[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Kinderhook as indicated in section histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-3-1961 (§ 20-1 of the 1978 Code); amended 3-9-2022 by L.L. No. 1-2022]
Pursuant to § 7-718 of the Village Law of the State of New York, a Planning Board of five members shall be appointed for the Village of Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York.
A. 
The Village Board may choose to appoint an alternate member of the Planning Board to serve as provided in this section. The number of alternate members appointed pursuant to this section shall not exceed one. The Village Board may appoint an alternate member who shall hold membership for two years. The Chairperson of the Planning Board shall assign the available alternate to substitute at a meeting of the Planning Board for a regular member who is absent from said meeting or who is unable to participate in said meeting for reasons of conflict of interest, after proposing such an action, voting on it, and recording it in the minutes of the meeting. When so designated, the alternate member shall possess all the powers and responsibilities as a member of the Board, as follows:
(1) 
An alternate member must attend all regular and special meetings of the Planning Board unless excused by the Board. An alternate member of the Planning Board may only participate at meetings of the Planning Board when serving/sitting as a member of the Board, and an alternate member may not participate in meetings of the Planning Board as a resident of the community. Any determination made by the Planning Board consisting of an alternate member shall have the same force and effect at law as a determination made by the Planning Board consisting of only regular members. An alternate member appointed pursuant to this section shall be entitled to receive such expenses as fixed by resolution of the Village Board.
(2) 
Quorum. At any meeting of the Planning Board, a quorum shall consist of a majority of the full membership of the Planning Board, who may be regular members or as with the addition of an alternate member assigned to sit and participate at said meeting. No action shall be taken in the absence of a quorum, except that those members present shall be entitled to call a special meeting at a subsequent date.
(3) 
Voting. At all meetings of the Planning Board, each attending member who has been properly appointed as a regular member or assigned as an alternate shall be entitled to one vote. Voting shall be by voice. A majority vote of the entire Planning Board shall be necessary for the adoption of any proposed action, resolution or other voting matter.
[Adopted 1-6-1969 (§ 20-2 of the 1978 Code)]
Pursuant to Article 7 of the Village Law, the Planning Board is hereby authorized and empowered to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and to pass on and approve the development of plats already filed in the office of the Clerk of Columbia County if such plats are entirely or partially undeveloped, and the Village Clerk is directed to forthwith file a certified copy of this section with the Clerk of Columbia County.
[Adopted 12-10-1973 (§ 20-3 of the 1978 Code)]
A. 
The Planning Board shall review subdivision proposals and other proposed new developments to assure that:
(1) 
All such proposals are consistent with the need to minimize flood damage.
(2) 
All public utilities and facilities, such as sewer, gas, electrical and water systems, are located, elevated and constructed to minimize or eliminate flood damage.
(3) 
Adequate drainage is provided so as to reduce exposure to flood hazards.
B. 
The Planning Board shall require new or replacement water supply systems and/or sanitary sewage systems to be designed so as to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into the systems and discharges from the systems into floodwaters and require on-site waste disposal systems to be located so as to avoid impairment of them or contamination from them during flooding.
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Editor's Note: On September 24, 1973, the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution assuring the Federal Insurance Administration that it would take legislative action to establish land control measures with relation to flood loss and vesting the Village Planning Board with authority and means to implement the commitments made in the resolution.