[Adopted 10-7-1968, effective 2-1-1969; amended in its entirety 5-9-1994, effective 6-4-1994]
This Article is enacted pursuant to § 7-147(a)
through (k), inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
This Article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Historic District Commission Ordinance."
An Historic District Commission is hereby established
which shall consist of five (5) members and three (3) alternate members,
all of whom shall be electors of the Town of Mansfield and none of
whom shall hold a salaried public municipal office in said town. Said
members and alternates are to be appointed within fifteen (15) days
of the effective date of this Article by the Board of Selectmen[1] for the following terms of office: one (1) member for
a term expiring on January 1, 1970, one (1) member for a term expiring
on January 1, 1971, one (1) member for a term expiring on January
1, 1972, one (1) member for a term expiring on January 1, 1973, and
one (1) member for a term expiring on January 1, 1974; one (1) alternate
member for a term expiring on January 1, 1970, one (1) alternate member
for a term expiring on January 1, 1971, and one (1) alternate member
for a term expiring on January 1, 1972. All subsequent appointments
shall be made by the Board of Selectmen[2] for terms of five (5) years each, except that an appointment
to fill an unexpired term shall be for the duration of said unexpired
term only. At all times, at least one (1) member and one (1) alternate
member of the Commission shall be residents within any Historic District
under the jurisdiction of the Commission.
Within thirty (30) days after the appointment
of the members of the first Commission, said members shall meet, organize
and elect a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and a Clerk from its members,
and within a period not exceeding thirty (30) days after the first
of January, 1970, and annually thereafter, the members of the Commission
shall elect a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Clerk from its members.
When a member of the Commission is unable to
act at a particular time because of absence, sickness or self-interest
or other good reason, he or she shall notify the Chairperson of the
Commission, and the Chairperson shall designate an alternate member
to serve in the place of such member. Alternates shall not vote on
any matter, including the election of officers, unless designated
by the Chairperson to serve in the place of a regular member. All
members and alternates shall serve without compensation.
The Commission shall have such powers, shall
perform such functions and shall be subject to such limitations as
shall from time to time be prescribed by the applicable General Statutes
of Connecticut.
