[Amended 4-2-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998]
This article is enacted pursuant to the provisions
of the Municipal Home Rule Law and provides for establishing standards
of conduct for members of appointive boards. The Town Board of the
Town of Rochester, by the enactment of this article, finds that it
is in the best interests of the residents of the Town to establish
strict attendance standards for members of appointive boards so as
to avoid delay in processing applications and to provide for a fair
hearing before said boards for residents of the Town.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
APPOINTIVE BOARD
Any group of three or more persons delegated by local law,
ordinance or state law to perform a specific governmental function
and which board is appointed by the Town Board of the Town of Rochester.
CALENDAR QUARTER
Each three month period of each year beginning with January
1 of each year.
[Amended 8-26-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
A. Members of all appointive boards in the Town of Rochester
are expected to attend all regularly scheduled and specially scheduled
meetings of such appointive board. In the event that a member of an
appointive board is absent from three consecutive meetings, or in
the event that a member of the board is absent from five meetings
within any one calendar year, then such member may be sanctioned as
provided for in this chapter.
B. Training.
[Amended 10-2-2008 by L.L. No.
3-2008; 2-4-2016 by L.L. No. 1-2016]
(1) Upon the initial appointment to the Planning Board or the Zoning
Board of Appeals of the Town of Rochester, the new member shall be
required, as a condition of appointment, to complete two online-based
training programs related to the functions of said Board within three
months of the date of such appointment: New York State Department
of State "Planning Board Overview" (Planning Board member) or New
York State Department of State "Zoning Board of Appeals Overview"
(Zoning Board of Appeals member) and New York State Department of
Conservation "Introduction to SEQR - Guiding the Process."
(a)
One and one-half hours of training credit shall be credited
to the member for each completed program.
(b)
Alternatively, the training may be completed in classroom training
session; however, the training information shall be comparable to
the online training and be approved by the Town Board.
(c)
The member shall complete, at a minimum, one additional hour
of training as described below prior to December 31 of the year of
appointment.
(2) Thereafter, every member of the Planning Board and the Zoning Board
of Appeals shall be required to complete, at a minimum, four hours
of training each year, designed to enable such members to more effectively
carry out their duties. Training received by a member in excess of
four hours in any one year may be carried over by the member into
succeeding years in order to meet the requirements of this subsection.
Methods of such training shall be approved by the Town Board, by resolution,
and may include, but not be limited to, training provided by a municipality,
regional or county planning office or commission, county planning
federation, state agency, statewide municipal association, college
or other similar entity. Training may be provided in a variety of
formats, including, but not limited to, electronic media, video, distance
learning and traditional classroom training.
C. All members of the Board of Assessment Review shall be required to
comply with the training requirements mandated by New York State Real
Property Tax Law § 523, as same may be from time to time
amended.
[Added 10-2-2008 by L.L. No. 3-2008]