Title VIL, Village

§ 7-701 Transfer of development rights; definitions; conditions;\nprocedures. 1. As used in this section:\n a. "Development rights" shall mean the rights permitted to a lot,\nparcel, or area of land under a zoning law respecting permissible use,\narea, density, bulk or height of…

§ 7-702 Districts. For any or all of said purposes the board of\ntrustees may divide the village into districts of such number, shape and\narea as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this\narticle; and within such districts it may regulate and restrict the\ner…

§ 7-703 Incentive zoning; definitions, purpose, conditions,\nprocedures. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n a. "Incentives or bonuses" shall mean adjustments to the permissible\npopulation density, area, height, open space, use, or other provisions\nof a zoning local law…

§ 7-703-a Planned unit development zoning districts. A village\nlegislative body is hereby authorized to enact, as part of its zoning\nlocal law, procedures and requirements for the establishment and mapping\nof planned unit development zoning districts. Planned unit development…

§ 7-704 Purposes in view. Such regulations shall be made in accordance\nwith a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the\nstreets; to secure safety from fire, panic, floods and other dangers; to\npromote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light…

§ 7-706 Method of procedure. 1. The board of trustees shall provide\nfor the manner in which such regulations, restrictions and the\nboundaries of such districts including any amendments thereto shall be\ndetermined, established and enforced. However, no such regulations,\nrestr…

§ 7-708 Changes. Such regulations, restrictions and boundaries may\nfrom time to time be amended. An amendment shall be effected by a simple\nmajority vote of the board of trustees, except that an amendment shall\nrequire the approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the…

§ 7-709. Exemption of lots shown on approved subdivision plats. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any\ngeneral, special or local law, the provisions of a zoning local law\nhereafter adopted, or of a change or amendment thereto, which\nprovision…

§ 7-710 Adoption of first zoning local law. 1. In order to avail\nitself of the powers conferred by this article, the board of trustees of\nany village shall appoint a commission to be known as the zoning\ncommission to recommend the boundaries of the various original districts\…

§ 7-712 Zoning board of appeals. 1. Definitions. As used in this\nsection:\n (a) "Use variance" shall mean the authorization by the zoning board of\nappeals for the use of land for a purpose which is otherwise not allowed\nor is prohibited by the applicable zoning regulations.\n…

§ 7-712-a Board of appeals procedure. 1. Meetings, minutes, records.\nMeetings of such board of appeals shall be open to the public to the\nextent provided in article seven of the public officers law. Such board\nof appeals shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote…

§ 7-712-b Permitted action by board of appeals. 1. Orders,\nrequirements, decisions, interpretations, determinations. The board of\nappeals may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the\norder, requirement, decision, interpretation or determination appealed\nfrom an…

§ 7-712-c Article seventy-eight proceeding. 1. Application to supreme\ncourt by aggrieved persons. Any person or persons, jointly or severally\naggrieved by any decision of the board of appeals or any officer,\ndepartment, board or bureau of the village, may apply to the supreme…

§ 7-714 Remedies. In case any building or structure is erected,\nconstructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained;\nor any building, structure or land is used, or any land is divided into\nlots, blocks or sites in violation of this act, or of any local law…

§ 7-716 Conflict with other laws. Wherever the regulations made under\nauthority of this act require a greater width of size of yards or\ncourts, or require a lower height of building or less number of stories,\nor require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or im…

§ 7-718 Planning board; creation, appointment. 1. Authorization. The\nvillage board of trustees of each village is hereby authorized by local\nlaw to create a planning board consisting of five or seven members.\nMembers and the chairperson of such planning board shall be appoint…

§ 7-722 Village comprehensive plan. 1. Legislative findings and\nintent. The legislature hereby finds and determines that:\n (a) Significant decisions and actions affecting the immediate and\nlong-range protection, enhancement, growth and development of the state\nand its commun…

§ 7-724 Official maps, changes in official map; notice of hearing.\nEvery village may by resolution of its board of trustees establish an\nofficial map of the village showing the streets, highways and parks\ntheretofore laid out, adopted and established by law. Drainage systems\…

§ 7-725-a Site plan review. 1. Definition of site plan. As used in\nthis section the term "site plan" shall mean a rendering, drawing, or\nsketch prepared to specifications and containing necessary elements, as\nset forth in the applicable local law, which shows the arrangement,…

§ 7-725-b Approval of special use permits. 1. Definition of special\nuse permit. As used in this section the term "special use permit" shall\nmean an authorization of a particular land use which is permitted in a\nzoning local law, subject to requirements imposed by such local l…

§ 7-728 Subdivision review; approval of plats; development of filed\nplats. 1. Purpose. For the purpose of providing for the future growth\nand development of the village and affording adequate facilities for the\nhousing, transportation, distribution, comfort, convenience, safe…

§ 7-730 Subdivision review; approval of plats; additional requisites.\n1. Purpose. Before the approval by the planning board of a plat showing\nlots, blocks or sites, with or without streets or highways, or the\napproval of a plat already filed in the office of the clerk of the\…

§ 7-732 Subdivision review; record of plats. 1. Filing of plat with\ncounty clerk or register. (a) No plat of a subdivision of land showing\nlots, blocks or sites, shall be filed or recorded in the office of the\ncounty clerk or register until it has been approved by a planning …

§ 7-734 Buildings in streets; permits; hearings; review. For the\npurpose of preserving the integrity of such official map or plan no\npermit shall hereafter be issued for any building in the bed of any\nstreet or highway shown or laid out on such map or plan, provided,\nhowever…

§ 7-736 Construction of municipal utility in streets; permits for\nerection of buildings; appeal; review by court. 1. No public municipal\nstreet utility or improvement shall be constructed by the village in any\nstreet or highway until it has become a public street or highway a…

§ 7-738 Subdivision review; approval of cluster development. 1.\nDefinitions. As used in this section:\n (a) "cluster development" shall mean a subdivision plat or plats,\napproved pursuant to this article, in which the applicable zoning local\nlaw is modified to provide an alte…

§ 7-739 Coordination with agricultural districts program. 1. Policy\nof local governments. Local governments shall exercise their powers to\nenact local laws, ordinances, rules or regulations that apply to farm\noperations in an agricultural district in a manner which does not\n…

§ 7-740 Review of decisions of planning board. Any officer,\ndepartment, board or bureau of the village, with the approval of the\nboard of trustees, or any person or persons, jointly or severally\naggrieved by any decision of the planning board concerning such plat or\nthe chan…

§ 7-741 Intermunicipal cooperation in comprehensive planning and land\nuse regulation. 1. Legislative intent. This section is intended to\nillustrate the statutory authority that any municipal corporation has\nunder article five-G of the general municipal law and place within la…

§ 7-742 Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article\nor the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged\ninvalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be\nconfined in its operation to the part, provision or application di…

§ 8-800 Police departments. The board of trustees of a village may, by\nresolution, establish a police department in such village and appoint a\nchief of police and such personnel as may be needed, and fix their\ncompensation. The board of trustees may abolish a police departmen…

§ 8-802 Powers and duties of police officers. The police officers so\nappointed shall have all the powers and be subject to the duties and\nliabilities of constables of towns in serving process in any civil\naction or proceeding. In addition to other powers conferred by law, sai…

§ 8-804 Discipline and charges. 1. Except as otherwise provided by\nlaw, a member of such police force or department shall continue in\noffice unless suspended or dismissed. The board of trustees or municipal\nboard shall have power and is authorized to adopt and make rules and\…

§ 8-806 Review. The conviction of any member of such police force or\ndepartment shall be subject to review by the supreme court in the\njudicial district in which such village is located, in the manner\nprovided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules on\nt…

§ 9-900 Acts or resolutions of the board of trustees that are subject\nto referendum on petition. l. Whenever this chapter shall expressly\nprovide that an act or resolution of the board of trustees is subject to\na permissive referendum, such act or resolution shall be subject …

§ 9-902 Referendum on petition; registration list of electors. 1. An\nact or resolution of the board of trustees as described in the preceding\nsection shall not take effect until thirty days after its adoption; nor\nuntil approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qu…

§ 9-904 Proposition for the submission of acts or resolutions. A\nproposition submitting an act or resolution of the board of trustees to\nthe approval of the electors pursuant to this chapter shall contain an\nabstract of such act or resolution concisely stating the purpose and…

§ 9-906 Reconsideration of act or resolution upon submission to\nreferendum. At any time after the adoption of an act or resolution and\nnot later than fifteen days prior to the election, the board of trustees\nof the village may reconsider its action thereon and if upon such\nr…

§ 9-908 Referendum on acts or resolutions of the board of trustees\nwithout petition. The board of trustees may, upon its own motion, cause\nto be submitted for the approval of the qualified electors of such\nvillage, an act or resolution of such board in connection with which a…

§ 9-910 Referendum for adoption of local law at village elections. 1.\nWhenever, pursuant to law, public sports, exercises or shows are\npermitted on the first day of the week after five minutes past one\no'clock in the afternoon upon the adoption of a local law by the board\nof…

§ 9-912 Propositions--submission and special election. 1. The board of\ntrustees may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the petition of at\nleast two hundred electors in villages containing a population of five\nthousand or more; by at least one hundred fifty electors in vill…

§ 9-914 Resubmission of defeated propositions. A proposition submitted\nin pursuance of section 9-912 of this article or of section 9-900 of\nthis article and which has been defeated, or in the case of a permissive\nreferendum in which the action of the board of trustees has bee…

§ 9-916 Inconsistent local laws. No local law shall be adopted\nchanging, amending or superseding any of the provisions of this article.\n