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Colonie City Zoning Code

§ 242-16

Board of Appeals.

[Amended 8-22-2011 by L.L. No. 3-2011]
The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Board of Appeals pursuant to Village Law § 7-712.
A. 
Membership; compensation; officers; term of office. Said Board shall consist of five members who shall serve without compensation, for a term equal to the number of regular voting members on the Board with one member’s term expiring each year. The Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees, appoints the Chairperson and the members. No member of the Village Board of Trustees can also be a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
B. 
Alternate members. There shall be one alternate member of the Zoning Board of Appeals. The Chairperson of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall temporarily replace a member with an alternate member, with full voting privileges, where the member’s abstention from a particular vote, due to absence or conflict of interest, precludes the Board member from taking action on a particular issue.
C. 
Minimum standards for meeting attendance and training.
[Added 6-16-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
(1) 
Any member of the Village Zoning Board of Appeals may be removed for any of the following:
(a) 
Nonexcused failure to attend three consecutive Zoning Board of Appeals regularly scheduled meetings.
(b) 
Nonexcused failure to attend not less than eight nonconsecutive regularly scheduled meetings during the calendar year, January through December.
(c) 
Failure to attend required training.
(2) 
Excused absence for medical/health reasons shall not count as an attendance failure.