A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted to the village by § 96-b of the General Municipal Law, before any land in the Village of Islandia may be cleared of trees or brush, a land-clearing permit shall be obtained from the Village of Islandia unless the property to be cleared is residentially zoned, is owned by the person clearing it and the amount of trees and brush to be cleared shall not exceed five cubic yards. When more than two acres of land is to be cleared, this action shall be designated a Type I action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA).[1]
[Amended 2-1-1996 by L.L. No. 2-1996]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law.
B. 
A land-clearing permit may be issued upon completing and submitting an application or forms prescribed by the Building Department and upon approval of the Building Official. The Building Department may require applicant to post a bond as a condition to the issuance of a land-clearing permit.
C. 
The Building Official, after consultation with the Department of Environmental Conservation, may approve, approve with conditions or deny a permit to clear land.
D. 
The permit or a copy of same shall be carried on each truck, wagon or conveyance transporting felled trees or brush.
E. 
Each permit shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of issue.
A. 
Upon the Village Board's determination that land has been cleared in violation of this section or in violation of a condition of a permit issued pursuant hereto, the Building Official shall notify the owner of record of such land, by registered mail sent to the address shown on the current assessment roll, to replant or otherwise restore such land to the condition in which it existed prior to clearing.
B. 
If such land is not replanted or otherwise restored within 30 days from the date of such mailing, the village may replant or otherwise restore such land. The head of the village department which performs the work shall certify to the Village Board, by affidavit, the cost thereof. The Village Board shall by resolution instruct the Village Clerk to publish a public notice that a public hearing will be held for the purpose of considering the addition to the assessment roll of the land involved, the costs incurred and that at the public hearing the Village Board shall hear and consider any objections which may be made to such roll. The publication of such notice shall not be less than 10 days before the time specified for such hearing. The Village Board, after public hearing, may then cause such costs to become a lien and may direct the Village Assessor to place it on the assessment roll. The foregoing is in addition to any other penalty available for violation of this chapter.