The Town Board and only the Town Board may, from time to time, on its own motion, on petition or on recommendation of the Planning Board, amend, supplement or repeal the regulations and provisions of this chapter in the manner provided by the Municipal Home Rule Law and/or the Town Law. Only the Town Board has the authority and the power to create, modify, apply, and remove any zoning designation or classification to any area, district, zone, lot or parcel of land within the Town of Yorktown.

Any such petition filed requesting an amendment, supplement or repeal to such regulations shall be submitted to the Town Clerk and shall include i) an application form; ii) any other documents which the applicant wishes the Town Board to consider or which may be required by the Town Board, in electronic media format (PDF or TIF); and iii) a deposit of $100 to be utilized for the purpose of reimbursing the Town for the costs of publication. The person presenting such petition shall reimburse the Town for any publication costs in excess of $100. Electronically filed documents shall be accompanied by at least one paper set of such documents. The Town Clerk may, in his or her discretion, require the submission of more than one paper set of such documents.

Every such proposed amendment, whether initiated by the Town Board or by petition, may be referred to the Planning Board for report thereon before the public hearing. In recommending the adoption of any such proposed amendment, the Planning Board shall state its reasons for such recommendation, describing any conditions that it believes makes the amendment advisable and specifically setting forth the manner in which, in its opinion, the amendment would be in harmony with the Comprehensive Plan of the land use for the Town and would be in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article I of this chapter. In recommending the rejection or revision of any proposed amendment, the Planning Board shall similarly state its reasons.

Every such amendment, supplement or repeal enacted pursuant to this section which is otherwise required to be published in one or more newspapers in order to make the same effective shall not be so published in full, but it shall be sufficient to publish in such newspaper or newspapers a notice setting forth the full title of such amendment, supplement or repeal, a brief explanatory statement thereof and a statement that the full text thereof is on file and may be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk.