Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4322
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 4322
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- Legislative body: means the selectboard in the case of a town, the trustees in the case of an incorporated village, and the mayor, alderpersons, and city council members in the case of a city, and the supervisor in the case of an unorganized town or gore. See
- Municipality: means a town, a city, or an incorporated village or an unorganized town or gore. See
- Planning commission: means a planning commission for a municipality created under subchapter 2 of this chapter. See
- Rural town: means a town having, as at the date of the most recent U. See
- Urban municipality: means a city, an incorporated village, or any town that is not a rural town. See
§ 4322. Planning commission; membership
(a) A planning commission shall have not less than three nor more than nine voting members. All members may be compensated and reimbursed by the municipality for necessary and reasonable expenses. At least a majority of the members of a planning commission shall be residents of the municipality.
(b) The legislative body of a rural town, or not more than two elected or appointed officials of an urban municipality who are chosen by the legislative body of the urban municipality, shall be nonvoting ex officio members of a planning commission. If a municipality has an energy coordinator under chapter 33, subchapter 12 of this title, the energy coordinator may be a nonvoting ex officio member of the planning commission.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section:
(1) for an appointed planning commission, the legislative body may change the number of members that may be appointed to the commission; and
(2) for an elected planning commission, a municipality may vote at an annual or special meeting to change the number of members that may be elected to the commission.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection 4323(c) of this subchapter, if the number of members on an appointed or elected planning commission is reduced, the members with the nearest expiration of their term of office shall serve until the expiration of that term and then the office shall terminate. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 116, § 3; 1973, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 1974; 1979, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2021, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 1, 2022.)