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INTRODUCED BY: Ms. Brot DATE: 01/30/06 BILL NO.: 8851 ORDINANCE NO.: 6617 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL, BY ENACTING THEREIN A NEW CHAPTER TO BE KNOWN AS "CHAPTER 2.57 RESIDENTIAL INFILL REVIEW BOARD"; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Title 2 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to Administration and Personnel, is hereby amended by enacting therein a new chapter to be known as "Chapter 2.57 Residential Infill Review Board," which shall read as follows: Chapter 2.57 Section 2.57.010 Intent The intent of the City Council is to establish a Residential Infill Review Board (IRB) that shall field complaints in matters of residential infill to ascertain whether the desires of the neighboring property owners and of the applicant can be brought closer together. The IRB shall act solely in an advisory capacity. The IRB shall have no power to adopt, enforce, or administer any building, subdivision, zoning or other regulation or ordinance. Section 2.57. 020 Established-Composition. The IRB shall consist of seven members. Additionally, 3 members of the Plan Commission may be appointed by and at the discretion of the Chairperson of the Plan Commission; all members shall be citizens of University City. No member will receive monetary compensation. The IRB may elect from its members a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary. It may adopt such rules of procedure as it deems necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Chapter. The secretary shall submit written summaries of each IRB meeting to the City Council and City Manager. Section 2.57.030 Appointment and terms of members-Filling vacancies- Qualifications-Removal. The Mayor and each Councilmember may appoint one of the first members. Thereafter, all vacancies shall be appointed by the City Council. Of those first appointed, each shall be randomly assigned a one-, two- or three-year term, renewable thereafter for three-year terms. Appointment priority should be given to qualified design reviewers who are competent to interpret proposals and make judgments regarding both design guideline conformance and design quality. Every effort should be made to include at least one architect and one landscape architect. Members are subject to removal without cause by a two-thirds vote of the City Council.