Want to get more involved in the community? Volunteering on a City of Venice advisory board is an excellent way to do so.
The City Planning Commission has two seats expiring soon. This board meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at City Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave. The Commission has seven members appointed pursuant to the City Charter from among residents of the City of Venice. Members serve a three-year term.
Planning Commission members:
• Acquire and maintain in current form such basic information as is necessary to an understanding of past trends, present conditions, and forces at work to cause change in these conditions.
• Prepare and keep current a comprehensive general plan for meeting present requirements and such future needs as may be foreseen.
• Propose principles and policies for guiding action affecting development in the City and its environs.
• Recommend to the City Council ordinances, regulations and other proposals promoting orderly development along lines indicated as desirable by the comprehensive plan.
• Determine whether specific proposed developments conform to the principles and requirements of the comprehensive plan.
• Keep the City Council informed and advised as to these matters.
• Gather information necessary for drafting, establishing, and maintaining the comprehensive plan and ordinances and regulations related to it.
• Perform other duties which may be lawfully assigned to it, or which may have a bearing on the preparation or accomplishment of the plan.
More information on these boards and requirements to serve, as well as an application, can be found HERE. You can also contact Amanda Hawkins-Brown in the City Clerk’s Office at ahbrown@venicefl.gov or 941-882-7391.
Deadline for applications is Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, at 4 p.m.
All past applicants will need to apply again for consideration. If you are selected to serve on a City board, you will be required to comply with the state public records, sunshine laws, and financial disclosure requirements.
