[Added 12-12-2012 by Ord. No. 1331[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed original Art. III, Planning Board, as amended 7-16-1984 by Ord. No. 658, and Art. IV, Zoning Board of Adjustment, as amended 7-16-1984 by Ord. No. 657 and 7-13-2005 by Ord. No. 1164. Pursuant to Sec. 2 of Ord. No. 1331, all references in this chapter to the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment have been changed to the Joint Land Use Board.
A. 
The Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment, as heretofore established, shall be and are hereby continued under the name "The Borough of Lindenwold Joint Land use Board," with all powers and duties as described herein.
B. 
There shall be a nine-member Joint Land Use Board, the membership of which shall consist of the following four classes:
(1) 
Class I: the Mayor or Mayor's designee in the absence of the Mayor.
(a) 
The term of the member composing Class I shall correspond to such member's official tenure. If such member is the Mayor's designee in the absence of the Mayor, the designee shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor during the Mayor's official tenure.
(b) 
The Mayor may appoint a designee to serve at his/her pleasure, provided a letter of appointment is filed with the Borough Clerk. Any person appointed shall serve until a letter of appointment of another person is filed with the Borough Clerk.
(2) 
Class II: one of the officials of the Borough of Lindenwold other than a member of the governing body of the Borough of Lindenwold, to be appointed by the Mayor, provided that if there is an Environmental Commission the member of the Environmental Commission who is also a member of the Joint Land Use Board, as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1, shall be deemed to be the Class II Joint Land Use Board member for purposes of this section in the event that there is among the Class IV or alternate members of the Joint Land Use Board a member of the Board of Education.
(a) 
The term of the member composing Class II shall be for one year or terminate at the completion of the member's respective term in office, whichever occurs first, except for a Class II member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission.
(b) 
The term of a Class II member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission shall be for three years or terminate at the completion of the member's term of office as a member of the Environmental Commission, whichever occurs first.
(3) 
Class III: a member of the Borough Council of the Borough of Lindenwold, provided that the term of the member composing Class III shall be for one year or terminate at the completion of the member's respective term of office, whichever comes first.
(4) 
Class IV: six other citizens of the Borough of Lindenwold to be appointed by the Mayor.
(a) 
The members of Class IV shall hold no other municipal office, position or employment. Not more than one member of the Board of Education may be a Class IV member of the Joint Land Use Board. If and while there is an Environmental Commission, the member of the Environmental Commission who is also a member of the Joint Land Use Board as required by N.J.S.A. 40:56A-1 shall be a Class IV Joint Land Use Board member, unless there is among the Class I or alternate members of the Joint Land Use Board a member of the Board of Education, in which case the member common to the Joint Land Use Board and the Environmental Commission shall be deemed a Class II member of the Joint Land Use Board. For the purpose of this section, membership on a Borough board or commission whose function is advisory in nature, and the establishment of which is discretionary and not required by statute, shall be considered the holding of municipal office.
(b) 
The term of a Class IV member who is also a member of the Environmental Commission shall be for three years or terminate at the completion of his or her term as a member of the Environmental Commission, whichever comes first.
(c) 
The term of a Class IV member who is also a member of the Board of Education shall terminate whenever he or she is no longer a member of such other body or at the completion of his or her Class IV term, whichever occurs first.
(d) 
To the greatest practicable extent, the expiration of the terms of all Class IV members shall be distributed so that concurrent term expirations are avoided, provided that the initial Class IV term for no member shall exceed four years. After the establishment of the Board's membership as aforesaid, the Class IV term of each member shall be four years.
(5) 
If a vacancy in any class shall occur otherwise than by expiration of the Joint Land Use Board term, it shall be filled by appointment, as above provided, for the unexpired term.
(6) 
All members of the Board, except the Class II member, shall be municipal residents.
(7) 
Any member other than a Class I member, after a public hearing if requested, may be removed by the governing body of the Borough of Lindenwold for cause.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
There shall be four alternate members of the Joint Land Use Board, all of whom shall be municipal residents. Alternate members shall be appointed by the appointment authority for Class IV members and shall meet the qualifications of Class IV members. Alternate members shall be designated at the time of appointment as "Alternate No. 1," "Alternate No. 2," "Alternate No. 3" and "Alternate No. 4." The terms for the alternate members shall be for two years, except that the terms of the alternate members shall be such that the term of not more than one alternate member shall expire in any one year; provided, however, that in no instance shall the terms of the alternate members first appointed exceed two years. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of the term shall be filled by appointment by the appointing authority for the unexpired term only.