Planning Board

Authorized by General Municipal Law 239-b and County Law, Section 220, the Wayne County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 25(1966) in February 1966 authorizing “the establishing of a County Planning Board with initial and succeeding members of said Board to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors’ Planning and Development Committee.” Under current practice, appointments are made by the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors confirmed the appointment of a fifteen member Board under a system of three year staggered terms.

Referrals from and Actions taken by Local Municipalities

The local municipality where a project is sited must review and refer projects to the County Planning board. A Zoning Referral form must be submitted with any referral from a town or village. Referrals are due to the Wayne County Planning office on the Monday of the week prior to the board meeting date, which is equal to 7 working days before the scheduled meeting date. Please contact your local municipal code enforcement office to begin the referral process. 

Zoning Referral Form (PDF)

Once a referral is reviewed by the County Planning Board, written recommendations are returned to the town or village within 10 days of the public Board meeting. Letters include comments from the board meeting and recommendation for approval, disapproval, modifications or a finding that the project will have no intermunicipal or county-wide impact, often referred to as NCI. The local boards will take these recommendations and use them in their final determination on a project. Once a final decision has been rendered by a local board, a Local Action Sheet is required to be returned to the Planning Dept for inclusion in the project file. 

Local Action Sheet form (PDF)