[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.]
[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.
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.
[Added 1-12-1960]
The Planning Board shall be authorized and empowered to perform such
functions and duties as are provided in the Village Law in effect from time
to time.
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.
