The Planning Board shall consist of eight members. Five members shall be citizens and residents of the city, and shall be appointed by the City Council; three members shall be citizens of Gaston County who reside outside the city but within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city as specified by an extraterritorial boundary ordinance adopted pursuant to G.S. § 160A-360(b), and shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the county. The members of the Planning Board shall serve for terms of three years. Vacancies occurring for reasons other than expiration of term shall be filled as they occur for the unexpired remainder of the term. Faithful attendance at meetings of the Planning Board is to be considered a prerequisite to continued membership, and the City Council may remove and replace any member continually delinquent in his or her duty to attend.
(1995 Code, § 2-29)