N.Y. General Municipal Law Section 239-L
Coordination of certain municipal zoning and planning actions

  • legislative intent and policy

Mentioned in

Planning Development Review

Monroe County, NY, September 9, 2022

“This law…was established to encourage and coordinate inter-community and county-wide planning and zoning decisions between local municipalities and county planning.”
 
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Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections two hundred thirty-nine-m and two hundred thirty-nine-n of this article, the following terms shall apply:

(a)

“County planning agency” means a county planning board, commission or other agency authorized by the county legislative body to review proposed actions referenced for inter-community or county-wide considerations subject to the provisions of this section, and sections two hundred thirty-nine-m and two hundred thirty-nine-n of this article.

(b)

“Regional planning council” means a regional planning board or agency established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

2.

Intent. The purposes of this section, sections two hundred thirty-nine-m and two hundred thirty-nine-n of this article shall be to bring pertinent inter-community and county-wide planning, zoning, site plan and subdivision considerations to the attention of neighboring municipalities and agencies having jurisdiction. Such review may include inter-community and county-wide considerations in respect to the following:

(a)

compatibility of various land uses with one another;

(b)

traffic generating characteristics of various land uses in relation to the effect of such traffic on other land uses and to the adequacy of existing and proposed thoroughfare facilities;

(c)

impact of proposed land uses on existing and proposed county or state institutional or other uses;

(d)

protection of community character as regards predominant land uses, population density, and the relation between residential and nonresidential areas;

(e)

drainage;

(f)

community facilities;

(g)

official municipal and county development policies, as may be expressed through comprehensive plans, capital programs or regulatory measures; and

(h)

such other matters as may relate to the public convenience, to governmental efficiency, and to the achieving and maintaining of a satisfactory community environment.

3.

Review considerations. In no way shall the review of inter-community and county-wide considerations pursuant to the provisions of this section, or pursuant to sections two hundred thirty-nine-m and two hundred thirty-nine-n of this article, preclude a county planning agency or a regional planning council from making informal comments, or supplying such technical assistance as may be requested by a municipality.

Source: Section 239-L — Coordination of certain municipal zoning and planning actions; legislative intent and policy, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GMU/239-L (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 3, 2025).

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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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