An authorized private child-caring agency must notify the department in writing of its intention to operate an agency boarding home program and of its compliance with section 447.1 of this Part. An authorized private child-caring agency which plans to establish an agency boarding home within a municipality must notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in writing of its intentions. Such notice must include a description of the nature, size and the community support requirements, if any, of the program. For purposes of this subdivision, municipality means an incorporated village, if the facility is to be located therein; a town, if the facility is to be located therein and not simultaneously within an incorporated village; or a city, except that in the City of New York the community board with jurisdiction over the area in which such agency boarding home is to be located is considered the municipality.

The social services official who intends to operate an agency boarding home program must apply in writing to the department for authority to operate such program, stating the reasons, in accordance with section 374-b of the Social Services Law, why such program is needed and setting forth a plan for compliance with section 447.1 of this Part. A social services official who plans to establish an agency boarding home within a municipality must notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in writing of his or her intentions. Such notice must include a description of the nature, size and the community support requirements, if any, of the program. For purposes of this subdivision, municipality means an incorporated village, if the facility is to be located therein; a town, if the facility is to be located therein and not simultaneously within an incorporated village; or a city, except that in the City of New York the community board with jurisdiction over the area in which such agency boarding home is to be located is considered the municipality.