This chapter will be known as the "Village of Buchanan Environmental
Quality Review Law."
The purpose of this chapter is to implement, for the Village
of Buchanan, the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review
Act and the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations, thereby incorporating environmental factors into existing
planning and decisionmaking 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 Regulations.
All agencies, boards, departments, offices, other bodies or
officers of the Village of Buchanan 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.