Section 236. General powers

The body creating such planning commission may,
  at  any  time, by ordinance or local law or resolution, provide that the
  following matters, or any one or more of them,  shall  be  referred  for
  report   thereon,   to   such   commission  by  the  board,  commission,
  commissioner or other public officer or officers of said city or village
  which is the final authority thereon before final action thereon by such
  authority: the adoption of any map or plan of said city or  incorporated
  village,  or  part thereof, including drainage and sewer or water system
  plans or maps, and plans or maps for any public water front, or marginal
  street, or public structure upon, in or in connection with such front or
  street, or for any dredging, filling or fixing of lines with relation to
  said front; any change of any such maps or plans; the  location  of  any
  public  structure  upon,  in or in connection with, or fixing lines with
  relation to said front; the location of  any  public  building,  bridge,
  statue  or  monument,  highway,  park,  parkway,  square,  playground or
  recreation ground, or public open place of  said  city  or  village.  In
  default  of  any  such  ordinance,  local  law or resolution all of said
  matters shall be so referred to said planning commission.
    The body creating such  planning  commission  may,  at  any  time,  by
  ordinance,  local  law  or  resolution,  fix  the time within which such
  planning commission shall report upon any matter or class of matters  to
  be referred to it, with or without the further provision that in default
  of  report  within  the  time  so  fixed,  the planning commission shall
  forfeit the right further to suspend action, as aforesaid with regard to
  the particular matter upon which it has so defaulted. In default of  any
  such  ordinance,  local law or resolution, no such action shall be taken
  until such report is so received, and no  adoption,  change,  fixing  or
  location  as  aforesaid by said final authority, prior thereto, shall be
  valid. No ordinance, local law or resolution shall deprive said planning
  commission of its right or relieve it of its duty, to  report,  at  such
  time as it deems proper upon any matter at any time referred to it.
    This section shall not be construed as intended to limit or impair the
  power  of  any  art  commission, park commission or commissioner, now or
  hereafter existing by virtue of any provision of law, to refuse  consent
  to  the acceptance by any municipality of the gift of any work of art to
  said municipality, without reference of the matter,  by  reason  of  its
  proposed  location  or otherwise, to said planning commission. Nor shall
  this section be construed as intended to limit or impair any other power
  of any such art commission or affect the same, except in so  far  as  it
  provides  for  reference  or report, or both, on any matter before final
  action thereon by said art commission.