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NY Vill L § 7-732 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 7 - Building Zones 7-732 - Subdivision Review; Record of Plats.

§  7-732  Subdivision  review; record of plats. 1. Filing of plat with county clerk or register. (a) No plat of a subdivision of  land  showing lots,  blocks  or sites, shall be filed or recorded in the office of the county clerk or register until it has been approved by a planning  board which  has  been empowered to approve such plats. Further, such approval must be endorsed in writing on the plat in such manner as  the  planning board may designate.  (b)  Such  endorsement shall stipulate that the plat does not conflict with the county official map, where one exists, or in cases where  plats do  front  on  or  have  access  to or are otherwise related to roads or drainage systems shown on the county official map, that  such  plat  has been  approved in the manner specified by subdivision two of section two hundred thirty-nine-f of the general municipal law.   2. Notification of filing. It shall be the duty of the county clerk or register to notify the planning board in writing within  three  days  of the  filing  or  recording  of any plat approved by such planning board, identifying such plat by its title, date of  filing  or  recording,  and official file number.   3.  Effect  of  filing.  After  such  plat  is approved and filed, the streets, highways and parks shown on such plat shall  be  and  become  a part of the official map or plan of the village.   4.  Cession  or  dedication  of  streets,  highways  or parks. (a) All streets, highways or parks shown on a filed or recorded plat are offered for dedication to the public unless the owner of the affected  land,  or the owner's agent, makes a notation on the plat to the contrary prior to final  plat  approval.  Any  street, highway or park shown on a filed or recorded plat shall be deemed to be private until such time  as  it  has been formally accepted by a resolution of the local legislative body, or until  it  has been condemned by the village for use as a public street, highway or park.  (b) In the event that such approved plat  is  not  filed  or  recorded prior to the expiration date of the plat approval as provided in section 7-728  of this article, then such offer of dedication shall be deemed to be invalid, void and of no effect on and after such expiration date.
NY Vill L § 7-734 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 7 - Building Zones 7-734 - Buildings in Streets; Permits; Hearings; Review.

§  7-734  Buildings  in  streets;  permits;  hearings; review. For the   purpose of preserving the integrity of such  official  map  or  plan  no   permit  shall  hereafter  be  issued  for any building in the bed of any   street or highway shown or laid out  on  such  map  or  plan,  provided,   however,  that  if  the land within such mapped street or highway is not   yielding a fair return on its value to the owner, the board  of  appeals   or other similar board in any village which has established such a board   having power to make variances or exceptions in zoning regulations shall   have  power  in a specific case by the vote of a majority of its members   to grant a permit for a building in such street or highway which will as   little as practicable increase  the  cost  of  opening  such  street  or   highway,  or  tend  to  cause a change of such official map or plan, and   such board may impose reasonable requirements as a condition of granting   such permit, which requirements  shall  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the   village.  Before taking any action authorized in this section, the board   of appeals or similar board shall give a hearing  at  which  parties  in   interest  and  other  shall  have  an opportunity to be heard.  Any such   decision shall be subject to review in the same manner and  pursuant  to   the  same provisions as in appeals from the decisions of such board upon   zoning regulations.
NY Vill L § 7-740 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 7 - Building Zones 7-740 - Review of Decisions of Planning Board.

§   7-740   Review  of  decisions  of  planning  board.  Any  officer,   department, board or bureau of the village, with  the  approval  of  the   board  of  trustees,  or  any  person  or  persons, jointly or severally   aggrieved by any decision of the planning board concerning such plat  or   the  changing  of  the  zoning  regulations  of  such  land, may bring a   proceeding to review in the manner provided by article seventy-eight  of   the civil practice law and rules in a court of record on the ground that   such  decision  is illegal, in whole or in part. Such proceeding must be   commenced within thirty days after the filing of  the  decision  in  the   office of the village clerk.Commencement  of  the  proceeding  shall  stay  proceedings  upon  the   decision appealed from.If, upon the hearing, it shall appear to the court that  testimony  is   necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, it may take evidence   or  appoint  a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report   the same to the court with his findings of fact and conclusions of  law,   which  shall  constitute  a  part  of  the  proceedings  upon  which the   determination of the court shall be  made.  The  court  may  reverse  or   affirm,  wholly  or  partly,  or  may modify the decision brought up for   review.Costs shall not be allowed against the planning board, unless it shall   appear to the court that it acted with gross negligence or in bad  faith   or with malice in making the decision appealed from.All  issues in any proceeding under this section shall have preference   over all other civil actions and proceedings.
NY Vill L § 7-742 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 7 - Building Zones 7-742 - Separability Clause.

§  7-742 Separability clause. If any part or provision of this article   or the application thereof to any person  or  circumstance  be  adjudged   invalid  by  any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be   confined in its operation to the part, provision or application directly   involved in the controversy in  which  such  judgment  shall  have  been   rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of   this   article   or   the   application  thereof  to  other  persons  or   circumstances and the legislature hereby declares  that  it  would  have   enacted this article or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such   provision or application thereof been apparent.
NY Vill L § 8-800 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 8 - Police Department 8-800 - Police Departments.

§ 8-800 Police departments. The board of trustees of a village may, by   resolution,  establish a police department in such village and appoint a   chief of police and such personnel as  may  be  needed,  and  fix  their   compensation.    The  board  of trustees may abolish a police department   established pursuant to this section by local law, subject to permissive   referendum, and the department shall be deemed abolished as presented in   such proposition. The board of trustees of a village, upon  establishing   or  abolishing a police department, shall notify the commissioner of the   division of criminal justice services of such action within thirty  days   thereafter.
NY Vill L § 8-802 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 8 - Police Department 8-802 - Powers and Duties of Police Officers.

§  8-802  Powers and duties of police officers. The police officers so   appointed shall have all the powers and be subject  to  the  duties  and   liabilities  of  constables  of  towns  in  serving process in any civil   action or proceeding. In addition to other powers conferred by law, said   police officers shall have power  to  execute  any  warrant  or  process   issued  by  a  court  of the county or counties in which such village is   situated.
NY Vill L § 8-806 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 8 - Police Department 8-806 - Review.

§  8-806  Review. The conviction of any member of such police force or   department shall be subject to  review  by  the  supreme  court  in  the   judicial  district  in  which  such  village  is  located, in the manner   provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules on   the ground that said conviction is illegal provided  the  proceeding  is   commenced within sixty days after the conviction.
NY Vill L § 9-900 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-900 - Acts or Resolutions of the Board of Trustees That Are Subject to Referendum on Petition.

§  9-900 Acts or resolutions of the board of trustees that are subject   to referendum on petition. l.  Whenever  this  chapter  shall  expressly   provide that an act or resolution of the board of trustees is subject to   a  permissive  referendum,  such act or resolution shall be subject to a   referendum on petition as set forth in the next section.2. Within ten days after the performance of any act or the adoption of   any resolution by the board of trustees which is subject to a permissive   referendum as above described, the village  clerk  shall,  in  the  same   manner as is provided for notice of a general village election, post and   publish  a  notice which shall set forth the date of the adoption of the   act or resolution and contain an abstract  of  such  act  or  resolution   concisely  stating  the  purpose and effect thereof, and indicating that   such act or resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.3. Whenever any state statute shall provide  that  any  local  law  or   resolution of the board of trustees is subject to a mandatory referendum   and  if  no  other  procedure is otherwise provided for, such referendum   shall be conducted as provided in this article  as  if  such  referendum   were  a permissive referendum upon which a valid petition had been filed   with the date of adoption of such act or  resolution  by  the  board  of   trustees  being  deemed  the  date of the filing of the petition. In the   event a mandatory referendum on the adoption of a local law is held at a   time other than at the time of a general village election  for  officers   as provided by section twenty-three of the municipal home rule law, such   referendum  shall  be  conducted  as provided in this article as if such   referendum were a permissive referendum upon which a valid petition  had   been  filed with the date of the adoption of such local law by the board   of trustees being deemed the date of the filing of the petition.
NY Vill L § 9-904 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-904 - Proposition for the Submission of Acts or Resolutions.

§  9-904  Proposition  for  the  submission  of acts or resolutions. A   proposition submitting an act or resolution of the board of trustees  to   the  approval  of the electors pursuant to this chapter shall contain an   abstract of such act or resolution concisely  stating  the  purpose  and   effect   thereof.   The   village  clerk  shall  prepare  such  abstract   proposition in the form in which it is proposed to be submitted  to  the   board  of  trustees  for  approval. Said board shall submit the approved   proposition at an annual or special  election  in  accordance  with  the   provisions  of  this chapter. If there be more than one such proposition   to be voted upon at such election, each proposition shall be  separately   and consecutively numbered.
NY Vill L § 9-906 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-906 - Reconsideration of Act or Resolution Upon Submission to Referendum.

§  9-906  Reconsideration  of  act  or  resolution  upon submission to   referendum. At any time after the adoption of an act or  resolution  and   not later than fifteen days prior to the election, the board of trustees   of  the  village  may  reconsider  its  action  thereon and if upon such   reconsideration the said act or resolution is repealed, the  proposition   for  its  approval  shall  not  be  submitted  at  such  election  or if   submitted, the vote of the electors thereon shall be without effect.
NY Vill L § 9-908 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-908 - Referendum on Acts or Resolutions of the Board of Trustees Without Petition.

§  9-908  Referendum  on  acts or resolutions of the board of trustees   without petition. The board of trustees may, upon its own motion,  cause   to  be  submitted  for  the  approval  of the qualified electors of such   village, an act or resolution of such board in connection with  which  a   petition  could be filed as provided in this article and the proceedings   thereunder shall be the same as if  such  petition  had  been  filed  in   accordance with the provisions of this article.
NY Vill L § 9-910 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-910 - Referendum for Adoption of Local Law at Village Elections.

§  9-910 Referendum for adoption of local law at village elections. 1.   Whenever, pursuant  to  law,  public  sports,  exercises  or  shows  are   permitted  on  the  first  day  of  the week after five minutes past one   o'clock in the afternoon upon the adoption of a local law by  the  board   of  trustees  of  a village and the board of trustees of any village has   neglected, failed or refused  to  adopt  a  local  law  permitting  such   sports,  exercises  or  shows  on  the  first day of the week after five   minutes past one o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  a  petition,  signed  and   acknowledged by electors of the village qualified to vote as provided by   the  election  law  may  be  filed with the village clerk requesting the   board of trustees to submit, at a village election, a  proposition  upon   the  question of permitting such sports, exercises or shows on the first   day of the week after five minutes past one o'clock in the afternoon.2. Upon the presentation of such petition, the board of trustees shall   cause the proposition to be submitted as hereinafter provided.3. The proposition shall embody therein  the  language  of  local  law   designed  to  permit such sports, exercises or shows on the first day of   the week after five minutes past one o'clock in the afternoon.4. If such local law shall be approved by the affirmative  vote  of  a   majority  of  the  qualified electors of such village as above described   voting on such proposition, it shall be and become a local law  of  such   village without being adopted by the board of trustees thereof.5.  A  local law adopted as provided in this section may be amended or   repealed in the same manner herein provided for its adoption.6. If a petition under this section be filed after the  first  day  of   the month in which the general village election is to be held and before   the  first day of the month two months prior to the next general village   election, a special election shall be held not less than  ten  nor  more   than sixty days after the filing of such petition.7.  If  a  petition be so filed on or after the first day of the month   two months prior to the month in which the general village  election  is   to  be  held  and  on  or before the first day of the month in which the   general village election  is  to  be  held,  the  proposition  shall  be   submitted at the said general village election.8. No special election shall be held hereunder in the month of March.9. A special election hereunder shall be noticed, conducted, canvassed   and otherwise held in the same manner as a general village election.
NY Vill L § 9-912 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-912 - Propositions--Submission and Special Election.

§ 9-912 Propositions--submission and special election. 1. The board of trustees  may,  upon  its own motion, and shall, upon the petition of at least two hundred electors in villages containing a population  of  five thousand  or  more;  by  at least one hundred fifty electors in villages containing a population of at least three thousand and  less  than  five thousand;  and by at least one hundred electors in villages containing a population of one thousand and less than three thousand; and in villages containing a population of less than one thousand, by electors numbering at least ten percent of the number of voters  registered  for  the  last general  village  election,  cause a proposition on any of the questions set forth in the following subdivision to be submitted at a  regular  or special  village  election as such elections are defined in the election law. If such petition request the holding of  a  referendum  at  a  time other  than  at  such regular or special village election, such petition must contain twice the number of signatures otherwise required. If  such petition  does  not  request  the  holding  of  such  a referendum, such question shall be submitted at  the  next  regular  or  special  village election  for  officers, held not less than thirty days after the filing of such petition. If such petition requests the holding of a  referendum at  a  time other than at such regular or special village election, such referendum shall be held no less than thirty, nor more than sixty,  days after the filing of such petition.   2.  The questions which may or shall be submitted as propositions upon petition or motion of the board of trustees, as  hereinbefore  provided, are:  (a) Whether or not the area of the village should be diminished.  (b) Whether or not the village should be reincorporated.  (c) Whether or not the name of the village should be changed.  (d) Whether or not the month of the general village election should be changed.   3.  A  special  election  for  submission  of  a  proposition shall be noticed, conducted, canvassed and otherwise held in the same manner as a general village election; provided, however, that a proposition for  the consolidation  or  dissolution of a village shall be noticed, conducted, canvassed and otherwise held pursuant to, and in  accordance  with,  the provisions of article seventeen-A of the general municipal law.
NY Vill L § 9-914 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-914 - Resubmission of Defeated Propositions.

§ 9-914 Resubmission of defeated propositions. A proposition submitted   in  pursuance  of  section  9-912 of this article or of section 9-900 of   this article and which has been defeated, or in the case of a permissive   referendum in which the  action  of  the  board  of  trustees  has  been   disapproved  by  a role of the electors, shall not again be submitted to   such electors until after the expiration of three months  or  until  the   next general village election, whichever shall be the later.
NY Vill L § 9-916 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 9 - Permissive Referendum 9-916 - Inconsistent Local Laws.

§  9-916  Inconsistent  local  laws.  No  local  law  shall be adopted   changing, amending or superseding any of the provisions of this article.
NY Vill L § 10-1002 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1002 - Rules and Regulations.

§  10-1002  Rules and regulations. The board of fire commissioners may adopt rules and regulations for the following purposes:  (a) To protect and preserve the village property and apparatus of  the fire department.  (b)  To  prevent  danger from fires and to protect property exposed to destruction or injury by fire.  (c) To provide for  pulling  down,  blowing  up  and  the  removal  of buildings and property to arrest the progress of fires or extinguish the same.  (d)  To provide for the installation of yard hydrant systems connected with the public water supply system in accessible locations  on  private property  for  the  protection  of multiple residences enumerated in the multiple residence law where the possibility of a serious fire hazard is determined by the board to exist.
NY Vill L § 10-1004 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1004 - Organization of Companies.

§  10-1004 Organization of companies. The board of fire commissioners,   with the approval of the board of trustees, may  organize  and  maintain   fire,  hose,  protective  and hook and ladder companies, whenever in its   judgment the public interests require. The board of  fire  commissioners   may,  by resolution, with the approval of the board of trustees, consent   to the incorporation of any of the companies so organized  by  them,  or   may,  by like approval, consent to the incorporation or the organization   without incorporation of as many companies voluntarily organized in said   village as may be deemed necessary.
NY Vill L § 10-1008 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1008 - Incorporation of Fire Department.

§  10-1008  Incorporation  of  fire department. The members of all the   fire, hose, protective and hook  and  ladder  companies  of  a  village,   organized  and  maintained in pursuance of law, constitute a corporation   by the name  of  the  "fire  department  of.........."  The  term,  fire   department  of  a  village,  as  used  in this chapter, refers to such a   corporation.
NY Vill L § 10-1010 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 10 - Fire Department 10-1010 - Election of Company Officers and Delegates.

§  10-1010  Election  of  company  officers and delegates. Each of the   several companies whose members constitute the fire  department  of  the   village  shall  hold  an annual meeting on the first Tuesday in April in   each year, except those fire companies constituting the fire  department   of  the  village  of  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county, which shall hold such   annual meetings on the first Tuesday in December of each year.  At  such   meeting the members of each company shall elect by ballot from their own   number  a  captain and a lieutenant, and such further officers if any as   may be provided for in the by-laws of the company, who must be  approved   by  the  board of fire commissioners, one warden and one delegate to the   general convention of the fire department. The terms of  office  of  the   captain  and lieutenant and such further officers if any, as are elected   as herein provided, shall be one year, the wardens two  years,  and  the   delegates  three years, respectively, and any vacancies occurring in any   such offices shall be filled by election in like manner.  At  the  first   annual  meeting  after  this  act  takes  effect  two  wardens and three   delegates shall be elected, the wardens to serve for one and two  years,   respectively,   and   the  delegates  for  one,  two  and  three  years,   respectively. Any person who has been convicted of arson in  any  degree   shall not be eligible for election to the office of captain, lieutenant,   warden,  delegate  and  any other offices provided for in the by-laws of   the company. Any captain, lieutenant, warden, delegate or other  officer   of  the  company who is convicted of arson in any degree during his term   of office shall be disqualified from completing such term of office.