[Adopted 10-5-1970 (Ch. 2, Div. 6, §§ 2-108 through 2-112, of the 1970 Code)]
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 75-94, § 1, adopted 7-5-1994, provided as follows: "That the City of Binghamton hereby elects under the authorization of amended Article 27 of the General Cities Law to continue appointing members pursuant to Article 12-A and the existing Commission shall continue."
[Amended 2-7-2018 by Ord. No. 18-15]
A City Planning Commission is hereby created under Article 12-A of the General Municipal Law, which shall consist of seven members.
[Amended 6-2-1975 by Ord. No. 85-75; 2-7-2018 by Ord. No. 18-15; 10-18-2023 by Ord. No. 23-134]
The Mayor is hereby specified and designated as the public officer who shall appoint the Planning Commission members and one alternate Planning Commission member in the event a member is unable to participate because of a conflict of interest. The alternate member shall possess all the powers and responsibilities of such member of the Committee. Such designation shall be entered into the minutes of the initial Planning Commission meeting at which the substitution is made. The alternate Commission member will serve a term of five years. Such appointment shall be subject to the approval of the City Council. City Council will act to approve or disapprove an appointment within 45 days of the City Clerk's receipt of a written proposed appointment from the Mayor. A failure to act within such 45 days will be considered an approval. Planning Commission members must be a resident of the City of Binghamton at all times during his or her appointment.
[Amended 2-7-2018 by Ord. No. 18-15]
All appointments prior to February 7, 2018, will expire on February 9, 2018. All members serving as of February 7, 2018, will continue to be members of the will Planning Commission until appointments are made in 2018. In 2018, the Mayor appoint, subject to City Council's approval as provided in § 18-34 above, two members whose terms will expire on December 31, 2018; two members whose terms will expire on December 31, 2019; and three members whose for each terms will expire on December 31, 2020. Thereafter, the term of office Planning Commission member will be three years, so that every year either two or three terms expire. If a Planning Commission member leaves or is removed prior to expiration of his or her term, then the vacancy will be filled as provided in § 18-34 above for the unexpired term of such member. There is no limit as to the number of terms to which a Planning Commission member can be reappointed.
[Amended 5-19-2008 by Ord. No. 08-25; 12-21-2011 by Ord. No. 11-52; 1-11-2023 by Ord. No. 23-02]
Each member of the Planning Commission shall be paid an annual stipend of $575. Payments shall be made in four installments, on or about April 1, July 1, October 1, and January 1 (for the previous year). Any member joining the Planning Commission other than prior to the first meeting of the year will be paid a proportionate amount of the stipend. Any member who is removed for cause or pursuant to the Code of the City of Binghamton Article I, Vacancies Due to Nonattendance, § 16-1, Application, § 16-2, Determination of vacancy, shall not be paid for any missed meetings leading to dismissal.
A. 
The powers and duties of the Planning Commission shall be as set forth in Article 12-A of the General Municipal Law, but the only matter which shall be referred for report thereon, to such Commission by the City Council before final action thereon by said City Council, is the adoption of a general map or plan of the City providing for the present and future development and growth of the City as a whole, and none of the matters incident thereto as set forth in detail in § 236 of the General Municipal Law, or otherwise, shall be referred to said Planning Commission, separately, for report thereon, pending the final adoption of said plan or map as aforesaid.
B. 
This section shall not be construed as intended to limit or suspend action by the City Council upon any matter or class of matters incident to the preparation of a City plan or map as referred to in § 236 of the General Municipal Law pending the final report of said Planning Commission and adoption of such plan or map.