Bill Text: NY S08005 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to applications for minor and major projects before the Adirondack Park Agency.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-19 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S08005 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          8005
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 19, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. LITTLE -- (at request of the Adirondack Park Agency)
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to applications for minor
          and major projects before the Adirondack Park Agency
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 810 of the execu-
     2  tive law, as added by chapter 348 of the laws  of  1973,  the  paragraph
     3  heading  and  subparagraph  1  as  amended by chapter 679 of the laws of
     4  1974, subparagraph 4 as amended by chapter 899 of the laws of  1976,  is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    a.  Hamlet  areas.  (1) All land uses and development and all subdivi-
     7  sions of land involving wetlands except for forestry  uses  (other  than
     8  timber  harvesting  that  includes a proposed clearcutting of any single
     9  unit of land of more than twenty-five acres), agricultural uses,  public
    10  utility uses, and accessory uses or structures (other than signs) to any
    11  such use or to any pre-existing use.
    12    (2)  Any  class of land use or development or subdivision of land that
    13  by agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior  to
    14  or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
    15  be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
    16  so  agreed  upon  must  be  designated by and its review authorized in a
    17  local ordinance or local law.
    18    (3) [All land uses  and  development  and  all  subdivisions  of  land
    19  involving  one  hundred  or  more  residential lots, parcels or sites or
    20  residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient
    21  use.
    22    (4)] All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except agricul-
    23  tural use structures and residential radio and television antennas.
    24    [(5)] (4) Commercial or private airports.
    25    [(6)] (5) Watershed management and flood control projects.
    26    [(7)] (6) Any material increase or expansion of an existing  land  use
    27  or  structure  included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14336-01-8

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     1  of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more
     2  of the original square footage of such structure.
     3    § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 810 of the executive law,
     4  as  added  by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, the paragraph heading and
     5  subparagraph 1 as amended by chapter 679 of the laws of  1974,  subpara-
     6  graph  5  as amended by chapter 899 of the laws of 1976, subparagraph 17
     7  as added and subparagraph 18 as renumbered by chapter 135 of the laws of
     8  2011, is amended to read as follows:
     9    b. Moderate intensity use areas. (1) All land uses and development and
    10  all subdivisions of land located in the following critical environmental
    11  areas: (a) within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable  by  boat  desig-
    12  nated  to  be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance with
    13  the environmental conservation law during  the  period  of  such  desig-
    14  nation; (b) involving wetlands; (c) at elevations of twenty-five hundred
    15  feet  or  more;  (d) within one-eighth mile of tracks of forest preserve
    16  land or water now or hereafter classified as  wilderness,  primitive  or
    17  canoe  in  the  master plan for management of state lands, except for an
    18  individual single family dwelling and accessory uses or structures ther-
    19  eto. Provided, however, that the above shall not include  forestry  uses
    20  (other  than  clear-cutting as specified in [number nine below] subpara-
    21  graph eight of this paragraph), agricultural uses, open space recreation
    22  uses, public utility uses, and accessory uses or structures (other  than
    23  signs) to any such use or to any pre-existing use.
    24    (2)  Any  class of land use or development or subdivision of land that
    25  by agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior  to
    26  or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
    27  be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
    28  so  agreed  upon  must  be  designated by and its review authorized in a
    29  local ordinance or local law.
    30    (3) [All land uses  and  development  and  all  subdivisions  of  land
    31  involving  seventy-five  or  more  residential lots, parcels or sites or
    32  residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient
    33  use.
    34    (4)] Commercial or agricultural service uses involving ten thousand or
    35  more square feet of floor space.
    36    [(5)] (4) All structures in excess of forty  feet  in  height,  except
    37  agricultural  use structures and residential radio and television anten-
    38  nas.
    39    [(6)] (5) Tourist attractions.
    40    [(7)] (6) Ski centers.
    41    [(8)] (7) Commercial or private airports.
    42    [(9)] (8) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed  clearcutting  of
    43  any single unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.
    44    [(10)]  (9)  Sawmills,  chipping  mills, pallet mills and similar wood
    45  using facilities.
    46    [(11)] (10) Mineral extractions.
    47    [(12)] (11) Mineral extraction structures.
    48    [(13)] (12) Watershed management and flood control projects.
    49    [(14)] (13) Sewage treatment plants.
    50    [(15)] (14) Major public utility uses.
    51    [(16)] (15) Industrial uses.
    52    [(17)] (16) Community housing as defined in subdivision seventeen-a of
    53  section eight hundred two of this article.
    54    [(18)] (17) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use
    55  or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent  or  more

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     1  of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more
     2  of the original square footage of such structure.
     3    § 3. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 810 of the executive law,
     4  as  added  by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, the paragraph heading and
     5  subparagraph 1 as amended by chapter 679 of the laws of  1974,  subpara-
     6  graph  5  as amended by chapter 899 of the laws of 1976, subparagraph 19
     7  as added and subparagraph 20 as renumbered by chapter 135 of the laws of
     8  2011, is amended to read as follows:
     9    c. Low intensity use areas. (1) All land uses and development and  all
    10  subdivisions  of  land  located  in the following critical environmental
    11  areas: (a) within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable  by  boat  desig-
    12  nated  to  be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance with
    13  the environmental conservation law during  the  period  of  such  desig-
    14  nation; (b) involving wetlands; (c) at elevations of twenty-five hundred
    15  feet  or  more;  (d) within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest preserve
    16  land now or hereafter classified as wilderness, primitive  or  canoe  in
    17  the  master plan for management of state lands, except for an individual
    18  single  family  dwelling  and  accessory  uses  or  structures  thereto.
    19  Provided, however, that the above shall not include forestry uses (other
    20  than  clear-cutting  as  specified  in  [number nine below] subparagraph
    21  eight of this paragraph), agricultural uses, open space recreation uses,
    22  public utility uses, and accessory uses or structures (other than signs)
    23  to any such use or to any pre-existing use.
    24    (2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of  land  that
    25  by  agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to
    26  or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
    27  be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
    28  so agreed upon must be designated by and  its  review  authorized  in  a
    29  local ordinance or local law.
    30    (3)  [All  land  uses  and  development  and  all subdivisions of land
    31  involving thirty-five or more residential  lots,  parcels  or  sites  or
    32  residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient
    33  use.
    34    (4)]  Commercial  or agricultural service uses involving five thousand
    35  or more square feet of floor space.
    36    [(5)] (4) All structures in excess of forty  feet  in  height,  except
    37  agricultural  use structures and residential radio and television anten-
    38  nas.
    39    [(6)] (5) Tourist attractions.
    40    [(7)] (6) Ski centers.
    41    [(8)] (7) Commercial or private airports.
    42    [(9)] (8) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed  clearcutting  of
    43  any single unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.
    44    [(10)]  (9)  Sawmills,  chipping  mills, pallet mills and similar wood
    45  using facilities.
    46    [(11)] (10) Mineral extractions.
    47    [(12)] (11) Mineral extraction structures.
    48    [(13)] (12) Watershed management and flood control projects.
    49    [(14)] (13) Sewage treatment plants.
    50    [(15)] (14) Waste disposal areas.
    51    [(16)] (15) Junkyards.
    52    [(17)] (16) Major public utility uses.
    53    [(18)] (17) Industrial uses.
    54    [(19)] (18) Community housing as defined in subdivision seventeen-a of
    55  section eight hundred two of this article.

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     1    [(20)] (19) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use
     2  or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent  or  more
     3  of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more
     4  of the original square footage of such structure.
     5    § 4. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 810 of the executive law,
     6  as  added  by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, the paragraph heading and
     7  subparagraph 1 as amended by chapter 679 of the laws of  1974,  subpara-
     8  graph  5  as  amended  by chapter 899 of the laws of 1976, is amended to
     9  read as follows:
    10    d. Rural use areas. (1) All land uses and development and all subdivi-
    11  sions of land located in the following critical environmental areas: (a)
    12  within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable by  boat  designated  to  be
    13  studied  as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance with the environ-
    14  mental conservation law during  the  period  of  such  designation;  (b)
    15  involving  wetlands;  (c)  at  elevations of twenty-five hundred feet or
    16  more; (d) within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest  preserve  land  or
    17  water  now  or hereafter classified as wilderness, primitive or canoe in
    18  the master plan for management of state lands, except for an  individual
    19  single  family  dwelling  and  accessory uses or structures thereto; (e)
    20  within one hundred fifty feet of the edge of the right of way of federal
    21  or state highways, except for an individual single family  dwelling  and
    22  accessory  uses or structures thereto; (f) within one hundred fifty feet
    23  of the edge of the right of way of county highways designated by rule or
    24  regulation of the agency adopted pursuant  to  subdivision  fourteen  of
    25  section  eight hundred nine of this article or in an approved local land
    26  use program, as major travel corridors by the agency  or  local  govern-
    27  ment, except for an individual single family dwelling and accessory uses
    28  or  structures  thereto.  Provided,  however,  that  the above shall not
    29  include forestry uses (other than clear-cutting as specified in  [number
    30  ten  below] subparagraph nine of this paragraph and sand and gravel pits
    31  associated with such uses located within one hundred fifty feet  of  the
    32  edge of the right of way of the above described travel corridors), agri-
    33  cultural uses (other than sand and gravel pits associated with such uses
    34  located within one hundred fifty feet of the edge of the right of way of
    35  the  above  described  travel  corridors),  open  space recreation uses,
    36  public utility uses, and accessory uses or structures (other than signs)
    37  to any such uses or to any pre-existing use.
    38    (2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of  land  that
    39  by  agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to
    40  or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
    41  be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
    42  so agreed upon must be designated by and  its  review  authorized  in  a
    43  local ordinance or local law.
    44    (3)  [All  land  uses  and  development  and  all subdivisions of land
    45  involving twenty or more residential lots, parcels or sites or  residen-
    46  tial units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient use.
    47    (4)]  Commercial  and  agricultural service uses involving twenty-five
    48  hundred or more square feet of floor space.
    49    [(5)] (4) All structures in excess of forty  feet  in  height,  except
    50  agricultural  use structures and residential radio and television anten-
    51  nas.
    52    [(6)] (5) Tourist accommodations.
    53    [(7)] (6) Ski centers.
    54    [(8)] (7) Commercial seaplane bases.
    55    [(9)] (8) Commercial or private airports.

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     1    [(10)] (9) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting  of
     2  any single unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.
     3    [(11)]  (10)  Sawmills,  chipping mills, pallet mills and similar wood
     4  using facilities.
     5    [(12)] (11) Mineral extractions.
     6    [(13)] (12) Mineral extraction structures.
     7    [(14)] (13) Watershed management and flood control projects.
     8    [(15)] (14) Sewage treatment plants.
     9    [(16)] (15) Waste disposal areas.
    10    [(17)] (16) Junkyards.
    11    [(18)] (17) Major public utility uses.
    12    [(19)] (18) Industrial use.
    13    [(20)] (19) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use
    14  or structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent  or  more
    15  of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more
    16  of the original square footage of such structure.
    17    § 5. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 810 of the executive law,
    18  as  added by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, subparagraph 19 as amended
    19  by chapter 899 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
    20    a. Moderate intensity use areas. (1) Subdivisions  of  land  (and  all
    21  land  uses  and  development  related thereto) involving fifteen or more
    22  [but less than seventy-five lots, parcels or sites, other than  subdivi-
    23  sions of land involving mobile homes] acres of land.
    24    (2)  Subdivisions  of  land (and all land uses and development related
    25  thereto) involving less than fifteen [lots, parcels or sites, other than
    26  subdivisions of land involving mobile homes,] acres of land which do not
    27  meet the following criteria:  (a)  In  the  case  of  such  subdivisions
    28  involving  land  having  shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least
    29  twenty-five thousand square feet in size [and], complies with all of the
    30  provisions of the shoreline restrictions, and the leaching components of
    31  all pre-existing on-site wastewater treatment  systems  are  located  at
    32  least one hundred feet from all shorelines.
    33    (b)  In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having shore-
    34  line, each lot, parcel or site is at least forty thousand square feet in
    35  size.
    36    [Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the
    37  original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject  to  review  as  a
    38  class  B  regional  project  where  the total number of lots, parcels or
    39  sites resulting from such  subdivision  and  any  prior  subdivision  or
    40  subdivisions exceeds fourteen.]
    41    (3) Multiple family dwellings.
    42    [(4) Mobile home courts.
    43    (5) Subdivisions of land involving mobile homes (and all land uses and
    44  development  related thereto) and involving two or more lots, parcels or
    45  sites.
    46    (6)] (4) Public and semi-public buildings.
    47    [(7)] (5) Municipal roads.
    48    [(8)] (6) Commercial or agricultural service uses involving less  than
    49  ten thousand square feet of floor space.
    50    [(9)] (7) Tourist accommodations.
    51    [(10)] (8) Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.
    52    [(11)] (9) Golf courses.
    53    [(12)] (10) Campgrounds.
    54    [(13)] (11) Group camps.
    55    [(14)] (12) Commercial seaplane bases.
    56    [(15)] (13) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.

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     1    [(16)]  (14) Land use or development or subdivisions of land involving
     2  the clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis  of  a
     3  specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate
     4  fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.
     5    [(17)]  (15) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included
     6  on either the list of primary uses or the list  of  secondary  uses  for
     7  moderate intensity use areas.
     8    [(18)]  (16)  An  individual  single family dwelling within one-eighth
     9  mile of tracts of forest preserve land or water now or hereafter classi-
    10  fied as wilderness primitive or canoe in the master plan for  management
    11  of state lands.
    12    [(19)] (17) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land
    13  within  one-quarter  mile  of  rivers  designated to be studied as wild,
    14  scenic or recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation
    15  law, other than those navigable by  boat,  during  the  period  of  such
    16  designation.
    17    [(20)] (18) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use
    18  or  structure  included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more
    19  of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more
    20  of the original square footage of such structure.
    21    § 6. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 810 of the executive law,
    22  as added by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, subparagraph 19 as  amended
    23  by chapter 899 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
    24    b.  Low  intensity  use  areas. (1) Subdivisions of land (and all land
    25  uses and development related thereto) involving [ten or  more  but  less
    26  than thirty-five lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land
    27  involving mobile homes] fifteen or more acres of land.
    28    (2)  Subdivisions  of  land (and all land uses and development related
    29  thereto) involving less than [ten lots, parcels or sites] fifteen  acres
    30  of  land  which  do  not meet the following criteria: (a) In the case of
    31  such subdivisions involving land having shoreline, each lot,  parcel  or
    32  site is at least fifty thousand square feet in size [and], complies with
    33  all  of  the  provisions of the shoreline restrictions, and the leaching
    34  components of all pre-existing on-site wastewater treatment systems  are
    35  located at least one hundred feet from all shorelines.
    36    (b)  In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having shore-
    37  line, each lot, parcel or site is at least one hundred  twenty  thousand
    38  square feet in size.
    39    [Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the
    40  original  owner  or  subsequent  owners, shall be subject to review as a
    41  class B regional project where the total  number  of  lots,  parcels  or
    42  sites  resulting  from  such  subdivision  and  any prior subdivision or
    43  subdivisions exceeds nine.]
    44    (3) Multiple family dwellings.
    45    (4) [Mobile home courts.
    46    (5) Mobile home  subdivisions  (and  all  land  uses  and  development
    47  related thereto) involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.
    48    (6)] Public and semi-public buildings.
    49    [(7)] (5) Municipal roads.
    50    [(8)]  (6) Commercial or agricultural service uses involving less than
    51  five thousand square feet of floor space.
    52    [(9)] (7) Tourist accommodations.
    53    [(10)] (8) Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.
    54    [(11)] (9) Golf courses.
    55    [(12)] (10) Campgrounds.
    56    [(13)] (11) Group camps.

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     1    [(14)] (12) Commercial seaplane bases.
     2    [(15)] (13) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.
     3    [(16)]  (14)  Land use or development or subdivision of land involving
     4  the clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis  of  a
     5  specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate
     6  fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.
     7    [(17)]  (15) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included
     8  on either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for low
     9  intensity use areas.
    10    [(18)] (16) An individual single  family  dwelling  within  one-eighth
    11  mile of tracts of forest preserve land or water now or hereafter classi-
    12  fied as wilderness, primitive or canoe in the master plan for management
    13  of state lands.
    14    [(19)] (17) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land
    15  within  one-quarter  mile  of  rivers  designated to be studied as wild,
    16  scenic or recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation
    17  law, other than those navigable by  boat,  during  the  period  of  such
    18  designation.
    19    [(20)] (18) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use
    20  or  structure  included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more
    21  of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more
    22  of the original square footage of such structure.
    23    § 7. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 810 of the executive law,
    24  as added by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, subparagraph 14 as  amended
    25  by chapter 899 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
    26    c.  Rural  use areas. (1) [Subdivisions] All subdivisions of land (and
    27  all land uses and development related thereto) involving [five]  two  or
    28  more [but less than twenty] lots, parcels or sites[, other than subdivi-
    29  sions of land involving mobile homes].
    30    (2)  [Subdivisions  of land (and all land uses and development related
    31  thereto) involving less than five lots, parcels or sites  which  do  not
    32  meet  the  following  criteria:  (a)  In  the  case of such subdivisions
    33  involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site  is  at  least
    34  eighty  thousand  square  feet  in  size  and  complies  with all of the
    35  provisions of the shoreline restrictions of the plan.
    36    (b) In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having  shore-
    37  line, each lot, parcel or site is at least three hundred twenty thousand
    38  square feet in size.
    39    Any  subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the
    40  original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject  to  review  as  a
    41  class  B  regional  project  where  the total number of lots, parcels or
    42  sites resulting from such  subdivision  and  any  prior  subdivision  or
    43  subdivisions exceeds four.
    44    (3)] Multiple family dwellings.
    45    [(4) Mobile home courts.
    46    (5)  Mobile  home  subdivisions  (and  all  land  uses and development
    47  related thereto) involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.
    48    (6)] (3) Public and semi-public buildings.
    49    [(7)] (4) Municipal roads.
    50    [(8)] (5) Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.
    51    [(9)] (6) Golf courses.
    52    [(10)] (7) Campgrounds.
    53    [(11)] (8) Group camps.
    54    [(12)] (9) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.
    55    [(13)] (10) Land use or development or subdivision of  land  involving
    56  the  clustering  of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a

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     1  specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate
     2  fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.
     3    [(14)] (11) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land
     4  within  one  quarter  mile  of  rivers designated to be studied as wild,
     5  scenic or recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation
     6  law, other than those navigable by  boat,  during  the  period  of  such
     7  designation.
     8    [(15)]  (12) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included
     9  on either the list of primary uses or the list  of  secondary  uses  for
    10  rural use areas.
    11    [(16)]  (13)  Commercial  and agricultural service uses involving less
    12  than twenty-five hundred square feet.
    13    [(17)] (14) An individual single  family  dwelling  within  one-eighth
    14  mile of tracts of forest preserve land or water described in item (d) of
    15  clause (1) of paragraph d of subdivision one or within one hundred fifty
    16  feet of a travel corridor described in such paragraph.
    17    [(18)] (15) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use
    18  or  structure  included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more
    19  of the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more
    20  of the original square footage of such structure.
    21    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
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