The following operations do not require a permit from the Department if they do not involve doing any of the acts proscribed in Article
IV:
A. Conservation of soil, vegetation, water, fish, shellfish
and wildlife.
B. Outdoor recreation, including play and sporting areas,
field trails, nature study, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, skin
diving, camping, boating, waterskiing, trapping, hunting, fishing
and shellfishing, where otherwise legally permitted and regulated
by other regulatory agencies.
C. Operation of dams and other water control devices,
including temporary alteration or diversion of water levels or circulation
for emergency maintenance or aquaculture purposes.
D. Grazing, farming, nurseries, gardening and harvesting
of crops.
E. Uses accessory to residential or other permitted primary
uses adjoining lands or waters, provided that they are consistent
with the intent and objectives of this local law.
F. Accessory buildings to main structures; additions.
Accessory buildings and structures, including, but not limited to,
pools, sheds, detached garages, walls, fences, and additions to dwellings
or main structures with a certificate of occupancy will require a
permit from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
as directed by the Department of Planning and Development and a Town
of Islip building permit, where applicable. A Town of Islip wetlands
and watercourses permit will not be necessary for said accessory structures.
[Added 12-12-2006 by L.L. No. 7-2006; amended 5-28-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
All uses and operations permitted or approved
by special permit shall be conducted in such a manner as will cause
the least possible damage and encroachment or interference with natural
resources, vegetation and natural processes within the watercourses,
coastal wetlands and tidal marshes.
The valuation placed on lands affected by this
local law for purposes of real estate taxation shall take into account
and be limited by the limitation on future use of such land, provided
that the landowner grants to the Town a permanent scenic or conservation
easement to run with the land. Such easement shall not necessarily
include public access, but shall give to the Town all development
and management rights upon the land subject to the easement. The value
of such easement shall be a legal income tax deduction subject to
Internal Revenue Code, Statutes and Rulings, Section 170, Charitable,
etc., Contributions and Gifts.