<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 58-16. - Rules of conduct.</div>
<div class="chunk-content">
            <p class="incr0">
               (a)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content1">
               Members of the planning board may be removed by the board of commissioners for cause,
               including violation of the rules stated in this section.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr0">
               (b)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content1">
               Faithful attendance at meetings of the planning board and conscientious performance
               of the duties required of members of the planning board shall be considered a prerequisite
               of continuing membership on the planning board.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr0">
               (c)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content1">
               No planning board member shall accept any gift, whether in the form of a service,
               a loan, a thing of value, or a promise, from any person, firm, or corporation that,
               in the member's knowledge, is interested directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever
               in business dealings with the county.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr0">
               (d)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content1">
               No planning board member shall accept any gift, favor, or thing of value that may
               tend to influence that board member in the discharge of duties.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr0">
               (e)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content1">
               No planning board member shall grant any improper favor, service, or thing of value
               in the discharge of duties.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr0">
               (f)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content1">
               The chair, or in his or her absence the vice-chair, may administer oaths and request
               the attendance of witnesses in accordance with G.S. 160D-406.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="incr0">
               (g)
               </p>
            		
            <p class="content1">
               All regular members shall vote on any issue unless they have disqualified themselves
               for one or more of the reasons listed in this article or as may be required by law.
               The concurring vote of four-fifths of the board shall be necessary to grant a variance,
               or as otherwise required by law. In all other matters, the vote of a majority of the
               members present and voting shall decide issues before the planning board. For purposes
               of this article, vacant positions on the board and members who are disqualified from
               voting on a quasi-judicial matter shall not be considered "members of the board" for
               calculation of the requisite supermajority.
               </p>
            		
            <p class="historynote0">
               (
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="797619">
                  Ord. No. 16-11-05
                  </a>
               , Â§ 1, 11-1-16;
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="12776" data-ordinance-id="1118554">
                  Ord. No. 21-05-06
                  </a>
               , Â§ 1(Exh. A), 5-4-21)
               </p></div>