• Mark Johnson (City Council Representative)
• Janys Hutchings
• Kerry Schwartz
• Derek Byrne
• Marilyn Schiess
• Ron Smith
• Carolyn Player
• Vaughn Pickell
• Jason Willes (alternate)
• Marlin Peterson (alternate)

Click here for a link to Planning Commission Agendas.

The Planning Commission holds their regular meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 7:00 pm, and a work session meeting on the first Thursday of each month at 5:30 pm. However these dates are subject to change and/or cancellation due to holidays, City events etc. Please check with the Planning and Zoning Department for specific meeting dates.

Meetings are held in the City Council Chambers located at 153 North 100 East.

The Planning Commission has recommending authority on some items and final approving authority on other items.  The Planning Commission has final approving authority for major home occupations, permitted uses, conditional uses, and site plans. In granting approval, the Planning Commission may only consider whether the applicant has met all of the requirements of the ordinance.  If the ordinance is met, the Planning Commission must approve the applicant's request for approval. If the ordinance has not been met, the Planning Commission must deny the applicant's request for approval.  Issues such as overcrowding of schools, general traffic increases, obstruction of neighbors' views, and the financial viability of a project are not written requirements of the ordinance, therefore the Planning Commission may not consider them.

When the Planning Commission has recommending authority, they make recommendations to the City Council who will hear and decide the item at a later date. The Planning Commission is concerned with land use issues and works to encourage planned and orderly growth within the City.  They make recommendations to the City Council regarding the General Plan, rezones and ordinance revisions/amendments that will implement the desired goals of the City.

All Planning Commission meetings are public meetings, which means that they are meetings held in a place where the public can listen and observe.  The Planning Commission Chairperson has discretion whether to invite public comment.  Some items in a public meeting are also required by law to be public hearings which means that there will be time during the hearing where the public has the right to make comments if they desire.  If the item before the Planning Commission is a public hearing , the staff will introduce the item to the Planning Commission. The applicant will then make a presentation followed by questions from the Planning Commission. The Chairperson of the Planning Commission will then open the public hearing and return the discussion solely to the Commission for discussion and resolution.

The Planning Commission welcomes public comment and desires to be fair. Please follow these guidelines:

1. Move to the microphone so comments will be picked up on the tape recording system.
2. Use a spokesperson if many from a neighborhood have similar concerns.
3. Refrain from repeating points already mentioned.
4. Avoid applause or disruptive comments.
5. Be concise in your comments.
6. Be respectful and courteous. Everyone is doing the best they can. We may not always agree with each other but we can disagree without being disagreeable, argumentative or rude.