[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cove
Neck as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-11-1985 by L.L. No. 3-1985]
Subdivision 1 of § 7-712 of the Village Law, as last amended
by Chapter 892 of the Laws of 1972, is hereby amended in its application to
the Village of Cove Neck, New York, to read as follows:
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§ 7-712. Board of Appeals.
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Such Board of Trustees shall provide for the appointment of a Board
of Appeals consisting of three or five members, one of whom shall be appointed
Chairman by the Board of Trustees for a period of three years in the case
of a three-member board and for five years in the case of a five-member board.
In addition, the Board of Trustees may appoint, for a one-year term, one alternate
member of such Board of Appeals who shall be entitled to serve and function
in the place and stead of a regular member, when his presence is necessary
to constitute a quorum of the Board, in the absence or inability of a regular
member to serve or function. The first appointment of regular members thereto
shall be for terms so fixed that at least one will expire at the end of each
official year commencing at the end of the current such year and continuing
in succeeding years until the entire original appointments run out. At the
expiration of each original appointment the succeeding regular members shall
be appointed for three-year terms in the case of a three-member board and
five-year terms in the case of a five-member board. No such term shall exceed
five years. No person who is a member of the Village Board of Trustees shall
be eligible for membership on such Board of Appeals. The Board of Trustees
shall have the power to remove any member of the Board for cause and after
public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member
whose place has become vacant. All meetings of the Board of Appeals shall
be held at the call of the Chairman and at such other times as such Board
may determine. Such Chairman or, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman, who
shall also be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a period of three years
in the case of a three-member board and for five years in the case of a five-member
board, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings
of such Board shall be open to the public. Such Board shall keep minutes of
its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon every question or, if
absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact and shall also keep records
of its examinations and other official actions. Every rule and regulation,
every amendment or repeal thereof, and every order, requirement, decision
or determination of the Board shall immediately be filed in the office of
the Board and with the Village Clerk and shall be a public record.
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[Adopted 9-11-1985 by L.L. No. 4-1985]
The first paragraph of § 7-718 of the Village Law, as last
amended by Chapter 544 of the Laws of 1974, is hereby amended in its application
to the Village of Cove Neck, New York, to read as follows:
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§ 7-718. Planning Board; appointments; terms of office.
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The Board of Trustees may establish a Planning Board of
five regular members. The first appointments of regular members thereto shall
be for terms so fixed that at least one will expire at the end of each official
year commencing at the end of the current such year and continuing in succeeding
years until the entire original appointments run out. At the expiration of
each original appointment the succeeding regular members shall be appointed
for five-year terms. No such term shall exceed five years. In addition, the
Board of Trustees may appoint, for a one-year term, one alternate member of
such Planning Board who shall be entitled to serve and function in the place
and stead of a regular member, when his presence is necessary to constitute
a quorum of the Board, in the absence or inability of a regular member to
serve or function. The members of such Board in office at the time this section
as hereby amended takes effect shall continue in office until the end of the
term for which they were appointed and their successors have been appointed
as provided in this section as so amended and have qualified. Any officials
of the Village on such Board shall not, by reason of membership thereon, forfeit
their right to exercise the powers, perform the duties or receive the compensation
of the municipal office held by them during such membership. Any member of
the Board may be removed by the Mayor for cause after public hearing.
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