[Amended 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. O-06-59]
A. Pursuant to the authority granted in RSA 673:2, there
is hereby established a Planning Board for the City.
B. The Planning Board shall consist of the Mayor or his
appointed representative who shall be confirmed by the Board of Aldermen,
the City Engineer, and a member of the Board of Aldermen appointed
by the President of the Board of Aldermen who shall be selected from
the members of its aldermanic Planning and Economic Development Committee
and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, all as members ex officio,
and six residents of the City who shall be appointed by the Mayor,
and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen.
C. The Mayor shall appoint up to five, but not less than
three alternate members who are residents of the City and who shall
be confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. An alternate member shall vote
in the absence of a member. The President of the Board of Aldermen
shall appoint an alternate to the aldermanic member, who shall be
selected from the members of its aldermanic Planning and Economic
Development Committee and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen, and
who shall vote in absence of the aldermanic member.
D. The Mayor shall submit a new appointment or a reappointment
of a member or alternate to the Board of Aldermen not later than three
months prior to expiration of the current term of office. If confirmation
is denied or the appointment is withdrawn, the Mayor shall submit
a different appointment to the Board of Aldermen not later than on
the last day of expiration of the member or alternate current term
of office.
E. Any mayoral appointment or appointment from alternate
to regular membership shall be interviewed in public by the appropriate
aldermanic committee. Reappointments shall only be interviewed in
public by the appropriate aldermanic committee at the request of any
member of the Board of Aldermen.
[Amended 3-22-2011 by Ord. No. O-11-54; 5-13-2014 by Ord. No.
O-14-014]
F. The terms of the ex officio members shall correspond
to their respective official tenures, except in the case of the appointed
representative selected by the Mayor, whose term shall terminate with
the term of the Mayor selecting him. The terms of each member and
alternate member not ex officio shall be three years. All terms of
the appointed members shall begin on the first day of April.
G. The appointed members shall hold no other municipal
office, except that one appointed member may be a member of the Zoning
Board of Adjustment, one appointed member may be a member of the Conservation
Commission, and one appointed member may be a member of the Historic
District Commission.
Members of the Planning Board other than the
member selected by the Board of Aldermen may, after public hearing,
be removed by the Mayor for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance
in office. The Board of Aldermen may, for like cause, remove the member
selected by them.
[Amended 12-28-2006 by Ord. No. O-06-59]
A. Vacancies in the membership of the Planning Board
occurring otherwise than through expiration of term shall be filled
for the duration of the unexpired term by the Mayor, in the case of
members appointed by him. Such appointments by the Mayor are to be
confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen shall make
appointments in the case of the aldermanic members.
[Amended 3-27-2007 by Ord. No. O-06-63]
A. The Planning Board shall elect a Chairman from the
appointed members and create and fill such other offices as it may
deem necessary for its work. The term of the Chairman shall be one
year, with eligibility for reelection.
B. Pursuant to RSA 673:10, the Board shall hold at least
one regular meeting each month, adopt rules for the transaction of
business, keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings
and determinations, and forward a copy of the minutes of its meetings
to the City Clerk for distribution to each member of the Board of
Aldermen.
C. A quorum of the Planning Board consists of five members,
unless the membership, accounting for members and alternate members,
falls below nine members in which case a quorum consists of a majority
of the membership remaining.
D. A quorum shall be necessary to convene a meeting in
order to transact any business. All decisions made by the Planning
Board, whether negative or affirmative, shall require a majority of
members present and voting. The Chairman shall designate an alternate
to hear the case and to vote on the case in event of an absence or
a vacancy or a disqualification of a member, except that an alternate
aldermanic member can only serve in the absence of the aldermanic
member.
E. The Planning Board shall, subject to and conditional
on annual funding from the Board of Aldermen publish in a newspaper
of general circulation the Planning Board's agenda for any public
meeting or hearing held by the Board less than five days prior to
the meeting or hearing. Lack of such publication shall not create
a legal notice deficiency.
F. All meetings shall be open to the public subject to
RSA 91-A, the New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law.
[Added 12-26-2007 by Ord. No. O-07-138]
A. The City Planning Department shall annually provide
a list of mandatory and available training opportunities for newly
appointed members and ongoing members of the Planning Board, as well
as the attendance record for mandatory training sessions for the previous
year.
B. All persons appointed to the Planning Board, including
alternate members and ex officio members, shall attend mandatory training
sessions. New member training shall be completed within six months
of confirmation of appointment to the Planning Board.
C. The cost of mandatory training for the Planning Board
shall be provided for in the annual budget.