[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Wawayanda 2-4-1993. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 162.
Pursuant to Article 16 of the Town Law of the
State of New York, a Planning Board of seven members shall be appointed
for the Town of Wawayanda, Orange County, New York.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The names and terms of office
of the original appointees to the Planning Board and the Chairperson,
which followed this section, have been omitted. Such information is
available in the office of the Town Clerk.
A.
Pursuant to provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law,
said Planning Board hereby appointed shall have full power and authority
to approve plats, prepare a Master Plan and make such investigations,
maps and reports, and make recommendations in connection therewith,
relating to the planning and development of the Town as it deems desirable,
and to report to the Town Board as required by law; provided, however,
that the total expenditures of said Board shall not exceed the amount
appropriated for its expenses.
B.
Said Planning Board hereby appointed shall have full
power and authority pursuant to all federal, state and local laws
and ordinances.
The Town Clerk be and hereby is directed to
forthwith file with the Clerk of Orange County a certificate showing
that the Town Board has authorized its Planning Board to approve plats
showing any new streets or highways with the Town, and the Town Clerk
shall write the County Clerk requesting that said Clerk, pursuant
to § 278 of the Town Law, refuse to file or record any plat
of any subdivision of land with or without new streets or highways
until it has been approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Wawayanda.
In order to establish a proper and orderly transition
of business from the Town Board to the Planning Board, the duly elected
Town Clerk, on behalf of the Town Board, shall deliver to the Secretary
and/or Clerk of said Planning Board hereby created any and all books,
records, papers, money and property pertaining to the Planning Board.
Any and all applications presently pending before
said Town Board shall be transferred to the Planning Board at their
present respective stages as well as any and all new matters.
