Sec. 2-1542. - Members; terms; vacancies.
(a) The Historic Preservation Commission created in this division shall be composed of nine members, including one member of the city council designated by it, the manager of planning and the manager of inspection. The members of the commission first appointed, except the manager of planning, the manager of inspection and the member of the city council, who shall all serve by virtue of and whose terms shall correspond with the respective terms of their offices, shall serve for terms of one, two, three, four, five and six years respectively, as shall be specified by the mayor at the time of their appointment. Thereafter, the members of the commission, except the ex officio members, shall serve for terms of six years.
(b) At the expiration of the term or the death or resignation of any member, the resulting vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of such member in the same manner as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) No distinction shall be made between the ex officio members and other members of the commission.
(d) At least three of the members appointed by the mayor shall reside in and own homes in an historic preservation district within the city at the time of their appointment. At any time that there are fewer than three members of the commission appointed by the mayor who are resident owners, the next subsequent appointments shall be limited to such persons until there are three such appointed members.
(Code 1982, § 10-42)
