(A) Membership.
(1) The City Council shall appoint a seven (7) member Planning and Zoning Board. The members of the Board shall have been residents of the city for at least one (1) year, and shall be appointed on the basis of experience, knowledge, and/or interest in the area of local planning.
(a) Each Council seat shall appoint one (1) member. Subsequent appointments shall coincide with the Council seat and not the term of office of the Councilmember.
(b) The two (2) remaining members’ positions shall be considered at-large. The members shall be selected by using the City Council’s process for filling board positions.
(2) The School Board of Brevard County shall appoint a representative of the school district to serve as a nonvoting member, to attend those meetingsat which applications for comprehensive plan amendments and rezonings to increase residential density are considered.
(3) A military liaison shall be appointed as an ex officio, nonvoting member by Patrick Air Force Base, 45th Space Wing, to attend those meetings at which applications for comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings, or modifications to land development regulations are considered that impact the Malabar Transmitter Station (Malabar Annex).
(B) Appointments.
(1) All appointments shall be made for a term of three (3) years.
(2) Appointments to fill any vacancy on the Board shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term of office.
(3) The School Board shall determine the term of its appointee.
(4) Patrick Air Force Base, 45th Space Wing, shall determine the term of its appointee.
(C) Any member who fails to attend two (2) of three (3) successive meetings without cause and without prior approval of the Chairperson shall automatically forfeit his or her appointment. The Chairperson shall notify the City Council of any vacancy, at which time the vacancy shall be promptly filled.
(D) The members of the Board shall elect a Chairperson at their first meeting. The presence of four (4) or more members shall constitute a quorum of the Planning and Zoning Board.
('74 Code, § 18½-23) (Ord. 81-28, passed 8-20-81; Am. Ord. 2002-46, passed 7-2-02; Am. Ord. 2006-70, passed 7-6-06; Am. Ord. 2010-57, passed 10-21-10; Am. Ord. 2015-09, passed 3-5-15; Am. Ord. 2015-65, passed 12-17-15; Am. Ord. 2016-47, passed 8-4-16)