[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Babylon 11-27-1956 (Ch. 35 of the 1981 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision of land — See Ch. 311.
Zoning — See Ch. 365.
[Amended 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 7-1981]
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of § 7-718 of the Village Law of the State of New York, as amended, a Planning Board of five members is appointed for the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York.
B. 
The terms of office of the original appointees 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. 
Thereafter members shall be appointed for terms of five years.
D. 
The Planning Board members and the Chairperson of such Planning Board shall be appointed by the Mayor.
[Amended 1-27-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
[Added 1-27-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
The Village of Babylon may establish alternate Planning Board members for the purpose of substituting for an actual Planning Board member in the event that a member is unable to attend a meeting (being absent or unavailable) or because of a conflict of interest.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, hereby appointed, shall have full power and authority to prepare a Master Plan; to make such investigations, maps and reports and recommendations in connection therewith relating to the planning and development of the Village as it deems desirable; and to report upon matters referred to it by the Board of Trustees or as required by Article 7, as amended, provided that the total expenditures of said Board shall not exceed the appropriation for its expense.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728, as amended, of the Village Law of the State of New York, said Planning Board of the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, hereby appointed, is hereby authorized and empowered to approve plats showing new streets or highways in the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York.
Pursuant to the provision of § 7-738, as amended, of the Village Law of the State of New York, said Planning Board of the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, is hereby authorized, simultaneously with the approval of any plat, either to confirm the zoning regulations of the land so platted as shown on the Zoning Map of the Village of Babylon or to make any reasonable change therein.
The Clerk of the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, is directed to forthwith file with the Clerk of the County of Suffolk a certificate showing that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York, has adopted this chapter pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728 of the Village Law of the State of New York, and said Clerk is requested to write to the County Clerk of Suffolk County and request such Clerk, pursuant to the provisions of § 7-732 of the Village Law of the State of New York, to refuse to file or record in his office any plat of a subdivision of land showing a new street or highway until it has been approved by the Planning Board of the Village of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York.