INLAND WETLANDS AND WATER COURSES COMMISSION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON IN LAWFUL TOWN MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED:
That there be established for the Town of Stonington a Commission to be known as the Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission of the Town of Stonington (hereinafter referred to as "Commission"). Such Commission shall consist of seven (7) electors of the Town of Stonington (hereinafter individually referred to as "member" and collectively as "members"). The Commission shall promulgate such regulations, in conformity with the regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection of the State of Connecticut pursuant to Section 5 of Public Act No. 155, as amended by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut in its June session of 1973 and as that Act may be further amended in the future, as are necessary to protect the wetlands and water courses within the territorial limits
of the Town of Stonington.
There shall be two (2) alternate members of the Commission who shall be electors of the Town of Stonington who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen as hereinafter provided. Such alternate members shall serve in accordance with the General Statutes of Connecticut and when seated, shall have all power and duties relating to members of the Inland Wetland and Water Courses Commissions as set forth in the General Statutes.
Section 1. Appointments by the Board of Selectmen for regular or alternate membership to the Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission, shall be, when this ordinance becomes effective, for the term of three (3) years and until a successor has been appointed and qualified, in accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes and amending those sections of all previous Town of Stonington ordinances which specify other than a three (3) year term.
Section 2. No more than sixty percent (60%) of the regular members appointed to the Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission shall be of the same political party.
Section 3. No appointee, regular or alternate, shall be eligible to serve concurrently on more than one (1) Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission, Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.
Section 4. No regular or alternate appointee to the Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission shall serve more than two (2) consecutive full three (3) year terms in the same capacity (regular or alternate). An appointee filling a full regular term at the time this ordinance becomes effective may be appointed for the next regular three (3) year term. An appointee filling a full alternate term at the time this ordinance becomes effective may be appointed for the next alternate three (3) year term. A regular appointee filling a portion of an unexpired term or an alternate appointee may be appointed to a full three (3) year term as a regular member as seats become available.
Section 5. Following the publication of a notice of an impending vacancy on a Board or a Commission in at least two (2) newspapers having a circulation in the Town of Stonington, the Board of Selectmen may, if no application requests for appointment are received after thirty (30) days, reappoint the Board or Commission member whose term has expired to a second full term.
Section 6. This ordinance shall become effective following an affirmative approval by Town Meeting and fifteen (15) days after publication thereof in some newspaper having a circulation in the Town and as seats become available and after presently running terms expire on the Commission.
Adopted May 6, 1974
Amended added Paragraph 2-4 January 31, 1977
Amended added Sections 1-6 May 7, 1985
Amended Section 4 March 2, 1987
Amended alternate members by Charter Adopted November 7, 1989
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