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

1 Co-sponsor

• Suzi Oppenheimer

BILL NUMBER:S186

Title of bill

An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to notice of certain municipal actions

Purpose

This bill would require county planning agencies or in the absence of a county planning agency, regional planning councils to give notice of any proposed action to any municipality within the county which is within five hundred feet of the property being affected.

Summary of provisions

Section 1. - Amends Subdivision 2 of section 239-m of the general municipal law to require regional planning councils or county planning agencies to give notice to any municipality in the county that is within 500 feet of the proposed action.

Section 2. Is the effective date.

Justification

Under current law only residents within the same municipality are needed to be notified of certain actions. It is only fair to surrounding communities that they get the same kind of reporting notification to insure that they are made aware of changes to the area in which they reside. This legislation would require a formal notice to any municipality which is within the standard 500 feet of the proposed action. It is good planning practice to advise neighboring affected communities.

Legislative history

S4414 of 2003/2004: Referred to Senate Local Governments Committee S.24 of 2005/2006: Referred to Senate Local Governments Committee S.59 of 2007/2008: Referred to Senate Local Governments Committee S.318 of 2009/2010: Referred to Senate Local Governments Committee

Fiscal implications

None to the State.

Effective date

This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.