This chapter will be known as the "Village of
Haverstraw Waterfront Consistency Review Law."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ACTION
A.
Either a Type I or unlisted action as defined
in State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) regulations (6 N.Y.C.R.R.
Part 617) which are undertaken by an agency and which include:
(1)
Projects or physical activities, such as construction
or other activities that may affect the environment by changing the
use, appearance or condition of any natural resource or structure,
that:
(a)
Are directly undertaken by an agency; or
(b)
Involve funding by an agency; or
(c)
Require one or more new or modified approvals
from an agency or agencies;
(2)
Agency planning and policy making activities
that may affect the environment and commit the agency to a definite
course of future decisions;
(3)
Laws, codes, ordinances, executive orders and
resolutions that may affect the environment;
(4)
Any proposed action within the Village's Local
Waterfront Revitalization Area that requires site plan review and
approval by the Village of Haverstraw; and
(5)
Any combination of the above.
B.
This law does not apply to Type II, excluded
or exempt actions as defined in the SEQRA regulations.
AGENCY
Any board, agency, department, office, other body, or officer
of the Village of Haverstraw.
COASTAL AREA
That portion of New York State coastal waters and adjacent
shorelands as defined in Article 42 of the Executive Law which is
located within the boundaries of the Village of Haverstraw, as shown
on the Coastal Area Map on file in the office of the Secretary of
State and as delineated in the Village of Haverstraw Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program.
COASTAL ASSESSMENT FORM (CAF)
The form used by an agency to assist it in determining the
consistency of an action with the Village of Haverstraw Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program.
CONSISTENT
That the action will materially comply with the LWRP policy
standards and conditions and, whenever practicable, will advance one
or more of them.
DIRECT ACTIONS
Actions planned and proposed for implementation by an agency,
such as, but not limited, to the formulation of a capital project,
rule or policy.
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM (LWRP)
The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program of the Village
of Haverstraw, approved by the Secretary of State pursuant to the
Waterfront Revitalization of Coastal Areas and Inland Waterways Act
(Executive Law, Article 42), a copy of which is on file in the office
of the Clerk of the Village of Haverstraw.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Village
shall be responsible for enforcing this chapter. No work or activity
on a project in the coastal area which is subject to review under
this chapter shall be commenced or undertaken until the Code Enforcement
Officer has been presented with a written determination of consistency
under this chapter. In the event that an activity is not being performed
in accordance with this chapter or any conditions imposed hereunder,
the Code Enforcement Officer may issue a stop-work order and thereafter
all work shall immediately cease. No further work or activity shall
be undertaken on the action so long as a stop-work order is in effect.