§ 552. County planning commission. 1. If the alternative form of\ncounty government, or the modification or change of any such form, shall\nso provide, there shall be a county planning commission in such county.\nSuch commission shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by\nthe board of supervisors and either one or two ex-officio members as\nhereinafter provided. Of the appointive members of the commission,\nthree shall be appointed for terms of one year, three for terms of two\nyears and one member shall be appointed for a term of three years.\nSuccessors shall be appointed for terms of three years each. A vacancy\noccurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by\nappointment by the board for the unexpired term. The county executive\nand director of public works in a county having such a director, shall\nbe ex-officio members of the commission. The appointive members of the\ncommission shall receive a compensation to be fixed by the board of\nsupervisors at not exceeding ten dollars for each meeting actually\nattended, together with their necessary traveling and other expenses\nincurred in the performance of their duties. Such commission shall have\npower, within the limits of the appropriation made by the board of\nsupervisors, to employ a secretary and other necessary clerical\nassistants and employ or contract with such technical assistants as may\nbe necessary from time to time to give full effect to the provisions of\nthis section. The department of public works, in counties having such a\ndepartment, shall furnish such engineering service as may be required by\nthe commission.\n 2. The county planning commission shall have control of land\nsubdivisions in towns outside cities and villages, and no map\nsubdividing land into lots for residential or business purposes in any\nsuch town shall be accepted for filing by the county clerk unless it\nshall have been first approved by the county planning commission and\nshall have such approval endorsed thereon.\n 3. It shall be the duty of the county planning commission to make and\nrecommend to the board of supervisors a master plan for the physical\ndevelopment of the county, which plan, with the accompanying maps,\nplats, charts and descriptive matter, shall set forth recommendations of\nthe commission for the development of the county, including, without\nexcluding any other thing: (a) the general location, character and\nextent of streets, highways, viaducts, subways, bridges, waterways,\nwater fronts, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks,\naviation fields, public and private parking spaces, and other public\nways, grounds and open spaces; (b) the general location of public\nbuildings and other public property; (c) the general location and extent\nof public utilities and terminals whether publicly or privately\noperated, for water, light, sanitation, transportation and\ncommunication, power and other purposes; and (d) the removal,\nrelocation, alteration, vacating, abandonment, change of use or\nextension of any of the foregoing features of the plan. As the work of\ncarrying the master plan into effect progresses, such commission may,\nfrom time to time, recommend to the board of supervisors that action be\ntaken with respect to a part or parts thereof covering one or more major\nsections or divisions of the county or one or more of the functional\nmatters included in the plan. Before recommending the master plan or any\npart thereof, or any amendment, extension or addition thereto, to the\nboard of supervisors, such commission shall hold at least one public\nhearing, of which it shall give at least seven days' notice by\npublication in the newspapers designated to publish the concurrent\nresolutions of the legislature. In addition, at least seven days' notice\nof the hearing shall be given in writing to the supervisor and town\nclerk of each town and to the mayor and clerk of each city or village,\nany portion of which falls wit
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