These regulations or any portion thereof may be amended, supplemented
or repealed at any time by the City Council, on its motion or by petition
or by recommendation of the Planning Board and after a public hearing,
which has been preceded at least 10 days by a duly advertised and
published official notice of such proposed change. All proposed amendments
shall be referred to the Planning Board for study and recommendation
prior to such public hearing.
The subdivision regulations adopted by the City Planning Board
on the 29th day of November 1956 and also subsequent changes and amendments
thereto are repealed and declared to be of no effect on and after
the effective date of this subdivision regulation, except that as
to violations against the prior regulations which were in existence
prior to the effective date of these regulations and which would be
violations of these regulations if not in existence prior to the effective
date thereof, said prior regulations shall remain in full force and
effect.
[Added 12-10-2020 by L.L. No. 5-2020]
A.
Purpose
and intent; authority. It is the intent of this section to specifically
provide for the exemption of City projects and activities from the
City's Subdivision of Land Regulations. It is adopted pursuant to
New York Municipal Home Rule Law.
B.
City exemption.
Not withstanding any other provision of this chapter, any action or
subdivision proposed or undertaken by the City of Plattsburgh, or
on behalf of the City with the City's written authorization, shall
be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Notwithstanding this
exemption, the Common Council may seek nonbinding advisory review
from the City Planning Board and/or Zoning Board of Appeals for any
such proposed City action. This exemption specifically does not apply
to the provisions of the State Environmental Review Act (SEQRA) or
other state or federal requirements, but is limited only to requirements
of the City of Plattsburgh.
