(A) The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of nine regular members and three alternate members. Seven of the regular members and two alternate members shall reside within the corporate limits of the city. They shall be appointed by the City Council. Two of the regular members and the other alternate member shall reside outside of the corporate limits of the city, but within the limits of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city. They shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Pitt County. Current membership existing on the effective date of this section shall remain in effect provided any future appointment or reappointment of members shall be in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(B) The extraterritorial representatives have equal rights, privileges and duties with the city members of the Commission, and are required to vote on each question, regardless of whether the matters at issue arise within the city or within the extraterritorial area.
(C) Each alternate member, while attending any special meeting of the Commission and serving in the absence of any regular member, shall have and may exercise all powers and duties of a regular member.
(D) The Director of Public Works and the General Manager of Greenville Utilities shall be ex officio advisors to the Commission. The ex officio advisors shall act as technical advisors to the Commission without the right to vote.
(E) The Director of Planning and Development Services shall serve as Secretary to the Commission without the right to vote.
(F) Appointments of members of the Planning and Zoning Commission by City Council shall be made to promote the representation of a variety of interests. This representation should include some members with environmental, neighborhood preservation, development and business interests.
(Ord. No. 1116, passed 7-9-1981; Ord. No. 03-114, §§ 1, 2, passed 11-13-2003; Ord. No. 06-75, § 1, passed 8-10-2006; Ord. No. 19-045, § 1, passed 9-12-2019)
Statutory reference:
Extraterritorial representation for planning agencies, see G.S. 160D-307