[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Woolwich 9-7-2004
by Ord. No. 2004-17. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The creation of a Conservation Design Ordinance Committee is hereby
established, whose purpose it shall be to review the current Conservation
Design Ordinance and make suggestions towards proper changes that will benefit
the Township by facilitating open space preservation in the design process
for new subdivisions.
The Conservation Design Ordinance Committee shall serve in an advisory
capacity specific to the Woolwich Township Planning Board and Township Committee,
in conjunction with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
A.
The Conservation Design Ordinance Committee shall be
comprised of four members of the residential public at large appointed by
the Woolwich Township Committee, as well as one member of the Woolwich Township
Committee who shall be appointed by the Township Committee to serve as Committee
liaison to the Conservation Design Ordinance Committee.
B.
The terms of the membership shall be for three years
and shall be structured on a staggered basis of reappointment. Initially,
one member shall be appointed for one year, two members shall be appointed
for two years, and two members for three years.
C.
The Township Committee liaison to the Conservation Design
Ordinance Committee shall be appointed by the general membership of the Township
Committee to serve on an annual basis.
D.
Vacancies on the Committee shall be promptly filled by
appointment of the Woolwich Township Committee to fill such unexpired terms.
A.
The officers of the Conservation Design Ordinance Committee
shall consist of a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, annually elected by the
full membership of the Committee. The Chair shall preside at meetings and
shall decide all points of order and procedure. All powers of the Chairperson
shall equally apply to the Vice Chair when the Vice Chair is acting as Chairperson
in the latter's absence.
B.
A quorum needed to conduct business shall be three members.
Conservation Design Ordinance Committee meetings shall be conducted
at least once per month, on a schedule to be determined by the Township. Meetings
will be held in the Municipal Building and may be subject to cancellation
due to the lack of an agenda or to the lack of a quorum. All meetings shall
be open to the public and advertised under the Open Public Meetings Act, except
where otherwise provided by law.
