Design review committee
(a) The design review committee shall consist of three commissioners (the "commission members"), the city planning director or his/her designee, the public works director or his/her designee, and four other individuals having the following qualifications:
(1) One member shall be an architect licensed as such under the laws of the state who is presently engaged in practice and is familiar with principles and practices of urban design.
(2) One member shall be a landscape architect licensed as such under the laws of the state who is presently engaged in practice and is familiar with context sensitive site design, sustainable site practices, and local and regional hardscape and plant materials.
(3) One member shall be familiar with the financial aspects of real estate development, with experience in implementing large scale construction or land development projects.
(4) One member shall be a professional engaged in other design trades as determined feasible and appropriate by the commission. The non-board members of the design review committee are hereinafter referred to as the "advisory members."
(b) Members of the design review committee shall serve initial staggered terms of one, two, and three years, as follows:
(1) One commission member and one advisory member shall each serve for a term of one year or until his/her death or resignation or until his/her successor is appointed and shall have qualified.
(2) One commission member and one advisory member shall serve for a term of two years or until his/her death or resignation or until his or her successor is appointed and shall have qualified.
(3) The chairman of the design review committee, one commission member, and one advisory member shall each serve for a term of three years or until his/her death or resignation or until his/her successor is appointed and shall have qualified.
(4) The city planning director and the public works director shall serve as ongoing members of the design review committee until his/her death or resignation or until his/her successor is appointed and shall have qualified.
The terms of each member of the design review committee shall be for three years. Each member of the design review committee shall be appointed by the board of commissioners, and a chairman of the design review committee shall be selected from among the commission members by the board of commissioners.
(c) The chairman shall invite the following individuals or their designees to attend each meeting of the design review committee. However, these individuals shall have no authority to vote on committee matters:
(1) The mayor;
(2) The executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation;
(3) The director of the department of transportation;
(4) The director of the department of environmental management;
(5) The director of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council.
(d) A majority of the design review committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the design review committee at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary to adopt recommendations to be made to the hearing panel (if required) and to the board of commissioners.
(Ch. 317, § I, 3-2-04; Ch. 877, § I, 6-6-23)