[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Glen Cove 8-25-1981
by L.L. No. 1-1981 as Ch. 42 of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established in the City of Glen Cove a Harbor and Waterfront
Development and Conservation Commission.
Said Commission shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed
by the Mayor and ratified by the City Council of City of Glen Cove. The members
of such Commission shall serve for a term of three years. The initial Commission
shall consist of two members who shall be appointed for terms of one year;
two members to be appointed for terms of two years and three members shall
be appointed for terms of three years each. The Chair of said Commission shall
be appointed from the membership by the Mayor and such office shall be ratified
by the City Council of the City of Glen Cove. No member shall serve more than
two consecutive three-year terms.
The Harbor Master shall be an ex officio member of the Commission without
a vote.
A.
The Commission's duties shall be:
(1)
To examine all proposals having bearing and reflecting
upon the use, development or conservation of the harbor, waterways and coastal
zone in the city and to make such recommendations to the City Council and/or
Planning Board, as the case may be, as shall be deemed to be in the best interests
of the City of Glen Cove.
(2)
To consult with and advise the City Council and Planning
Board and/or other appropriate local bodies on all matters relating to the
harbor, waterways and coastal zone area within the city's jurisdiction, including
but not limited to:
(3)
To recommend to the Planning Board and City Council long
range planning policies and plans relating to the harbor, waterways and waterfront
area. This shall take the form of a Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan,
including revisions thereof, prepared as part of the New York State Coastal
Zone Management Program.
(4)
To recommend to the City Council adoption or amendment
of ordinances and the taking of other official or unofficial action relating
to the harbor, waterways and coastal zone.
(5)
In the cases of all applications made by any person to
the United States Army Corps of Engineers or the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation or the City of Glen Cove Building Department,
to recommend to the City Council support or opposition to such applications
and, upon authorization, to present statements and take other action on behalf
of the city in supporting or opposing such application.
(6)
To consult and advise with the Chief of Police and Harbor
Master on matters relating to the police patrol of the harbor and waterways.
(7)
To make recommendations to the Board of Appeals and the
Planning Board on matters relating to the harbor, waterways and coastal zone.
(8)
To maintain liaison with appropriate federal, state and
county officials on matters relating to the harbor, waterways and coastal
zone.
(9)
To submit to the City Council an annual report of the
Commission's activities.
B.
The Commission shall initiate all such proposals as may
be consistent with these purposes and duties.
The Commission shall be responsible for the maintaining of records,
which records shall include minutes of its meetings, recommendations, plans
and proposals and such records shall become the property of and be part of
the records of the City of Glen Cove and as such shall be deemed to be public
records.
The Commission may hold public hearings and upon such hearing shall
make such recommendations to the City Council and/or Planning Board as it
may deem proper and necessary and which shall be predicated upon such findings
and determinations after such public hearing.
The Commission, in conjunction with the Harbor Master, shall adopt procedures
and forms for carrying out their functions.
