[Adopted 4-27-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000]
There shall be a Planning Board for the Town
of Ghent, Columbia County, New York, to be known as the Ghent Planning
Board, consisting of seven members appointed according to the requirements
of Article 16 of the Town Law. The terms of the initial members of
the Board shall be so fixed that the term of one member shall expire
at the end of the calendar year in which such members were initially
appointed. The terms of the remaining members shall be so fixed that
one term shall expire at the end of each calendar year thereafter.
At the expiration of the term of each member first appointed, his
or her successor shall be appointed for a term of seven years.
The Planning Board may review and make recommendations
on a proposed Town Comprehensive Plan or amendment thereto. In addition,
the Planning Board shall have full power and authority to make investigations,
maps, reports and recommendations in connection therewith relating
to the planning and development of the Town of Ghent as it seems desirable,
provided that the total expenditures of the Planning Board shall not
exceed the appropriation provided therefor.
The Planning Board may recommend to the Town
Board regulations relating to any subject matter over which the Planning
Board has jurisdiction under Article 16 of the Town Law or any other
statute or under any local law or ordinance of the Town of Ghent.
The Planning Board shall have full authority
and power to exercise all functions granted to it by Article 16 of
the Town Law, as amended, including but not limited to site plan review,
approval of special use permits and approval of preliminary and final
subdivision plats.
