(A) The Planning Board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Board of Aldermen.
(B) Per N.C.G.S. § 160D-307, the Planning Board shall include at least one member of the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), appointed by the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners shall appoint members from the ETJ. The ratio of the number of members representing the town's corporate limits to the number of members representing the ETJ shall be proportional to the ratios of the respective populations of the corporate limits and the ETJ. Population figures shall be updated at least every ten years with the decennial U.S. Census and may be updated at additional intervals.
(C) All members shall be appointed for two-year terms or until a successor is appointed. Members' terms shall run from February 1 through January 31. No member of the Planning Board shall serve more than three consecutive terms. Vacancies occurring for reasons other than expiration of terms shall be filled as they occur by the Board of Aldermen for the period of the unexpired term.
(Ord. 1695, passed 11-8-12; Am. Ord. 1838, passed 3-10-22)