[Amended 7-9-2009 by L.L.
No. 4-2009]
A. 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 for
the Village of Morrisville, Madison County, New York, such Planning
Board to have all powers and authority as provided herein and all
powers and authority granted to Planning Boards in Article 7 of the
Village Law of the State of New York and in any applicable local legislation
of the Village of Morrisville.
B. The Board
of Trustees may also appoint one or more alternate members to the
Planning Board to serve when regular members of the Board are absent
or unable to participate on an application or matter before the Board
as a result of a conflict of interest.
C. All appointments
of alternate members of the Planning Board shall be made by the Mayor.
Initial appointments of alternate members of the Planning Board and
any alternate members appointed during the Village calendar year shall
be for the remainder of the Village's calendar year. Otherwise, all
appointments and all reappointments of alternate members shall be
for terms of one year.
D. The chairperson
of the Planning Board may designate an alternate member to substitute
for a regular member when such regular member is unable to participate
on an application or matter before the Board. When so designated,
the alternate member shall possess all the powers and responsibilities
of such regular member of the Board. Such designation shall be entered
into the minutes of each meeting for which the substitution is made.
E. All provisions
of Article 7 of the Village Law relating to planning board member
eligibility, vacancy in office, removal, compatibility of office and
service on other boards, as well as any provisions of any local law
or resolution relating to training, continuing education, compensation
and attendance of planning board members, shall also apply to alternate
members.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 7-728
of the Village Law of the State of New York, the Planning Board of
the Village of Morrisville, Madison County, New York, hereby appointed,
is authorized and empowered to approve plats showing new streets or
highways in the Village of Morrisville, Madison County, New York.
The Clerk of the Village of Morrisville, Madison
County, New York, is directed to file with the Clerk of the County
of Madison, a certificate showing that the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Morrisville, Madison County, New York, has authorized its
Planning Board to approve plats showing new streets or highways within
the Village of Morrisville, Madison County, New York, pursuant to
the provisions of § 7-728 of the Village Law of the State
of New York, and the Clerk is requested to write to the County Clerk
of Madison County and request that 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/her 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 Morrisville, Madison County,
New York.