[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Monroe 8-1-1947 by resolution. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Performance bonds (required for subdivision improvements) — See Ch. 36.
Zoning — See Ch. 57.
Subdivision of land regulations — See Ch. A65.
Zoning Board of Appeals, rules of — See Ch. A66.
The following named persons be, and hereby are, appointed a Planning Board for the Town of Monroe, to hold office for the terms set opposite their respective names:
Silas B. Patterson
5 years
Fred S. Florance
4 years
George C. Rogers
3 years
Edward M. O'Gorman, Jr.
2 years
Nathaniel J. McMahon
1 year
The above named persons shall have and possess all of the powers and perform all of the duties of a Planning Board specified in Article 16 of the Town Law or such other statute or statutes now in force or hereafter enacted prescribing the powers and duties of a Planning Board, and said Silas B. Patterson be, and hereby is, designated as Chairman of said Board.
[Added 3-15-2010 by L.L. No. 3-2010; amended 4-4-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
Pursuant to the provisions of Town Law § 271, Subdivision (7), the membership of the Planning Board is hereby decreased from seven to five. The decrease to five members shall take effect upon the expiration of the next two terms on December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2023, at which time the Planning Board shall consist of five members. Vacancies occurring in the current terms to expire on December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2023, after the effective date of this section shall not be filled.
[Added 5-2-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ABSENT
A Town Planning Board member is deemed absent when that member is either unable to participate in a Planning Board matter, is not physically present at a meeting or is not lawfully participating via video conference for any reason.
ALTERNATE MEMBER
A person duly appointed by the Town Board as an alternate Planning Board member as authorized by Town Law § 271 to serve, as designated by the Planning Board chairperson, when a regular Planning Board member is absent, as that term is defined herein.
SUBSTITUTION
The action by the Chairperson of the Planning Board in designating an alternate member to serve on the Board in the place of an absent member.
[Added 5-2-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
A. 
Establishment and appointment of alternate members. Pursuant to New York State Town Law § 271, Subdivision (15), the Town Board hereby establishes two alternate member positions on the Planning Board.
B. 
Terms of alternate members. Alternate members of the Planning Board shall be appointed by the Town Board for a term of two years, with the terms to expire on December 31 of the second year after the date of the initial appointment. The alternate member first appointed following the effective date of this section shall serve until December 31 of the year following the year of the initial appointment. The second alternate member appointed following the effective date of this section shall serve until December 31 in the year of the initial appointment. Thereafter all alternate member terms shall be two-year terms expiring on December 31 of the second year after the date of the initial appointment.
C. 
Substitution of alternate member. The Chairperson of the Planning Board shall designate an alternate member to substitute for a member when such member is absent. The Planning Board Chairperson shall determine the selection and assignment of alternate members to Planning Board matters. Up to two alternate members may be designated, if available and necessary, by the Planning Board Chairperson to review and vote on any application or matter when regular members are unable to participate or are otherwise absent. When so designated, the alternate member(s) shall possess all the powers and responsibilities of such member of the Planning Board, including participating in Planning Board discussions and voting. The designation of alternate members to serve on a Planning Board matter shall be recorded in the minutes of the Planning Board meeting at which substitution occurs.
D. 
Alternate Members appointed by the Town Board shall regularly attend the scheduled meetings and/or work sessions of the Planning Board, be available for designation when required and be familiar with the applications and/or matters pending before the Planning Board.
E. 
Alternate members shall serve without compensation.
F. 
All provisions of state law relating to Planning Board member attendance, eligibility, vacancy in office, removal, compatibility of office and service on other boards, as well as provisions of any local law or ordinance relating to training and continuing education, shall also apply to alternate members.
G. 
Where not contrary to the intent and purpose of this section, nothing herein shall preclude the Planning Board, as deemed appropriate and necessary for the conduct of Planning Board business, from enacting rules and procedures regarding alternate members.
[Added 9-5-1947 by resolution]
Said Board be, and hereby is authorized and empowered to approve plats showing new streets or highways within that part of the town outside the limits of the incorporated Villages of Monroe and Harriman, pursuant to § 276 of the Town Law, for the purpose of providing for the future growth and development of the town and affording adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution, comfort, convenience, safety, health and welfare of its population.
[Added 12-6-1957 by resolution].
The Planning Board of the Town of Monroe is hereby authorized to pass and approve the development of plats already filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of Orange, in cases where such plats are entirely or partially undeveloped. This authority is in addition to the previous authority granted to such Planning Board to approve plats showing new streets and highways.
[Added 7-3-1959 by resolution]
The Planning Board of the Town of Monroe is hereby authorized to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites with or without streets or highways and approve the development of such plats already filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of Orange in cases where such plats are entirely or partially undeveloped. This authority is in addition to all previous authority granted to such Planning Board to approve plats showing new streets and highways.
[Added 10-9-1968 by resolution]
To enable and encourage flexibility of design and development of land in such a manner as to promote the most appropriate use of land, to facilitate the adequate and economical provision of streets and utilities and to preserve the natural and scenic qualities of open land, the Town Planning Board of the Town of Monroe be and it is hereby authorized and empowered, simultaneously with the approval of plats pursuant to Article 16 of the Town Law, to modify applicable provisions of Local Law No. 2 of the year 1965 of the Town of Monroe,[1] as amended from time to time, subject to the conditions set forth in § 281 of the Town Law. This authorization shall be applicable to all lands outside the limits of any incorporated village within the town which are zoned for residential purposes.
[1]
Editor's Note: Local Law No. 2, 1965, is the Zoning Local Law. See Ch. 57, Zoning.
[Added 4-16-2018 by L.L. No. 5-2018]
A. 
All members or alternate members appointed by the Town Board to the Planning Board shall regularly attend all meetings as scheduled.
B. 
If any member or alternate member is absent from three consecutive meetings and/or six meetings in any calendar year, such absences shall constitute cause for his or her removal from the Planning Board for noncompliance with the minimum requirements relating to meeting attendance.
C. 
Any member or alternate member who does not meet the minimum attendance requirements may be removed by the Town Board for cause. In the case of removal, said members shall be entitled to notice and a hearing before the Town Board, at their request, prior to said removal. The Board may use its discretion to strictly construe the attendance requirement should it choose, or may find good cause to excuse certain absences in determining whether to remove any members of the Planning Board under this section.
D. 
This section is hereby adopted pursuant to Town Law § 271.
[Added 4-16-2018 by L.L. No. 5-2018]
A. 
Pursuant to § 271 of the New York State Town Law, all members and alternate members of the Planning Board shall complete, at a minimum, four hours of training each year, which shall be approved by resolution of the Town Board.
B. 
All of other applicable provisions relating to training as set forth in § 271 of the New York State Town Law are hereby incorporated herein.
C. 
Any member or alternate member who does not meet the minimum training requirements may be removed by the Town Board for cause. In the case of removal, said members shall be entitled to notice and a hearing before the Town Board, at their request, prior to said removal. The Board may use its discretion to strictly construe the training requirement should it choose, or may find good cause to excuse certain absences in determining whether to remove any members of the Planning Board under this section.
[Added 5-2-2022 by L.L. No. 4-2022]
A. 
The Planning Board Chairperson may designate a Deputy Chairperson to act in the cases of absence or unavailability of the Planning Board Chairperson and, in such circumstances, the Deputy Chairperson shall be authorized to take all actions necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Planning Board Chairperson.
B. 
In the event of the simultaneous absence or unavailability of the Planning Board Chairperson and the Deputy Chairperson, the members of the Planning Board shall designate an Acting Chairperson to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Planning Board Chairperson during the time of absence or unavailability of the Planning Board Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson.