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PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION
In accordance with § 7-2:F(2) of the Charter, the Planning and Zoning Commission ("the Commission") shall consist of nine members and three alternate members, all electors of the town appointed as set forth in § 7-l:B of the charter. The Commission shall choose a chair and such other officers as it may desire.
(A) Term. The Mayor shall appoint members for term of three years, for a term commencing on the first day of February of the year of the appointment, which terms shall be staggered as established at the date of the original appointments.
(B) Term of alternate members. The Mayor shall appoint alternate members for a term of three years on the first day of February of the year of the appointment, which terms shall be staggered as established at the start of the original appointments.
(C) Assignment of the alternate members. When a regular member of the Planning and Zoning Commission is absent, the chair of the Commission shall designate an alternate, choosing alternates in rotation so that they shall act as nearly equal a number of times as possible. If any alternate is not available in accordance with such rotation, such fact shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
(Ord. 623, adopted 9-4-12)
(A) Division of Commission. In accordance with § 7-2:F(3) of the Charter, the Planning and Zoning Commission may be divided into a zoning section and a planning section, each to consist of four members and the chair.
(B) Each section shall be subject to the provisions of § 7-1:F of the charter. In the event the Planning and Zoning Commission is divided, the powers and duties of the separate sections shall be in accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes, as may be amended from time to time. In the event the Planning and Zoning Commission is divided, the chair shall select four members to serve on the zoning section and four other members to serve on the planning section.
(C) Three members of the planning section and three members of the zoning section shall constitute a quorum for each section.
(Ord. 623, adopted 9-4-12)
(A) No member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall appear for or represent any person, firm or corporation or other entity in any manner pending before the Planning and Zoning Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals or agency exercising the powers of any such Commission or board in the same municipality, whether or not he is a member of the Commission hearing such matter.
(B) No member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall participate in the hearing or decision of the Commission of which he or she is a member on any matter in which he or she is directly or indirectly interested in a personal or financial sense.
(C) In the event of the disqualification of any member of the Commission, such fact shall be entered on the records of the Commission and, unless otherwise provided by law, such replacement shall be made from alternate members pursuant to the provisions of Conn. Gen. Stat., § 8-19a, as maybe amended from time to time, of an alternate to act as a member of such Commission in the hearing and determination of the particular matter or matters in which the disqualification arose.
(Ord. 623, adopted 9-4-12)
(A) Establishment. There shall be a Zoning Board of Appeals to exercise the following powers and duties as more explicitly set forth in the general statutes:
(1) To hear and decide zoning appeals;
(2) To hear and decide all land use matters as may be permitted by law; and
(3) To determine and vary the application of the zoning bylaws, ordinances or regulations in cases of exceptional difficulty or unusual hardship. The ability to hear cases shall be limited as set forth in the general statutes. The validity and effect of variances shall be governed by the General Statutes.
(B) Appointment and membership. The Board (comprised of five regular members and three members of a "panel of alternates") shall consist of eight electors of the Town of Hamden appointed as set forth in § 7-1:B of the charter. The Board shall choose a chair and such other officers as it may desire. The Board shall follow the requirements of the general statutes pertaining to the call of public meetings, the administration of oaths, compelling of attendance of witnesses, preparation of meeting minutes and the filing of rules, regulations and requirements (and the amendment or repeal thereof) and decisions as public records.
(1) (a) Term. The Mayor shall appoint members for term of five years, for a term commencing on the first day of February of the year of the appointment, which terms shall be staggered as established at the date of the original appointments.
(B) Terms of the panel of alternates. The Mayor shall appoint members to the panel of alternates for a term of five years, for a term commencing on the first day of February of the year of the appointment, which terms shall be staggered as established at the date of the original appointments.
(2) Assignment of the panel of alternates. Members of the panel of alternates shall be designated to act in the place of a member as set forth in the general statutes.
(3) Restrictions. The regular members and panel of alternates shall not be members of the body acting as the zoning commission.
(4) Vacancy. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 7-1:C of the charter, any vacancy in the regular members of the Board or panel of alternates shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Mayor.
(Ord. 622, adopted 8-6-12)
All acts of the town plan and zoning commission, the town zoning commission, the town planning commission and the town zoning board of appeals taken prior to the effective date of this act shall remain in full force and effect subject to change as provided herein.
('66 Code, § 90-9)
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