[Amended 12-10-1946 by G.O. No. 45-1946]
A Planning Board of the City of Yonkers is hereby created pursuant
to the provisions of Article 3 of the General City Law, to consist
of seven members to be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and
consent of the City Council, not more than a minority of whom shall
hold any other office or position in the City of Yonkers. The members
of the Planning Board now in office shall continue in office until
the end of the term for which they were appointed and until their
successors have been appointed and have qualified. Their successors
shall be appointed for terms of three years. The appointment of one
of the additional members of the Board herein provided for shall be
for a term of one year and of the other additional member herein provided
for shall be for a term of two years. Their successors shall be appointed
for terms of three years. If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than
by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
term. The term of office of any city officer or employee appointed
as a member of the Board shall terminate with the term of the Mayor
selecting him. The Mayor shall have authority to remove any member
for cause after a public hearing.
[Amended 12-10-1946 by G.O. No. 45-1946]
The Planning Board is hereby authorized and empowered to approve
plats showing new streets and highways and to prepare a Comprehensive
Master Plan for the entire area of the City of Yonkers in accordance
with the provisions of § 28-a of Article 3 of the General City
Law.
The City Clerk is hereby specified as the official who shall
issue on behalf of the City of Yonkers the certificate of failure
of the Planning Board to take action as prescribed in § 32 of
Article 3 of the General City Law.