[Adopted 6-7-1935 (Ch.
86 of the 1989 Code)]
There shall be created in the City of Plattsburgh a commission
to be known as the "City Planning Commission." The said Commission
is hereby created is so created under and by virtue of the General
Municipal Law, Article 12-a, §§ 234 and 239-a, both
inclusive.
[Amended by L.L. No. 4-1994; 2-22-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
The Planning Board shall consist of five regular members and
two alternate members. The alternate members shall serve only in the
absence of a regular member, or where a regular member is unable to
vote on a matter due to conflict of interest considerations.
[Amended by L.L. No. 4-1994; 2-22-2018 by L.L. No. 2-2018]
The Mayor shall appoint the regular and alternate members of
the Planning Board, subject to confirmation by the affirmative vote
of three members of the Common Council. The Mayor shall attempt to
appoint at least one regular member or alternate member from each
ward. The Planning Board shall elect annually a chairperson from its
own regular members. No member of the Common Council or the Zoning
Board of Appeals of the City of Plattsburgh shall be eligible for
appointment to the Planning Board. A Board member may be removed from
office by vote of the Common Council if he or she fails to attend
five or more Board meetings out of 12 consecutive regular or special
meetings of the Board. The terms of regular and alternate members
shall expire on December 31st in the year when the term for which
they were appointed expires. A member whose term expires may continue
to serve until a successor is appointed. A person who is appointed
to fill a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of
the person who vacated the position. The term of a member shall be
five years; however, if two or more terms expire in the same year,
appointments to one or more of the regular positions shall be made
for less than five years so that one position becomes vacant every
five years. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the whole Board.
[Amended 6-5-1973; 5-2-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
A.
The Commission
shall have the power and authority to employ experts, clerks and a
secretary and to pay for their services and such other expenses as
may be necessary and proper, not exceeding, in all, the annual appropriation
that may be made by the City of Plattsburgh for said Commission.
B.
Pursuant
to § 27 of the General City Law, the City Planning Commission
is hereby invested with the powers and duties as specified for a Planning
Board as provided in Article 3 of the General City Law, in addition
to the powers and duties as specified in Article 12-a of the General
Municipal Law.
