A resident of the City of Corning cannot serve on the Planning
Commission if the resident is a member of the City of Corning Zoning
Board of Appeals or the Corning City Council.
The Planning Commission shall have all the powers and duties
prescribed by law and by this article. The Planning Commission shall
adopt from time to time such rules and regulations as it may deem
necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article, and
all its resolutions and orders shall be in accordance therewith. The
powers of the Planning Commission are more particularly specified
as follows:
A. Site plan review, as described in Corning City Code §§
240-83 through
240-92, as amended; and
B. The review and approval or disapproval of applications for a permit
to establish or modify junkyards, mobile homes, or manufactured home
parks; and
C. Authority to recommend additions and amendments to zoning regulations;
and
D. Review and approval of subdivision and combining of parcels of land;
and
E. Review and reporting as to matters as may be referred to the Planning
Commission for report thereon by a board, agency, or public officer
of the City which is the final authority thereon, at any stage before
final action thereon by such board, agency or public officer.
All applications made to the Planning Commission shall be in
writing on forms prescribed by the Commission, and shall be accompanied
by a nonrefundable fee in effect at the time of filing, as set by
the City Council and listed in the Corning City Code's Fee Schedule. Except as otherwise described in this code, the application
shall be filed with the Director of Planning and Economic Development
or designee who will transmit to the Commission all papers, maps,
drawings, and documents constituting the application.
This article is hereby adopted pursuant to the provisions of
New York State Municipal Home Rule Law § 10. It is the intent
of the City of Corning, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 10,
to supersede the provisions of General Municipal Law § 234
relating to the term limits of members of the Planning Commission,
and also to supersede General Municipal Law § 234, insofar
as that section does not explicitly establish the appointment of alternate
members to the Planning Commission. This article shall also supersede
any provisions of the General Municipal Law concerning planning commissions
deemed inconsistent with this article.
If any provision of this article is held to be unconstitutional
or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining
provisions of this article shall remain in effect.