No member of the Planning Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment shall act on any matter if such action would violate N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.5(d), nor will any board member act in any way contrary to the provisions of the Local Government Ethics Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22 et seq., and the borough's ordinances enacted pursuant to that law.

If a board member is disqualified from acting on a particular matter, he or she shall not continue to sit with the board at the hearing of such matter nor participate in any discussion or decision relating thereto as a board member.