[Adopted 4-19-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
[Amended 3-4-2019 by L.L.
No. 1-2019]
The Town Board of the Town of Chenango desires
to establish the method of payment to appointed officers to the Planning
Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Effective as of the adoption of this article,
the above-noted officials shall be paid on a per-meeting basis in
an amount to be established by the Town Board at its annual organizational
meeting.
[Adopted 6-4-2001 by L.L. No. 3-2001]
The article shall be entitled "A Local Law Establishing
Training Requirements for Members and Alternate Members of the Planning
Board and Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Chenango."
[Amended 8-24-2022 by L.L. No. 5-2022]
A. All members, alternate members and ad hoc members
(hereinafter individually or collectively referred to as "member")
of the ZBA and Planning Board shall be required to attend a minimum
of six hours in relevant training courses within the first calendar
year after the date of their initial appointment to such Board, and
thereafter, attend training sessions of not less than four hours every
calendar year thereafter.
B. Training received by a member in excess of four hours
in any one year after the first year may be carried over into succeeding
years in order meet these requirements.
C. Such training requirements can be waived or modified
by resolution of the Town Board when, in the judgment of the Town
Board, it is in the best interests of the Town to do so.
D. Noncompliance
with these minimum requirements relating to training shall result
in ineligibility for reappointment and shall also be deemed a proper
cause for removal from office.
E. The reasonable
costs of such training courses, seminars, workshops or continuing
education courses so designated shall be a Town charge. Members shall
also be reimbursed for reasonable travel and meal expenses according
to Town policies. Such training sessions shall be approved in advance
by the Town Board.
Training sessions which relate to the duties
of members of the ZBA and members of the Planning Board may include
programs offered by the New York State Department of State, New York
State Association of Towns, New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, the New York State Planning Federation, the Broome County
Department of Planning and Economic Development, the Broome County
Cooperative Extension and other such entities, as well as in-house
updates or training seminars or municipal law seminars conducted by
the Town Attorney. The Town of Chenango, after discussing with the
Chairpersons of the ZBA and Planning Board, shall annually designate
such training courses, seminars, workshops or continuing education
courses which may be offered within a reasonable distance and which
may be helpful to or of assistance to the Zoning Board of Appeals
and/or Planning Board in carrying out their respective functions in
a timely, fair and lawful manner.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of
a member of the Planning Board or ZBA to obtain such training shall
not affect said person's appointment to serve on such Board, to entertain
applications, to vote on such applications, the validity of such member's
actions or the validity of any decision, order or action of such Board.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit or restrict the Town Board of the Town of Chenango's authority to remove a member from the ZBA or Planning Board for cause (i.e., for other than the reasons enumerated herein). The procedural provisions of §
2A-8 (Procedure for removal of member) of this chapter shall govern any hearing to remove a member for cause.