The officers of the Zoning Board of Appeals
of the Town of Wilton shall be a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and a
Secretary, each of whom shall be members of the Board and each of
whom shall be elected by a majority vote of the Board at the first
executive session to be attended by at least four regular members
of the Board following the first regular monthly meeting of the Board
in the calendar year. Each officer shall serve for the calendar year
or until his successor is elected.
In the case of the death, resignation, disqualification,
illness or absence of all of the officers of the Board, the senior
member in point of service shall serve as Acting Chairman and the
next senior member as Acting Secretary. In the case of the death,
resignation, disqualification, illness or absence of both the Chairman
and the Vice-Chairman, or of the Secretary, such senior member in
point of service shall serve as Acting Chairman, or as Acting Secretary,
as the case may be.
The duties of the Chairman of the Board shall
be as follows:
A.
He shall be the presiding officer at meetings of the
Board. He shall make all rulings, and shall be responsible for orderly
conduct and proceedings at such meetings, and shall determine the
order of business before the Board.
B.
He shall represent the Board in its relations with
citizens of the Town, and governmental and other agencies and representatives
thereof and the public at large, except that he may delegate all or
any part of this duty to any member of the Board by filing a written
delegation of such duty with the records of the Board and by notifying
such member by sending him a copy of such delegation.
The duties of the Vice-Chairman of the Board
shall be to serve as Chairman of the Board during the disqualification,
illness or absence of the Chairman and, in the case of the death or
resignation of the Chairman, shall serve as Chairman until the election
of a new Chairman.
The duties of the Secretary of the Board, subject
to the direction of the Board and its Chairman, shall be as follows:
A.
He shall supervise the general clerical work of the
Board.
B.
He shall keep the records of the Board, maintain a
schedule of fees and conduct correspondence on behalf of the Board.
C.
He shall sign all requisitions for appropriations
of money and material.
D.
He shall prepare and mail such notices of regular
and special meetings of the Board as are required by these regulations,
and he shall prepare and cause to be mailed minutes of meetings of
the Board to the members thereof.
E.
He shall publish such notices and decisions of the
Board as are required by the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut
to be published and shall notify such people as are entitled to notice
of matters before the Board.
F.
Unless otherwise delegated by the Chairman, he shall
confer with the Planning and Zoning Commission in cases where the
Board feels such conferences are necessary.
G.
He shall keep the record of service of members from
the Panel of Alternates so as to insure the rotation required by the
General Statutes of the State of Connecticut.
H.
He may, prior to meetings of the Board, make initial
inspections of the premises in matters coming before the Board. In
cases where the Secretary has made such an initial inspection, he
shall report his findings to the Board and may recommend to the Board
whether, in his opinion, the Board should inspect the premises.
I.
The Secretary, at the request of the Chairman, may
poll the members present at any hearing and record their vote, either
by telephone or in writing, provided that such telephone or written
poll is included in the minutes of the Board pertaining to such hearing
and ratified at a subsequent meeting.
