(A) Members of the Board may be removed for cause, including violation of the rules stated below.
(B) All members should attend Board of Adjustment meetings regularly. If a member misses more than three consecutive meetings, he or she may be replaced at the recommendation of the Board of Adjustment, and the discretion of the Town Council.
(C) No Board member shall take part in the hearing, consideration and determination of any case in which he or she is personally or financially interested. PERSONALLY INTERESTED is defined to mean that a Board member’s family either owns, has a financial interest in or has property abutting property being considered by the Board.
(D) No Board member shall vote on any matter deciding an application for appeal unless he or she shall have attended the public hearing on that application or appeal.
(E) No Board member shall discuss any case with any parties thereto prior to the public hearing on that case; provided, however, that, members may receive and/or seek information pertaining to the case from any other member of the Board, its Secretary or Clerk prior to the hearing.
(F) Members of the Board will not express individual opinions on the proper judgment of any case with any parties thereto prior to its determination of that case. Violation of this rule shall be cause for dismissal from the Board.
(Ord. passed 3-14-2005; Ord. passed 10-10-2016; Ord. passed 3-14-2019, § 1103)