Zoning Board of Appeals
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
ORDINANCE RE: ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON IN LAWFUL TOWN MEETING ASSEMBLED:
That theprovisions of Chapter 43 of the 1955 Supplement to the General Statutes relating to zoning, and any amendments thereto, shall be and are hereby adopted.
The Zoning Board of Appeals provided for under the aforementioned Chapter 43 of the 1955 Supplement to the General Statutes shall be appointed by the Selectmen who shall have power to remove any member for cause. Said Board shall consist of five (5) members and three (3) alternate members and shall be electors of the Town of Stonington.
Section 1. Appointments by the Board of Selectmen for regular or alternate membership to the Zoning Board of Appeals 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: 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) 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 Zoning Board of Appeals 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 appointeefilling 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 Zoning Board of Appeals, the Board of Selectmen may, if no application requests for appointment are received after thirty (30) days, reappoint the Board 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
Amended added Sections 1-6 May 7, 1985
Effective May 28, 1985
Amended Section 4 March 2, 1987
Effective March 30, 1987
Amended Sections 2,4,5,6 November 14, 2001
Effective December 4, 2001