[Adopted 1-14-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014 (Res. No. 32-2014)]
The purpose of this article is to provide for the Town Board
of the Town of Southport to appoint alternate members for both the
Town of Southport Planning Board and Town of Southport Zoning Board
of Appeals. Also, pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law, an additional
purpose of this article is to amend or supercede both Subdivision
15 of Town Law § 271 and Subdivision 11 of the Town Law
§ 267 to expand the condition under which said alternate
members of the Town Planning Board or Town Zoning Board of Appeals
to serve, to include both a conflict of interest by a regular member
of said boards or the inability of a member of said boards to attend
a meeting of the board on which they serve.
The Town Board of the Town of Southport shall appoint one alternate
member of the Town Planning Board, who shall have a term of three
years from the date of appointment. In the event that a regular member
of the Town Planning Board is unable to participate in an action before
the Town Planning Board as the regular member shall find that he or
she has a conflict of interest or is unable to attend a Town Planning
Board meeting for any reason, then the alternate member shall serve
in the place of said regular member of the Town Planning Board. The
alternate member of the Town Planning Board shall be subject to the
same training and continuing education, attendance, conflict of interest,
compensation, eligibility, vacancy in office, removal and service
on other boards requirements as a regular member of the Town Planning
Board.
The Town Board of the Town of Southport shall appoint one alternate
member of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals, who shall have a term
of three years from the date of appointment. In the event that a regular
member of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals is unable to participate
in an action before the Town Zoning Board of Appeals as the regular
member shall find that he or she has a conflict of interest or is
unable to attend a Town Zoning Board of Appeals meeting for any reason,
then the alternate member shall serve in the place of said regular
member of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals. The alternate member of
the Town Zoning Board of Appeals shall be subject to the same training
and continuing education, attendance, conflict of interest, compensation,
eligibility, vacancy in office, removal and service on other boards
requirements as a regular member of the Town Zoning Board of Appeals.
