Dallas City Zoning Code
PLANNING AGENCY
§ 153.100 CREATION; TERM OF OFFICE.
A Planning Board to consist of seven members and two alternate members is hereby established. Six members shall reside inside the corporate limits of the Town of Dallas and one member shall reside in the extraterritorial area now being zoned by the town and shall be appointed by the Gaston County Board of Commissioners and shall have equal rights, privileges, and duties with the other members of said Board, regardless of whether the matters at issue arise within the town or with its extraterritorial area. The alternate members shall be residents of the town. The original appointments to said board shall be made as follows: two members shall be appointed for a term of one year; two members shall be appointed for a term of two years; and three members shall be appointed for a term of three years. At the termination of the terms of the members first appointed, their successors, except in the case of a vacancy, shall be appointed for a term of three years. Except alternates, this shall remain a two- year appointment.
(Ord. passed 1-11-1972; Am. Ord. passed 1-18- 2008)
§ 153.101 TERMINATION FOR NON- ATTENDANCE.
The membership of any member of the Board who is absent from four consecutive meetings or whose percentage of attendance is less than 60% over a 12-month period, shall automatically terminate, unless such absence is excused by the full Board for good and sufficient reason.
(Ord. passed 1-11-1972)
§ 153.102 POWERS AND DUTIES.
(A) The Planning Board shall elect a chairman from its members and create and fill such other offices as it may determine. It shall have the power to fix the time and place for its meetings, to adopt necessary rules of procedure and to adopt all other rules and regulations not inconsistent herewith which may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties; and it shall keep an accurate record of all its proceedings.
(B) Members of the Planning Board shall not vote on any advisory or legislative decision regarding a development regulation adopted pursuant to this Ordinance where the outcome of the matter being considered is reasonably likely to have a direct, substantial, and readily identifiable financial impact on the member. A Planning Board member shall not vote on any zoning amendment if the landowner of the property subject to a rezoning petition or the applicant for a text amendment is a person with whom the member has a close familial, business, or other associational relationship.
(C) All staff to the Planning Board are prohibited from being financially interested in any development decision or other person subject to that decision having close familial, business, or other associational relationship with the staff person. All staff to the planning board are prohibited from conducting work inconsistent with his or her duties pursuant to G.S. 160D-109(c).
(Ord. passed 1-11-1972; Am. Ord. passed - - )