[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Roslyn 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 1-2000 as Ch. 23 of the 2000 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be referred to and may be cited as the "Environmental
Quality Review Law of the Incorporated Village of Roslyn."
The purpose of this chapter is to incorporate environmental
factors into the existing planning and decisionmaking procedures of
all Village agencies. This purpose is to be accomplished through provisions
for identifying actions that may have a significant effect on the
environment and by requiring that any action found to have such effect
will be carried out in a manner that will minimize its possible harmful
effects.
Except as modified by provisions of this chapter, the requirements
of 6 NYCRR 617, as may be amended from time to time, are hereby adopted
as the procedures, rules and regulations relative to environmental
quality reviews undertaken by any Village agency.
For the purposes of this chapter, the definitions set forth
in 6 NYCRR 617.2 shall be modified as follows:
A state, local or Village agency.
The Board of Trustees or any department, board, commission,
officer or employee of the Village.
The Board of Trustees shall designate an Environmental Review
Officer (ERO) whose duties shall be to:
A.
Recommend to the Village Board such amendments to this chapter, not
inconsistent with 6 NYCRR 617, as may from time to time be necessary
or advisable for the orderly compliance with the purpose of this chapter.
B.
Prescribe the form of reports required to be filed under the provisions
of this chapter and 6 NYCRR 617 and cause or effect the notification
and filing requirements of 6 NYCRR 617.12 in a timely manner.
C.
Receive copies of all environmental report forms and statements filed
in connection with any proposed action and review such forms and statements
with respect to scope, content and adequacy and so advise the Village
agency having jurisdiction.
D.
Notify all applicants or Village agencies proposing any action of
the procedures to be followed pursuant to this chapter and 6 NYCRR
617 and serve in an administrative advisory capacity with respect
to these procedures to any Village agency upon request.
E.
Designate, in the event of a proposed Type I action or an unlisted
action for which a confirmed initial determination of significance
is required, the lead agency when such proposed action is subject
to the jurisdiction of two or more Village agencies.
F.
Perform such other related duties as may, from time to time, be directed
by the Board of Trustees.
Village agencies may vary the time periods established in 6
NYCRR 617 in order to coordinate the environmental review process
with other procedures relating to the review and approval of actions.
Except for good cause, the following general rules regarding time
periods shall be observed:
A.
A Village agency not holding regularly scheduled meetings shall observe
the time periods set forth in 6 NYCRR 617.
B.
A Village agency holding regularly scheduled meetings shall complete
any pertinent review, make a determination of environmental significance
or perform a related prescribed action no later than the next duly
constituted meeting of the agency following that meeting at which
all necessary data has been filed and accepted when the time period
prescribed in 6 NYCRR 617 expires prior to such next duly constituted
meeting.
C.
A Village agency customarily holding public hearings shall combine
a public hearing on a draft environmental impact statement with its
customary hearing on the action, and the time periods for holding
of the customary hearing and the public notification therefor shall
apply.
The requirements of 6 NYCRR 617.9 shall be modified as follows:
A.
When a Village agency serving as the lead agency determines that
an environmental impact statement (EIS) is required on a proposed
action involving an applicant and the applicant fails to prepare the
draft EIS in a timely manner, all further review and consideration
of the action shall terminate.
B.
When a Village agency proposes a direct action requiring the preparation
of an EIS, the Village agency shall contract with an outside consultant
for preparation of the draft and final (if required) EIS.
