Current Position Openings

The Town of Greenwich is seeking to fill the following positions:

Planning Board | Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) | Board of Ethics

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PLANNING BOARD

This announcement is to fill a 7-year term, 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2028.

The Planning Board meets at the Town Offices, 2 Academy Street, on the third Thursday of the month, 7 p.m. Workshops are scheduled on the second Thursday of the month when necessary.

Letters of interest shall be received by the Greenwich Town Clerk, 2 Academy Street, Greenwich, NY 12834 no later than 4:00 PM on Thursday, December 2, 2021.

If there are multiple applicants, applicant must be available to interview with the Town Board in January 2022.

The Planning Board is an administrative body of local government with no legislative power. The primary responsibilities are to review and approve: subdivision plats, site plans and special use permits; prepare land subdivision regulations and recommend their adoption to the local legislature; participate in the preparation of a comprehensive plan when directed by the local legislature; report on matters referred to it by the local legislature, including amendments to the zoning ordinance, the adoption of official maps and capital improvements; advise the local legislature and other boards on matters affecting a community's development; prepare other regulations relating to subject matter over which the planning board has jurisdiction and recommend their adoption to the local legislature.

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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (ZBA)

This announcement is to fill a 5-year term, 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2026.

The ZBA meets at the Town Offices, 2 Academy Street, on the second Wednesday of the month, 7:00 p.m. If there is no business, the meeting will be cancelled. Special Meetings may be scheduled when necessary.

Letters of interest shall be received by the Greenwich Town Clerk, 2 Academy Street, Greenwich, NY 12834 no later than 4:00 PM on Thursday, December 2, 2021.

If there are multiple applicants, applicant must be available to interview with the Town Board in January 2022, 2 Academy Street.

The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), as an administrative body made up of laypersons appointed by the Town Board and does not have any legislative functions. The ZBA therefore, does not impose zoning, nor does it have the authority to amend the zoning regulations or change the boundaries of the districts where they are applicable.

The ZBA is designed to function as a ''safety valve" to relieve the pressure of rigid and inflexible provisions of zoning codes and statutes and encompasses the power, if an appeal is properly taken to the board, to interpret the zoning ordinance or local law and to grant variances. All zoning boards of appeals are directly given appellate jurisdiction by state law (NYS Town Law 267-b). This zoning enabling statute provides zoning boards of appeals with the power to hear and decide appeals from and review decisions of the administrative official responsible for the enforcement of the zoning regulations. The statute specifically allows the ZBA to reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or to modify the decisions appealed to it. In short, the ZBA's appellate jurisdiction allows the board to interpret the municipality's zoning regulations.

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BOARD OF ETHICS

This announcement is to fill a 5-year term, 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2026.

Letters of interest shall be received by the Greenwich Town Clerk, 2 Academy Street, Greenwich, NY 12834 no later than 4:00 PM on Thursday, December 2, 2021.

If there are multiple applicants, applicant must be available to interview with the Town Board, in January 2022, 2 Academy Street.

The Ethics Board shall have the authority to perform any of the tasks enumerated in § 808 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, including, without limitation, rendering advisory opinions in writing, conducting hearings as necessary and rendering decisions, and enforcing generally the ethics of Chapter 21 of the Town Code. The Board of Ethics meets as necessary.