[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Briarcliff
Manor 2-3-1966 by L.L. No. 1-1966. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The first paragraph of § 179-b of Chapter 64 of the Laws of
1909, entitled "An Act Relating to Villages, Constituting Chapter 64 of the
Consolidated Laws,"[1] as amended is hereby superseded and changed to read as follows:
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"Such Board of Trustees shall appoint a Board of Appeals consisting
of five members and shall designate its Chairman. The members of such Board
in office on March 1, 1966, shall continue in office until the end of the
terms for which they were appointed and until their successors have been appointed
as herein provided and have qualified. Of the members of such Board first
appointed after March 1, 1966, one shall hold office for the term of one year,
one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the
term of four years, one for the term of five years, from and after his appointment.
Their successors shall be appointed for the term of five years from and after
the expiration of the terms of their predecessors in office. If a vacancy
shall occur otherwise than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by the
Board of Trustees by appointment for the unexpired term. The Board of Trustees
shall have the power to remove any member of the Board for cause and after
public hearing. All meetings of the Board of Appeals shall be held at the
call of the Chairman and at such other times as such Board may determine.
Such Chairman, or in his absence, the Acting Chairman, may administer oaths
and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of such Board shall be
open to the public. Such Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing
the vote of each member upon every question, or if absent or failing to vote,
indicating such fact, and shall also keep records of its examinations and
other official actions. Every rule, regulation, every amendment or repeal
thereof, and every order, requirement, decision or determination of the Board
shall immediately be filed in the office of the Board and shall be a public
record."
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Editor's Note: Village Law § 179-b was redesignated as Village
Law § 7-712 as part of the 1973 revision of the Village Law.
