It is the intent of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Pelham to
promote the public health by preserving and protecting important freshwater
wetlands within the village and the natural resources and processes associated
therewith.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
FRESHWATER WETLANDS
Lands and waters within the Village of Pelham, as shown on the Freshwater
Wetlands Map or any amendments thereto, which contain any or all of the following:
A.
Lands and submerged lands commonly called marshes, swamps, sloughs,
bogs and flats supporting aquatic or semiaquatic vegetation, as listed under
7 (a) of Article 24.
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 (6) feet and provided further that such
conditions can be expected to persist indefinitely, barring human intervention.
C.
Lands and waters enclosed by aquatic or semiaquatic vegetation as set forth herein in Subsection
A and dead vegetation as set forth in Subsection
B, the regulation of which is necessary to protect and preserve the aquatic and semiaquatic vegetation.
D.
The waters overlying the areas set forth in Subsections
A and
B and the lands underlying Subsection
C.
FRESHWATER WETLANDS MAP
A map or any amendments thereto which has been duly adopted by the
Board of Trustees, on which is indicated the controlled areas.
LOT
A tax lot as shown on the current Tax Assessment Map of the Village
of Pelham and any amendments thereto.
PERSON
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, trust or estate,
and one (1) or more individuals.
POLLUTION
The presence in the environment of man-induced conditions or contaminants
in quantities or characteristics which are or may be injurious to human, plant
or wild life or other animal life or to property.