NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4780

Senate Bill S4780

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires a municipality to give notice to an adjacent municipality of the adoption or amendment of certain zoning ordinances or local laws that affect parcels of land within 500 feet of the adjacent municipal

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 20, 2025	advanced to third reading
Mar 19, 2025	2nd report cal.
Mar 18, 2025	1st report cal.564
Feb 12, 2025	referred to local government

Votes

- Mar 18, 2025 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S4780
  
  4
  
  Aye
  
  2
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Mar 18, 2025
      
      aye (4)
      
      Brouk
      
      Fahy
      
      Martinez
      
      Skoufis
      
      nay (2)
      
      Rolison
      
      Weik
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Baskin

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2025-S4780 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §239-nn, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4907
2021-2022: S1659
2023-2024: S3409

2025-S4780 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S4780 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4780

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring a
municipality to give notice to an adjacent municipality of the adoption
or amendment of certain zoning ordinances or local laws that affect
parcels of land within five hundred feet of the adjacent municipality

 
PURPOSE:

This bill provides municipalities with information pertaining to
proposed changes in local laws or zoning ordinances that affect parcels
within 500 feet of neighboring municipalities.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends sections 3 and 4 of section 239-nn of the general
municipal law as it relates to the rights of neighboring municipalities.
The bill requires notice of public hearings to neighboring munici-
palities when an adjacent municipality adopts or amends a zoning ordi-

nance, local, or comprehensive plan that affects a parcel within 500
feet of the municipality. It would also require the full statement of
the proposed action to be sent to the adjacent municipality. This full
statement is already been provided to county planning agencies. The
municipality may require costs associated with producing the full state-
ment to be borne by an adjacent municipality or applicant.

Section 2: Sets Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation would notify neighboring municipalities of any changes
to a municipality's local laws or zoning ordinances that may affect
their residents. The town or village may develop and submit comments at
a public hearing by informing the neighboring municipality of these
proposed changes. This bill will provide detailed information on nearby
projects to ensure that neighboring municipalities can make informed
comments on the project and its impact on residents. Proposed projects
within proximity of a municipal border can have profound effects on the
adjacent municipality. Projects can impact the environment, water use,
traffic, air quality, and other factors that must be considered. By
requiring a complete statement on these projects, municipalities do not
have to go through a formal process to obtain materials, which can delay
comments by weeks.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2015: No Senate Same-As

2016: No Senate Same-As

2017: No Senate Same-As

2018: No Senate Same-As

2019: S4907, Passed Senate

2020: S4907, Passed Senate

2021: S1659, Passed Senate

2022: S1659, Passed Senate

2023: S3409, Passed Senate

2024: S3409, Passed Senate

Assembly

2015: A7686, Referred to Local Governments

2016: A7686, Referred to Local Governments

2017: A1544, Referred to Local Governments

2018: A1544, Referred to Local Governments

2019: A2075, Referred to Local Governments

2020: A2075, Referred to Local Governments

2021: A6692, Referred to Local Governments

2022: A6592A, Referred to Local Governments

2023: A2830, Referred to Local Governments

2024: A2830, Referred to Local Governments

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have
become a law.

2025-S4780 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4780
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, HARCKHAM -- 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 requiring a
   municipality to  give  notice  to  an  adjacent  municipality  of  the
   adoption  or amendment of certain zoning ordinances or local laws that
   affect parcels of land within five hundred feet of the adjacent  muni-
   cipality
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4  of  section  239-nn  of  the  general
 municipal  law, as added by chapter 658 of the laws of 2005, are amended
 to read as follows:
   3. The legislative body or other authorized body  having  jurisdiction
 in  a  municipality shall give notice to an adjacent municipality when a
 hearing is held by such body relating to:
   (a) the issuance of a proposed special use permit or the granting of a
 use variance on property that is within five hundred feet of an adjacent
 municipality;
   (b) site plan review and approval on  property  that  is  within  five
 hundred feet of an adjacent municipality; [or]
   (c)  a subdivision review and approval on property that is within five
 hundred feet of an adjacent municipality; OR
   (D) ADOPTION OR AMENDMENT OF ANY ZONING  ORDINANCE  OR  LOCAL  LAW  OR
 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO-A OF THE
 TOWN  LAW, SECTION 7-722 OF THE VILLAGE LAW OR SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT-A OF
 THE GENERAL CITY LAW, WHERE  SUCH  CHANGES  WOULD  AFFECT  A  PARCEL  OR
 PARCELS THAT ARE WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF AN ADJACENT MUNICIPALITY.
   4.  Such  notice  shall be given by mail or electronic transmission to
 the clerk of the adjacent municipality at least ten days  prior  to  any
 such hearing.  A FULL STATEMENT OF SUCH PROPOSED ACTION SENT TO A COUNTY
 PLANNING  AGENCY OR REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AS REQUIRED BY SECTION TWO

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08754-01-5

 S. 4780                             2
 
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-M OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL ALSO BE SENT TO AN  ADJACENT
 MUNICIPALITY  AT LEAST TEN DAYS PRIOR TO A HEARING. THE MUNICIPALITY MAY
 REQUIRE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PRODUCING AND SENDING THE FULL  STATE-
 MENT TO BE BORNE BY THE ADJACENT MUNICIPALITY OR THE APPLICANT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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