(A) The Planning Board shall elect a chairman from its members and create and fill such other offices as it may determine. It shall have the power to fix the time and place for its meetings, to adopt necessary rules of procedure and to adopt all other rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith which may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties; and it shall keep an accurate record of all its proceedings.
(B) Members of the Planning Board shall not vote on any advisory or legislative decision regarding a development regulation adopted pursuant to this Ordinance where the outcome of the matter being considered is reasonably likely to have a direct, substantial, and readily identifiable financial impact on the member. A Planning Board member shall not vote on any zoning amendment if the landowner of the property subject to a 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.
(C) All staff to the Planning Board are prohibited from being financially interested in any development decision or other person subject to that decision having close familial, business, or other associational relationship with the staff person. All staff to the planning board are prohibited from conducting work inconsistent with his or her duties pursuant to G.S. 160D-109(c).
(Ord. passed 1-11-1972; Am. Ord. passed - - )