The term of the member composing Class I shall correspond to the Class I member's official tenure. The terms of the members composing Class II shall be for one year or terminate at the completion of their respective terms of office, whichever occurs first. The term of the Class III member shall be for one year or the termination of their office, whichever occurs first. The terms of all Class IV members first appointed under this chapter shall be so determined that to the greatest practicable extent the expiration of such terms shall be distributed evenly over the first four years after their appointment, provided that the initial Class IV term of no member shall exceed four years. Thereafter, the Class IV term of each such member shall be four years. If a vacancy in any class shall occur otherwise than by expiration of the Joint Land Use Board term, it shall be filled by appointment, as above provided, for the unexpired term.

No member of the Land Development Board shall be permitted to act on any matter in which the member has, either directly or indirectly, any personal or financial interest. Any member other than a Class I member, after a public hearing if the member requests one, may be removed by the Township Committee for cause.

When any hearing before a Land Development Board shall carry over two or more meetings, a member of the Board who was absent for one or more of the meetings shall be eligible to vote on the matter upon which the hearing was conducted, notwithstanding that members absence from one or more of the meetings; provided, however, that such Board member has available to the Member a transcript or recording of the meeting from which the Member was absent, and certifies in writing to the Board that the Member has read such transcript or listened to such recording.