<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-26. - Appointment and terms of planning board members.</div>
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               (a)
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               There shall be a planning board consisting of seven (7) members. The board of commissioners
               shall endeavor to appoint a representative from diverse areas of the planning jurisdiction.
               Each seat on the planning board shall meet the following qualifications:
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               (1)
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               Seat 1â€”A real estate developer, a licensed general contractor, or a subcontractor
               who frequently works for general contractors.
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               (2)
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               Seat 2â€”A person who is engaged in the production of agriculture.
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               (3)
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               Seat 3â€”A licensed realtor.
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               (4)
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               Seat 4â€”An engineer, an architect, an appraiser, a surveyor, or a person of a similar
               profession or background.
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               (5)
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               Seat 5â€”A business owner or a business professional.
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               (6)
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               Seat 6â€”At-large.
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               (7)
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               Seat 7â€”At-large.
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               If there are no applicants that meet the criteria for a given seat, that seat may
               be filled with an at-large applicant for board membership, unless prohibited by state
               law or county ordinance. An applicant qualifies as "at-large" if he or she resides
               in Cleveland County.
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               (b)
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               Appointments or reappointments shall be for three (3) years, unless the appointment
               is to fill an unexpired term.
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               (c)
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               Membership shall be limited to no more than two (2) consecutive terms.
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               (d)
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               Vacancies occurring for reasons other than expiration of terms shall be fulfilled
               as they occur for the period of the unexpired term.
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               (e)
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               Any member who fails to attend sixty (60) percent of the meetings over a year's period
               of time, may have their membership revoked.
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               (Ord. No. 89-03, Â§ 1, 7-3-89; Ord. of 7-6-93, Â§ 3.1; Ord. of 10-3-00; Ord. of 11-16-10;
               Memo. of 1-9-17; Ord. of 9-21-21(1), Â§ 1)
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