[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandt 4-15-2003
by L.L. No. 5-2003. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to the § 44-0119 of the Environmental Conservation
Law of the State of New York, the Town of Cortlandt hereby adopts the statement
of policies, principles and guides detailed in the five compendiums titled,
Tourism and Economic Development Plan (April 1997), Hudson River Waterfront
Present and Future (June 1998), Building Livable Downtowns (June 1999) and
Growing Smarter Together (September 2000), and Patterns for Westchester: The
Land and the People, which together comprise the Westchester County Greenway
Compact Plan (hereinafter referred to as "Compact Plan"), by which the Town
of Cortlandt becomes a participating community in the Greenway Compact.
Proposals to amend the Compact Plan may from time to time be made by
the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council (hereinafter referred
to as "Greenway Council") in response to requests from participating communities.
Within 90 days of receipt of any such proposal from the Greenway Council,
the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandt shall determine by resolution whether
to accept or to reject such proposed amendment. Any proposed amendment so
accepted shall be considered an amendment of the Compact Plan as adopted by
the Town of Cortlandt. Any proposed amendment rejected by the Town Board will
not be considered to be an amendment of the Greenway Plan for the Town of
Cortlandt, and notice of such rejection shall promptly be provided to the
Greenway Council.
It is stated policy of the Town of Cortlandt that, to the extent the
Town amends its current, or enacts new, land use laws and regulations, such
new or amended laws and regulations, where appropriate, should be designed
to be consistent with the Compact Plan.
Nothing in this chapter adopting the Compact Plan, or in becoming a
participating community in the Compact Plan, is intended, or shall be construed
to:
A.
Limit the home rule authority of the Town under state
law to make local land use and zoning decisions;
B.
Authorize any other entity to supersede the Town's land
use laws and regulations or to impose any requirements on the Town; or
C.
Prevent the Town in its sole discretion from adopting
a local law at a later date for the purpose of withdrawing from the Greenway
Compact or Westchester County Greenway Compact Plan.
