This chapter is a local law of the Town of Chenango
pursuant to Article 8 of the New York Environmental Conservation Law
providing for environmental quality review of actions which may have
a significant effect upon the environment.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Town of Chenango Environmental Quality Review Law."
A.
The purpose of the Town of Chenango Environmental
Quality Review Law is to incorporate the consideration of environmental
factors into the planning and decisionmaking processes of the Town
of Chenango. In adopting the Town of Chenango Environmental Quality
Review Law, it is the intent of the Town of Chenango that all agencies
operating within its jurisdiction conduct their affairs with an awareness
that they are the stewards of air, water, land and living resources
and that they have an obligation to protect the environment for the
use and enjoyment of this and all future generations.
B.
It is the intent of this chapter that the protection
and enhancement of the environment, human and community resources
should be given appropriate weight with social and economic considerations
in public policy and that those factors be considered together in
reaching decisions on proposed activities. It is the intention of
the Town of Chenango that, through implementation of this law, a suitable
balance of social, economic and environmental factors be incorporated
into the decisionmaking processes of the Town of Chenango. It is not
the intention of the Town of Chenango Environmental Quality Review
Law that environmental factors be the sole consideration in decisionmaking.
