A.
Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-23, there is hereby established a Joint Land Use Board of nine members, consisting of four classes, with the appointing authority for members of each class, respectively, as follows:
(1)
Class I. The Mayor, or the Mayor's designee in the absence of the Mayor, as the Mayor shall have the right of appointment.
(2)
Class II. One of the officials of the municipality other than a member of the governing body to be appointed by the Mayor, who shall have the right of appointment, provided that the member of the Environmental Commission who is also to be designated a member of the Planning Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 shall be deemed to be the Class II Joint Land Use Board member in the event that there is among the Class IV or alternate members of the Joint Land Use Board a member of the Board of Education.
(3)
Class III. Members of this class shall be appointed by the Township Council.
(4)
Class IV. Other citizens of the municipality to be appointed by the Mayor, who shall have the right of appointment. The members of Class IV shall hold no other municipal office, position or employment, except that one such member may be a member of the Historic Preservation Commission, if any. A member of the Board of Education may be a Class IV member. The member of the Environmental Commission who is also to be a member of the Planning Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 shall be a Class IV Joint Land Use Board member, unless there is among the Class IV or alternate members of the Joint Land Use Board a member of the Historic Preservation Commission and a member of the Board of Education, in which case the member common to the Joint Land Use Board and Municipal Environmental Commission shall be deemed a Class II member of the Joint Land Use Board. Membership on a municipal board or commission whose function is advisory in nature, and the establishment of which is discretionary and not required by statute, shall not be considered the holding of office.
(5)
Alternate members. There shall also be four alternate members appointed to the Joint Land Use Board in the same manner as Class IV members, who shall be designated by the Chairperson of the Joint land Use Board as "Alternate No. 1," "Alternate No. 2," "Alternate No. 3," and "Alternate No. 4." These alternate members may participate in discussion of the proceedings but may not vote except in the absence or disqualification of a regular member of any class. A vote shall not be delayed in order that a regular member may vote instead of an alternate member. In the event that a choice must be made as to which alternate member is to vote, Alternate No. 1 shall vote.
B.
In addition to the mandatory powers and responsibilities as set forth in the statute, the Joint Land Use Board shall participate in the preparation and review of programs or plans required by state or federal law or regulation, assemble data on a continuing basis as part of a continuous planning process and perform such other advisory duties as are assigned to it by the governing body.
C.
D.
The Joint Land Use Board shall reorganize annually in January on a date to be scheduled after the annual reorganization meeting of the governing body.