[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of East
Hampton 9-19-1952 (Ch. 44 of the 1971 Code); amended in
its entirety 7-27-2007 by L.L. No. 14-2007.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be a Village Planning Board appointed by the Mayor, subject
to the approval of the Board of Trustees, which Board shall consist of five
members. The terms of the members of the Board first appointed shall be one,
two, three, four and five years from and after their appointment. Their successors
shall be appointed for the term of five years from and after the expiration
of the term of their predecessors in office. If a vacancy occurs otherwise
than by expiration of term, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired
term. Any official of the Village on such Board shall not, by reason of membership
thereon, forfeit his right to exercise the powers, perform the duties or receive
the compensation of municipal office held by him during such membership. The
Mayor shall have the authority to remove any member of such Board for cause
and after a public hearing.
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Editor's Note: On March 16, 2007, the Board of Trustees adopted
a resolution requiring New York State mandated annual training for all Planning
Board, Design Review Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals members. The resolution
is on file in the office of the Village Clerk and available for public inspection
during regular office hours.
Such members may receive compensation as the Board of Trustees may from
time to time by resolution provide.
The Chairman of the Planning Board shall be designated by the Mayor,
with the approval of the Board of Trustees, and on its failure to do so, shall
be elected from and by the Planning Board's own members.
The Planning Board shall have the power and authority to employ experts
and a staff and to pay for their services and such other expenses as may be
necessary and proper, not exceeding in all the appropriation that may be made
for such Board.
The Planning Board may recommend to the Village Board of Trustees regulations
relating to any subject matter over which the Planning Board has jurisdiction
under this article or any other statute or local law of the Village. Adoption
of any such recommendation by the Village Board of Trustees shall be by local
law.
A.
The Planning Board shall prepare and may recommend to
the Board of Trustees for adoption a Comprehensive Plan for the development
of the entire area of the Village, which Comprehensive Plan shall show existing
and proposed streets, bridges and tunnels and the approaches thereto, viaducts,
parks, public reservations, roadways in parks, sites for public buildings
and structures, zoning districts, pier heads and bulkhead lines, waterways
and routes of public utilities and such other features existing and proposed
as will provide for the protection and improvement of the Village and its
future growth and development and will afford adequate facilities for the
public housing, transportation, distribution, comfort, convenience, public
health, safety and general welfare of its population. The Comprehensive Plan
and all modifications thereof shall be on file in the office of the Planning
Board and in the offices of the Village Engineer and Village Clerk.
B.
The Planning Board may advertise and hold public hearings
when it desires, notices of which hearings shall be advertised at least once
in a newspaper of general circulation and in the Village and by posting a
notice of hearing in at least three prominent places at least five days before
each such hearing.
By authority of the Village Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of East Hampton, the Planning Board is authorized and empowered to approve plats showing lots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, and to approve preliminary plats and to pass and approve on the development of plats already filed and to act on all subdivision applications as provided by Chapter 252 hereof.
