This chapter may be amended by the Town Board, from
time to time, on its own motion or on petition or on recommendation
of the Planning Board, in accordance with the provisions of the enabling
statutes, after public notice, hearing and posting.
Each proposed amendment shall be referred to the Planning
Board prior to public hearing for a recommendation, which shall become
a part of the official minutes of the public hearing.
The Town Board shall not take action on any such proposed
amendment without the recommendation by the Planning Board, unless
the Planning Board fails to render its recommendation within 60 days
after the date of its referral.
All amendments which are the subject of a mandatory
referral or notice to other agencies, as set forth in §§ 277.61
and 277.71 of the Westchester County Administrative Code, shall be
transmitted to the appropriate agencies by the Town Clerk in accordance
with the provisions of those sections.
A map accurately drawn to an appropriate scale, showing
the proposed zone district boundary changes, property lines, the calculated
areas affected in acres or square feet, the street rights-of-way in
the immediate vicinity and the lands and names of owners immediately
adjacent to and extending within 500 feet of all boundaries of the
property to be rezoned in the R-2.5, R-2 and SB-0, SB-1, SB-35 and
SB-100 Districts; 300 feet in the R-1, R-1/2 and R-1/3 Districts;
and 100 feet in all other districts.
Petitions for amendments shall be submitted, in quadruplicate, to the Municipal Clerk with an application fee as set forth in the most current resolution of the Town Board fixing the fee pursuant to § 137-1 of the Town Code.