Pursuant to § 24-0501 of the New York
State Freshwater Wetlands Act (Article 24 of the New York Environmental
Conservation Law), the City of Norwich shall fully undertake and exercise
its regulatory authority with regard to activities subject to regulation
under the Act in freshwater wetlands, as shown on the Freshwater Wetlands
Map, as such map may from time to time be amended, filed by the Department
of Environment Conservation pursuant to the Act, and in all areas
adjacent to any such freshwater wetland up to 100 feet from the boundary
of such wetland. Such regulatory authority shall be undertaken and
exercised in accordance with all of the procedures, concepts, and
definitions set forth in Article 24 of the New York Environmental
Conservation Law and Title 23 of Article 71 of such law relating to
the enforcement of Article 24, as such law may from time to time be
amended.
This chapter, adopted on the 17th day of August
1976, shall take effect upon the filing with the Clerk of the City
of Norwich of the final Freshwater Wetlands Map by the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant to § 24-0301
of the Freshwater Wetlands Act applicable to any or all lands within
the City of Norwich.