[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie 4-22-1980 (Ch. 20 of the 1980 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Pursuant to § 7-718 of the Village Law of the State of New York, a Planning Board consisting of five members is hereby created in the Village of Valatie upon the expiration of the next two terms of office.
[Amended 2-8-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000; 1-28-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
B. 
The terms of office of the original members shall be as follows:
(1) 
One for a term of five years.
(2) 
One for a term of four years.
(3) 
One for a term of three years.
(4) 
One for a term of two years.
(5) 
One for a term of one year.
C. 
Upon expiration of the terms of office of the original members, appointments shall be for terms of five years. One person shall be appointed annually to serve as Chairman of the Planning Board.
D. 
The terms of office for the members of the Planning Board shall commence on January 1 of the first year of the term of office to which the member was appointed and shall end on December 31 of the last year of the term of office to which the member was appointed.
[Added 9-9-2008 by L.L. No. 4-2008]
E. 
Alternate members.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(1) 
The Village Board of Trustees may, by local law or as a part of the local law creating the Planning Board, establish alternate Planning Board member positions for purposes of substituting for a member in the event such member is unable to participate because of a conflict of interest. Alternate members of the Planning Board shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, for terms established by the Village Board of Trustees.
(2) 
The Chairperson of the Planning Board may designate an alternate member to substitute for a member when such member is unable to participate because of a conflict of interest on an application or matter before the Board. When so designated, the alternate member shall possess all the powers and responsibilities of such member of the Board. Such designation shall be entered into the minutes of the initial Planning Board meeting at which the substitution is made.
(3) 
All provisions of this section relating to Planning Board member training and continuing education, attendance, conflict of interest, compensation, eligibility, vacancy in office, removal, and service on other boards, shall also apply to alternate members.
For the purposes of providing for the future growth and development of the Village and affording adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution, comfort, convenience, safety, health and welfare of its population, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Valatie, pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728 of the Village Law, hereby authorizes and empowers the Planning Board to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, to conditionally approve preliminary plats and to approve the development of plats entirely or partially undeveloped and which have been filed in the office of the County Clerk in which such plat is located prior to the appointment of such Planning Board and the grant to it of the power to approve plats. Before such approval is given, a public hearing shall be held by the Planning Board.