The purpose of this article is to allow for
amendment to this chapter whenever the public necessity and convenience
and the general welfare require such amendment, by following the procedure
of this article.
When directed by the Town Board, the Town Clerk shall submit a copy of the proposed amendment to the Adirondack Park Agency for a determination as to whether the proposed amendment is subject to Agency approval under Section 807 of the Adirondack Park Agency Act; the Town Clerk shall simultaneously refer such proposed amendment to the Planning Board, and where required by § 239-m of the General Municipal Law, to the County Planning Board having jurisdiction, for the report and recommendations by those bodies to the Town Board (see § 200-66).
The procedure as to the notice of a public hearing
on an enactment of a proposed amendment shall follow and be governed
by § 265 of the Town Law, and § 239-m of the General
Municipal Law, including all subsequent amendments thereto. Notice
of the decision of the Town Board shall be sent promptly to the Adirondack
Park Agency.
The Zoning Administrator and the Town Clerk
shall each maintain records of amendments to the text of this chapter
and of the Town Zoning Map and the official APA LUDP.
