The provisions of Part II, Land Use Procedures,
of the Code of the Township of Delanco which deal with the creation
of a Planning Board are hereby saved from repeal, renumbered in accordance
with this chapter and incorporated herein by reference.
The provisions of Part II, Land Use Procedures,
of the Code of the Township of Delanco, which deal with the creation
of the Board are hereby saved from repeal, renumbered in accordance
with this chapter and incorporated herein by reference.
[Added 11-15-1993 by Ord. No. 113-1993]
A. Appointment of members.
(1) There shall be one member who shall also be a member
of the Delanco Township Planning Board and who shall be appointed
for a term of one year from January 1 to December 31. The Delanco
Township Planning Board may submit a recommendation to the Township
Committee by December 15.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-10]
(2) There shall be one member who shall also be a member
of the Delanco Township Shade Tree Commission and who shall be appointed
for a term of one year from January 1 to December 31. The Delanco
Shade Tree Commission may submit a recommendation to the Township
Committee by December 15.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-10]
(3) There shall be five members, and at the time of the
amendment of this chapter to increase the general membership from
three to five, the two new members shall be appointed to staggered
terms such that one shall be appointed for an initial term of two
years, and one shall be appointed for a term of three years. Thereafter,
all five of these general members shall be appointed for terms of
three years except as otherwise herein provided. The terms shall be
from January 1 of the first day of the term to December 31 of the
year of expiration of the term.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-10]
(4) Any vacancy occurring other than the expiration of
a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as
the original term.
(5) A member who, subsequent to his or her appointment,
shall move from the Township of Delanco shall immediately vacate and
forfeit his or her membership on the Delanco Environmental Advisory
Board, and the seat shall be deemed vacant until an appointment is
made by the Township Committee to fill the unexpired term of the vacated
seat.
B. Powers and duties. The powers and duties of the Delanco
Environmental Board shall be as follows:
(1) To promote the conservation and development of the
environmental quality of the Township of Delanco.
(2) To plan, implement and inform the public about local
conservation programs.
(3) To compile and keep an index of all open areas, publicly
or privately owned, including open marshlands and other wetlands.
(4) To recommend to the Planning Board plans and programs
for inclusion in a Municipal Master Plan for the development and use
of such areas.
(5) To inform the public of ways and means of promoting
and encouraging the betterment of the quality of our environment.
(6) To identify all scenic, historic, park and recreation
sites and make recommendations for their protection and improvement.
(7) To act as the coordinating agency of the community
on conservation matters and as liaison for local environmental needs
between local, regional, state and federal agencies administering
to those needs.
(8) To advise the Township Committee as to the environmental
and ecological needs of the Township, including but not limited to
a semiannual assessment report to be submitted on or before the first
day of January and on or before the first day of July.
C. The Township Committee does hereby establish and set
forth the membership, purpose and duties of the Delanco Township Environmental
Advisory Board.
D. The Township Committee may, if deemed necessary, appropriate
funds for the expenses incurred by the Delanco Township Environmental
Advisory Board and that any expenses incurred by the Environmental
Advisory Board, in part or in full, shall not exceed the amount appropriated
to the Environmental Advisory Board.
E. The Delanco Township Environmental Advisory Board
shall provide for its own organization as it may deem desirable. The
Environmental Advisory Board shall organize as of January 1, 1994
after the Delanco Township Committee sets forth the appointments to
the Environmental Advisory Board in December 1993.
F. The Township Committee of the Township of Delanco
shall periodically review the actions and achievements of the Delanco
Township Environmental Advisory Board and amend the membership, purpose
and/or duties of the Environmental Advisory Board as it deems necessary.