Each application for a timber harvesting permit
shall be accompanied by specifications submitted for review by the
Town Engineer and Code Enforcement Officer. The material submitted
shall show the following:
C. Land description and names and addresses of owner,
logger and owners of adjoining properties.
D. Location of all buildings, structures, roads or existing
cut or fill slopes within 30 feet on either side of the property lines.
E. A topographical map, showing the area to be harvested
and the location of forest haul roads, skid trails, landings and stream
crossings.
F. A description of the proposed harvest operation, including
a description of the type of harvesting, i.e., clear-cutting, diameter-limit
cutting (in which case, the minimum stump diameter shall be stated),
thinning, selective cutting, etc., certified to by a professional
forester to be in accordance with normal and accepted forest management
practices. The plan submitted shall set forth how the applicant shall
comply with the New York State Timber Harvesting Guidelines and how
the applicant will control the erosion or sedimentation that may result
from the harvesting.
G. The dates between which such harvesting activity will
occur.
H. Detailed plans of all drainage devices, walls, dams
or other erosion control devices to be constructed in connection with,
or as part of, the proposed work.
Supplemental reports and data (geology, soils,
etc.) may be required. Supplemental reports are to be prepared by
qualified professionals, as appropriate. Recommendations included
in such reports, as approved by the Town, shall be incorporated in
the plan.
A permit will not be issued in any case where
the work as proposed by the applicant will not comply with the requirements
contained herein. If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Code
Enforcement Officer that compliance with these requirements can be
attained by the construction of protective devices or by other means,
the permit may be issued with the condition that such work be performed
by such means.
During timber-harvesting operations, the permittee
shall be responsible for the prevention of damage to public or private
utilities or services. This responsibility is not confined to the
lands within the limits of the timber-harvesting operations.
The permittee is responsible for the prevention
of damage to adjacent property, and no person shall engage in timber
harvesting on land sufficiently close to the property line to endanger
any adjoining public street, or any adjacent property, supporting
and protecting such property from any damage which might result.
All loading areas for the loading of harvested
timber shall be not less than 50 feet from any public road.