[Adopted as Secs. 12-16 to 12-18 of the 1996 Code]
Pursuant to the provisions of § 8-31a of the General Statutes, the Town, having a duly constituted Planning Commission established pursuant to the provisions of the Charter, hereby adopts Chapter 127 of the General Statutes, as amended, and joins in the creation of the Regional Planning Authority for the capital planning region as defined by the Director of the Office of State Planning.
The Town shall have a number of representatives on the Board of the Regional Planning Authority in accordance with § 8-31a of the General Statutes. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to appoint to the Board of the Regional Planning Authority two electors of the Town. The Town Planning Commission shall appoint one member. After the terms of the initial appointees expire, all appointments shall be made for a period of three years and by either the Board of Directors or the Town Planning Commission, whichever the case may be, which made the appointment for the term then expiring. Appointees under this section shall continue to serve after expiration of their term until their successor is appointed and takes office. Appointees may be reappointed for successive terms. If the representative appointed by the Town Planning Commission is a member of the Town Planning Commission and if his membership on the Town Planning Commission shall cease during his term as such representative, then he shall be considered to have resigned from said Regional Planning Authority, and the vacancy shall be filled by the Town Planning Commission. Terms of office of initial appointees shall commence upon establishment of such Authority.
Any representative who is absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the Regional Planning Authority and any intervening duly called special meetings thereof shall be considered to have resigned from the Regional Planning Authority, and the vacancy shall be filled by either the Board of Directors or the Town Planning Commission, whichever the case may be, which made the appointment to the office then vacated. The requirements of this section may be waived where illness or other extenuating circumstances make it impossible for a representative to meet the attendance requirement of this section.