[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Green Island as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 169.
[Adopted 4-16-2007]
A.
Town Law §§ 267 and 271, Village Law §§ 7-712
and 7-718, and General City Law §§ 27 and 81 provide
that, effective January 1, 2007, all planning board and zoning board
of appeals members in New York State, as well as alternate members
of those boards, must complete a minimum of four hours of training
each year.
B.
The above sections of state law provide that a planning board or
zoning board of appeals member shall not be eligible for reappointment
to such board if he or she has not completed the training required
by law.
C.
The above sections of state law provide that the legislative body
of the town, village and city specifies which activities qualify as
training to satisfy the state requirements.
A.
The following list of agencies, commissions, associations, universities,
and other organizations are approved to provide training to meet the
state requirements when the training they provide pertains to municipal
planning, zoning, community design, environmental issues, economic
development, and local government functions and practices:
(1)
The New York State Department of State; Department of Agriculture
and Markets; Office of the State Comptroller; Department of Health;
Department of Transportation; Department of Environmental Conservation;
Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Hudson River
Valley Greenway; and
(2)
The New York State Association of Towns, the New York Conference
of Mayors, the New York State Association of Counties, the New York
Planning Federation, the American Planning Association, the Upstate
New York Chapter of the American Planning Association and its sections,
and the Metro New York Chapter of the American Planning Association
and its sections; and
(3)
The Capital District Regional Planning Commission, Central New York
Regional Planning and Development Board, Herkimer-Oneida Counties
Comprehensive Planning Program, Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional
Planning Board, Long Island Regional Planning Board, Southern Tier
Central Regional Planning Board and Development Board, Southern Tier
East Regional Planning Development Board, Genesee-Finger Lakes Regional
Planning Council, Hudson Valley Regional Council, Tug Hill Commission,
and Adirondack Park Agency; and
(4)
The Albany County Department of Conservation, Planning and Economic
Development; and Albany County Soil and Water Conservation districts;
and
(5)
The Albany Law School Governmental Law Center and Institute for Legal
Studies, Pace Law School, Cornell University and Land Use Law Center,
and the Lincoln Institute of Land Use Policy.
B.
Other training activities may be approved on a case-by-case basis
by the Village Board of Trustees upon the request of a Planning Board
or Zoning Board of Appeals member.
Any new member appointed to fill the 12 months of a term shall
not be required to have attended training to be reappointed to a first
full term, but must thereafter comply with the municipal training
policy as provided elsewhere herein.
Training received by a Planning Board member or Zoning Board
of Appeals member in excess of four hours in any one year may be carried
over by the member into succeeding years.
The Village Clerk shall create and maintain a system of tracking
the training individual members complete annually; and such information
shall be presented to the appointment authority prior to considering
a member for reappointment.
