Amd §§81-a & 27, Gen City L; amd §§267-a & 271, Town L; amd §§7-712-a & 7-718, Vil L; amd §§239-c & 239-h,
Gen Muni L
Relates to providing notice of quorum requirements to applicants for building or site permits, variances, or subdivision plats at zoning board of appeals, local planning board, county planning board, and regional planning council meetings.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2247
SPONSOR: Santabarbara TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general city law, the town law, the village law and
the general municipal law, in relation to providing notice of quorum
requirements to applicants for a building or site permit, variance, or
subdivision plat at zoning board of appeals and planning board meetings
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Requires applicants at local zoning board of appeals or planning board
meetings to be fully informed of how many votes are needed for approval,
how many members of a board are absent, and the right of the applicant
to table their application for a future meeting if he or she believes
the number of members present or absent will impair the applicant's
chance of approval.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1, Subdivision 13 of section 81-a of the general city law is
amended by adding a new paragraph requiring a notice of quorum require-
ments, a notice of the number of board members present or absent, the
number of voted required to approve an application, the right of an
applicant to table their application.
JUSTIFICATION:
Applicants to local planning or zoning boards can be negatively impacted
by members of such boards being absent. This bill would allow the appli-
cant to make a fully informed decision on whether their application may
be negatively impacted by absences at such meeting, and would allow them
to make an informed decision to table their application.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
