[Amended 9-19-1978]
The Planning Board of the Town of Riverhead is hereby authorized
and empowered to approve subdivision plats showing lots, blocks or
sites, with or without streets or highways, and to approve preliminary
plats, within that part of the Town of Riverhead outside the limits
of any incorporated city or village. The Planning Board of the Town
of Riverhead is further authorized and empowered to approve the development
of plats already filed in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk or
Register of Suffolk County, if such plats are entirely or partially
undeveloped.
The Town Board of the Town of Riverhead may refer any matter
or class of matters pertaining to planning, parking, parks, housing,
transportation, safety, health and welfare, other than those referred
to in § 272 of the Town Law, to the Planning Board of the
Town of Riverhead, and said Planning Board shall submit its report
thereon to the Town Board of Riverhead before final action on said
matters by the Town Board.
The said Planning Board shall submit its said report to the
Town Board within 30 days from date of referral unless otherwise stated
in a resolution referring the matter or matters to the Planning Board.
The Planning Board of the Town of Riverhead shall be permitted
to make recommendations to the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead
on any matter or class of matters related to planning, parking, parks,
housing, transportation, safety, health and welfare and any other
well-being of the Town of Riverhead.