Public Notice: Notice of Hearing

PUBLIC NOTICE: NOTICE OF HEARING

INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LAKE GROVE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove, at the Village Meeting Hall, 980 Hawkins Avenue, Lake Grove, New York on Thursday the 17th day of November 2022  at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following:

LOCAL LAW

(SEE ATTACHED)

At said public hearing, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

DATED:  LAKE GROVE, NEW YORK

October 27, 2022

By Order of the Board of Trustees

Incorporated Village of Lake Grove

and Robert J. Scottaline, Mayor

LOCAL LAW NO.   OF THE YEAR 2022

AMENDING SECTION 159-32 OF THE LAKE GROVE VILLAGE CODE

EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON SUBDIVISON

APPLICATIONS AND APPROVALS THAT WOULD CREATE SUBSTANDARD, UNDERSIZED OR NONCONFORMING LOTS

BE IT ENACTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE

INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LAKE GROVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section  1.0   Enactment, Effective Date,

 

1.1   Title of Local Law.

 

1.2    Enactment.

1.3    Effective Date.

 

1.4    Purpose and Intent of Local Law.

 

2.0     General Provisions.

 

2.1    Amendment of Section 159-32 of the Lake Grove Village Code

3.0     Severability.

1.1     Title.

This Local Law shall be entitled Local Law   of 2022 Amending Section 159-32

 

of the Lake Grove Village Code to extend the Moratorium on Subdivision Applications

 

and Approvals that would Create Substandard, Undersized or Nonconforming Lots.

 

1.2.    Enactment.

Pursuant to Section 10 of the Home Rule Law and the Village Law of the

 

State of New York, the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove, County of Suffolk and

 

State of New York, hereby enacts by this Local Law of 2022, a Local Law of the

 

Village of Lake Grove.

 

1.3.    Effective Date.

This Local Law shall take effect on the filing of the approved Local Law with

 

the Secretary of State of New York, which shall be within twenty (20) days after its

 

approval by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove.

 

1.4     Purpose and Intent of Local Law.

  1.        The Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake Grove hereby finds that

 

the subdivision of property in the Village of Lake Grove that would create

 

substandard, undersized or nonconforming lots has the potential for negative

 

impacts on the environment, the aesthetics and quality of life in the Village of Lake

 

Grove, and the Board of Trustees has determined that it is in the best interests of the

 

Village of Lake Grove that there be established a one year moratorium on

 

subdivision applications and approvals for subdivisions that would create

 

substandard, undersized or nonconforming lots in the Village of Lake Grove.

 

  1. The intent of this local law is to prevent any further impacts on the

 

environmental or quality of life that may be potentially caused by subdivisions in

 

the Village of Lake Grove while the Village of Lake Grove is studying the potential for

 

impacts from future subdivisions that would create substandard, undersized and

 

nonconforming lots and development of the subdivided lots in the Village of Lake

 

Grove.

 

2.0      General Provisions.

 

2.1     Section 159-32 of the Lake Grove Village Code is hereby amended to read

 

as follows:

 

  • 159-32 Moratorium on Applications and Approvals of Subdivisions that would

 

Create a Substandard, Undersized or Nonconforming Lot.

 

  • 159-32(1) Moratorium in effect.

 

There shall be a moratorium in effect on all subdivision applications and

 

approvals of subdivision applications which would create a substandard, undersized

 

or nonconforming lot in the Village of Lake Grove.

 

  • 159-32(2)   Period of moratorium.

 

The moratorium shall continue in effect for a period of one year from the date of

 

the filing of this local law with the New York State Secretary of State unless ended

 

earlier or extended by the Board of Trustees by amendment of this Section 159-32.

 

  • 159-32(3) Applications and approvals during moratorium period.

 

The Village of Lake Grove, its officers, employees, and boards shall not accept,

 

process or approve any application for subdivision that would create a substandard,

 

undersized or nonconforming lot during the moratorium period, and the processing of any

 

such application that may be pending is hereby stayed during the moratorium period.

 

  • 159-32(4) Extension, modification or termination of moratorium period.

 

The moratorium period may be extended, modified or terminated by the Board of

 

Trustees of the Village of Lake Grove by the adoption of a local law.

 

  • 159-32(5) Study during moratorium period.

 

The Village of Lake Grove shall work towards conducting a study on the

 

negative impacts and effects of subdivision of property creating substandard, undersized

 

or nonconforming lots and the corresponding construction or development during the

 

period of the moratorium.

 

  • 159-32(6) Severability.

 

In the event that any section or portion of this Section shall be deemed to be

 

unenforceable or of no effect, the remainder of the chapter shall survive and remain in

 

full force and effect.

 

3.0    Severability

 

3.1.    In the event that any provision of this Local Law should be deemed or

 

determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then the remaining sections of

 

this Local Law shall continue in full force and effect.

 

November 3, 2022