Planning & Zoning Comm.

Planning And Zoning Commission
 
        Ordinance Re:  Planning And Zoning Commission
 
Be It Hereby Resolved, By The Legal Voters Of The Town Of Stonington In Lawful Town Meeting Duly Assembled That, The Town Of Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission Ordinance Is Hereby Amended As Follows:
 
        That the Planning Commission shall be and is hereby designated as the Planning and Zoning Commission and shall have all the powers and duties in both the Planning and Zoning Commission.
 
        Said Planning and Zoning Commission shall be composed of five (5) regular members who are electors of the Town of Stonington holding no salaried Town office, who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, and who shall serve without compensation.  The alternate members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be three (3) electors of the Town of Stonington holding no salaried Town office, who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen, and who shall serve without compensation.
 
        Section 1.  Appointments by the Board of Selectmen for regular or alternate membership to the Planning and Zoning 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. All terms shall begin and end in month of September.
 
        Section 2: MINORITY REPRESENTATION. Minority representation shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Town of Stonington Charter.
 
        Section 3.  No appointee, regular or alternate, shall be eligible to serve concurrently on more than one (1) of the following: Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Commission, Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.
 
        Section 4.  TERM LIMITS. No regular or alternate appointee to the Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve more than two (2) full three (3) year terms in the same capacity (regular or alternate).  After completing said terms an appointee shall not be eligible for reappointment by the Board of Selectmen for a period of five years.
 
In reference to only this section of this ordinance, a partial term (regular or alternate) of  two (2) years or more shall be considered a full (3) year term.
 
An appointee filling a full regular term at the time this ordinance becomes effective is subject to these term limits. If the appointee’s present term is in excess of the specified term limit, then the present term shall be the appointee’s last term.
 
An appointee filling a full alternate term at the time this ordinance becomes effective is subject to these term limits. If the appointee’s present term is in excess of the above specified term limit, then the present term shall be the appointee’s last term.
 
        Section 5.  The Board of Selectmen shall have published in at least two (2) newspapers having a circulation in the Town of Stonington a notice of impending vacancies on the Planning and Zoning Commission. the Board of Selectmen may, if no application requests for appointment are received after thirty (30) days, reappoint the Commission member whose one term has expired to a second full term, provided such member has requested reappointment.
 
        Section 6. This ordinance shall become effective following an affirmative approval by Town Meeting and fifteen (15) days after publication in at least two (2) newspapers having a circulation in the Town of Stonington.
 
 
Adopted  July 21, 1958  Regular Members
Amended Jan. 31, 1977  Alternate Members
Amended  May 7, 1985    Sections 1-6 added  
Amended  March 2, 1987  Section 4
Amended  Jan. 17, 2001  Entire Ordinance
Effective Feb. 15, 2001