Members of appointed boards shall not vote on advisory or legislative decisions regarding a development regulation adopted pursuant to G.S. Ch. 160D, Chapter 1-9(b) where the outcome of the matter being considered is reasonable likely to have a direct, substantial, and readily identifiable financial impact on the member. An appointed Board member shall not vote on any zoning amendment of the landowner of the property subject to the rezoning petition or the applicant for a text amendment is a person with whom the member has a close familial, business, or other associational relationship. For the purpose of this section, a close familial relationship means a spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild. The term includes step, half, and in-law relationships.
(Ord. passed 3-14-2005; Ord. passed 10-10-2016; Ord. passed 3-14-2019, § 108)