The objectives and purposes of the Inland Wetlands
and Watercourses Commission of Wethersfield are those set forth in
the Connecticut General Statutes, and those powers and duties delegated
to the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission in the aforementioned
Statutes and by the "Ordinance Establishing an Inland Wetlands and
Watercourses Commission" within the Town of Wethersfield, approved
on June 24, 1974.
the Commission shall be known as the "Inland
Wetlands and Watercourses Commission," and may hereafter be referred
to as he "Commission."
The office of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
Commission shall be at Wethersfield Town Hall where all Commission
records will be kept. Copies of all official documents, records, maps,
etc., will be filed or recorded in the office of the Town Engineer
when required.
The membership and terms of office shall be
as specified in the above stated ordinance establishing the Commission,
and the aforementioned General Statutes.
No members of the Commission shall participate
in any hearing or decision or any matter when he/she is disqualified
for self interest, personal, financial or otherwise. In the event
of such disqualification, it shall be entered upon the records of
the Commission and the place of the member disqualified shall be taken
by an alternate member designated by the Chairman. The Chairman shall
make the final decision as to the disqualification of a member for
self-interest.
Special committees may be appointed by the Chairman
for purposes and terms which the Commission approved.
These rules and procedures may be amended by
a two-thirds vote of the entire voting membership of the Commission,
only after the proposed change has been read and discussed at a previous
regular meeting, except that the rules and procedures may be changed
at any meeting by the unanimous vote of the entire voting membership
of the Commission.