[Adopted 11-11-1940; amended 4-20-1957]
A. 
A Zoning Commission shall be established in the Town of Old Lyme to have all the powers and authority conferred upon zoning commissions by the laws of the State of Connecticut, and particularly by Chapter 124 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as they now are and may hereafter be amended.
B. 
The Zoning Commission shall consist of five members who shall be electors of the Town and shall be elected at the biennial election of the Town to be held on the first Monday of October 1957. One member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1958; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1959; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1960; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1961; one member shall be elected to serve until the first Monday of October 1962; and one member shall be elected to serve from the day following the first Monday of October 1958 until the first Monday of October 1963; and, at the biennial Town election in 1959 and at each biennial Town election thereafter, one member shall be elected to serve for a term of five years to begin with the day following said election and one member shall be elected to serve for a term of five years to begin one year and a day after said election.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The following amendment was adopted effective 6-30-1975: "Terms of the regular members of said commission will begin on the second Tuesday next following the day of the municipal election at which the regular members are elected."
The members of the Zoning Commission shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be paid their necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
[Added 5-21-1962]
Vacancies that arise in the Zoning Commission for the Town of Old Lyme shall be filled, for the unexpired term on such Commission, by appointment of the Board of Selectmen.
[Added 4-1-1965]
A. 
There shall be three alternate members of the Zoning Commission who shall be electors of the Town and who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen for terms specified in Chapter 101, Officers and Employees, Article V, Terms of Office. After the effective date of this section, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint three alternate members of the Zoning Commission to serve until the first Monday of October 1965.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
In the event a regular member of the Zoning Commission shall be absent or disqualified, the Chairman shall designate an alternate member to so act, choosing alternates in rotation so that they shall act as nearly an equal number of times as possible.
[Added 2-27-1989]