[Adopted 9-24-2015 by L.L. No. 2-2015]
Unless otherwise expressly stated; or the context otherwise
requires, whenever used in this Article, the following words shall
have the following meanings:
An alternate member who has been designated by the Chairperson
of the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Appeals, as the case may
be, as having the power and authority to substitute for and vote in
place of a regular member who is absent or unable to serve.
An additional member of the Planning Board or Zoning Board
of Appeals who is appointed by the Village Board for a term of one
year for the purpose of substituting for absent regular members.
Either the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Appeals,
as the case may be, with reference to the designation of the alternate
member for such Board to serve as an acting member of such Board.
The Village of Dryden Planning Board.
One of the five members of either the Planning Board or Zoning
Board of Appeals who has been appointed by the Village Board for a
term of five years or for the remaining unexpired portion of a five-year
term.
Village of Dryden Site Plan Review Board, the functions thereof having been delegated to the Planning Board pursuant to § 350-99 of the Code of the Village of Dryden.
The Village of Dryden Board of Trustees.
The Village of Dryden Zoning Board of Appeals.
Appointment by the Village Board of an alternate member shall
be for a term of one year. At the expiration of such one-year term,
the Village Board may reappoint the same alternate member, appoint
a new alternate member or leave the position vacant if it so desires.
The position of alternate member shall survive vacancies, and the
Village Board reserves the right to make an appointment on each anniversary
of the first appointment, or at any other times as a vacancy may occur;
provided, however, that if a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by
expiration of term, any appointment to fill such vacancy shall be
for the unexpired term only.
No person who is a present member of the Village Board shall
be eligible for appointment as alternate member to the Zoning Board
of Appeals.
Any official of the Village appointed as alternate member to
the Planning Board shall not, by reason of such designation, forfeit
his/her right to exercise the powers, perform the duties or receive
the compensation of the municipal office held by such individual during
the period of time such individual serves as alternate member of the
Planning Board.
The Village Board shall have the power to remove any alternate
member for cause and after a public hearing.
An alternate member, once appointed, may participate in all
affairs of the Board to which such individual has been appointed during
his/her one-year term. However, an alternate member shall not vote
on any matter unless and until:
A.
In the case of the Planning Board, a regular member is absent or
otherwise unable to serve, and the Planning Board Chairperson has
designated the alternate member to serve as an acting member; and
B.
In the case of the Zoning Board of Appeals, a regular member is absent
or otherwise unable to serve, and the Zoning Board of Appeals' Chairman
has designated the alternate member to serve as an acting member.
Provided that all other requirements of this article are satisfied,
the Board Chairperson's designation of an alternate member to serve
as an acting member may be made for a particular meeting or meetings,
or for a specified period to time, but in no event beyond the duration
of the alternate member's appointment as an alternate member. The
Board Chairperson's designation of an alternate member to serve as
an acting member shall be made only when the regular Board member
in whose place the alternate member shall act is absent or otherwise
unable to serve, for example, as a result of a conflict of interest.
Upon the return of an absent regular member, or the resumption
of a regular member's ability to serve, the acting member, unless
otherwise directed by the Village Board, shall automatically resume
his/her status as an alternate member and shall no longer be allowed
to vote on Board affairs. However, the alternate member shall remain
eligible to substitute in the future for the same or other regular
members, subject to the same requirements of eligibility set forth
in this article, including redesignation as an acting member by the
Board Chairperson.
