[Adopted 4-9-1973 by Local Law No. 5, 1973; amended in its
entirety 4-22-1974 by Local Law No. 2, 1974]
After the effective date of this local law, the office of Building,
Zoning, Planning Administration and Enforcement shall grant no building
permits for construction, both residential and nonresidential, in
any areas within the areas designated as one-hundred-year storm frequency
line as set forth in the Weaver Report concerning Sparkill Creek,
the Velzy Report concerning Nauraushaun Creek and the Larkin Report
concerning Pascack Creek. The within prohibitions shall not apply
to alterations or additions to an existing structure not exceeding
50% of the present structure. After the effective date of this local
law, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall not grant any special permit
use nor any building permit, and the Planning Board shall not grant
any preliminary approval or final approval to any subdivision within
the said one-hundred-year storm frequency areas.
All existing building permits, special permits and subdivision
applications which have received preliminary approval prior to the
effective date of this local law shall continue in full force and
effect during the pendency of this moratorium and all boards of the
Town of Orangetown may process subdivision applications and such other
applications as may be pending before any Board concerned with construction
within the Town of Orangetown.
[Amended 9-23-1974 by L.L. No. 7, 1974; 12-27-1974 by L.L. No.
8, 1974; 5-12-1975 by L.L. No. 4, 1975]
This moratorium shall continue in effect until midnight, July
31, 1975, or until the adoption of local legislation pertaining to
wetlands, floodplains and floodways in the Town of Orangetown, whichever
is the shorter period of time.
All provisions of Chapter
42 inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
This local law shall take effect immediately.
[Adopted 8-20-1990 by Local Law No. 10, 1990]
After the effective date of this local law, the Office of Building,
Zoning, Planning Administration and Enforcement shall grant no building
permits for construction, both residential and nonresidential, in
any area within the area designated as the critical environmental
area. Furthermore, after the effective date of this local law, the
Planning Board shall not accept or take any action on any subdivision
application for property located in the designated critical environmental
area which has not received preliminary approval, nor shall the Planning
Board accept or take any action on site plan review and approval where
the proposed site is located in an area designated as the critical
environmental area. This local law is expressly intended to supersede §§ 274-a
and 276, Subdivision 4, of the Town Law of the State of New York.
All existing building permits, site plan approvals and subdivision
applications which have received preliminary approval prior to the
effective date of this local law shall continue in full force and
effect during the pendency of this moratorium.
This moratorium shall continue in effect until the happening
of either of the following events, whichever event occurs first:
A. The adoption by the Town Board of the Town of Orangetown
of a revised local law amending the Orangetown Code to implement changes
dealing with construction and development in the designated critical
environmental area.
B. The expiration of a ninety-day period after the effective
date of this local law.
All ordinances or local laws or parts of ordinances or local
laws conflicting with the terms or provisions of this local law are
hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give this local law full
force and effect during the effective period. In the event that any
portion of this local law shall be declared invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not be deemed to affect
the remaining portions thereof.
This local law becomes effective upon posting and publishing
and upon filing a copy with the Secretary of State as required by
law.