§ 16-27. Membership, term of office, removal from office, vacancies.

(a)

The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board shall consist of ten members.

(b)

Each member of the Board of County Commissioners of Santa Rosa County, Florida shall nominate two members to this board, both of whom shall be residents of Santa Rosa County and at least one of whom must reside in the district of the appointing county commissioner. Each nominee shall be confirmed by the board of county commissioners. The members of this board shall be appointed for staggered terms of two years, and may be reappointed for consecutive terms. The nominating member of the Board of County Commissioners of Santa Rosa County, Florida, is authorized to remove any member from the zoning board for any reason, which removal shall be confirmed by the board of county commissioners. Any vacancies occurring during the unexpired term of office of any member shall be filled for the period of the unexpired term within 30 days after the vacancy occurs.

(c)

The [zoning] board shall have as its first membership four members appointed to serve one-year terms and six members appointed to serve two-year terms. The appointment of initial members and determination of their terms shall be by the board of county commissioners.

(d)

The board of county commissioners may appoint non-voting ex officio members to the board for the purposes of specific projects.

(Ord. No. 81-07, § 2, 6-11-81; Ord. No. 2002-01, § 1, 1-10-02; Ord. No. 2012-14, § 1, 5-24-12)