(A)
The Planning and Zoning Board shall consist of ten regular members and two alternate members. Eight of the regular members and one alternate member shall reside within the corporate limits of the town at the time of their appointment. They shall be appointed by the Council. Two of the regular members and one alternate member shall reside outside of the corporate limits of the town, but within the limits of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the town at the time of their appointment. They shall be appointed by the County Board of Commissioners.
(B) The extraterritorial representatives shall have equal rights, privileges, and duties with the town members of the Board, and are required to vote on each question, regardless of whether the matters at issue arise within the town or within the extraterritorial area.
(C) Each alternate member, while attending any meeting of the Board and serving in the absence of any regular member, shall have and may exercise all powers and duties of a regular member. Any alternate member may serve for any regular member without regard to which jurisdiction the alternate or regular member was originally appointed by.
(D) The Town Planner shall serve as secretary to the Planning and Zoning Board without the right to vote.
(1992 Code, § 32.81) (Ord. O-31-08119900, passed 11-8-1999)
Statutory reference:
Extraterritorial representation for planning agencies, see G.S. § 160A-362