§ 184-31. Voting procedures.

The following voting procedures shall apply for public hearings held pursuant to this chapter. Nothing herein shall be construed to contravene any act providing for procedures for governing bodies.

A. 

All actions shall be taken by a majority vote of the members present at the hearing, except as otherwise provided by this chapter and the Municipal Land Use Law.

B. 

A member of the Board who was absent for one or more of the meetings at which a hearing was held or was not a member of the Board at that time, shall be eligible to vote on the matter upon which the hearing was conducted, if such member has available to him/her the transcript or recording of all of the hearing from which he/she was absent or was not a member, and certified in writing to the agency that he/she has read such transcript or listened to such recording.

C. 

Failure of a motion to receive the number of votes required to approve an application for development shall be deemed an action denying the application. A tie vote shall be deemed a failure to receive the number of votes required.