The regular members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment shall
serve for terms of four years from January 1 of the year of their
appointment. The terms of the members first appointed shall be so
determined that to the greatest practicable extent the expiration
of such terms shall be distributed evenly over the first four years
after their appointment, provided that the initial term of no member
shall exceed four years. Nothing in this chapter shall, however, be
construed to affect the terms of any present members of the Zoning
Board of Adjustment, all of whom shall continue in office until the
completion of the terms for which they were appointed.
A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall
be filled for the unexpired term only.
A member may, after public hearing if he/she requests one, be
removed by the Borough Council for cause.
The Board of Adjustment shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
from its members and shall also select a Secretary who may be either
a Board member or a municipal employee designated by it.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment may also employ, or contract
for, and fix the compensation of legal counsel and such experts and
other staff and services as it may deem necessary. The Board shall
not authorize expenditures which exceed, exclusive of grants, the
amount appropriated by the governing body for its use.
The Board shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry into effect the provisions and purposes of this chapter.
In the issuance of subpoenas, administration of oaths and taking of
testimony, the provisions of the County and Municipal Investigations
Law of 1953 (N.J.S.A. 2A:67A-1 et seq.) shall apply.