If a vacancy occurs other than by expiration
of term, it shall be filled by appointment as above provided for the
unexpired term.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall elect a
Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its members and shall
also select a Secretary and an Assistant Secretary, who may be a Board
member or a Township employee.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment may annually
appoint and, subject to the appropriation of funds, fix the compensation
of or agree upon the rate of compensation of the Zoning Board of Adjustment
Attorney, who shall be an attorney other than the Township Attorney.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment may also employ
or contract for and fix the compensation of such experts and other
staff and services as it may deem necessary. The Board shall not authorize
expenditures which exceed the amount appropriated by the Council for
its use.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall not authorize
expenditures which exceed, exclusive of gifts and grants, the amount
appropriated by the Township Council for its use.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment may reverse or
affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the action, order, requirement,
decision, interpretation or determination appealed from, and make
such other requirement, decision or determination as ought to be made,
and to that end have all powers of the officer from whom the appeal
was taken.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment shall render its decision no later than 120 days after the date an appeal is taken from the decision of an administrative official, or the submission of a complete application for development to the Board, pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70b. In the event that the developer elects to submit separate consecutive applications in accordance with the provisions of §
113-18A(7), the aforesaid provisions shall apply to the application for approval of the variance. The period for granting or denying any subsequent approval shall be as otherwise provided in this chapter. Failure of the Zoning Board of Adjustment to act within the period prescribed shall constitute approval of the application.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions and purposes
of this section. In the issuance of subpoenas, administration of oaths
and taking of testimony, the provisions of the County and Municipal
Investigations Law of 1953, N.J.S.A. 2A:67A-1 et seq., shall apply.