Senate Bill S186

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for notice to municipalities of proposed planning or zoning actions by county planning agency or regional planning council

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S186 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §239-m, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S318

2011-S186 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for notice to municipalities of proposed planning or zoning actions by a neighboring municipality; such notice to be given by the county planning agency or regional planning council having appropriate authority over the proposed action.

2011-S186 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   186

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  notice  of
  certain municipal actions

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 239-m  of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended by chapter 459 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read
as follows:
  2. Referral of proposed planning and zoning actions. In any city, town
or village which is located in a county  which  has  a  county  planning
agency, or, in the absence of a county planning agency, which is located
within  the  jurisdiction  of  a  regional planning council duly created
pursuant to the provisions of law, each  referring  body  shall,  before
taking final action on proposed actions included in subdivision three of
this  section, refer the same to such county planning agency or regional
planning council.   SUCH AGENCY OR COUNCIL  SHALL  GIVE  NOTICE  OF  THE
PROPOSED  ACTION  TO  ANY MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THE COUNTY WHICH IS WITHIN
FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THE PROPERTY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED ACTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01370-01-1

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