The Planning Board shall consist of seven members, five members shall be citizens and residents of the town and shall be appointed by the Town Board, and two members shall be citizens and residents of the extraterritorial area recorded in the Registry of Deeds of the county; the members shall be appointed by the County Board of Commissioners pursuant to G.S. § 160D-762. All members appointed by the Town Board of Commissioners shall begin new terms in the 2022/23 fiscal year after July 1, 2022 as follows: i) One member shall be appointed to a new term of 18 months to begin on July 1, 2022; ii) one member shall be appointed to a new term of one year to begin on January 1, 2023; iii) two members shall be appointed to a new term of three years beginning January 1, 2023; two of the initial members shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for two years and three for three years. The terms of both members appointed by the Board of Commissioners shall expire on December 31, 2022. Thereafter the term of one member shall expire on December 31, 2024, and one member shall expire on December 31, 2025. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. Vacancies occurring for reasons other than expiration of terms shall be filled as they occur for the period of the unexpired term. Members may be removed for cause by the Town Board.
(1989 Code, § 15-32; 2003 Code, § 2-5.2) (Amended 7-5-2022)