[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Montebello 4-21-2004 by L.L. No. 3-2004, amended in its entirety 6-20-2018 by L.L. No. 4-2018. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as the "Wetlands and Stream Protection
Law of the Village of Montebello."
A.
The Board of Trustees finds and declares it to be the public policy
of the Village in furtherance of the Natural Resources portion of
the Comprehensive Plan of the Village to preserve, protect and conserve
its wetlands, water bodies and watercourses and the benefits derived
therefrom, to prevent the despoliation and destruction and to regulate
the use and development thereof to secure the natural benefits of
wetlands, water bodies and watercourses consistent with the general
welfare and beneficial economic and social development of the Village.
In this connection, the Board of Trustees finds as follows:
(1)
Freshwater wetlands are invaluable resources for flood and stormwater
control, fish and wildlife habitat, protection and provision of groundwater,
recreation, pollution treatment, erosion controls, environmental education
and open space.
(2)
The preservation and maintenance of wetlands, water bodies and watercourses
in an undisturbed and natural condition constitute important physical,
ecological, social, aesthetic, recreational and economic assets necessary
to promote the health, safety and general welfare of present and future
residents of the Village and of downstream drainage areas.
(3)
Recurrent flooding in areas of the Village, aggravated or caused
by the loss of wetlands or alteration of watercourses or water bodies,
has serious effects upon natural ecosystems and presents serious hazards
to health, safety, welfare and property of the people of the Village.
(4)
Since acts on wetlands, watercourses and water bodies in one location
affect persons and property in other locations, wetland and water
conservation are matters of concern to the entire Village. The establishment
of preservation, protection and conservation practices is essential
to the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village.
B.
It is the intent of this chapter to implement the Freshwater Wetlands
Act of the State of New York as presently contained in Article 24
of the Environmental Conservation Law, as the same may be amended
from time to time, to the extent that said Freshwater Wetlands Act
applies to property within the Village of Montebello and to promote
the public purposes identified therein and in this section by providing
for the protection, preservation, proper maintenance and use of the
Village's wetlands, water bodies and watercourses, by preventing
or minimizing erosion due to flooding and stormwater runoff, by maintaining
the natural groundwater supplies, preserving and protecting the purity,
utility, water retention capability, ecological functions, recreational
usefulness and natural beauty of all wetlands, water bodies, watercourses
and other related features of the terrain and by providing and protecting
appropriate habitats for natural wildlife.
For the purpose of this chapter, wetlands are defined as all
lands and waters within the Village of Montebello, including but not
limited to any such lands and water hereafter designated on the New
York State Freshwater Wetlands Maps, or the National Wetland Inventory
Maps, which have a contiguous area of at least 1/10 of an acre and
which contain any or all of the following:
A.
Lands and submerged lands commonly called "marshes," "swamps," "bogs"
and "flats," whether flooded at all times, flooded only seasonally
or having a water table during at least three consecutive months of
the year within six inches of the ground surface or supporting aquatic
or semiaquatic vegetation of the types listed in § 24-0107,
Subdivision 1(a), of Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation
Law. The common names of these vegetative types are:
(1)
Wetland trees, which depend upon seasonal or permanent flooding or
sufficiently waterlogged soils to give them a competitive advantage
over other trees, including, among others, red maple, willows, black
spruce, swamp white oak, red ash, black ash, silver maple, American
elm and birch.
(2)
Wetland shrubs, which depend upon seasonal or permanent flooding
or sufficiently waterlogged soils to give them a competitive advantage
over other shrubs, including, among others, alder, buttonbush, bog
rosemary, dogwoods and leatherleaf.
(3)
Emergent vegetation, including, among others, cattails, pickerelweed,
bulrushes, arrow arum, arrowheads, reed, wild rice, bur-reeds, purple
loosestrife, swamp loosestrife and water plantain.
(4)
Rooted, floating-leaved vegetation, including, among others, water
lily, water shield and spatterdock.
(5)
Free-floating vegetation, including, among others, duckweed and watermeal.
(6)
Wet meadow vegetation, which depends upon seasonal or permanent flooding
or sufficiently waterlogged soils to give them a competitive advantage
over other open land vegetation; including, among others, sedges,
rushes, cattails, rice cut-grass, reed canary grass, swamp loosestrife
and spike rush.
(7)
Bog mat vegetation, including, among others, sphagnum mosses, bog
rosemary, leatherleaf, pitcher plant and cranberries.
(8)
Submergent vegetation, including, among others, pondweeds, naiads,
bladderworts, wild celery, coontail, water mil-foils, muskgrass, water
weeds and water smartweed.
B.
Lands and submerged lands containing remnants of any vegetation that
is not aquatic or semiaquatic that has died because of wet conditions
over a sufficiently long period, provided that such wet conditions
do not exceed a maximum seasonal water depth of six feet and provided,
further, that such conditions can be expected to persist indefinitely,
barring human intervention.
E.
Any stream, watercourse or water body, classified as Class N, AA,
A, B, C, or D (with class either Special or Unmodified) under New
York Codes, Rules and Regulations, 6 NYCRR 701 et seq.
F.
Lands and submerged lands containing poorly drained soils, as defined
by the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
(SCS) including, but not limited to, the following:
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Poorly Drained Glacial Till
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Fredon
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Alden
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Muck Soils: Organic
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Carlisle
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Adrian
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Alluvium Soils
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Rippowam
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Sloan
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Except as provided in § 191-5 of this chapter, it shall be unlawful to conduct, directly or indirectly, any of the following activities upon any wetland, water body or watercourse or within the associated Wetlands, Waterbodies and Streams Environmental Protection Overlay District (W-EPOD) as defined in § 195-63 of this Code, unless a permit is obtained from the Planning Board pursuant to the requirements of this chapter:
A.
Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person without a written
permit or permit waiver issued by the Village to alter the following:
(1)
Any area within a W-EPOD containing a freshwater wetland 1/10 acre
or larger.
(2)
Any vernal pool or area within 100 feet of a vernal pool.
(3)
Any area within a W-EPOD containing a stream, watercourse or water
body, classified as Class N, AA, A, B, C, or D (with class either
Special or Unmodified) under New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
6 NYCRR 701 et seq.
(4)
Any area within 50 feet of a natural intermittent watercourse or
stream that is running at least three months per year, or any other
unclassified stream under 6 NYCRR 701 et seq.
B.
Activities subject to regulation within the W-EPOD under this chapter
shall include the following:
(1)
Any form of draining, dredging, excavation or removal of material,
except removal of debris or refuse.
(2)
Any form of depositing of any material such as but not limited to
soil, rock, debris, concrete, garbage, chemicals, etc.
(3)
Erecting any building or structure of any kind, roads, paved areas,
or driveways, the driving of pilings or placing of any other obstructions
within a regulated area, whether or not they change the ebb and flow
of the water.
(4)
Installing a septic tank, running a storm sewer outfall, discharging
sewage treatment effluent or other liquid waste into or so as to drain
into any wetland, water body or watercourse; drilling and digging
of wells, installation of any pipe or conduit.
(5)
The use of any chemicals, dyes, fertilizers, herbicides or similar
materials, in any regulated area.
(6)
Creating an increase or decrease in the flow, velocity or volume
of water in any watercourse or water body, excluding customary seasonal
raising and/or lowering of said watercourse or water body.
(7)
Creating a diversion of water flow on any watercourse or water body.
(8)
Introducing any influents of high thermal content, such that the
same are capable of causing deleterious ecological effect.
(9)
Clear-cutting, landscaping, removal or replacement of naturally existing
native vegetation, at once or over time within a regulated freshwater
wetland or in a regulated area adjacent to a freshwater wetland, watercourse
or water body. These actions shall be reviewed by the Building Inspector
or Village Engineer to determine if such acts affect the prevailing
surface water runoff conditions, directly or indirectly.
The following activities are permitted by right within the W-EPOD,
except where the Planning Board submits written notification to the
property owner that it is assuming jurisdiction over the activity
for the purpose of assuring that the intent of this section is not
violated:
A.
The depositing or removal of the natural products of the wetlands,
water bodies or watercourses by recreational or commercial fishing,
agriculture, hunting or trapping where otherwise legally permitted.
B.
Outdoor recreation activity that does not materially alter the natural
state of the land or require construction, including use of field
trails for nature study, hiking or horseback riding, swimming, skin
diving and boating, where otherwise legally permitted.
C.
Grazing, farming and harvesting of crops where otherwise legally permitted; provided, however, that any tillage of soil shall leave an undisturbed strip not less than six feet wide at the edge of any wetland, watercourse or water body to prevent erosion. With respect to any properties designated on the New York State Freshwater Wetlands Maps, or the National Wetland Inventory Maps, the activities of farmers and other landowners in grazing and watering livestock, making reasonable use of water resources, harvesting natural products of the wetlands, selectively cuffing brush and timber, draining land or wetlands for growing agricultural products and otherwise engaging in the use of wetlands or other land for growing agricultural products shall be excluded from regulated activities insofar as federal and state regulations apply and shall not require a permit under § 191-4 of this chapter where otherwise regulated except that structures not required for the enhancement or maintenance or the agricultural productivity of the land and any filling activities shall not be excluded hereunder, and provided that the use of wetlands, water bodies and watercourses for uses other than those referred to in this subsection shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. Each farmer or landowner who intends to conduct an activity described in this subsection which would otherwise be regulated shall notify the Planning Board, in writing, of his intention to engage in such activity, stating the approximate acreage to be affected, the general location thereof, the use or uses to be made of such land and the methods to be employed.
D.
Gardening, landscaping, planting or mowing and pruning in previously
disturbed or landscaped areas where otherwise legally permitted; provided,
however, that any tillage or disturbance of soil or natural vegetation
shall leave an undisturbed strip not less than six feet wide at the
edge of any wetland, watercourse or water body to prevent erosion.
E.
Operation and maintenance of such dams, retaining walls, terraces,
sluices, culverts or other water control structures or devices as
legally existed on the effective date of this section.
F.
Public health activities as exemplified by orders and regulations
of the Rockland County Department of Health. The Department of Health
shall notify the Planning Board, in writing, of the proposed activity
it will undertake.
G.
Any actual and ongoing emergency activity as defined by the Board
of Trustees, which is immediately necessary for the protection and
preservation of life or property or the protection or preservation
of natural resource values.
H.
Actual uses that were legally preexisting upon adoption of this chapter
and are located within areas regulated by this chapter.
A.
General permit. Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity specified in § 191-4 of this chapter within the W-EPOD as defined in § 195-63 of this code may obtain a general permit to do so, providing such activity meets the following criteria:
(1)
The activity is conducted within a currently disturbed area that
does not have natural vegetation. Currently disturbed areas include
landscaped lawn or garden areas at existing facilities, existing parking
or paved areas (including sidewalks, sports courts, and patios), and
existing structures.
(2)
The activity is not less than 50 feet from a wetland boundary, stream
floodway, or water body shoreline, as determined by a licensed New
York State landscape architect or other qualified licensed or certified
New York State professional.
(3)
Authorized activities.
(a)
Authorized activities include:
[1]
Demolition and removal of existing accessory/appurtenant structures
and restoration of the site with planting of native vegetation.
[2]
Construction of driveways or parking areas limited to a total
of 1,000 square feet within the area of a W-EPOD above the wetland
boundary, stream or water body shoreline, within any ten-year period.
[3]
Additions to existing structures limited to a total of 1,000
square feet basal area within the area of a W-EPOD above the wetland
boundary, stream or water body shoreline, within any ten-year period.
[4]
Installation of garages, decks, porches, sheds, pools, utility
lines and other accessory/appurtenant structures of having a total
of 1,000 square feet basal area within the area of a W-EPOD above
the wetland boundary stream or water body shoreline, within any ten-year
period.
[5]
In-kind, in-place replacement of existing accessory/appurtenant
structures, roads and associated utilities.
(b)
The authorized activities are to include appropriate stormwater
runoff controls.
(4)
Procedure for obtaining a general permit. Any person seeking to perform
an authorized activity shall submit to the Village Engineer, on forms
approved by the Village Engineer and the Village Attorney, the following
information:
(a)
A request for authorization, which shall include the name and
contact information of the property owner and, if different, the applicant;
the street address and Tax Map identification number of the work location;
a narrative description of the work to be performed; the name, contact
information and Rockland County license number of the person or entity
who will be performing the work; certification by the applicant as
to the truth of the statements contained in the request; such other
information as the Village Engineer deems appropriate; and the signature
of the property owner, applicant and contractor;
(b)
A site location map;
(c)
Project plans or sketch drawings showing all applicable details
and measurements to clearly define the extent and nature of the work;
(d)
Three representative color photographs which clearly depict
the site of the proposed activity, indicating the time and date when
taken; and
(e)
A permission-to-inspect-property form.
(5)
No work is authorized until the permittee receives a signed project
authorization from the Village Engineer.
(6)
Nothing herein shall prevent the Village Engineer from referring
any application hereunder to the Planning Board for review by that
Board.
B.
Application for wetland and stream protection permits and information required. Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity specified in § 191-4 of this chapter upon any wetland, water body or watercourse, or within any W-EPOD area, which is not eligible for a general permit as set forth in Subsection A of this § 191-6, shall file 10 copies of an application for a permit with the Planning Board as provided in this section. Such application shall include the following information:
(1)
Name and address of the applicant and the applicant's agent,
if any, and whether the applicant is owner, lessee, licensee, etc.
If the applicant is not the owner, the written consent of the owner
must be attached.
(2)
Street address and Tax Map designation of the subject property.
(3)
A detailed description of the specific purpose, nature and scope
of the activity proposed.
(4)
A map showing the area of wetland, water body or watercourse directly
affected, prepared by a licensed surveyor. Where a wetland is mapped,
the delineating of the wetland shall be carried out by a certified
wetlands specialist.
(5)
A topographical and perimeter survey, hydrological computation, engineering
studies and other factual or scientific data and reports as deemed
necessary by the Planning Board to permit it to arrive at a proper
determination.
(6)
In the case of applications affecting water retention capability,
water flow or other drainage characteristics of any wetland, water
body or watercourse, the Planning Board may require the inclusion
of a statement of the area of upstream and downstream watersheds,
impact analysis and information as to rainfall intensity in the vicinity
for not less than a one-hundred-year-return-frequency storm, together
with approximate runoff coefficients to determine the capacity and
size of any channel sections, pipes or waterway openings, together
with plans for necessary bridges, culverts, stormwater or pipe drains
that, in the opinion of the Planning Board, are needed to arrive at
a proper determination on the application, consistent with the purposes
of this chapter.
(7)
A description of the existing conditions of the site on which the
aquatic resource or resources is or are located.
(8)
A description of the aquatic resource or resources in which the activity
is proposed to take place.
(9)
A description and analysis of the functions of the aquatic resource
or resources for groundwater recharge, groundwater discharge, stormwater
management, flood flow alteration, sediment stabilization, nutrient
removal, habitat for flora, habitat for fauna, and recreational uses.
(10)
A description and analysis of the impact or impacts that the
proposed activity will have on the aquatic resource or resources,
including the magnitude of the impact or impacts, the duration of
the impact or impacts, including but not limited to a statement as
to whether the duration is temporary, short-term, long-term or permanent,
whether the impact or impacts are adverse to the functioning of the
aquatic resource or resources or neutral or positive.
(11)
A description and analysis of mitigation available to remedy
negative impacts to the extent that such negative impacts are identified.
(12)
Such other information as may be submitted to the Planning Board
by the applicant, the public, or other governmental agencies, to the
extent that such information is relevant to the approval standards
contained in this section.
(14)
The applicant, at its own expense shall provide a field determination of the affected W-EPOD boundaries in the subject area to the Village Engineer according to the provisions of § 191-6B(5). The Village Engineer shall submit a written report to the Planning Board on this determination. The Village Engineer may accept a report from a wetlands specialist employed by the applicant for this purpose or may accept a boundary certification confirmed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) or the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE).
C.
Public hearing. No sooner than 30 days and not later than 62 days after the receipt of a complete application and publication of notice of application as required herein, the Planning Board shall hold a public hearing on an application submitted pursuant to this chapter. A complete application shall include all of the information required in § 191-6B of this chapter. The Planning Board shall cause notice of such hearing to be published in the official newspaper at least 10 days prior to the date set for such hearing. All owners of record within 500 feet of the perimeter of the property shall be notified of the hearing by certified mail, return receipt requested, not less than 15 days prior to the date set for such hearing. The applicant shall be responsible for the mailing of such notices and shall file with the Planning Board an affidavit of mailing at or prior to the public hearing. All applications and maps and documents relating thereto shall be open for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer. At such hearing, any person or persons filing a request for a hearing or a timely notice of appearance may appear and be heard. The failure of the Planning Board to act within 62 days shall not constitute a default permit grant.
D.
Planning Board action. Within 75 days of the date the complete application
is submitted or within 45 days of the date of any public hearing which
may be conducted on said application, whichever period is shorter,
the Planning Board shall render a decision to approve, approve with
modifications or disapprove the issuance of a permit for the proposed
activity. The decision of the Planning Board shall be made by written
resolution stating the findings and reasons for such decision. The
decision of the Planning Board shall be preceded by the completion
of the SEQR process. An application shall not be deemed complete until
a negative declaration has been granted or a draft environmental impact
statement has been accepted as complete by the Planning Board pursuant
to SEQR regulations.
A.
The applicant shall have the burden of demonstrating that the proposed
activity will be in accord with the policies and provisions of this
chapter and the policies of the Montebello Comprehensive Plan.
B.
In granting, denying or limiting any permit, the Planning Board shall
consider the effect of the proposed activity with reference to the
public health and welfare, fishing, flood, hurricane and storm dangers
and the protection or enhancement of the several functions of the
wetlands and the benefits derived therefrom as set forth in this section,
irrespective of political boundaries, and shall make findings based
on the criteria below. The Planning Board may conduct a site visit
for the purpose of determining compliance with these standards:
(1)
The environmental impact of the proposed actions.
(2)
The alternatives to the proposed action.
(3)
Irreversible and irretrievable commitments of resources that would
be involved in the proposed action.
(4)
The character and degree of injury to or interference with safety,
health, or the reasonable use of property that is caused or threatened.
(5)
The suitability or unsuitability of such activity to the area for
which it is proposed.
(6)
The effect of the proposed activity with reference to the protection
or enhancement of several functions of wetlands, water bodies and
watercourses.
(7)
The availability of preferable alternative locations on the subject
parcel or of the proposed action outside of the W-EPOD, or at a greater
distance from the wetland, stream or water body within the W-EPOD.
(8)
The availability of mitigation measures that could feasibly be added
to the plan or action.
(9)
The extent to which the exercise of property rights and the public
benefit derived from such use may outweigh or justify the possible
degradation of the wetland, water body or watercourse, the interference
with the exercise of other property rights and the impairment or endangerment
of the public health, safety or welfare.
C.
Permits will be issued by the Planning Board pursuant to this chapter
only if the Board shall make findings warranting the grant of such
permit on the basis of the considerations set forth in this subsection
and that such permit is consistent with the policies and provisions
of this chapter.
D.
The Planning Board may grant a permit subject to such terms and conditions as it shall reasonably impose upon findings that such activity is not contrary to the purposes of § 191-2 of this chapter. Said Board may also, in its discretion, permit any activity otherwise prohibited by this chapter to be carried out, except with respect to property designated on the New York State Freshwater Wetlands Maps or National Wetland Inventory Maps, or otherwise regulated by a county, state, or federal agency provided that the Planning Board determines after investigation that to prohibit the activity would cause undue hardship to the property owner.
E.
Permits will be issued by the Planning Board only if the Board shall
find that:
(1)
The proposed regulated activity is consistent with the policy of
this chapter.
(2)
The proposed regulated activity is consistent with the land use ordinances
and regulations governing wetlands, water bodies and watercourses
applicable in the Village of Montebello.
(3)
The proposed regulated activity is compatible with the public health
and welfare of the Village.
(4)
The applicant has demonstrated that there is no practicable alternative
for the proposed regulated activity on another part of the site outside
of the W-EPOD, or at a greater distance from the wetland, stream or
water body within the W-EPOD.
(5)
The proposed regulated activity minimizes the degradation to or loss
of any part of the designated wetland, water body or watercourse or
its regulated areas and minimizes any adverse impacts on the functions
and benefits that said wetland, water body and watercourse provide.
(6)
The proposed activities must also be in compliance with the standards
set forth in the federal regulations and in the New York State Freshwater
Wetland Regulations, Sections 665.7(e) and 665.7(g).
(7)
Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, duly filed notice, in
writing, that the State of New York or any agency or governmental
subdivision thereof is in the process of acquiring any wetlands by
negotiation or condemnation shall be sufficient basis for denial of
any permit.
F.
The Planning Board may include as a condition for issuing a permit
that wetland protection techniques be employed, including mitigation
measures, such as, but not limited to, the construction of dry rock
walls along the edge of wetlands, wetland buffers, or other locations
intended to demarcate wetlands, or other protective measures prior
to or as part of developing a site. The technique selected must ensure
adequate recharge to the wetland or stream and protection of their
natural functions.
G.
In the event that significant adverse impacts on the functioning
of the aquatic resource or resources are identified, the applicant
or the Planning Board, in the form of conditions, may propose mitigation.
Without limiting the generality of the term, mitigation may include
relocation of aquatic resources, in whole or in part, substitution
of alternative aquatic resources, in whole or in part, or replacement
of aquatic resources, in whole or in part whether on the same parcel
or another parcel in the Village.
H.
In granting a permit, the Planning Board may limit the same or impose
conditions or limitations designed to carry out the public policy
set forth in this chapter and the Comprehensive Plan of the Village
of Montebello. The Planning Board may require surety in an amount
and with surety and conditions satisfactory to it, securing to the
State of New York or the Village of Montebello as the case may be,
compliance with the conditions and limitations set forth in the permit.
The Building Inspector, with the concurrence of the Village Engineer,
may suspend or revoke a permit if he finds that the applicant has
not complied with any of the conditions or limitations set forth in
the permit or has exceeded the scope of the activity as set forth
in the application. The Building Inspector may suspend the permit
if the applicant fails to comply with the terms and conditions set
forth in the application.
Review of the determination of the Planning Board shall be,
within a period of 30 days after the filing thereof, pursuant to the
provisions of Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
All applications for a wetlands permit shall be accompanied
by a fee in accordance with the Fee Schedule adopted by the Board
of Trustees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Fee Schedule is on file in the Village
offices.
A.
The requirements of this chapter relating to a separate application
shall not apply to any work shown on construction drawings or improvement
plans for subdivision or site plans submitted to the Planning Board.
The regulatory provisions of this chapter shall nevertheless apply.
B.
Where this chapter is less or more protective of the environment
than the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York or
any local law or ordinance of the County of Rockland or the Village
of Montebello, the law or ordinance that is more protective of the
environment shall prevail.
Pursuant to Title 23 of Article 71 of the Environmental Conservation
Law, the following penalties shall apply:
A.
Any person who violates, disobeys or disregards any provision of
this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $3,000
for every such violation. Before assessment of the civil penalty,
the alleged violator shall be afforded a hearing or opportunity to
be heard before the Planning Board upon due notice, and with rights
to specification of the charges and representation by counsel.
B.
The Planning Board shall also have the power, following a hearing,
to direct a violator to cease violation of this chapter and, under
the Board's supervision, to satisfactorily restore the affected
freshwater wetland or watercourse to its condition prior to the violation,
insofar as that is possible, within a reasonable time and under the
supervision of the Planning Board.
C.
Any civil penalty or order issued by the Planning Board shall be
reviewable pursuant to Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules.
D.
In addition to the above civil fine, any person who violates any
provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law, punishable by a fine of not less than $500 nor more
than $1,000. For a second and each subsequent offense, the violator
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
than $1,000 nor more than $2,000, or a term of imprisonment of not
less than 15 days nor more than six months, or both. Each offense
shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing
offense, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate
and distinct offense. Instead of or in addition to these punishments,
any offender may be punished by being ordered by the court to restore
the affected freshwater wetland to its condition prior to the offense,
insofar as that is possible. The court shall specify a reasonable
time for the completion of such restoration, which restoration shall
be effected under the supervision of the Commissioner of the Department
of Environmental Conservation or of the Village.
E.
The Village Board shall have the right to seek equitable relief to
restrain any violation or threatened violation of any provision of
this chapter.
The Code Inspector or Building Inspector shall issue and post
notices of violations of this chapter. In addition, by resolution,
the Board of Trustees may direct the Code Inspector or Building Inspector
to make such inspection and reports, initiate and take such court
proceedings and perform all other actions as required by the Board
of Trustees as may be necessary to enforce this chapter or to invoke
penalties for its violation.
For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used
herein are defined as follows:
Any wetland, watercourse, or water body and associated buffers.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Montebello.
Any structure, or extension thereof or addition thereto,
having a roof supported by such things as columns, posts, piers or
walls and intended for the shelter, business, housing or enclosing
of persons, animals or property.
The Building Inspector of the Village of Montebello.
The Building Inspector or such officer as may be designated
by the Village Board as Code Inspector or Code Enforcement Officer
or charged with enforcement of this chapter.
To fill, place, eject, discharge or dump any material, but
not including stormwater.
See § 191-3 of this chapter.
Soil, stones, sand, gravel, clay, bog, peat, mud, debris
and refuse or any other organic or inorganic substance, whether liquid,
solid or gaseous, or any combination thereof.
A way to avoid, minimize or compensate adverse impacts.
The wetlands maps prepared by the United States Department
of the Interior.
The wetlands maps prepared by the State of New York pursuant
to Article 24 of the Environmental Conservation Law.
The Planning Board of the Village of Montebello.
Includes any freshwater wetland, watercourse or waterbody
and the W-EPOD area surrounding the same; or any vernal pool and the
area surrounding the same, for a horizontal distance of 100 feet from
the edge of the pool. All surfaces are measured horizontally in all
directions from the normal high-water mark of the edge of wetland
or top of stream bank. The regulated area is subject to the requirements
of this chapter.
A combination of materials constructed, assembled or erected
on, above or below the ground or attached to something having location
on, above or below the ground, including but not limited to buildings,
fences, tanks, towers and swimming pools.
Small temporary bodies of standing water which are seasonally
flooded for sufficient periods of time to support amphibian reproduction,
but these periods of inundation are interspersed with dry phases.
Vernal pools which support viable breeding populations of amphibians
are regulated as wetlands.
The Village Engineer of the Village of Montebello.
Any body of standing water which is not dry more than three
months of the year as computed from the average of the last two consecutive
calendar years and which, when wet, is customarily more than 500 square
feet in water surface area.
Any body of flowing water flowing in an identifiable channel
or course and which is not dry more than three months of the year.
As defined in § 191-3 of this chapter.
As defined in § 195-63 of the Village Code.
The Chapter 195, Zoning, the Zoning Local Law in effect in the Village of Montebello.
