[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Catskill 5-4-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999; amended in its entirety 3-15-2023 by L.L. No. 3-2023. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended, a Planning Board of seven members shall be appointed for the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, for terms of seven years.
Said Planning Board shall elect one of its members to act as Chairman of said Planning Board.
Pursuant to the provisions of §§ 276 and 277 (both sections), as amended, of the Town Law of the State of New York, said Planning Board of the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, hereby appointed be and hereby is authorized and empowered to approve plots showing new streets or highways within that part of the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, that lies outside the limits of the incorporated Village of Catskill, in said Town.
The Clerk of the Town of Catskill shall be directed to forthwith file with the Clerk of the County of Greene a certification showing that the Town Board of the Town of Catskill has authorized its Planning Board to approve plots showing new streets or highways within that part of the Town that lies outside the limits of the incorporated Village of Catskill, pursuant to the provisions of § 276, Subdivision 2, of the Town Law, as amended, and that said Clerk shall be requested to write to the County Clerk of Greene County and request such Clerk pursuant to the provisions of § 279 of the Town Law of the State of New York to refuse to file or record in his office any plot or a subdivision of lands showing a new street or highway in the Town of Catskill, outside the limits of the incorporated Village of Catskill, until it has been approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York.
The Planning Board of the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, has the power and authority to approve plots for subdivision within the Town of Catskill outside the limits of the incorporated Village of Catskill, Greene County, New York.
The Town Board reserves the right to make further additions, changes and amendments to this chapter to assist the Planning Board in carrying out its plans and duties.
The Planning Board of the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, has the power to review special use permit applications, and site plan review applications and approve special use permits and site plans within the Town of Catskill outside the limits of the incorporated Village of Catskill, Greene County, New York.