This chapter is adopted pursuant to the State Environmental
Quality Review Act, Part 617 of Title 6 of the New York Codes, Rules
and Regulations (NYCRR) and the statutory authority of the Environmental
Conservation Law, § 8-0113. The purpose of this chapter
is to implement the procedures and requirements of the State Environmental
Quality Review Act.
Unless the context shall otherwise require, the terms, phrases,
words and their derivatives used in this chapter shall have the same
meaning as those defined in § 8-0113 of the Environmental
Conservation Law and Part 617 of Title 6 of the New York Codes, Rules
and Regulations (NYCRR).
In all cases, the Village acknowledges the State Environmental
Quality Review Act, Part 617, which shall take precedence over this
chapter of the Village Code with the exception of Type I and Type
II lists of actions duly adopted by the Village and designated critical
environmental areas.
When an action subject to this chapter involves an applicant,
the lead agency may charge a fee to the applicant in order to recover
the actual costs of either preparing or reviewing the draft and/or
final EIS in accordance with 6 NYCRR § 617.13.