[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
The head of the Planning Bureau shall be the Planning Director,
who shall be appointed by the Mayor; provided, however, that the Director
shall be appointed on the basis of his or her qualifications and experience
for the office. The Director so appointed may be removed by the Mayor.
The Planning Bureau and the Director thereof shall, in conjunction
with the Planning Board, be responsible for the city planning and
zoning activities, including the continual updating of the Master
Plan of the City of Yonkers and the provisions of planning services
and coordination for urban renewal and capital improvements projects,
as well as having all the powers and duties of staff of planning boards
pursuant to Article 3 of the General City Law.
All the books, records, papers, documents and other property
of the former Planning Department shall become the property of the
Planning Bureau.
All persons now employed pursuant to the Civil Service Law in
the Planning Department are transferred without change of status,
grade or salary to the Planning Bureau, Department of Development.
Any reference in any law, general, special or local, ordinance
or resolution to the "Planning Department" or the "Director" thereof
of the City of Yonkers, or any other combination of words denoting
the said Department or Director, shall be deemed a reference to the
Planning Bureau and Director thereof.
