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i 8 2 <br /> RULES OF PROCEDUFE <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> ArICLE I - FUBPOSE AND GENERAL RULES <br /> A. Purpose The purposes of the Planning Board shall be as set forth <br /> in the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, dated September 2, <br /> 1981, and other general and spe-iP1 state laws relating <br /> to planning in Orange County. The Planning Board shall <br /> have those powers and duties delegated by ordinance to <br /> the Board by the Orange County Board of Cormissianers. <br /> The Orange County Planning Board is hereinafter referred <br /> to as the Planning Board. <br /> B. General Rules <br /> The Planning Board shall be governed by North Carolina. <br /> General Statutes Chapter I53A and other general and <br /> special acts relating to planning and related activities <br /> in Orange County as well as by the ordinance which <br /> established the Board. <br /> ARTICLE fl - OFFICERS AND DUTIES <br /> The elected officers of the Planning Board shall consist <br /> of a Chair and a Vice Chair. A secretary s11Pll be appointed. <br /> Chair <br /> The Chair shall preside at all meetings and hearings of <br /> the Planning Board and have the duties normally conferred <br /> by parliamentary usage on such officers. The Chair may <br /> appoint or recommend the appointment of Board members as <br /> representatives to other official boards as the need arises. <br /> B. Vice Chair <br /> The Vice Chair shall serve as acting Chair in the absence <br /> of the Chair, and at such times shall have the sane powers <br /> and duties as the Chair. <br /> C. Election Procedures <br /> The procedures for election of the ChP1,- and Vice Chair <br /> shall be as follows: <br /> 1) These officers shall be elected by the Planning <br /> Board from among its members at the regular <br /> meeting in January of each year. <br /> 2) The candidate for each office receiving a majority <br /> vote of the Planning Board mernebers present shall be <br /> declared elected. <br />