A.
Pursuant to § 7-718 of the Village, Law
there shall be a Planning Board composed of five members. The members
of the Planning Board shall be appointed for a term of five years
each, by the Mayor, subject to the approval by the Village Board.
The members of the Planning Board in office on the effective date
of this chapter shall continue in office until the end of the terms
for which they were appointed and until their successors have been
appointed as herein provided. Appointments shall be for terms so fixed
that one shall expire annually and succeeding appointments shall be
for five-year terms. The Village Board shall appoint a Chairperson
each year or, during the absence of such designation, a Chairperson
may be chosen by the Planning Board. The Village Board may appoint
a Secretary to the Planning Board who is not a member of said Board.
The Planning Board may pay for the services of its Secretary or experts
but not in an amount exceeding the budget appropriation for the Planning
Board made by the Village Board. The Planning Board already established
shall continue to function under the provisions of this chapter and
under the provisions provided in Article 7 of the Village Law of the
State of New York.
B.
There shall be two alternate members of the Planning
Board who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to approval by
the Village Board, for terms of two years each, except that the terms
of one of the alternate members initially appointed shall be one year.
Thereafter, the term of each alternate member shall be two years from
and after the expiration of the term of their predecessors in office.
One alternate member shall be designated at the time of appointment
as first alternate member. The other alternate member shall be designated
at the time of appointment as second alternate member. The first alternate
member shall sit as a member of the Planning Board to hear and determine
in those matters before the Board whenever a regular member of the
Board shall be disqualified from participating in such matter due
to conflict of interest or unable to participate in hearing and determining
such matter due to temporary inability to serve because of illness,
absence or disability. In the event that more than one regular member
of the Planning Board shall be disqualified or unable to participate
in hearing and determining a particular matter for the reasons hereinabove
set forth, the second alternate member shall sit as a member of the
Board for the purpose of hearing and determining such matter. When
so sitting to hear and determine a matter before the Board, each alternate
member of the Board shall have the same powers and privileges as a
regular member of the Board.
The Planning Board shall be empowered to:
The Planning Board shall prescribe rules of
conduct and procedure for its affairs consistent with the applicable
provisions of the Village Law of the State of New York and this chapter.
A.
Any application before the Planning Board shall be
referred to the Nassau County Planning Commission as required in General
Municipal Law §§ 239-l, 239-m and 239-n and the Nassau
County Charter § 1610 not less than 35 days prior to a public
hearing.
B.
Failure of the Nassau County Planning Commission to
report its recommendations within 30 days after receipt of a full
statement of such referred material, or such longer period as may
have been agreed upon by it and the Planning Board, shall be construed
as approval.
C.
If the Nassau County Planning Commission disapproves
the proposed subdivision, the proposal shall not become effective
except by a vote of a majority plus one of all the members of the
Planning Board, and such approval shall fully set forth the reasons
for such contrary action.
D.
If the Nassau County Planning Commission should recommend
modification of the proposed subdivision and the Planning Board does
not incorporate said modification into such proposed subdivision,
then said proposed subdivision shall not be approved except by a vote
of a majority plus one of all the members of the Planning Board, and
such approval shall fully set forth the reasons for such contrary
action.
E.
If the Planning Board shall incorporate all the modifications
recommended by the Nassau County Planning Commission or if the Nassau
County Planning Commission should approve a proposed subdivision,
then the proposed subdivision may be approved by a vote of a majority
of all the members of the Planning Board.
F.
A report of the decisions of the Planning Board shall
be filed with the Nassau County Planning Commission if referral was
initially required.
Fees for applications before the Planning Board
shall be established by the Village Board by resolution at an open
meeting.
