[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Hamptonburgh 8-6-1979 as Ch. 25 of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Subdivision regulations — See Ch. 120.
Zoning — See Ch. 150.
[Amended 11-8-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012]
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended, a Planning Board of five members shall be appointed for the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York.
B. 
Original appointments shall be for the following terms:
(1) 
One for a term of five years.
(2) 
One for a term of four years.
(3) 
One for a term of three years.
(4) 
One for a term of two years.
(5) 
One for a term of one year.
C. 
Thereafter, appointments shall be made for five-year terms.
The Town Board shall designate a member of said Planning Board to act as Chairman thereof.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
A. 
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, said Planning Board of the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York, hereby appointed, shall have full power and authority to report upon matters referred to it by the Town Board or as required by Article 16, as amended, and shall have the authority to employ experts and to pay for their services and such other expenses as may be necessary and proper, provided that the total expenditures of said Board shall not exceed the appropriations for its expenses.
B. 
Pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Town Law of the State of New York, said Planning Board of the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York, hereby appointed, is hereby authorized and empowered to approve plats showing new streets or highways in the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York.
[Amended 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999]
The Clerk of the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York, is directed to forthwith file with the Clerk of the County of Orange a certificate showing that the Town Board of the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York, has authorized its Planning Board to approve plats showing new streets or highways within the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Town Law of the State of New York, and said Clerk is requested to write to the County Clerk of Orange County and request such Clerk, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Town Law of the State of New York, to refuse to file or record in his office any plat of a subdivision of land showing a new street or highway until it has approval by the Planning Board of the Town of Hamptonburgh, Orange County, New York.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 25-5 of the 1979 Code, Board to act as Zoning Commission, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-13-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999.