TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Edward T. Sieben, Director of Zoning and Planning Division
DATE: September 10, 2020
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Discussion of Planning and Zoning Commission composition
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PURPOSE:
To discuss options for the Planning and Zoning Commission composition.
BACKGROUND:
The Aurora Planning Commission was created in 1952. It consisted of 9 members.
In 1953, it expanded to 30 members, consisting of a Chairman and 29 additional members.
The Planning Commission composition was amended in 1957, shrinking to 18 members, consisting of a Chairman and 17 additional members.
The Planning Commission composition was changed in 1969 to reduce its size to 12 members: a Chairman and 11 additional members.
In 1978, the City Council again amended the composition of the Planning Commission composition was amended again to increase its size to 13. This is the current composition. The amendment also designated six taxing body representatives from Aurora Township, School District 129, School District 131, School District 204, the Fox Valley Park District, and the Aurora Sanitary District (Fox Metro). The remaining seven Commissioners were to be "at large" citizens from Aurora. At this time, Aurora's population was approximately 80,000 and the City had only recently began to annex territory in DuPage County.
In 2020, the City Council approved an amendment to combine the Planning Commission and Zoning of Appeals to create the Planning and Zoning Commission. The number of Planning and Zoning Commissioners was kept at 13 members, consisting of a Chairman and 12 additional members. During this process, the Council changed the composition of the Commission to replace an at-large seat with one reserved for a representative from School District 308 - an elementary district serving portions of Aurora in Kendall County. Six of the 13 seats on the Commission remain available for "at large" citizens from Aurora.
DISCUSSION:
Traditionally, the Planning and Zoning Co...
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