[Adopted 10-23-1989 by L.L. No. 5-1989 as Ch. 7, Art. II, of the 1989 Code]
[Amended 9-9-2020 by L.L. No. 20-2020]
Pursuant to the provisions of § 7-718 of the Village Law of the State of New York, a Planning Board of five members shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees of and for the Village, and the provisions of § 7-718 of said Village Law shall govern the appointment and term of office of members hereafter appointed. In accordance with § 7-718 of the Village Law, there shall be a maximum of two alternate Planning Board members who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Village Board, for terms established by the Village Board. Alternate Planning Board members shall substitute for Planning Board members in the event any such member is unable to participate in a matter or application before the Planning Board due to illness, absence or a conflict of interest. The Chairperson of the Planning Board is authorized to designate an alternate Planning Board member for a member who is unable to participate. When so designated, an alternate Planning Board member shall possess all of the powers and responsibilities of a member of the Planning Board.
The Village Planning Board shall have and exercise all the powers conferred upon such Planning Boards by the laws of the state; provided, however, that the Board of Trustees reserves to itself the sole and exclusive right to legislate upon any and all matters pertaining to the zoning ordinances of the Village or amendments thereto and/or modifications thereof.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728 of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of the Village is hereby authorized to approve plats showing new streets or highways in the Village and, in connection therewith, to employ all powers and comply with all conditions set forth in Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York, particularly with respect to § 7-730 thereof and any amendments thereto.
The Village authority or department or official having final jurisdiction of any matter in which the Village Planning Board also has jurisdiction in accordance with such Article 7 of the Village Law of the State of New York shall not proceed to final action until the Planning Board has made its final report thereon to such authority, department or officer, but if such Planning Board shall not have made its report within two months from the date of the reference thereto, the authority, department or officer of the Village having final jurisdiction may proceed to final action. This section shall not be construed to prevent the Village Board from granting, in any specific case, a longer period as it may fix within which the Planning Board may make its report, and if such longer period is granted, the authority, department or officer having final jurisdiction shall not, in the absence of such report, proceed to final action until that extended period has elapsed.