[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose 11-27-1978 by L.L. No. 7-1978.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
In recognition of the fact that the business district of the Incorporated
Village of Bellerose serves as the gateway to the Incorporated Village of
Bellerose and presents that face of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose
which is most visible to nonresidents, the Board of Trustees views it as essential
that efforts be made to upgrade the appearance of the business district and
to assure its vitality, while at the same time recognizing the need for the
establishment of various business enterprises within the business district
to serve the needs of the residents of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.
The Board of Trustees intends, by enacting this chapter, to provide for the
upgrading of the business district of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose
and for its maintenance, in accordance with the various other provisions of
the Code of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose, in a viable, dignified
and useful fashion.
The Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose hereby
creates the Business District Development Commission, hereinafter called the
"Commission."
[Amended 4-13-1992 by L.L. No. 1-1992]
A.
The Commission shall consist of three, five or seven
members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board
of Trustees. One of them shall be designated as Chairman. One of the members
of the Commission may be a Deputy Village Attorney of the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose. Vacancies on the Commission shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointment, except that a vacancy occurring other than by
the expiration of a term shall be filled only for the remainder of the unexpired
term. Beginning April 1, 1993, the terms of all Commission members shall be
for a period of two years.
B.
Any Commission member serving at the time of the adoption
of this amendment shall complete his/her term in full. Any new member appointed
between the adoption hereof and March 30, 1993, shall serve an initial term
expiring on March 31, 1993.
The Chairman of the Commission shall have the power to issue and to serve, upon owners and users of property within the business district of the Village of Bellerose, summonses in cases arising in connection with the violation of the provisions of the Code of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose and in cases arising in connection with the violation of the various ordinances, resolutions, orders, local laws and rules and regulations regularly adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose, pursuant to the provisions of § 46-1 of the Code of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 40, Summonses.
The Commission shall adopt rules and procedures for its meetings and
shall keep accurate records of its meetings and activities and shall file
an annual report as provided for in this chapter.
The powers and duties of the Commission shall be:
A.
To advise the Board of Trustees on matters affecting
the business district of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.
B.
To develop and, after receiving general approval by resolution
of the Board of Trustees, conduct a program for improvement of the business
district of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.
C.
To conduct studies, surveys and inventories within the
business district of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose, such as may be
necessary to carry out the general purposes of this chapter.
D.
To see to the enforcement, in cooperation with other
enforcing authorities and officers of the Village, of the provisions of the
Code of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose within the business district
of the Village.
E.
To seek to coordinate, assist and unify the efforts of
private groups, institutions, individuals and businesses within the Incorporated
Village of Bellerose in accord with the purposes of this chapter.
F.
To maintain liaison and communication between the owners
and users of property in the business district of the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose, on the one hand, and the government of the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose, on the other hand.
G.
To recommend, from time to time, to the Board of Trustees,
features, plans and programs relating to the upgrading of the business district
of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose and for the maintenance of the business
district and the businesses contained therein in a dignified fashion, in accordance
with a Master Plan, to be drawn up by the Commission, which shall
be submitted to the Board of Trustees for its consideration.
H.
To see to the uniform enforcement, throughout the business
district, of all the provisions of the Code of the Incorporated Village of
Bellerose.
I.
To carry out such other duties as may be assigned from
time to time by the Board of Trustees.
The Commission shall submit an annual report to the Board of Trustees,
not later than the first day of April of each year, concerning the activities
and work of the Commission and from time to time shall submit such reports
and recommendations as may be necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
The members of the Commission shall receive no compensation for their
services as members thereof but may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties, within the appropriations
made available therefor.
This chapter shall be deemed an exercise of the powers of the Incorporated
Village of Bellerose to preserve and to improve the quality of the business
district of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose on behalf of the present
and future inhabitants of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose. This chapter
is not intended to and shall not be deemed to impair the powers and duties
of any other organ of government within the Incorporated Village of Bellerose.
