§ 4327. Joint planning commissions
(a) Any planning commission of a municipality which is a town having one or more municipalities
contained within its area or which is one of such contained municipalities shall,
upon the act of the legislative body of each municipality, be the planning commission
under this chapter for such town and all such contained municipalities.
(b) A planning commission acting for more than one municipality shall be the planning
commission for such town and all such contained municipalities until such joint arrangement
is terminated by the act of the legislative body of any participating municipality.
(c) In any town containing one or more villages, any act required under this chapter to
be taken by a legislative body or by the vote of a municipality shall be taken by
the legislative body of the town or, as the case may be, the voters of the town, including
the voters of any contained village.
(d) If a contained village adopts its own plan, capital budget, or program or one or more
bylaws, then any act required under this chapter for the adoption shall be taken by
the legislative body or voters of the village. Nevertheless, the voters of the village
shall remain as voters in the town for the adoption of town bylaws and capital budget
and program, as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(e) A single planning commission, appointed by the Board of Governors of the unified towns
and gores of Essex County, namely Averill, Avery’s Gore, Ferdinand, Lewis, Warner’s
Grant, and Warren’s Gore, shall serve as the planning commission for these towns and
gores. (Added 1967, No. 334 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1973, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 1974; 1973, No. 261 (Adj. Sess.),§§ 3, 7 eff. July 1, 1974; 1975, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2005, No. 30, § 1; 2005, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)