Organization

Once each year the zoning board of review shall organize by electing from its membership a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary.

Meetings of the zoning board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the zoning board may determine. The chairman, or in his or her absence the vice-chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the submission of explanatory data. The auxiliary member of the zoning board shall sit as an active member upon request of the chairman if a regular member is unable to serve at any hearing. All hearings of the zoning board shall be open to the public.

The zoning board shall make a record of all the proceedings and actions, precisely showing its reasons, based upon findings of fact, for its decisions, the vote of each member participating therein, the absence of a member, and the failure of a member to vote. This record shall be filed immediately in the offices of the zoning board and town clerk and shall be available for public inspection.