[Adopted 1-31-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005[1]]
A.
Composition. The Planning Board shall consist of five
members to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Board
of Trustees. All Planning Board members shall be Croton-on-Hudson
residents.
B.
Terms. The term of each member shall be five years,
with eligibility for reappointment by the Mayor with consent of the
Board of Trustees. Planning Board terms shall commence with the first
day of the official Village year. Full terms filled for the first
time shall be so fixed for five or less years and arranged so that,
to the greatest practicable extent, the expiration of terms will be
distributed evenly over the first five years after the initial appointments.
If a vacancy shall occur, it shall be filled by appointment as above
provided for the unexpired term only. Members shall serve after the
expiration of their terms until their successors shall have been appointed
and qualified.
C.
Compensation. Planning Board members shall serve without
salary.
D.
Ineligibility. No member of the Village Board of Trustees
shall be eligible for membership on the Planning Board. No Planning
Board member shall be permitted to act on any matter in which he or
she has a direct or indirect personal or financial interest.
E.
Vacancy in office. If a vacancy occurs other than
by expiration of term, the Mayor shall appoint the new member for
the unexpired term.
A.
Chairperson. The Chair of the Planning Board shall
be appointed from among the members by the Mayor with the consent
of the Board of Trustees.
B.
The Planning Board is authorized, by the consent of
the Board of Trustees, to employ or contract for experts, staff and
services as it deems necessary.
A.
Meetings. The Planning Board shall hold regular meetings
at times and places fixed by its rules. Regular meetings shall be
scheduled for not less than once a month and shall be open to the
public. Notice of meetings shall be announced in a manner reasonably
accessible to the public.
B.
Voting requirements. All motions and resolutions of
the Planning Board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority
of all Planning Board members for adoption. Where an action is the
subject of a referral to the county planning agency, the voting provisions
of §§ 239-m and 239-n of the General Municipal Law
shall apply.
C.
Applications for development, hearing on applications. Applications for subdivision and site plan review shall be submitted to the Planning Board in accordance with the regulations set forth in Article XII, Subdivision of Land, and Article XI, Site Plan Approval, of this chapter. Hearings on development applications shall be held in accordance with the regulations set forth in those articles.
A.
Subdivision review; authority to approve plats. For
the purpose of providing for the future growth and development of
the Village and affording adequate facilities for the housing, transportation,
distribution, comfort, convenience, safety, health and welfare of
its population, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson,
New York, hereby authorizes the Planning Board of the Village to approve
preliminary and final plats showing lots, blocks and sites, with or
without streets or highways, and to approve conditionally preliminary
plats,[1] all as defined and set forth in § 7-728 of the Village Law of the State of New York and as regulated by Article XII, Subdivision of Land.
B.
Approval of previously filed plats. For the same purposes
and under the same conditions, the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes
and empowers the Planning Board to approve the development of plats
entirely or partially underdeveloped which have been filed in the
office of the Clerk of Westchester County prior to the appointment
of the Planning Board and the grant to it of the power to approve
plats.
C.
Site plan approval. In all cases where site plan approval by the Planning Board is required by Chapter 230, Zoning, the authority for final action on the approval of such site plan is delegated to the Planning Board, and any building or use permit for the development of such land shall only be issued subject to compliance with such approved site plan and any restrictions imposed in relation thereto by the Planning Board, and any certificate of occupancy or compliance shall only be issued subject to continued compliance with such site plan and restrictions imposed in relation thereto by the Planning Board. This resolution is adopted pursuant to Chapter 788 of the 1974 Session Laws of the State of New York[2] and is intended to confer upon the Planning Board the
full powers authorized by said chapter and to ratify and confirm any
conferral of such powers previously given.
[2]
Editors Note: See § 236 of the General
Municipal Law.
D.
Architectural review. To improve the overall visual and built quality in the Village, encourage high quality exterior building design, and to encourage buildings that are appropriate in design and scale to the site and surrounding area, the Planning Board is authorized by the Board of Trustees to consider exterior architectural features in its review of site plans for new commercial and office development projects, new single-family and multifamily residential construction, and major residential renovations. The procedure and criteria for architectural review are set forth in Article XI, Site Plan Approval, of this chapter.[3]
[3]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection E, regarding special
permits issued by the Planning Board, which immediately followed this
subsection, was repealed 2-22-2011 by L.L. No. 1-2011.
