[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
The Town of Westfield Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board is hereby established within the Town, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:52-10 et seq.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
The purpose of the Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board is to review and consider applications for licensing of rooming and boarding houses.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
The Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall be composed of three members, no more than two of whom may be of the same political party, to be appointed by resolution of the Mayor and Town Council. Members shall serve for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified into office, except that of the initial three appointments, one shall be for a term of one year and one for a term of two years. Members of the Town Council shall be eligible for appointment to the Board. Members of the Board shall receive no salaries but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties as members. Members may be removed by the appointing authority for cause. They shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
(a) 
The Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall establish rules of procedure, which shall be submitted to the Mayor and Council for adoption by resolution. Once adopted, the rules of procedure shall be filed with the Town Clerk.
(b) 
The Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall meet on an as-needed basis. There shall be a quorum required to act at Board meetings, which is a majority of the full, regular members of the Board.
(c) 
All Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board meetings shall be subject to the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act,[1] including the requirement of posting and notification of all meetings. Minutes of all meetings shall be maintained, and Board-approved minutes shall be submitted to the Town Clerk for appropriate recordkeeping.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
(a) 
In carrying out its functions and duties, the Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of personnel and facilities of the municipal government as it may require and as may be made available to it for that purpose.
(b) 
The Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall have all powers and duties not specifically stated herein that are granted to it under N.J.S.A. 40:52-10 et seq.