Duties & Responsibilities
16.04.040 Planning board.
A. Appointment and Composition.
1. The planning board is established by the Kittery Town Charter, Article VIII, Section 8.01, Planning, and other applicable state statutes.
2. Appointments to the planning board shall be made by the town council.
3. The board consists of seven members, who are Kittery residents, and serve staggered terms of office of three years. The number of consecutive terms by any board member is limited by Section 8.01(3) of the Town Charter.
4. A municipal officer, or spouse thereof, may not serve as a member of the board.
5. The board shall elect annually a chairperson and vice chair from its membership.
6. A quorum consists of four members. All decisions shall be made by a minimum of four like votes, except on procedural matters.
7. Any question of whether a particular issue involves a conflict of interest sufficient to disqualify a member from voting thereon shall be decided by a majority vote of the members present, except the member who is being challenged, who shall not vote on the issue.
8. A member of the board may be dismissed for cause by the municipal officers before the expiration of such member’s term after notice and hearing.
9. When a vacancy occurs, short of completion of a term, the town council shall appoint a person to the vacated seat for the unexpired portion of the term.
B. Powers and Duties.
1. An agenda shall be prepared for each regularly scheduled meeting.
2. Development applicants may be placed on the agenda for a scheduled hearing when their application is accepted by the town planner. Drawings and all other required information must be provided to board members at least two weeks prior to the applicant’s appearance before the board. Requests for waiver of submission contents may be accepted by the town planner. Such requests shall be acted upon by the board at the scheduled hearing prior to any other consideration being given to the application. Ten (10) sets of all submissions are required.
C. Bylaws. Planning board adopted bylaws govern routine board proceedings.
(Ord. 05-06; land use and dev. code §~1.4, 1994)
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