Pursuant to § 24-0501 of the New York State Freshwater Wetlands
Act (Article 24 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law), the Town
of Niskayuna shall 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 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 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 shall take effect pursuant to the applicable provisions
of the Town Law of the State of New York and upon the filing with the Clerk
of the Town of Niskayana of the final Freshwater Wetlands Map by the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant to § 24-0301
of the Freshwater Wetlands Act (Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation
Law) applicable to any or all lands within the Town of Niskayuna.