Pursuant to § 27 of the General City Law and § 2-5
of the City Charter, the City Planning Board is continued to consist of seven
members to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council,
exclusive of the Mayor, and to serve for three-year staggered terms so that
two expire one year, two expire the following year and three expire the next
succeeding year. If a vacancy occurs other than by expiration of term, it
shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.
The Planning Board shall have all the powers and duties that may be
conferred upon it pursuant to Article 3 of the General City Law, including
but not limited to:
A. Approval of plats. Approval of plats showing lots, blocks
or sites, with or without streets or highways.
B. Approval of the development of plats. Approval of the
development of plats, entirely or partially undeveloped and which have been
filed in the office of the County Clerk in which such plat is located prior
to the appointment of such Planning Board, and to grant to such Board the
power to approve plats.
The City Clerk shall have the duty to file with the Clerk of Nassau
County a certificate showing that said Planning Board has been so authorized
and that the City Clerk shall issue in its behalf the certificate of failure
to take action as stated in § 32 of the General City Law.