[Adopted 5-1-1978 by L.L. No. 6-1978]
There is hereby created within the Town of Clay
a separate department of town government to be known as the "Department
of Planning and Development."
The Town Board of the Town of Clay enacts this
article to create a new department to be known as the "Department
of Planning and Development," to provide for the appointment of a
Commissioner of Planning and Development, and to define his duties.
The Department is created for the purpose of coordinating and efficiently
administrating the activities of various town boards, agencies and
employees engaged in the regulation, control, planning and processing
of land development within the Town of Clay.
There is hereby created the office of Commissioner
of Planning and Development who shall be the executive administrator
of the Department of Planning and Development. The term of said office
shall be for a term of two years and until a successor shall have
qualified; provided, however, that the appointee to such office shall
be removable at the pleasure of the Town Board.
The qualifications for the office of Commissioner
of Planning and Development shall be a bachelor's degree from an accredited
college or university in the discipline of municipal planning, engineering,
architecture, or a related field, together with a minimum of three
years' experience in municipal planning or land development or a bachelor's
degree from an accredited college or university in an unrelated discipline
together with a minimum of five years' experience in municipal planning
and land development.
The Commissioner of Planning and Development
shall be responsible to the Supervisor as the chief executive officer
of the town pursuant to the Suburban Town Law and shall have the following
duties:
A.
Those powers and duties necessary for the general
supervision of the Department of Planning and Development.
B.
Plan, organize, direct and review administrative procedures
necessary to the operation of the Department of Planning and Development.
C.
Establish systems and procedures for a central record
depository of all records currently maintained by the Planning Board,
Zoning Board of Appeals, Commission for the Conservation of the Environment,
Board of Industrial Development and the office of the Building Inspector
and shall develop forms, procedures and systems to ensure the exchange
of data and information between all boards, agencies or employees
of the town who are concerned with planning and land development.
[Amended 8-20-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
D.
Supervise and review the work of departmental subordinates
and report periodically to the Supervisor concerning the operations
of his Department and have the power to employ such officers and/or
employees as he deems necessary for the proper operation of the Department
of Planning and Development, within budgetary limitations established
by the Town Board of the Town of Clay.
E.
Have and exercise, in addition, those powers and duties
heretofore granted to the Building Inspector and/or the Superintendent
of Buildings by the laws of the State of New York and by resolutions
of the Town Board of the Town of Clay.
F.
Coordinate and aid the activities of the Town of Clay
Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Commission for the Conservation
of the Environment, Industrial Development Board and other boards
or agencies concerned with planning and land development and their
ecological effects.
[Amended 8-20-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
G.
Establish and effect a procedure for all referrals
required by general and local statutes to be made in connection with
applications before the Planning Board, or Zoning Board of Appeals.
H.
Be responsible, after consultation with attorneys
for the town, for the preparation and publication of all legal notices
in connection with applications before the Planning Board and Zoning
Board of Appeals.
I.
Make provision for stenographic services to, and prepare
and maintain official minutes of, the Planning Board, Zoning Board
of Appeals, Commission for the Conservation of the Environment and
the Industrial Development Board.
[Amended 8-20-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
J.
Establish and maintain a system for the central registration
and deposit of all security agreements, construction agreements, developers'
agreements and other agreements or instruments required in connection
with planning and land development in the Town of Clay.
[Amended 8-20-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]
There is hereby created within the Department
of Planning and Development a Bureau of Permit Inspection which shall
be responsible for the conduct of all preconstruction and construction
stage inspections for administering and enforcing the State Uniform
Fire Prevention and Building Code, duly accepted by the Town Board
of the Town of Clay on October 15, 1954.
