By Joe BarkerRecord Staff WriterThe city of Marthasville is in the early stages of establishing its own planning and zoning commission.During a special meeting Wednesday, the board of aldermen and Krishna Kunapareddy, senior planner with the Boonslick Regional Planning Commission, talked about what it would take to establish a commission.Kunapareddy said she researched state statutes on what a commission would entail. She said a planning commission for Marthasville would need to be more than seven people, but fewer than 15. The actual number would be left up to the board.She suggested a starting point for finding members would be looking at the group that helped develop the city’s comprehensive plan.The next step the city needs to take is to create a zoning ordinance. Kunapareddy said the ordinance could either be based on the city’s goals as outlined in the comprehensive plan, or it could be based off a similar city’s existing ordinance.“We can look at another ordinance for this size of town,” she said. “That’s something we can borrow.”Kunapareddy said it would be up to the city attorney to review the ordinance. Once that’s in place, a commission could be formed.Alderman Pam Jensen asked if the city would need to have a contract with Kunapareddy to help move along the process. Kunapareddy said she would be willing to do that.Mayor David Lange questioned if the city needs an appeals board as well. He said if the plan board turns down a request, the applicant wouldn’t have to appeal to the same board.Lange said other municipalities have a separate board of appeals or board of adjustment which would require the city to recruit more people to serve on plan boards.Kunapareddy said she isn’t sure if an appeal board is needed for a city the size of Marthasville. She said she would check further into it and report back.The board agreed to revisit the issue at a later meeting. In the meantime, board members want to start looking for potential candidates to serve on the plan board.Martasville