[Amended 12-18-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19]
A. 
There is hereby established in and for the City of Salem a Planning Board of nine members consisting of the following four classes pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23:
(1) 
Class I: the Mayor or the Mayor's designee in the absence of the Mayor.
(2) 
Class II: one of the officials of the city, other than a member of the City Council. The Class II member may be a member of the Environmental Commission; if it is not, then one of the six Class IV members must be a member of the Environmental Commission. The Class II member shall be appointed by the Mayor.
(3) 
Class III: one member of the City Council. The Class III member shall be appointed by the City Council.
(4) 
Class IV: six other citizens of the city, to be appointed by the Mayor. The Class IV members shall hold no other City office, position or employment (however membership on a City board or commission whose function is advisory in nature, and the establishment of which is discretionary and not required by statute, shall not be considered the holding of municipal office); except that One Class IV member may be a member of the Historic Preservation Advisory Board or Commission; One Class IV member may be a member of the Board of Education; and One Class IV member shall be a member of the Environmental Commission unless the Class II member is a member of the Environmental Commission.
B. 
In addition to the foregoing, up to four alternate members may be appointed to the Planning Board by the Mayor. Alternate members shall be designated at the time of appointment by the Mayor as "Alternate No. 1," "Alternate No. 2," "Alternate No. 3," and "Alternate No. 4."
[Amended 12-18-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19]
A. 
The term of the member composing Class I shall correspond to the Mayor's official tenure or, if the member is the Mayor's designee in the absence of the Mayor, the designee shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor during the Mayor's official tenure.
B. 
The terms of the members composing Class II and Class III shall be for one year or terminate at the completion of their respective terms of office, whichever occurs first, except for a Class II member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission. The term of a Class II or Class IV member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission shall be for three years or terminate at the completion of his term of office as a member of the Environmental Commission, whichever occurs first.
C. 
The term of a Class IV member shall be for four years, except that the term of a Class IV member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission, Historic Preservation Advisory Board or Commission or Board of Education shall terminate whenever he is no longer a member of such other body or at the completion of his Class IV term, whichever occurs first. The terms of all Class IV members first appointed under this revised section by the Mayor shall be so determined that to the greatest practicable extent the expiration of such terms shall be distributed evenly over the first four years after their appointments, provided that the initial Class IV term of no member shall exceed four years. Thereafter, the Class IV term of each such member shall be four years.
D. 
The term of the alternate members shall be for two years, except that the term of not more than two alternate members shall expire in any one year, and provided further that in no instance shall the terms of the alternate members first appointed by the Mayor under this revised section exceed two years.
E. 
All terms shall run from January 1 of the year in which the appointment was made.
A. 
If a vacancy of any class shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment as provided above for the unexpired term.
B. 
Any member other than a Class I member, after a public hearing if he requests one, may be removed by the governing body for cause.
The Planning Board shall elect a Chairman and Vice Chairman from the members of Class IV and select a Secretary, who may be either a member of the Planning Board or a municipal employee designated by it.
A. 
There is hereby created the office of Planning Board Solicitor. The Planning Board may annually appoint and fix the compensation of the Planning Board Solicitor, who shall be an attorney other than the City Attorney.
B. 
The Planning Board may also employ or contract for the services of experts and staff as it may deem necessary. The Board shall not, however, exceed, exclusive of gifts or grants, the amount appropriated by the Council for its use.
A. 
The Planning Board shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) 
To make and adopt and from time to time amend a Master Plan for the physical development of the city, including any areas outside its boundaries, which in the Board's judgment bear essential relation to the planning of the city, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-28.
(2) 
To administer provisions of all development regulations of the City in accordance with the provisions of said regulations and the Municipal Land Use Law of 1975, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
(3) 
To consider and make recommendations to the Council within 35 days after referral as to any proposed development regulation submitted to it pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26a and also pass upon other matters specifically referred to the Planning Board by the Council, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26b.
(4) 
To assemble data on a continuing basis as part of a continuous planning process.
(5) 
To annually participate in the preparation and review of a municipal capital improvement program projected over a term of six years and amendments thereto when requested by the City Council.
(6) 
To participate in the preparation and review of programs or plans required by state or federal law or regulations.
(7) 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-25c(1), the Planning Board shall exercise, to the same extent and subject to the same restrictions, all the powers of a board of adjustment; but the Class I and the Class III members shall not participate in the consideration of applications for development which involve relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d. After the effective date hereof, any and all references to the "Zoning Board," "Zoning Board of Adjustment" or the "Board of Adjustment" shall be deemed to be a reference to the Planning Board.
[Amended 12-18-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19]
(8) 
To perform such other advisory duties as are assigned to it by ordinance or resolutions of the Council for the aid and assistance of the Council or other agencies or officers.
B. 
The Planning Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Part 2.