A. 
Members of the Planning & Zoning Board shall automatically be members of the PAA. If a seat on the Planning & Zoning Board is vacated, that seat shall become vacant on the PAA.
B. 
Officers of the Planning & Zoning Board shall hold the same office in the PAA.
The Chair shall be eligible to vote on all matters. The Chair shall issue the call for and preside at all meetings and hearings; decide all points of order unless overruled by a majority of the board in session at the time, establish meeting agendas, represent the board in certain matters, prepare and submit all reports required by law, and exercise general supervisory power.
A. 
Chair's report. At the beginning of each meeting, the Chair shall report on all transactions that have not otherwise come to the attention of the board.
The Clerk shall read notices of public hearings and other documents (as applicable) into the record. The Clerk shall also shall act as Chair when the Chair is absent or is unable to perform his duties. He shall have such powers and duties as the Chair shall designate. In the absence of both the Chair and the Clerk, the Chair shall appoint an acting Chair prior to the meeting, or the Board members present shall elect an acting Chair.
In the event that a regular Board member is absent, the Alternate Member may vote on any other matter before the Board, provided he/she is otherwise eligible to vote.
Subject to these rules, the Chair shall appoint such standing subcommittees as may be found necessary or desirable. A vote of the PAA can establish or dissolve a subcommittee. Meetings of subcommittees must comply with all rules and regulations applicable to the whole PAA, including Open Meeting Law.
A. 
The primary obligations of the PAA members are:
(1) 
To serve the public interest;
(2) 
To conduct themselves so as to maintain public confidence in the PAA;
(3) 
To meet the fundamental responsibility of fairness; and
(4) 
To comply with all statutory regulations.
B. 
Individual PAA members, including the Chair, shall not meet with an applicant or representative of an applicant regarding a potential or actual application outside of a PAA meeting unless authorized to do so by the PAA. In the event that any such authorized meeting is attended by a quorum of the PAA, Open Meeting Law shall apply.
A PAA member shall not participate in official capacity in matters in which such participation is prohibited by the Conflict of Interest Law. The PAA member shall, at any meeting where the particular matter is discussed, disclose orally the existence of the conflict-of-interest, remove himself from the meeting room at that and all future times that the particular matter is being discussed.