[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Plandome Manor 1-11-2006 by L.L. No. 19-2005 as Ch. 42 of the 2005 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-20-2010 by L.L. No. 2-2010; 11-16-2010 by L.L. No.
4-2010]
A.
A Planning
Board consisting of five members and one alternate member hereby is
established. Appointments shall be made by the Mayor, subject to the
approval of the Board of Trustees. The first member appointed shall
have a term which expires at the end of the current official year
and the remaining members' terms shall expire at the end of the second,
third, fourth and fifth official years, respectively. At the expiration
of each original appointment, the succeeding member shall be appointed
for five years. The members of the Planning Board in office at the
time this section takes effect shall continue in office until the
end of the term for which they were appointed and their successors
have been appointed, as provided in this section. All appointments
to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term.
B.
Any official
of the Village on the Planning Board shall not, by reason of membership
thereon, forfeit his right to exercise the powers, perform the duties
or receive the compensation of the municipal office held by him during
such membership. No more than one such member shall hold other public
office in the Village.
C.
Any members
of the Planning Board may be removed by the Mayor for cause after
a public hearing.
D.
The Board
of Trustees shall designate a member of the Planning Board to act
as Chairman thereof.
E.
Each member
of the Planning Board shall complete, at a minimum, four hours of
training each year designed to enable such members to more effectively
carry out their duties, in accordance with § 7-718, Subdivision
7-a, of the Village Law.
F.
The alternate
member of the Planning Board shall serve for a term of one year and
shall substitute for a member in the event such member is absent or
otherwise unable to serve.
The Planning Board shall have the power and
authority to:
A.
Employ experts, clerks and a secretary and to pay
for their services and expenses as may be necessary and proper, not
exceeding the appropriation made therefor by the Board of Trustees.
B.
Adopt rules and regulations in respect to the procedures
before it and in respect to any subject matter over which it has jurisdiction,
after a public hearing by the Board and subject to the approval of
the Board of Trustees.
C.
Prepare or change a comprehensive plan for the development
of the entire Village.
D.
Advertise and hold public hearings; review and approve,
approve with modifications or disapprove plats showing lots, blocks
or sites with or without streets, and to conditionally approve preliminary
plats.
E.
To make investigations, maps and reports and recommendations
relating to the planning and development of the Village as it deems
desirable, providing the total expense shall not exceed the appropriation
for expenses.
F.
At the discretion of the Board, to refer applications
for review and recommendations to the Design Review Board where the
applications involve matters relating to the design of buildings.
A.
Any officer, department, board or bureau of the Village
with the approval of the Board of Trustees or any person or persons
jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the Planning Board
may bring a proceeding to review in the manner provided by Article
78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules in a court of record on the
ground that such decision is illegal in whole or part. Such proceeding
must be commenced within 30 days after the filing of the decision
in the office of the Board.
B.
Commencement of the proceeding shall "stay" proceedings
upon the decision appealed from.
