Pursuant to § 24-0501 of the New York State Freshwater
Wetlands Act (Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation Law), the
Town of Cochecton 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 New York
State Department of Environmental 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 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 August 30, 1976, shall take effect upon
the filing with the Town Clerk of the Town of Cochecton 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 Town of Cochecton.