditions. Disapproval I make a motion to recommend disapproval of Case # ZCA-xxxx-xxx Postpone I motion to continue Case # ZCA-xxxx-xxx until [date].