[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
The Town of Westfield Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing
Board is hereby established within the Town, pursuant to N.J.S.A.
40:52-10 et seq.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
The purpose of the Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing
Board is to review and consider applications for licensing of rooming
and boarding houses.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
The Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall be
composed of three members, no more than two of whom may be of the
same political party, to be appointed by resolution of the Mayor and
Town Council. Members shall serve for terms of three years and until
their successors are appointed and qualified into office, except that
of the initial three appointments, one shall be for a term of one
year and one for a term of two years. Members of the Town Council
shall be eligible for appointment to the Board. Members of the Board
shall receive no salaries but shall be entitled to reimbursement for
actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties
as members. Members may be removed by the appointing authority for
cause. They shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil
Service, of the New Jersey Statutes.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
(a)
The
Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall establish rules
of procedure, which shall be submitted to the Mayor and Council for
adoption by resolution. Once adopted, the rules of procedure shall
be filed with the Town Clerk.
(b)
The
Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall meet on an as-needed
basis. There shall be a quorum required to act at Board meetings,
which is a majority of the full, regular members of the Board.
(c)
All
Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board meetings shall be
subject to the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act,[1] including the requirement of posting and notification
of all meetings. Minutes of all meetings shall be maintained, and
Board-approved minutes shall be submitted to the Town Clerk for appropriate
recordkeeping.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq.
[Added 8-11-2020 by G.O. No. 2177]
(a)
In
carrying out its functions and duties, the Rooming and Boarding House
Site Licensing Board shall be entitled to call to its assistance and
avail itself of personnel and facilities of the municipal government
as it may require and as may be made available to it for that purpose.
(b)
The
Rooming and Boarding House Site Licensing Board shall have all powers
and duties not specifically stated herein that are granted to it under
N.J.S.A. 40:52-10 et seq.
