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SECTION 7.01 QUALIFICATIONS AND APPOINTMENT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
   (A)   The members of any board or commission of the Municipality shall have resided in the Municipality for a period of at least one year prior to being appointed to a board or commission and shall be qualified electors of the Municipality. Qualifications as a registered voter shall be the same as those which may be required from time to time by the election laws of the Revised Code of the State of Ohio.
   (B)   Initial appointments to a board or commission shall be made by Council by an affirmative vote of at least four members in January following the expiration of terms of office. The members shall serve without compensation.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000)
SECTION 7.02 VACANCIES AND FORFEITURE OF OFFICE.
   (A)   Vacancies. The position on a board or commission shall become vacant upon the member’s death, resignation, removal from office in any manner authorized by this Charter, or forfeiture of office. A vacancy during the term of any member of a board or commission created by this Charter or by ordinance of the Council shall be filled by:
      (1)   Advertising the opening for two weeks requesting anyone interested in serving on that board or commission to make application to the Council.
      (2)   Applications shall be in writing by anyone interested.
      (3)   The Manager and the Mayor plus two members of Council shall interview all applicants.
      (4)   Appointment shall be made seven days after the last advertisement or within forty-five days of the vacancy.
   (B)   Forfeiture of Office. If it is so determined by an affirmative vote of at least four members of the board or commission a member shall forfeit that position if said board or commission member:
      (1)   Lacks at any time during his term of office, any qualification for the office prescribed by this Charter;
      (2)   Intentionally violates any express prohibition of this Charter;
      (3)   Is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or malfeasance or a felony;
      (4)   Fails to attend regular meetings as established by the board or commission’s attendance policy. Each board or commission shall establish and have approved by the Manager its own attendance policy. This policy will be reviewed by each board or commission at the first meeting held each year.
   (C)   Disability. On questions of disability involving the members of the boards or commissions, the decision as to actuality of the time of, and duration of the disability, for purpose of declaring a vacancy, shall be determined by an affirmative vote of at least four members of the board or commission.
SECTION 7.03 PLANNING COMMISSION — MEMBERSHIP.
   There shall be a Planning Commission consisting of seven members appointed by Council: two of whom shall be members of Council appointed for a term of one year, and five citizen members who shall serve four year overlapping terms of office. The five citizen members of the Planning Commission shall hold no other municipal office or board membership.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000)
SECTION 7.04 PLANNING COMMISSION — POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Planning Commission shall conduct studies and surveys and prepare plans, reports and maps relative to the overall planning of the growth, development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and the renewal of the Municipality, and may make such recommendations relative thereto to the Council as it feels are in the best interests of the Municipality. The Planning Commission shall continuously review and report to the Council its recommendations concerning the Municipality’s capital improvement programs, subdivisions, platting and zoning ordinances and regulations. The Planning Commission shall cooperate with other governments or private planning agencies to secure the maximum benefit to the Municipality. Other powers and duties of the Planning Commission shall include those established by this Charter and by the Council by ordinance or resolution but until such ordinances or resolutions are passed, it shall possess such other powers and duties as are provided by the general laws of Ohio, to the extent that such general laws do not conflict with the provisions of this Charter.
SECTION 7.05 BOARD OF APPEALS — MEMBERSHIP.
   (A)   There shall be a Board of Appeals consisting of seven citizen members appointed by Council to serve four year overlapping terms of office.
   (B)   Members of the Board of Appeals may not hold any other municipal office.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000)
SECTION 7.06 BOARD OF APPEALS — POWERS AND DUTIES.
   (A)   The Board shall have the power to hear and decide appeals from actions taken by the Municipality’s administrative offices and employees with respect to the Municipality’s building and zoning and property maintenance regulations. The Board may not approve exceptions to and variations from the Municipality’s building and zoning codes and regulation in individual cases except as may be required to afford justice and avoid unreasonable hardships to property owners. The standards to be applied by the Board in all instances shall be established by ordinance or resolution of the Council.
   (B)   The Board of Appeals shall establish its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings in all matters coming before the Board. No motion or other action overruling an action under the Zoning Ordinance by any administrative officer of the Municipality shall be adopted except by an affirmative vote of at least five members of the Board.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000)
SECTION 7.07 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD — MEMBERSHIP.
    There shall be a Board of Parks and Recreation consisting of five members, three of whom are appointed by Council, two of whom shall be members of Council appointed for a term of one year.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000; Amendments approved 11-5-2019; Amendments approved 11-7-2023)
SECTION 7.08 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD — POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Parks and Recreation Board shall act in an advisory capacity only. The Board shall make such recommendations and reports to the Manager, Council, Planning Commission, Director of Parks and Recreation, and other officers, departments, divisions, and boards and commissions as it deems advisable regarding the acquisition, development, maintenance and operation of parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities and programs of the Municipality. The Board may cooperate with organized groups concerned with park and recreation programs and may stimulate citizen interest in the care and preservation of parks and historical and scenic sites.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000)
SECTION 7.09 HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD — MEMBERSHIP.
   The Historical Preservation Board shall consist of five members appointed by the Council. These appointees shall include one member of the Planning Commission, one member of Council, and two residents or property owners from within the district, and one member of the Waynesville Historical Society (if the Historical Society goes out of existence, then three residents).
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000; Amendments approved 11-5-2019)
SECTION 7.10 HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD — POWERS AND DUTIES.
   The Historical Preservation Board shall provide the formal process to approve or disapprove, within the Historic Preservation District, the external design of proposed new buildings or structures, or of such proposed changes in existing buildings or structures as would substantially alter their appearance, by enforcing the “Waynesville Historical Preservation Board Rules and Regulations” and the municipal ordinances which apply to the “Historic Preservation District.” The Board shall meet twice each month before regularly scheduled Council meetings to consider applications for Certificates of Appropriateness submitted by property or business owners.
(Amendments approved 11-7-2000)
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