[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Greece 2-18-1975 by L.L. No. 3-1975; amended in its entirety 8-26-2020 by L.L. No. 4-2020.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Officers and employees — See Ch. 24.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also changed the title of this
chapter from "Department of Development Services" to "Department of
Planning and Economic Development."
There is hereby established in the Town of Greece, pursuant
to the provisions of the Suburban Town Law and the Municipal Home
Rule Law of the State of New York, a department to be known as the
"Department of Planning and Economic Development of the Town of Greece."
Said Department shall include the following divisions: the Office
of Planning and Zoning, the Office of Community Development, and the
Office of Economic Development and, hereinafter, any other office
or section of the Town government which the Town Board may, from time
to time, place under the jurisdiction and control of said Department.
Said Department shall undertake and perform such duties and
functions as may, from time to time, be assigned thereto by the Town
Board of the Town of Greece.
A.
Said
Department shall be headed by a Director to be appointed by the Town
Board of the Town of Greece, who shall be vested with full authority,
direction and control over the Department. Said Director shall exercise
and perform such other powers and duties as are prescribed, from time
to time, by the Town Board.
B.
The
Town Board may appoint such deputies to the Director as it may find
necessary for the efficient operation of said Department and prescribe
the titles, powers and duties of each. Said deputies shall have the
power to act generally for and in place of their principal, and the
office of such deputies shall be in the exempt class of the civil
service.
The Director of the Department of Planning and Economic Development
and any deputies who may, from time to time, be appointed by the Town
Board shall perform the following duties and have the following powers,
in addition to any others prescribed by the Town Board:
A.
Director.
(1)
He/she shall have jurisdiction and control over the various divisions
which are part of this Department, subject to direction from the Town
Board.
(2)
He/she shall be responsible for the proper and efficient operation
of his/her Department and all of the divisions thereof and coordinating,
insofar as possible, the activities of the various divisions under
his/her jurisdiction and control.
(3)
He/she shall carry out such other duties and powers as prescribed
by the Town Board.
