A Planning Board is hereby established consisting of nine members of the following four classes:

Class I: The Mayor. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor's designee being a resident of the Borough of Point Pleasant Beach may serve on the Planning Board. Said individual will serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and during the Mayor's official tenure in office. The Mayor shall designate the individual to serve in writing and shall file the same with the municipal clerk and the Planning Board secretary.

Class II: One of the officials of the Borough, other than a member of the Borough Council, to be appointed by the Mayor; provided that if there is an environmental commission, the member of the environmental commission who is also a member of the Planning Board as required by C. 40:56A-1 shall be deemed to be the class II Planning Board member if there is both a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and a member of the board of education among the class IV members.

Class III: A member of the Borough Council to be appointed by it.

Class IV: Six other citizens of the Borough to be appointed by the Mayor. The members of class IV shall hold no other Borough office.

The term of the member composing class I shall correspond with his official tenure. The terms of the members composing class II and class III shall be for one year or terminated at the completion of their respective terms of office, whichever occurs first, except for a class II member who is also a member of the environmental commission. The term of a class II or a class IV member who is also a member of the environmental commission shall be for three years or terminate at the completion of his term of office as a member of the environmental commission, whichever comes first.

The term of a class IV member who is also a member of the Board of Adjustment or the board of education shall terminate whenever he is no longer a member of such other body or at the completion of his class IV term, whichever comes first.

The terms of all class IV members first appointed pursuant to this chapter shall be so determined that to the greatest practicable extent the expiration of such term shall be evenly distributed over the first four years after their appointment and as determined by resolution of the Borough Council; provided however, that no term of any member shall exceed four years and further provided that nothing herein shall affect the terms of any present member of the Planning Board, all of whom shall continue in office until the completion of the terms of four years except as otherwise herein provided. All terms shall run from January 1 of the year in which the appointment was made.

The Planning Board shall also consist of alternate members in classes II, III, IV, who shall be appointed and serve, pursuant to the terms of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23.

If a vacancy of any class shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment as above provided for the unexpired term.

The Planning Board shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from the members of class IV and select a secretary who may be either a member of the Planning Board or a Borough employee designated by it.

Members of the Planning Board appointed prior to the adoption of the Municipal Land Use Law (Chapter 291, Laws of N.J. 1975) shall continue in office until completion of their terms as provided by law immediately prior to the adoption of the municipal land use law.