Disqualification of members in matters before planning or zoning commissions or zoning board of appeals. Replacement by alternates.

See Sec. 8-11 re disqualification of members of zoning authorities. Cited. 150 C. 147. Test is not whether personal interest does conflict, but whether it might conflict; relationship of official need not be close. 151 C. 489. Where member of common council of Norwalk appeared before planning commission and actively worked in town to defeat plaintiff's planned residential development, and common council denied plaintiff's application on grounds that it failed to satisfy the Norwalk zoning regulations, plaintiff's appeal was sustained on ground member's conduct conflicted with his duty. 156 C. 369. Majority leader of city council was in violation of statute when his law firm represented the opponent of an applicant for a zoning change. 157 C. 279. Cited. Id., 290. Permissible for municipal official, who by virtue of his office is ex-officio member of board, to appear before zoning commission on matter as long as he represents municipality and not applicant. 160 C. 295. Cited. 162 C. 237, 238. “Interest” defined for purposes of section; test is not whether personal interest does conflict, but whether it reasonably might conflict; whether a particular interest of a zoning commission member is sufficient to disqualify him is a factual question depending upon the circumstances of each case. 166 C. 207. Member of local planning commission, whose law partner was town attorney, need not resign from commission because of a hearing on a matter involving city where member had already disqualified himself for another reason. 168 C. 285. Cited. 178 C. 198; 196 C. 192; 199 C. 231. Does not apply to appearance by chief executive officer as representative of community at public hearing before commission of which he is an ex-officio member when it is exercising a legislative function. 220 C. 584. Cited. 2 CA 551. Cited. 29 CS 40.