There shall be a Board of Zoning Appeals consisting of five
regular members and three alternate members. Said Board shall have
the powers, duties and responsibilities and shall be subject to the
restrictions and limitations of a Board of Zoning Appeals established
under Chapter 124 of the General Statutes as said chapter is presently
or may hereafter be amended and such powers, duties and responsibilities
and subject to such restrictions and limitations as may, from time
to time, be prescribed by the Orange Zoning Ordinance.
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Section 6.1.0. BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS
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(formerly Board of Tax Review)
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There shall be a Board of Tax Review consisting of five members.
Said Board shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities and
shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations specified in
the General Statutes with respect to boards of tax review as the same
may, from time to time, be amended.
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Those members of the Board of Tax Review in office on the day
following the adoption of the Charter Amendment of 1992 shall continue
as such members for the respective terms for which they have been
appointed. Upon the effective date of said Charter Amendment, the
First Selectman shall appoint, subject to the disapproval of the Board
of Selectmen, one member to serve a term which shall expire on December
2, 1993 and one member who shall serve a term to expire on December
7, 1995. As each term expires, the First Selectman shall appoint,
subject to the disapproval of the Board of Selectmen, a member for
each such vacancy thus created for a term of four years.
Those members of the Board of Zoning Appeals and alternates
in office on the day following the adoption of this Charter shall
continue to be members thereof for the respective terms for which
they shall have been elected. As each such term expires the First
Selectman shall appoint, subject to the disapproval of the Board of
Selectmen, a member for each such vacancy thus created for a term
of four years.
There shall be a Board of Police Commissioners consisting of
five members. The Board of Police Commissioners shall have the powers,
duties and responsibilities and shall be subject to the restrictions
and limitations specified in the General Statutes with respect to
boards of police commissioners as the same may, from time to time,
be amended.
Those members of the Board of Police Commissioners in office
on the day following the date of the adoption of this Charter shall
continue as such members for the respective terms for which they have
been elected. Thereafter, as each such term expires, the First Selectman
shall appoint, subject to the disapproval of the Board of Selectmen,
a member for each such vacancy thus created for a term of four years.
There shall be a Safety Commission consisting of the Chief of
Police, the Superintendent of Schools, the Building Inspector, the
Town Director of Civil Defense, the Fire Marshal and such other additional
members, not in excess of five such additional members, representative
of Town agencies, as the First Selectman shall, subject to the disapproval
of the Board of Selectmen, from time to time, appoint.
It shall be the duty of the Safety Commission to recommend to
the Board of Selectmen the adoption of ordinances or the taking of
other appropriate Town action to assure the continued safety of the
townspeople.
It shall be the duty of the Safety Commission to recommend to
the Board of Selectmen the elimination of hazards to safety as the
same may exist in the Town. The Board of Selectmen is empowered to
negotiate with the owner of any such hazard for its elimination. Failing
the successful completion of any such negotiation, the Board of Selectmen
shall take such action as it, with the advice of Town Counsel, deems
appropriate to eliminate such hazard.
There shall be an Economic Development Commission consisting
of five members. Such Commission organized under the provisions of
Section 7-136 of the General Statutes heretofore and herein adopted
by the Town shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities and
shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations specified in
the General Statutes with respect to development and industrial commissions
as the same may, from time to time, be amended. In addition to such
powers, duties and responsibilities, said Commission shall:
(1)
Make such recommendations, from time to time, as it deems appropriate
to the Town Plan and Zoning Commission with respect to possible amendments
to the Comprehensive Town Plan or to the zoning regulations as they
affect industrial development.
(2)
Confer with similar commissions of abutting towns in order to make
recommendations with respect to the development of adequate roads,
utility services and industrial sewage disposal in a manner consistent
with that of other towns.
(3)
Foster and promote orderly commercial and industrial development
in the Town and work with other Town agencies toward such ends.
Those members of the Economic Development Commission in office
on the day following the adoption of this Charter shall continue to
be members thereof for the respective terms for which they were appointed.
As each such term expires the First Selectman shall appoint, subject
to the disapproval of the Board of Selectmen, a member for each vacancy
thus created for a term of four years.
There shall be a Park and Recreation Commission consisting of
nine members. Said Commission shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations specified
in the General Statutes with respect to municipal park commissions,
as said statutes have heretofore been or may hereafter be amended.
In addition to such powers, duties and responsibilities, said Commission
shall:
(1)
Have jurisdiction over and have the responsibility for maintaining
such properties as are assigned to its jurisdiction by ordinance.
(2)
Have such jurisdiction over and responsibility for the maintenance
of properties temporarily transferred to its jurisdiction by the Board
of Education or other boards of the Town as shall be provided by arrangements
with such other boards.
(3)
Provide a program of recreational activity and engage such personnel
in the furtherance thereof within the limitations of the Commission's
budget.
Those members of the Park and Recreation Commission in office
on the day following the adoption of this Charter shall continue as
such members for the respective terms for which they have been appointed.
The First Selectman shall appoint, subject to the disapproval of the
Board of Selectmen, four additional members for a term of four years.
Thereafter as each such term expires, the First Selectman shall
appoint, subject to the disapproval of the Board of Selectmen, a member
for each vacancy for a term of two years.
There shall be a Conservation Commission consisting of seven
members for the development and conservation of natural resources,
including water resources, within the territorial limits of the Town.
Said Commission shall have all the powers, possess all of the
rights and may engage in any of the activities enumerated in Section
7-131 (a) of the General Statutes.
Those members of the Conservation Commission in office on the
day following the date of the adoption of this Charter shall continue
as such members for the respective terms for which they have been
appointed. Thereafter as each such term expires, the First Selectman
shall appoint, subject to the disapproval of the Board of Selectmen,
a member for each vacancy so created for a term of four years.
There shall be a Sewer Commission consisting of five members.
Said Commission shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities
and shall be subject to the restrictions and limitations specified
in the General Statutes with respect to sewer authorities or commissions
as said statutes have heretofore been or may hereafter be amended.
Those members of the Sewer Commission in office on the day following
the date of the adoption of this Charter shall continue as such members
for the respective terms for which they have been appointed. Thereafter
as each such term expires, the First Selectman shall appoint, subject
to the disapproval of the Board of Selectmen, a member for each vacancy
so created for a term of four years.
There shall be a Board of Ethics consisting of five members,
no more than a bare majority of whom may be members of the same political
party. They shall act on matters concerning ethical standards for
public service, including conflict of interest, with such powers,
duties and responsibilities as shall be determined by ordinance to
be enacted by the Board of Selectmen.
Initially three members of said Board shall be appointed for
a term of two years, no more than two of whom shall be from the same
political party and two members of said Board shall be appointed for
a term of four years, no more than one of whom shall be from the same
political party.
As each such term expires, the First Selectman shall appoint,
subject to the disapproval of the Board of Selectmen, a member for
each vacancy thus created for a term of four years.
All actions of said Board pursuant to the legal authority with
which it is empowered shall be effective only upon the vote of at
least one more than a bare majority, which number shall also constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business.
There shall be such other appointed boards as may be required
by General Statutes or applicable Special Acts enacted after the effective
date of this Charter or as may be created by appropriate amendment
of this Charter or by appropriate action of the Board of Selectmen,
such Boards to consist of such number of members and to be appointed
in the manner prescribed in the General Statutes or in the applicable
Special Act requiring their creation or in the amendment to the Charter
or the action of the Legislative Authority creating such Board. In
the absence of a specification of such number, any such Board shall
consist of five members. In the absence of a specified method of appointment,
any such Board shall be appointed by the First Selectman except as
otherwise prescribed by the General Statutes or applicable Special
Acts enacted after the Effective Date of this Charter or by appropriate
amendments of this Charter, for terms of four years established and
maintained at staggered biennial intervals wherever possible.
