Informal Opinion No.

Leslie J. Harmer, Esq. Village Attorney, Sodus Point

You have asked several questions relating to the membership of your village's zoning board of appeals. Your letter indicates that four of the current members of the five-member board were appointed for three-year terms and that the fifth member is filling a vacancy for the balance of a three-year term.

You have indicated that the terms of your five-member zoning board of appeals are inconsistent with the provisions of section 7-712 of the Village Law. A review of that section indicates that the members of a five-person zoning board of appeals…