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CRITERIA:

Must be City resident.

POWERS:

1. To acquire and maintain in current form such basic information and materials as are necessary to an understanding of past trends, present conditions, and forces at work to cause changes in these conditions.
2. To prepare, amend and revise a comprehensive and coordinated general plan for meeting present requirements and such future requirements as may be foreseen.
3. To establish principles and policies for guiding action in the development of the areas.
4. To prepare and recommend for adoption to the governing authority a zoning ordinance and map for its political jurisdiction.
5. To amend or supplement the zoning regulations and districts adopted.
6. To prepare and recommend to the governing body, other ordinances and resolutions promoting orderly development, along the lines indicated in the comprehensive plan for the growth an improvement of the area.
7. To determine whether specific proposed developments conform to the principles and requirements of the comprehensive plan.
8. To conduct public hearings as may be required to gather information necessary for the drafting, establishment and maintenance of the comprehensive plan.
9. To make, cause to be made or obtain special duties on the location, condition and adequacy of specific facilities of the area.
10. To keep the governing body and the general public informed and advised as to these matters.
11. To perform any other duties which may be lawfully assigned to it by the City Commission.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

Florida law requires financial disclosure of all “local officers.” The term “ local officer” is defined to mean:

1. Every person who is elected to office in any political subdivision of the state, and every person who is appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in such an elective office.
2. Any appointed member of any of the following boards, councils, commissions, authorities, or other bodies of any county, municipality, school district, independent special district, or other political subdivision of the state:
1. The governing body of the political subdivision, if appointed;
2. An expressway authority or transportation authority established by general law;
3. A community college or junior college district board of trustees;
4. A board having the power to enforce local code provisions;
5. A planning or zoning board, board of adjustment, board of appeals, or other board having the power to recommend, create, or modify land planning or zoning within the political subdivision, except for citizen advisory committees, technical coordinating committees, and such other groups who only have the power to make recommendations to planning or zoning boards;
6. A pension board or retirement board having the power to invest pension or retirement funds or the power to make a binding determination of one's entitlement to or amount of a pension or other retirement benefit; or
7. Any other appointed member of a local government board who is required to file a statement of financial interests by the appointing authority or the enabling legislation, ordinance, or resolution creating the board.

Accordingly, members of the City of DeLand Planning Board, Board of Adjustment, Code Enforcement Board, and Retirement Boards are considered to be “local officers” under Florida Statutes Section 112.3145. Members of these Boards are required to file a Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1) within 30 days of accepting appointment and annually by July 1 of each year. Additionally, members must file a Final Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1F) within 60 days of terminating service on the Board.