§ 13.14. Amendment # 14 Effective August 28, 2006

Section 10 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

10.1 Establishment

Delete:

A.

There shall be and hereby is created a Board of Adjustment (hereafter called the Board) consisting of five (5) members and two (2) alternates. The Planning Board is designated as the Board of Adjustment.

B.

The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint members of the Board of Adjustment (Board).

C.

Members of the Board serving upon the effective date of this Ordinance shall serve the balance of the term to which he or she was appointed.

D.

New members shall be appointed for a maximum term of three (3) years, but may be appointed for less in order to stagger terms properly.

E.

Terms will be staggered so that no more than fifty (50) percent of the members' terms expire at one time.

F.

The terms of Board members shall be staggered as follows: the terms of two (2) members and one (1) alternate shall expire in one year, the terms of two (2) more members shall expire the next year, and the terms of the last member and one (1) alternate shall expire the following year.

G.

The members of the Board of Adjustment shall be residents of the County.

Add:

The Board of Adjustment shall be the nine Planning Board members as appointed by the Bladen County Board of Commissioners.