[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.