A Planning Commission is hereby created for the City of Fulton,
New York, pursuant to Article 12-A of the General Municipal Law of
the State of New York.
[Amended 5-2-2000 by L.L. No. 8-2000]
The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members who will
be appointed by the Mayor, subject to approval of the Common Council
of the City of Fulton, and the Common Council shall have authority
to remove any member of such Commission for cause and after public
hearing. Two members of said Commission shall be appointed for one-year
terms, two members of said Commission shall be appointed for two-year
terms, and three members of said Commission shall be appointed for
three-year terms. At the expiration of such terms, the terms of office
of their successors will be three years. All appointments to fill
vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. No more than two of the
members of said Commission shall hold any other City office. All members
of said Commission shall be residents of the City.
The Planning Commission shall annually elect a Chairman from
its own members. It shall have the power and authority to employ experts,
clerks and a secretary and to pay for their services and such other
expenses as may be necessary and proper, not exceeding, in all, the
annual appropriation that may be made by the Common Council of the
City of Fulton.
The Planning Commission may cause to be made a map or maps of
the City of Fulton or any portion thereof, or of any land outside
the City limits so near or so related thereto that, in the opinion
of said Planning Commission, it should be so mapped. Such plans may
show not only such matters as by law have been or may be referred
to the Planning Commission, but also any and all matters and things
with relation to the plan of the City of Fulton which to said Planning
Commission seem necessary and proper, including recommendations and
changes suggested by it, and any report, at any time made, may include
any of the above. Such Planning Commission may obtain expert assistance
in the making of any such maps or reports or in the investigations
necessary and proper with relation thereto.
No plan, plot or description showing the layout of any highway or street upon private property or of building lots in connection with or in relation to such highway or street shall, within the City limits, be received for record in the office of the clerk of the county where such real property is situated until a copy of said plan, plot or description has been filed with said Planning Commission and it has certified, with relation thereto, its approval thereof. Such certificate shall be recorded as a part of said original instrument containing said plan, plot or description. No such street or highway which has not received the approval of the Planning Commission shall be accepted by the City of Fulton until the matter has been referred to such Planning Commission under the provisions of §
110-4 of this chapter, but if any such street is plotted or laid out in accordance with the map of the City of Fulton, adopted according to law, then it shall not be necessary to file such copy or obtain or record such certificate.
The Planning Commission may make rules, not contrary to law,
to govern its actions in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
This chapter shall be construed as the grant of additional power
and authority to the City of Fulton and not construed as intending
to limit or impair any existing power or authority of the City.