The City shall be governed by the provisions
of General City Law §§ 26 through 39.
[Amended 2-10-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
The City shall prepare, adopt and file an Official
Map within the authority and meaning of General City Law § 26.
It shall be filed in the proper public offices as the first and initial
Official Map of the City for the purposes contemplated in General
City Law §§ 26 through 39. The City Clerk/Treasurer
is directed to file in the office of the County Clerk an instrument
certifying that the City has established an Official Map and Plan
as provided in General City Law § 26.
The City Planning Commission is hereby created. The Mayor shall appoint seven members of the Commission in accordance with §
C-8 of the City Charter. The Commission shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties vested in it by the Code of the City of Jamestown and §§ 26
through 39 of the General City Law, except as the Council holds in
abeyance certain powers or reserves the right to pass upon certain
decisions of the Commission under the discretionary provisions of
such sections.
[Amended 2-10-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
In accordance with General City Law § 32,
the Commission shall be vested with the power to approve plats showing
new streets or highways pursuant to General City Law §§ 32,
33 and 34. The City Clerk/Treasurer is directed to file with the County
Clerk an instrument certifying that the Commission has been authorized
to approve plats and to exercise the powers in relation to the same
provided by General City Law §§ 26 through 39 and that
the Building Inspector is the City official who shall issue, in the
name of the Commission, a certificate of failure to take action in
relation to such plats, within the meaning of such § 32.
The Commission is authorized to exercise the
powers contemplated by the General City Law § 37 relating
to the authority of the City Council to grant to the Commission the
power to make changes in zoning regulations.
The Building Inspector shall be the executive
officer of the Commission. He shall issue the permits, certificates
and instruments contemplated by General City Law §§ 26
through 39. He shall retain copies in his office as part of the public
records of the City.
[Amended 2-10-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
A. The City Clerk/Treasurer shall act as secretary of
the Commission. He shall keep minutes of its proceedings and publish
the same in the official paper annually designated by the City Council.
B. Following the publication of the official minutes
as provided by the preceding subsection, the City Clerk/Treasurer
shall transmit a copy of the printed minutes to each Commissioner,
the Corporation Counsel, the Building Inspector, the Director of Public
Works, the Director of Assessments and the Superintendent of Public
Utilities. He is authorized to certify minutes of the proceedings
of the Commission upon the request of the person in interest.
The Director of Public Works shall act as the
technical advisor of the Commission, and his staff shall prepare the
maps, descriptions and records required by it.
The Corporation Counsel shall act as the legal
advisor of the Commission.
[Amended 2-10-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006; 8-28-2017; 11-25-2019 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
The Chairman is authorized to call special meetings
at any time. Two members of the Commission shall have the right to
invoke a special meeting by filing a written request with the City
Clerk/Treasurer stating the purpose of the meeting. The City Clerk/Treasurer,
upon receiving such request, shall give written notice to each member
of the time of the meeting. The City Clerk/Treasurer shall give 24
hours' written notice of each regular and special meeting. He shall
mail this written notice to each member of the Commission, Corporation
Counsel, Building Inspector, Director of Public Works and stenographer
to the Commission, to the official newspaper designated annually by
the City Council and to citizens or other individuals having particular
matters pending before the Commission on the day of the proposed meeting.