2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 18-C - Municipal Redevelopment Law › 970-H - Public Hearings and Plan Adoption.

§   970-h.   Public   hearings  and  plan  adoption.  (a)  Before  any
redevelopment plan is adopted by the legislative body it shall conduct a
public hearing on such plan and shall, at least  biennially,  conduct  a
public  hearing  for the purpose of reviewing the redevelopment plan for
each redevelopment project within its jurisdiction  and  evaluating  its
progress.
(b)  Notice  of the hearing shall be posted in at least four prominent
places within the project area for a period of three weeks prior to such
hearing and shall be published not less  than  once  a  week  for  three
successive  weeks  prior  to  the  hearing  in  a  newspaper  of general
circulation in the municipality involved. The notice  of  hearing  shall
include  a  legal  description  of  the  boundaries  of the project area
designated in the proposed redevelopment plan, a  general  statement  of
the  scope  and  objectives  of  the  plan,  and a statement whether the
proposed method of financing the redevelopment plan requires the consent
of one or more school districts to an allocation of taxes as  prescribed
in section nine hundred seventy-p of this article. A copy of the notices
shall  be  mailed  to the last known owner of each parcel of land in the
area designated in the redevelopment plan. A copy of  the  notice  shall
also   be  mailed  to  the  legislative  body  of  each  of  the  taxing
jurisdictions which levies taxes upon any real property in  the  project
area designated in the proposed redevelopment plan.
(c)  Any  and  all  persons  who  have  any objections to the proposed
redevelopment plan or who deny the existence of  blight  as  defined  by
subdivision  (a)  of  section nine hundred seventy-c of this article, in
the proposed project area, or the legality or appropriateness of any  of
the  prior  proceedings,  may appear before the legislative body at such
public hearing and show cause  why  the  proposed  plan  should  not  be
adopted.  At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections
to the proposed redevelopment plan, any person may file in writing  with
the  clerk  of  the  legislative  body  a  statement  of  such  person's
objections to the proposed plan.
(d) At the  hour  set  in  the  notice  for  hearing  objections,  the
legislative body shall proceed to hear and consider all written and oral
objections.  Before adopting the redevelopment plan the legislative body
shall consider the report of the planning agency if such  a  report  has
been submitted.
(e)  After  such  hearing and at any time prior to the adoption of the
plan,  the  legislative  body  may  change  such  plan,  or  change  the
boundaries  of  the  project  area to exclude land from the project area
provided, however, that a change in the redevelopment plan or change  in
the  boundaries  that would affect the plan's conformity with the master
plan of the municipality may be made only after receipt of a report  and
recommendation  from  the  planning  agency concerning such changes. The
planning agency may recommend for or against the changes. Within  thirty
days  after  a  change is submitted to it for consideration the planning
agency shall make and file  its  report  and  recommendations  with  the
legislative body. If the planning agency does not report upon the change
within   thirty   days  after  having  received  such  change  from  the
legislative body, the legislative body may proceed to act upon the  plan
and  such  changes  without  the  report  of  the  planning  agency. The
legislative body shall consider any proposed changes at a public hearing
reopened for that limited purpose.
(f) After the close of the  hearing  on  the  redevelopment  plan  the
legislative body may, by resolution, adopt the redevelopment plan as the
official redevelopment plan for the project area. If the planning agency
has  recommended  against  the  approval  of the redevelopment plan, the
legislative body may adopt such plan by a two-thirds vote of its  entire

membership. If the planning agency has recommended approval or failed to
make  any  recommendation  within the time allowed, the legislative body
may adopt the redevelopment plan  by  a  majority  vote  of  its  entire
membership.
(g)  The  legislative  body at the time of, or in connection with, the
adoption of the plan, shall  declare  its  intention  to  undertake  and
complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the municipality
under the provisions of the plan.
(h)  After  the  adoption  by  the legislative body of a redevelopment
plan, the legislative body shall  transmit  a  copy  of  the  resolution
adopting  the  plan,  and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the
project area to the official or officials responsible for the assessment
for real property tax purposes of the property included in  the  project
area.