US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  192.  City planning commission. a.  There shall be a  city planning
  commission to consist of the chair and twelve other members.  The  mayor
  shall  appoint  the chair and   six other members of the commission, the
  public advocate shall appoint one member,  and  each  borough  president
  shall   appoint   one  member.    Members  shall  be  chosen  for  their
  independence, integrity and  civic  commitment.    Appointments  of  all
  members,  except  for  the  chair,  shall  be  subject to the advice and
  consent of the council.  For such appointments by officials  other  than
  the  mayor,  the  procedure  for obtaining the advice and consent of the
  council shall be the same as  the  procedure  provided  for  in  section
  thirty-one  for appointments by the mayor.  Except as otherwise provided
  in section one hundred ninety-one, no member shall hold any  other  city
  office.    Members other than the chair shall be appointed for a term of
  five years; provided, however, that of the members other than the chair,
  one member appointed by the mayor and one member appointed by a  borough
  president  shall serve for terms to expire on the thirtieth day of June,
  nineteen hundred ninety-one; one member appointed by the mayor  and  one
  member  appointed by a borough president shall serve for terms to expire
  on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred  ninety-two;  one  member
  appointed  by  the mayor and one member appointed by a borough president
  shall serve for terms to expire on the thirtieth day of  June,  nineteen
  hundred  ninety-three;  one member appointed by the mayor and one member
  appointed by a borough president shall serve for terms to expire on  the
  thirtieth  day  of  June,  nineteen hundred ninety-four; and two members
  appointed by the mayor, the member appointed by the public advocate  and
  one  member  appointed  by  a borough president shall serve for terms to
  expire on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred ninety-five.   The
  borough  presidents  shall determine by lot the length of the term to be
  served by the member first appointed  by  each  borough  president.  The
  appointing   officials  shall  make  their  first  appointments  to  the
  commission on or before the first day of March, nineteen hundred ninety.
  The commission members so appointed shall assume office on the first day
  of July, nineteen hundred ninety.   Members of  the  commission    shall
  serve until their successors have been confirmed.  Any vacancy occurring
  other  than  by expiration of a term shall be filled by the official who
  appointed the member in the same manner as the original appointment.   A
  person so appointed shall serve for the unexpired portion of the term of
  the  member  succeeded.    Terms  shall begin on the next date after the
  expiration date of the preceding term.
    b.  Members, except for the chair, shall  not  be  considered  regular
  employees  of  the  city for purposes of chapter sixty-eight. The agency
  served by the members of the commission shall for  purposes  of  chapter
  sixty-eight  be  deemed  to be both the commission and the department of
  city planning. No member,  while  serving  as  a  member,  shall  appear
  directly  or  indirectly  before  the department, the commission, or any
  other city agency for which the conflicts of interest  board  shall,  by
  rule,  determine such appearance creates a conflict of interest with the
  duties and responsibilities of the member.  No firm in  which  a  member
  has  an interest may appear directly or indirectly before the department
  or commission.   For purposes  of  this  section,  the  terms  "agency,"
  "appear," "firm," and "interest" shall be defined as provided in chapter
  sixty-eight.
    c.  One of the members other than the chair shall be designated by the
  mayor as vice-chair and shall serve as vice-chair at the pleasure of the
  mayor. The vice-chair shall possess  the powers and perform  the  duties
  of  the  chair when the chair is absent or while a vacancy exists in the
  office of the chair, and shall at such times serve as director  of  city
  planning.

    d.   The city planning commission shall be responsible for the conduct
  of planning relating to  the  orderly  growth,  improvement  and  future
  development  of  the city, including  adequate and appropriate resources
  for the housing,  business,    industry,  transportation,  distribution,
  recreation,  culture,  comfort,  convenience,  health and welfare of its
  population.
    e. The city planning commission shall oversee implementation  of  laws
  that  require  environmental  reviews of actions taken by the city.  The
  commission shall establish by rule procedures for environmental  reviews
  of  proposed actions by the city where such reviews are required by law.
  Such rules shall include procedures for (1) selection of the city agency
  or agencies that  will  be  responsible  for    determining  whether  an
  environmental impact statement is required in connection with a proposed
  action and for  preparation and filing of any such statement required by
  law,  (2)  participation  by the city in environmental reviews involving
  agencies other than city agencies and (3) coordination of  environmental
  review  procedures with the land use review procedures set forth in this
  charter.  The director of city planning  and  the  commissioner  of  the
  department  of  environmental protection shall assign from the staffs of
  such departments an office of environmental  coordination,  which  shall
  provide   assistance   to   all   city   agencies  in  fulfilling  their
  environmental review responsibilities.
    f.  Not later than the thirty-first day of December, nineteen  hundred
  ninety-two  and  every  four years thereafter, the commission shall file
  with  the  mayor,  the  council,  the  public  advocate,   the   borough
  presidents,  and the community boards, a zoning and planning report. The
  report shall include (1) a statement  of  the  planning  policy  of  the
  commission,  which  policy  shall  take  into consideration, among other
  things, the ten-year capital strategy, the  four-year  capital  program,
  the  report on the social, economic and environmental health of the city
  issued pursuant to section  sixteen,  the  strategic  policy  statements
  provided for in section seventeen and plans approved pursuant to section
  one  hundred  ninety-seven-a, (2) a summary of the significant plans and
  studies completed or undertaken by the department of  city  planning  in
  the  preceding  four  years,  (3)  an  analysis of those portions of the
  zoning resolution that merit reconsideration in light  of  the  planning
  policy of the commission and (4) proposals for implementing the planning
  policy  of the commission whether by amendment of the zoning resolution,
  development of plans or otherwise.