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Allentown City Zoning Code

§ 28-4.7

Meetings and Minutes.

[Added 4-20-2021 by Ord. No. 03-2021]
a. 
The Planning Board shall by its rules fix the time and place for holding its regular meetings for business authorized to be conducted by such agency pursuant to the provisions of the New Jersey Statutes. Regular meetings of the Planning Board shall be scheduled not less than once a month and shall be held as scheduled unless cancelled for lack of appeals or applications for development to process. The Planning Board may provide for special meetings, at the call of the chairman, or on the request of any two of its members, which shall be held on notice to its members and the public in accordance with the New Jersey Statutes. No action shall be taken at any meeting without a quorum being present. All actions shall be taken by a majority vote of a quorum, except as otherwise required by this chapter.
b. 
All regular and special meetings shall be open to the public. Notice of all such meetings shall be given in accordance with State Law.
c. 
Minutes of every regular or special meeting shall be kept and shall include the names and addresses of the persons appearing and addressing the Planning Board and of the persons appearing by attorney, the action taken by the Planning Board, the findings, if any, made by it and reasons therefore. The minutes shall thereafter be made available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the secretary of the Planning Board, and in the absence of a permanent office for the secretary, at the office of the Borough Clerk. Any interested party shall have the right to compel production of the minutes for use as evidence in any legal proceedings concerning the subject matter of such minutes. Such interested party shall be charged a reasonable fee, as specified by Borough ordinances, for reproduction of the minutes for his use.