[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Batavia 8-31-1976
by L.L. No. 1-1976. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to § 24-0501 of the New York State Freshwater Wetlands
Act (Article 24 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law), the Town
of Batavia 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 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, adopted on August 31, 1976, shall take effect upon the
filing with the Clerk of the Town of Batavia, New York, 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 Batavia, New York.