New York A 2247: Relates to providing notice of quorum requirements at zoning board of appeals and planning board meetings

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A02247 Summary:

BILL NOA02247 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Sayegh, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§81-a & 27, Gen City L; amd §§267-a & 271, Town L; amd §§7-712-a & 7-718, Vil L; amd §§239-c & 239-h,
Gen Muni L

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Relates to providing notice of quorum requirements to applicants for building or site permits, variances, or subdivision plats at zoning board of appeals, local planning board, county planning board, and regional planning council meetings.

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BILL NOA02247 

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01/15/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2247

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the town law, the village law and
 the general municipal law, in relation to providing notice of quorum
 requirements to applicants for a building or site permit, variance, or
 subdivision plat at zoning board of appeals and planning board meet-
 ings

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 81-a of the general city law is
 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
 3 (c) Notice of quorum requirements. At the start of each meeting of a
 4 board of appeals at which the adoption of a motion or resolution to
 5 approve an application for a building or site permit, variance, or
 6 subdivision plat shall be voted upon pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
 7 subdivision, the chairperson of the board of appeals shall inform any
 8 applicant for a building or site permit, variance, or subdivision plat
 9 of the following:
 10 (i) the number of members of the board of appeals who are present or
 11 absent at such meeting;
 12 (ii) the number of votes of the members of the board of appeals who
 13 are currently present at such meeting that is required to approve an
 14 application for a building or site permit, variance, or subdivision plat
 15 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision; and
 16 (iii) the right of such applicant to table their application for a
 17 building or site permit, variance, or subdivision plat until a future
 18 meeting of the board of appeals if such applicant believes that the
 19 number of members of the board of appeals who are present or absent at
 20 such meeting will substantially impair such applicant's chances of
 21 getting their application for a building or site permit, variance, or
 22 subdivision plat approved.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05071-01-5

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 1 § 2. Subdivision 17 of section 27 of the general city law, as added by
 2 chapter 662 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
 3 17. (a) Voting requirements. Every motion or resolution of a planning
 4 board shall require for its adoption the affirmative vote of a majority
 5 of all the members of the planning board. Where an action is the subject
 6 of a referral to the county planning agency or regional planning council
 7 the voting provisions of sections two hundred thirty-nine-m and two
 8 hundred thirty-nine-n of the general municipal law shall apply.
 9 (b) Notice of quorum requirements. At the start of each meeting of a
 10 planning board at which the adoption of a motion or resolution to
 11 approve an application for a building or site permit, variance, or
 12 subdivision plat shall be voted upon pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
 13 subdivision, the chairperson of the planning board shall inform any
 14 applicant for a building or site permit, variance, or subdivision plat
 15 of the following:
 16 (i) the number of members of the planning board who are present or
 17 absent at such meeting;
 18 (ii) the number of votes of the members of the planning board who are
 19 currently present at such meeting that