§ 216. Powers of town board. Every petition for any purpose required
by article twelve of this chapter to be initiated by petition shall be
presented to the town board but no such petition for any such purpose
within a district to which this article shall apply, shall be acted upon
by the town board unless such petition and the purposes thereof shall
have been approved in writing by a majority of the commissioners of such
district. The town board shall call a hearing upon all petitions so
approved by the commissioners and give notice thereof and such hearing
shall be held in the manner provided in article twelve of this chapter.
The town board shall call a hearing upon other purposes authorized by
article twelve of this chapter to be undertaken without petition, only
after such purposes shall have been approved in writing by a majority of
the commissioners of such district, and the town board shall give notice
thereof and such hearing shall be held in the manner provided in article
twelve of this chapter. If the town board shall determine to grant the
petition or to authorize any such purpose, it may delegate to the board
of commissioners the conduct of all further proceedings thereon pursuant
to article twelve. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to
delegate or transfer any power of the town board not contained in
article twelve or in sections two hundred thirty-seven, two hundred
thirty-eight and two hundred thirty-nine of article fifteen of this
chapter.