A Planning Board to consist of seven members and two alternate members is hereby established. Six members shall reside inside the corporate limits of the Town of Dallas and one member shall reside in the extraterritorial area now being zoned by the town and shall be appointed by the Gaston County Board of Commissioners and shall have equal rights, privileges, and duties with the other members of said Board, regardless of whether the matters at issue arise within the town or with its extraterritorial area. The alternate members shall be residents of the town. The original appointments to said board shall be made as follows: two members shall be appointed for a term of one year; two members shall be appointed for a term of two years; and three members shall be appointed for a term of three years. At the termination of the terms of the members first appointed, their successors, except in the case of a vacancy, shall be appointed for a term of three years. Except alternates, this shall remain a two- year appointment.
(Ord. passed 1-11-1972; Am. Ord. passed 1-18- 2008)