This chapter will be known as the "Town of Woodstock
Environmental Quality Review Law."
The purpose of this chapter is to implement,
for the Town of Woodstock, the provisions of the State Environmental
Quality Review Act and the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations,
thereby incorporating environmental factors into planning and decision-making
processes.
This chapter is adopted under authority of the
Municipal Home Rule Law, the State Environmental Quality Review Act,
and the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Regulations. Where
provisions are not specifically included in this chapter, SEQR regulations
apply.
A.
CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL AREA (CEA)
EAF
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STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQR)
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW REGULATIONS (PART 617)
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
A specific geographic area designated by the Town Board,
in consultation with the Woodstock Environmental Commission (WEC),
having exceptional or unique characteristics that make the area important
to the local community.
Environmental assessment form, a form used by an agency to
assist it in determining the environmental significance or nonsignificance
of actions.
Environmental impact statement, a written document prepared
in accordance with § 9 of Part 617.[1]
Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, which is
Chapter 43-b of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York.
Part 617 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes,
Rules and Regulations of the State of New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: Throughout this chapter, references to specific sections of the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations (6 NYCRR 617) were amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I) to reflect the numbering of said regulations as of the publication of this Code.
B.
All other terms for which definitions are given in
SEQR and/or Part 617 have the same meanings in this chapter.
All agencies, boards, departments, offices,
other bodies or officers of the Town of Woodstock must comply with
the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR), Part 617, and this
chapter, to the extent applicable, prior to carrying out, approving,
or funding any action, other than an exempt, excluded or Type II action.
Town of Woodstock environmental assessment forms shall be used by
any lead agency in its determination of significance.
