This Part 1 shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Auburn Planning
Ordinance."
In case of conflict between any provisions in this Part
1 and Article 3 of the General City Law, the provisions of Article 3 of the General City Law shall control. It is intended by the enactment of this Part
1 that the procedures set forth herein shall be in addition to and complementary to Article 3 of the General City Law.
There shall be a City Planning Board appointed by the Mayor.
The municipal officials on the Planning Board shall not, by reason of
membership thereon, forfeit their right to exercise the powers, perform the
duties or receive the compensation of the municipal office held by them during
such membership.
The Chairman of the City Planning Board shall be designated by the Mayor
at the beginning of each calendar year for a one-year term, but upon his or
her failure to do so, said Chairman shall be elected from and by the Board
members.
The City Manager shall have the power and authority to employ experts
and a staff upon request of the City Planning Board and to approve such other
expenses of the Board as may be necessary and proper, not exceeding in all
the appropriation that may be made for such Board by the Council.
The City Planning Board may adopt rules and regulations in respect to
procedure before it and in respect to any subject matter over which it has
jurisdiction under this Part 1 or any other statute, ordinance or law, after
public hearing by the City Planning Board and subject to the approval of the
Council.
No plat of a subdivision of land showing lots, blocks or sites, with
or without streets or highways, shall be filed or recorded in the office of
the County Clerk of Cayuga County until it has been approved by the City Planning
Board or a certificate has been issued by the City Clerk of the failure of
the City Planning Board to take action within the time specified in this Part
1.
The procedure for approval of subdivision plats is set forth in Part
2, Subdivision of Land, Article
IV, Procedure, of this chapter.
Grounds for refusal to approve a plan, plat or description shall be
set out in the records of the City Planning Board.
In making any determination hereunder regarding streets, highways, parks
and required improvements, the City Planning Board shall take into consideration
the prospective character of the development, whether dense residence, open
residence, business or industrial.
The City Planning Board is authorized and empowered, simultaneously
with approval of such plats provided for in this article, to confirm the zoning
regulations of land so platted as shown on the Official Zoning Map of the
City and to make such reasonable changes therein as may be necessary or proper
to improve or protect the interests of the City in its public health, safety
and general welfare in accordance with § 37 of the General City
Law.