[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Norwood 12-19-2006
by L.L. No. 1-2006. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Village Law applicable
thereto, the Village Board of Trustees hereby creates a Planning Board. The
existing Planning Board shall be continued.
B.
The Planning Board shall consist of five members, each
with a term of five years. The terms of membership shall run concurrent with
the governmental year. The Board is hereby vested with the powers and duties
subject to the limitations set forth in § 7-718 of Article 7 of
the Village Law, as the same may be amended, modified, or changed from time
to time, or any sections subsequently adopted pertaining to Planning Boards.
C.
Members and the Chairperson of such Planning Board shall
be appointed by the Village Board. Minimum requirements for Planning Board
members are:
(1)
Training. Each Board member is required to complete a
minimum of two hours of training per calendar year. At the discretion of the
remaining members of the Planning Board, and upon recommendation to the Village
Board or the Village Board of its own accord, may move a member for failure
to comply with this requirement.
(2)
Attendance. Each Board member shall be required to attend
75% of the scheduled meetings in each calendar year. In addition, failure
to attend three consecutive meetings without good cause may be grounds for
removal from the Board.
D.
No person who is a member of the Village Board shall
be eligible for membership on the Planning Board.
E.
The terms of members of the Planning Board first appointed
shall be so fixed that the term of one member shall expire at the end of the
Village governmental year in which such members were initially appointed.
The terms of the remaining members first appointed shall be so fixed that
one term shall expire at the end of each governmental year thereafter. At
the expiration of the term of each member first appointed, his or her successor
shall be appointed for a five-year term.
F.
If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration
of term, the Mayor shall appoint the new member for the unexpired term, subject
to the approval of the Village Board.
G.
The Village Board shall have the power to remove, after
public hearing, any member of the Planning Board for cause and may provide
by local law for removal, after public hearing, of any Planning Board member
for noncompliance with minimum standards relating to meeting attendance and
training as established by the Village Board by local law.
H.
All meetings of the Planning Board shall be held at the
call of the Chairperson and at such other times as such Board may determine.
I.
A person shall be disqualified from service as a member
of the Planning Board by reason of serving as a member of the Town or County
Planning Board.
J.
The Planning Board shall establish such rules and regulations
as are required by law and the provisions herein for the transaction of its
business and may amend, modify and repeal the same from time to time.
From time to time the Planning Board of the Village of Norwood has experienced
difficulty in securing a quorum necessary for the conducting of business due
either to conflict of interest, absence, illness or inability of some members
to attend meetings. In order to alleviate that problem, the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Norwood deems that it is necessary to appoint additional
and alternate Board members to function as set forth below.
A.
Authorization to appoint. The Board of Trustees is hereby authorized
to appoint two additional and alternate members to the Planning Board. When
sitting as a regular member, the additional and alternate members shall have
the same qualifications, authority and power as a duly and regularly appointed
member of the Board.
B.
Powers. The additional and alternate Board members shall sit
as members of the Board, exercising full power as if they were regular members,
when regular members on the Board are unable to attend, so as to make up a
quorum for the Board to conduct business. When such additional and alternate
Board member shall sit as a full member of the Board, the Village Clerk or
the Secretary of the Board shall make an entry in the minutes of the Board
meeting certifying that a regular member or members of the Board were unable
to attend and that the alternate and additional member or members were sitting
as a full member of the Board and giving the date, time, place and purpose
of such meeting. The additional and alternate members shall receive the same
compensation for attendance as regular Board members, whether in an official
capacity or not.
A.
The Planning Board shall have the following powers and
duties:
(1)
To prepare and from time to time recommend changes to the Comprehensive
Plan for the development of the Village.
(2)
To make investigations and reports relating to the planning and
development of the Village as it deems desirable. This shall include, but
not be limited to, changes in boundaries of districts, recommended changes
in the provisions of this chapter, other land use and development matters
of importance to the Planning Board and any matter lawfully referred to it
by the Village Board.
(3)
To review, act on or provide advisory reports as specified by
this chapter.
(4)
To conduct site plan review as authorized by the New York State
Village Law and as may be prescribed by local law.
(6)
To review and approve, approve with modifications or disapprove
plats showing lots, blocks or sites for subdivisions under § 7-728
of Article 7 of the Village Law.
(7)
All such powers as are conferred upon village planning boards
by the provisions of the Village Law now or hereafter in effect.
