Procedure on all appeals, petitions and other matters before the Planning Board shall be governed by the provisions of state law and by the officially adopted rules of procedure of the Board. The chairman, or, in the event of his absence or of his physical disability, the vice chairman, and the secretary shall sign all orders or instructions to the Construction Official or Zoning Officer pertaining to matters relating to this chapter.
Prior to taking action on any matter relating to this chapter, a public hearing shall be held after public notice, and no action shall be taken respecting such matter until all interested parties present have been given an opportunity to be heard.
The Planning Board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, application or other matter. Public notice of the hearing shall be given in accordance with § 30-26 of this Code.
Applications for development may be filed with the Planning Board for action under any of its powers without prior application to the Zoning Officer.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 22-14.4.b, c and d, regarding referrals from the Zoning Board of Adjustment to the Planning Board, which immediately followed this sentence, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
The Planning Board shall render a decision no later than 120 days after the date an appeal is taken from the decision of the Zoning Officer, or no later than 120 days after the date of submission of a complete application to the Planning Board where no prior application was made to the Zoning Officer. Failure of the Board to render a decision within such one-hundred-twenty-day period, or within such further time as may be consented to by the applicant, shall constitute a decision favorable to the applicant. In the event that the developer elects to submit separate consecutive applications for the variance and for subsequent site plan, subdivision and/or conditional use approval, the one-hundred-twenty-day period shall apply only to the application for approval of the variance and the time period for granting or denying any subsequent approvals shall be as provided in these land use chapters for approvals by the Planning Board.
B. 
All decisions of the Planning Board shall be final. In any case where the Planning Board has ruled favorably on an application, the Zoning Officer shall be directed to issue a zoning permit in accordance with the decision of the Planning Board, subject to any conditions as may be imposed thereon.
Wherever the Zoning Officer is unable to establish the location of a zone boundary in accordance with the rules therefor established herein or whenever an applicant disagrees with the determination of a zone boundary location by the Zoning Officer, or whenever any party requires an interpretation of such other information as may be shown on the Zoning Map or in this chapter, application for such interpretation shall be made to the Planning Board.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 22-14.7, Written inquiries to Zoning Board of Adjustment, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 6-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-07.