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APPROVED 11/8/2012 <br /> <br /> <br />A. Authority <br />1. North Carolina General Statute 153A-76 grants boards of county <br />commissioners the authority to establish advisory boards and to <br />appoint members to and remove members from those advisory boards. <br />In acting on this authority the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />hereby establishes certain general conditions to which applicants and <br />members of advisory boards should conform. <br /> <br />B. Composition <br />1. Planning Board composition is detailed in Section 1.6.1 of the Orange <br />County Unified Development Ordinance. Additional membership <br />requirements are listed in said Section of the UDO. <br />2. The Planning Board does not have alternate members. <br /> <br />C. Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary <br />1. The Planning Board shall elect by majority vote a Chair and Vice Chair <br />from among its members at the regular meeting in January of each <br />year. <br />2. Chair and Vice Chair terms of office shall correspond to the <br />requirements of the Orange County Advisory Board Policy. <br />3. The Secretary of the Planning Board shall be the Planning Director or <br />his/her designee. <br />4. The Chair and Secretary shall ensure that each Planning Board <br />member is presented with a copy of the Planning Board’s charge, <br />scope of authority, membership responsibilities, and code of conduct <br />when the Planning Board member is appointed to the Planning Board. <br />5. The Planning Board Chair, or Vice Chair in the Chair’s absence, shall <br />attend quarterly public hearings and Board of County Commissioners <br />meetings at which a decision is scheduled for items on which the <br />Planning Board has made a recommendation.1 <br /> <br />SECTION IV. MEETINGS <br /> <br />A. Staffing <br />1. The Planning Director shall perform the duties set forth in Section <br />1.6.4 of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance. <br />B. Agendas <br />1. Items for agendas shall be approved by the Planning Board Chair and <br />staff. <br /> <br />1 The new requirement was suggested at the May 12, 2015 BOCC work session when the BOCC discussed the <br />public hearing process. <br />37