[Amended 9-8-1987 by L.L. No. 8-1987]
A.
A Department of Planning and Development in and for the City of Yonkers
is hereby established. The head of the department shall be the Commissioner
of Planning and Development, a position in the unclassified service,
vested with authority, direction and control over said department,
with power and authority to appoint and remove officers and employees
therein. The Commissioner shall have the qualifications and experience
necessary to perform the duties of his or her office, and shall be
appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
B.
There shall be in the department a Deputy Commissioner of Planning
and Development, a position in the exempt class of the civil service,
with power to act generally for and in place of the Commissioner during
the Commissioner's absence, disability or vacancy.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
Under the general direction of the Mayor, the Commissioner of
Planning and Development shall have the supervision and control of
the administration of the several bureaus and divisions of the Department;
said powers and duties shall include but not be limited to the inauguration
and direction of comprehensive planning for the economic, social and
physical development of the City of Yonkers; the clearance, reconstruction,
renewal, rehabilitation, conservation, restoration or improvement,
or any combination of these, for the arrest, prevention and elimination
of substandard and unsanitary areas, slums and blight, including code
enforcement activities now or subsequently vested with the Department;
the coordination or capital improvement programs of the city for purposes
of obtaining maximum assistance for urban renewal and economic development
from the state and federal governments; the inauguration and undertaking
of programs designed to retain, restore or expand the city's commercial
and industrial tax base; the inauguration and development of public
information in all areas concerned with the development, redevelopment,
marketing or disposal of properties; the implementation of programs
to promote understanding and support for proposed projects and to
promote cooperation with interested citizens' groups in the development
of interest and participation in public projects; and the submission
of applications for federal or state funds, subsidies, grants or grants-in-aid
for the conservation, urban renewal or redevelopment through clearance,
replanning, reconstruction or rehabilitation of any areas as may be
authorized by the Council. The commissioner shall have all the powers
and shall exercise all the duties hereinafter conferred upon the several
bureaus and divisions of the Department and shall have such other
powers and duties as may be granted to him or her by this act or by
ordinance or general or special law.
