2020-design commission — File 209745

1 CITY OF SOMERVILLE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020- IN CITY COUNCIL: AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN INTERIM URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Somerville, in session assembled, that the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding a new Division to Chapter 2, Article V, - Boards Commissions and Agencies, as follows: Division . Interim Urban Design Commission. Sec. . – Interim Urban Design Commission. (a) An interim urban design commission is hereby established consisting of five members, appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council. They are responsible for the duties which are otherwise to be performed by the Urban Design Commission as specified in the Somerville Zoning Ordinances, Section 15.7.4. (b) The terms of the original members of the interim urban design commission shall be staggered as follows: The original term of one appointee shall be for three years, one appointee shall be for two years, and one appointee shall be for one year, and the remaining members for five years. (c) The interim urban design commission expires three years from appointment of the interim members. APPROVED: City Council President