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Town of Easton, CT
Fairfield County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Easton 3-25-1980 as Title XIA of the 1980 Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall continue to be a Planning and Zoning Commission consisting of five members who are electors of the Town of Easton holding no salaried municipal office. The members of said Commission shall be appointed for terms of five years.
The Commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business, hold regular meetings and keep public records of its activities. The Commission shall hold a public information meeting at least once during each year.
The Commission shall have all the powers and duties given to zoning commissions and to planning commissions by the General Statutes. The Commission shall also have the power and duty to prepare, adopt and amend a master plan for the development of the Town or to amend a master plan previously adopted and shall have control over the subdivision of land. The Commission shall also have the power and duty to make studies and recommendations on matters affecting health, recreation, traffic and other needs of the Town.
Before adopting or amending a master plan, or any portion thereof, the Commission shall hold at least one public hearing, notice of the time, place and purpose of which hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town in accordance with the General Statutes. The adoption of a master plan or of any part or amendment thereof shall be by resolution of the Commission carried by the affirmative vote of not fewer than three members. The plan shall be a public record, a copy of which shall be kept on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
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There shall continue to be three alternate members of the Planning and Zoning Commission who shall not be members of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Each alternate shall be appointed for a period of three consecutive years. Not more than two alternate members shall be members of the same political party.
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Alternate members may attend all meetings and executive sessions of the Commission, and if a regular member of the Commission is absent or is disqualified, the Chair of the Commission shall designate an alternate to so act, choosing alternates in rotation so that they shall act as nearly equal a number of times as possible. If any alternate is not available in accordance with such rotation, such fact shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
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The Commission, including any alternate member, when seated as herein provided, shall have all the powers and duties set forth in the General Statutes for such Commission and its members.