This chapter will be known as the "Town of Parma Environmental
Quality Review Law."
The purpose of this chapter is to implement, for the Town of
Parma, the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Act
and the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations, thereby incorporating
environmental factors into existing planning and decision-making processes
and providing additional protection for the environmental features
that are specific and characteristic of the Town of Parma.
This chapter is adopted under authority of the Municipal Home
Rule Law, the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and the State
Environmental Quality Review Regulations.
All agencies, boards, departments, offices, other bodies, or
officers in the Town of Parma must comply with 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.