[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Tarrytown10-5-2005
by L.L. No. 12-2005. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There are occasions when a duly appointed member of the Village of Tarrytown
Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals or Board of Architectural Review cannot
attend a meeting of said Board or, because of conflict of interest, cannot
vote on a matter to be considered by said Board, resulting in less than a
full Board and in some cases lack the quorum for the conduct of business.
It is the purpose of this chapter to permit the Mayor to appoint alternate
member(s) to said Board to attend such meeting(s) and to vote in place of
such absent or disqualified member(s).
A.
The Mayor of the Village of Tarrytown is hereby empowered
to appoint qualified individuals who are residents of the Village of Tarrytown
to serve as alternate member(s) of the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of
Appeals or the Board of Architectural Review of the Village of Tarrytown should
any member(s) of any said Boards be unable or fail to participate in a particular
matter for whatever reason, including conflict of interest or absence.
B.
Each Board is authorized to have a first alternate member
and a second alternate member who shall have the same qualifications as regular
members and shall serve in the order indicated at the call of the Chairperson
or Deputy Chairperson of said Board in the absence or inability of one or
more of the regular members of said Board. While so serving, an alternate
member shall have all the powers and shall perform all the duties of a regular
member.
Each alternate member of the Village of Tarrytown Planning Board, Zoning
Board of Appeals or the Board of Architectural Review shall, subsequent to
the first appointments by the Mayor pursuant to this chapter, be appointed
for a term of three years. The first appointments by the Mayor pursuant to
this chapter shall be as follows:
This chapter, to the extent it is or may be inconsistent with the provisions
of the Village Law, is intended to supersede or modify the Village Law pursuant
to the power given the village under the State Constitution, the Municipal
Home Rule Law and the Statute of Local Governments. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the following sections of this chapter are intended to supersede
or modify the designated provisions of the Village Law to the extent that
they are inconsistent with them:
This chapter shall take effect immediately as provided by law.
