[Adopted 10-22-1929 by G.O. No. 29-1929]
[Amended 12-10-1946 by G.O. No. 45-1946[1]]
A Planning Board of the City of Yonkers is hereby created pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the General City Law, to consist of seven members to be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council, not more than a minority of whom shall hold any other office or position in the City of Yonkers. The members of the Planning Board now in office shall continue in office until the end of the term for which they were appointed and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. The appointment of one of the additional members of the Board herein provided for shall be for a term of one year and of the other additional member herein provided for shall be for a term of two years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. If a vacancy shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. The term of office of any city officer or employee appointed as a member of the Board shall terminate with the term of the Mayor selecting him. The Mayor shall have authority to remove any member for cause after a public hearing.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[Amended 12-10-1946 by G.O. No. 45-1946]
The Planning Board is hereby authorized and empowered to approve plats showing new streets and highways and to prepare a Comprehensive Master Plan for the entire area of the City of Yonkers in accordance with the provisions of § 28-a of Article 3 of the General City Law.
The City Clerk is hereby specified as the official who shall issue on behalf of the City of Yonkers the certificate of failure of the Planning Board to take action as prescribed in § 32 of Article 3 of the General City Law.