Defined phrases. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACCESS ROAD
A roadway normally designed and intended for use by motor vehicles
which provides access to or into forest land.
APPLICANT
Any individual or individuals, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, organization or other legal entity of any kind, including municipal corporations, governmental agencies or subdivisions thereof, who has a request for a permit to conduct a regulated activity before the Code Enforcement Officer or who has an application pending pursuant to §
187-7 of this chapter before the Planning Board.
BEST AVAILABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Those silvicultural practices recommended in a manual entitled, "Best
Management Practices for Silviculture", published by the Dutchess County Soil
and Water Conservation District, January 1990. A copy is on file in the Town
Planning Board office.
BUFFER STRIP
An area of variable width and length in which forest practices are
restricted in order to provide a visual screen or to protect water quality.
CLEAR CUTTING
Complete cutting and removing of an entire stand of trees, replaced
by natural or planted regeneration.
CLEARING
Any activity which removes or significantly disturbs trees, brush,
grass or any other type of vegetation.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The officer designated by the Town of Pawling Town Board and charged
with the enforcement of zoning, building and fire codes.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
An application which has been declared to be complete by the Environmental
Director or which has been deemed complete as a result of the Environmental
Director's failure to evaluate it for completeness within the required
time period.
DATE OF RECEIPT OF COMPLETE APPLICATION
A complete application shall be deemed received by the Planning Board on the date of the first regular meeting of the Planning Board following the filing of the complete application and supporting plans with the Planning Board by the Code Enforcement Officer pursuant to the provisions of §
187-7 of this chapter.
DCSWCD
The Dutchess County Soil and Water Conservation District.
DRAINAGE
The gravitational movement of water or other liquids by surface runoff
or surface flow.
ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR
The individual or agency designated by the Pawling Town Board and
charged with reviewing and evaluating the environmental impacts of all timber
harvesting permit applications, as well as determining their "completeness"
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
EROSION
The wearing away of the land surface by action of wind, water, gravity
or other natural forces.
FOREST LAND
An ecosystem supporting a dense growth of trees covering a large
area. Fencerows alone do not constitute a forest system.
HOMESITE
That portion of any lot or parcel of land covered or to be covered
by any structure, including but not limited to buildings, septic systems and
their reserve areas, wells, pools and driveways.
LANDING AREA
A cleared area to which felled trees and logs are hauled by a skidder
for their storage before being transferred to trucks.
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NYSDEC
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company,
organization or legal entity of any kind, including any political subdivision
of the state.
PLANNING BOARD
The duly appointed Planning Board of the Town of Pawling.
PROTECTED STREAM
Any stream as so designated under Article 15 of the Environmental
Conservation Law (ECL).
SEDIMENT
Solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported, has been deposited or has been removed from its site
of origin by erosion.
SELECTIVE CUTTING
The cutting of more than one-half (1/2) of the existing living trees
measuring more than six inches diameter at breast height (DBH) in an area
one-half (1/2) acre or more, over a period of two consecutive years.
SKIDDER
A machine, commonly rubber-tired, used in moving logs from the stump
site to a landing.
SKIDDING
The act of moving logs from the stump site to a landing.
SKID ROAD (HAUL ROAD)
A main pathway, normally intended for repeated use by a skidder to
reach skid trails, where extensive exposure of soils can be expected from
heavy traffic.
SKID TRAIL
A secondary pathway, intended for use by a skidder to reach trees
or groups of trees which have been cut, where extensive exposure of soils
is not expected.
SLASH
The woody material or debris resulting from cutting trees and left
on the ground after an area is logged.
SLOPE
Land with a topographic gradient, usually expressed as percent slope,
the percent being calculated by measuring vertical elevation relative to horizontal
distance. A slope of 25% means a twenty-five-foot rise in elevation from one
point to another along a one-hundred-foot horizontal plane (calculated as:
twenty-five-foot rise/one-hundred-foot horizontal distance = twenty-five-percent
slope).
TIMBER HARVESTING
Any activity which may alter the physical characteristics of any
forested land, including but not limited to any activity involving or associated
with the cutting of trees, except that the following activities shall not
be considered to be timber harvesting:
(1) The routine maintenance of roads, easements and rights-of-way
and the clearing of farm fence lines; and
(2) The clearing of approved subdivision roads, site plans
and public utility easements.
TOWN BOARD
The duly elected Town Board of the Town of Pawling.
TOWN CLERK
The duly elected Town Clerk of the Town of Pawling.
TOWN ENGINEER
Any person or firm employed by the Town of Pawling as the Town Engineer.
TREE
A large woody plant, usually having one self-supporting stem or trunk
and numerous branches, normally expected to attain heights in excess of 20
feet and having a stump diameter of at least four inches.
WATERBODY
Any natural or artificial pond, lake, reservoir or other area containing
a surface area of over 1,000 square feet and which usually or intermittently
contains water and has a discernible shoreline.
WATERCOURSE
Any natural or artificial, permanent or intermittent, public or private
waterbody or water segment, such as ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, streams,
brooks, waterways or natural drainage swales, that is contained within, flows
through or borders on the Town of Pawling, except those which are regulated
by the NYSDEC.
WETLAND
Any wetland, as that term is defined in Chapter
111 of the Code of the Town of Pawling (Freshwater Wetlands and Watercourse Protection Law of the Town of Pawling).