This chapter will be known as the "Town of Stony
Point Waterfront Consistency Law."
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ACTIONS
A.
Either Type I or unlisted actions as defined
in SEQRA regulations (6 NYCRR 617.2) 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;
(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)
Adoption of agency rules, regulations and procedures,
including local laws, codes, ordinances, executive orders and resolutions,
that may affect the environment.
(4)
Any combinations of the above.
B.
This chapter does not apply to Type II excluded
or exempt actions as defined in the SEQRA regulations 6 NYCRR Part
617.
AGENCY
Any board, agency, department, office, other body or officer
of the Town of Stony Point.
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 Town of Stony Point, as shown
on the Coastal Area Map on file in the office of the Secretary of
State and as delineated in the Town of Stony Point Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program.
COASTAL ASSESSMENT FORM (CAF)
The form, contained in Appendix A, used by an agency to assist it in determining the consistency
of an action with the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.
CONSISTENT
That the action will fully 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 a capital project, rule-making, procedure-making
and policy-making.
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM (LWRP)
The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program of the Town of
Stony Point, 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 Town of Stony Point.
The Town Zoning Enforcement Officer 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 Zoning Enforcement Officer
has been presented with a written determination from an agency that
the action is consistent with the town's LWRP policy standards and
conditions. In the event that an activity is not being performed in
accordance with the local law or any conditions imposed thereunder,
the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall issue a stop-work order, and
all work shall immediately cease. No further work or activity shall
be undertaken on the project so long as a stop-work order is in effect.