As required by § 239-y of the General Municipal Law,
a subdivision plan, site plan or special permit application shall
be submitted to the Town Conservation Board for review where the land
in question appears within an open area shown on the Town Open Space
and Natural Resource Index.
These open areas shall include the following:
A. All designated streams, intermittent streams, lakes, ponds and wetlands
and lands adjacent to them.
B. All designated forest lands specifically outlined on the index as
"open space."
C. All lands overlying those areas designated on the index as aquifers.
Each application shall be referred to the Town Conservation
Board by the Building Inspector within five days of the date of application.
Within 45 days of the date of referral, the Town Conservation Board
shall make its review and forward its recommendations to the appropriate
Town agency. The receiving agency shall take no action on said application
within the forty-five-day period without having received and reviewed
these recommendations.