[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Lake Grove 11-16-1978 as Ch. 62 of the 1978 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every applicant for a change of zone, variance,
special permit, approval of a plat, exemption from a plat or official
map, site plan approval or any other license or permit shall, when
making such application to the appropriate agency of the Village of
Lake Grove, submit an affidavit certifying the name and address of
each state or local officer or employee in Suffolk County interested
in the application, if any.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any corporation, domestic or foreign, whether business, membership
or organized pursuant to special legislation, but excluding any corporation
whose stock is traded on any regularly organized stock market as defined
by Rule 4533 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
A person is interested in an application when he or his spouse
or a person by consanguinity related to either of them within the
third degree:
Is an owner, contract vendee, lessee of or a
holder of an instrument creating an encumbrance upon the real property
which is the subject of the application.
Is an officer, director or stockholder (legally
or beneficially) of a corporation which is the owner, contract vendee,
lessee of or a holder of an instrument creating an encumbrance upon
the real property which is the subject of the application, or has
an agreement to purchase stock of such a corporation.
Is an employee of an owner, contract vendee,
lessee of or a holder of an instrument creating an encumbrance upon
the real property which is the subject of the application.
Is a member of a partnership, joint venture
or association which is the owner, contract vendee, lessee of or a
holder of an instrument creating an encumbrance upon the real property
which is the subject of the application, or has an agreement to purchase
an interest in the partnership, joint venture or association.
Has an agreement, express or implied, whereby
the amount of his compensation for services is dependent or contingent
upon the granting of the application.
All officers, elected or appointed; all special counsel;
all members of boards, commissions or committees, whether paid or
unpaid; all other persons whose salaries are paid by the state or
local municipality within Suffolk County; members of boards and commissioners
of local public authorities or other public corporations within Suffolk
County, but not including volunteer firemen or civil defense volunteers.
In the event that there is any change in any
matter set forth in the submitted affidavit after filing same but
before the public hearing, the affiant shall submit a supplemental
affidavit within 72 hours after such change or at the public hearing,
whichever is earlier.
[Amended 3-21-2024 by L.L. No. 5-2024]
Any person, corporation, firm, partnership, limited-liability company, trust, trustee, estate, estate fiduciary or representative or other entity who violates this chapter or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties provided in § 1-14 of the Code of the Village of Lake Grove.
