This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "City of Lackawanna Environmental Quality Review Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to implement, for the City of Lackawanna, the provisions of the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations, thereby incorporating environmental factors into existing planning and decisionmaking processes.
This chapter is adopted under authority of the General City Law, the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations.
A. 
Generally. The terms and words used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as such terms and words are defined in Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law and Part 617, unless the context requires a different meaning.
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Specific terms. The following terms shall have the following meaning:
EAF
Environmental Assessment Form.
EIS
Environmental Impact Statement.
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (SEQR)
Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, which is Chapter 43-b of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York.
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW REGULATIONS (PART 617)
Part 617 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules, and Regulations of the State of New York.
C. 
All other terms for which definitions are given in SEQR and/or Part 617, have the same meanings in this chapter.
All agencies, boards, departments, offices, other bodies, or officers of the City of Lackawanna must comply with SEQR, Part 617, and this chapter, to the extent applicable, prior to carrying out, approving, or funding any action, other than an exempt or Type II action.