[Adopted by Bill No. 78-3[1]]
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Editor's Note: This legislation was included as Ch. 2, Art. XII, Div. 1, of the 1978 Code.
A. 
There shall be a Planning Advisory Board consisting of five (5) qualified voters of the County.
B. 
Members of the Planning Advisory Board shall be appointed by the County Executive for terms coterminous with his and confirmed by the Council.
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Not more than three (3) members of the Board shall be members of the same political party.
D. 
Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner of original appointment.
E. 
Each member shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified.
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A member of the Board may be removed only for cause by the County Executive subject to approval by the Council.
The County Executive shall designate a member of the Board as Chairperson.
The Planning Advisory Board shall hold at least ten (10) regular monthly meetings each year, but special meetings may be held at any time at the call of the Chairperson.
The Board shall hold hearings at its discretion or upon written request of the County Executive or of the Council on any matter pending before the Board.
The Board shall keep a record of its transactions, findings, determinations and decisions, and it shall keep minutes of its proceedings, all of which shall be filed with the Director of Planning and shall be public records.
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The Planning Advisory Board shall make recommendations to the Director of Planning and the Council relating to Master Plans, Zoning Maps and rules and regulations relating to planning and zoning. At such times as the County Executive shall fix, the Planning Advisory Board shall consider an itemized list of all capital projects and the capital improvement programs which all agencies of the County government propose to undertake in the ensuing fiscal year and the next succeeding five (5) fiscal years thereafter. After consideration by the Planning Advisory Board, the Director of Planning shall transmit to the County Executive, together with his recommendations, a list of projects recommended by such Board to be undertaken in the periods aforesaid and its estimate of the cost thereof. At least once every eight (8) years, the Board shall prepare general guidelines for use by the Department of Planning and Zoning in the preparation or revision of Master Plans.
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The County Executive or the Council may provide for reference to the Board, for review and recommendations, any additional matters related to the Board's functions and duties.