[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Liberty 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 5-3-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
A Planning Board is hereby established for the
Town of Liberty to consist of five members appointed in accordance
with § 271 of the Town Law.
[Amended 8-7-2006 by L.L. No. 7-2006]
Pursuant to § 271 of the Town Law,
the Town Board shall, by resolution, designate the Chairperson of
the Planning Board of the Town of Liberty.
The Planning Board shall have the powers granted
to Town planning boards under Article 16 of the Town Law.
[Added 8-7-2006 by L.L. No. 7-2006]
A.
Within six months from the effective date of this
section with respect to existing Planning Board members, and within
six months of appointment of any new Planning Board members, each
such member of the Planning Board shall be required to successfully
complete the Land Use Training and Certification School established
by the Land Use Law Center of Pace University School of Law in cooperation
with the New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal and the New York
State Planning Federation.
B.
During each calendar year following the year in which Planning Board members have satisfied the training requirements set forth in Subsection A above, each such member shall be required to complete training in accordance with the requirements of Subdivision 7-a of § 271 of the Town Law of the State of New York.
[Amended 2-20-2007 by L.L. No. 3-2007]
C.
The costs of training pursuant to this section shall
be a Town charge for which members of the Planning Board shall be
reimbursed for the cost thereof, provided that such costs have been
approved in advance by the Town Board.
D.
Noncompliance by a member of the Planning Board with
the training requirements of this section shall constitute proper
and sufficient cause for removal of such member from office pursuant
to Subdivision 9 of § 271 of the Town Law. However, the
failure of a member of the Planning Board to obtain the required training
shall not, in the absence of Town Board action, affect such member's
appointment to serve on the Planning Board, or his or her authority
to entertain and vote on applications, or the validity of his or her
acts as a Planning Board member.
[Added 11-4-2013 by L.L.
No. 4-2013; amended 12-30-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2015]
A.
Subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth in Subsection B below, the Planning Board is hereby authorized to continue and complete the review of and approve, approve with modifications or disapprove 1) the pending application for the Lake Marie Subdivision [35-2-7], and/or 2) the pending application for the White Sulphur Home Subdivision [38-1-43 and 38-1-34.12], notwithstanding that such subdivisions were otherwise rendered nonconforming as the result of the adoption of Local Law No. 1 of the year 2011 and which applications were identified as being subject to the provisions of the version of this § 31-5 as originally enacted by Local Law No. 4 of 2013.
