Draft Local Law 1 of 2026

Section 45-1 Qualifications for holding office, shall be repealed and replaced as follows:
No person shall be deemed ineligible to hold an appointive office as defined under Subdivision 1 
of Section 3-301 of the Village Law of the State of New York, or hold office as a member of the 
Planning Board or Zoning Board of Appeals, by virtue of his/her/their nonresidence within the 
Village of Ballston Spa, provided that he/she/they resides within the Towns of Ballston, Milton, 
or Malta.
Section 45-3 Definitions shall be repealed
Section 45-4 Modifications and supersession of statute shall be renumbered 45-3
Add New Section 45-5 as follows:
45-5 Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals Members
Notwithstanding the limitations contained in Section 45-1, any Planning Board or Zoning Board 
of Appeals member who resides outside the Village of Ballston Spa but within Saratoga County 
as of the effective date of this section shall be considered eligible to hold the office until the end 
of the term but shall not be eligible for reappointment unless they reside within the Village. This 
law shall be deemed retroactive to the date they were appointed to their office, and all actions 
they performed prior to the date of this law shall be deemed to be done with legal authority