Every applicant appearing before the Planning Board, the Board of Zoning
Appeals or the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Freeport for
a variance, change of zone, approval of a plat, exemption from a plat or official
map or any other license, permit or special exception, which the aforesaid
Boards can grant in the exercise of their discretion pursuant to the powers
given to them by law, shall certify, in the manner hereinafter provided, the
name and address of each village officer, employee or related person interested
in the favorable exercise of such discretion.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AGENCY
Includes any board, commission, authority, office, committee, department,
branch, bureau or other administrative subdivisions of the Village of Freeport
consisting of one or more persons, paid or unpaid, which perform any function
of the Village of Freeport.
COMPENSATION
Includes salaries, wages, fees, commissions and receipt, directly
or indirectly, of any other thing of value.
INTEREST
Includes, without limitation, any right, title, share or participation
in anything or in any advantage, profit or benefit, whether such right, title,
share or participation be direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, contingent
or vested, financial or otherwise, as owner, partner, stockholder, mortgagee,
creditor, broker, agent or in any other capacity, but shall not include an
interest in any corporation whose stock is traded on any regularly organized
stock market as defined in Rule 4533 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE
Any Mayor, Trustee, Police Judge or Village Attorney of the Village
of Freeport; any person receiving any compensation from said village; and
any member of any agency of the village, as hereinafter defined, or anyone
acting as advisor, consultant, counselor or counsel to such agency, paid or
unpaid.
RELATED PERSONS
Any agent, spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother
or sister of such officer or employee.
An applicant shall certify whether or not any of the foregoing provisions
are applicable by making a verified statement under oath, unless such statement
is affirmed by an attorney under the provisions of Article 21 of the Civil
Practice Law and Rules, on a form for such purpose provided by the Village
Clerk.