Senate Bill S3409

2023-2024 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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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-S3409 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
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-S3409 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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 municipality.

2023-S3409 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3409 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3409
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD04556-01-3

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