§ 44-0119. Greenway compact.\n 1. The council shall guide and support a cooperative planning process\nto establish a voluntary regional compact among the counties, cities,\ntowns and villages of the greenway to further the recommended criteria\nof natural and cultural resource protection, conservation and management\nof renewable natural resources, regional planning, economic development,\npublic access and heritage education.\n 2. Initially, the council shall offer technical assistance from the\nconservancy and state agencies to the riverside communities in attaining\nthe goal of establishing and having maximum effective implementation of\nlocal planning and zoning through natural and cultural resources\ninventories, the adoption of a comprehensive zoning ordinance or local\nlaw, master plan, site plan and subdivision plat review consistent with\nthe greenway criteria. The council shall also encourage the use of\ncluster zoning, historic preservation ordinances, transfer of\ndevelopment rights, conservation easements, designation of critical\nenvironmental areas and other zoning techniques where appropriate to\nattain local planning and environmental objectives and participation in\nthe coastal management program and the state urban cultural park\nprogram. The council and the conservancy may each, consistent with their\nrespective responsibilities as provided in this article, enter into\ncontracts not to exceed fifty percent of project cost with riverside\ncommunities and in consultation with appropriate state agencies for\npurposes of administrating grants pursuant to this subdivision\nincluding, but not limited to, grants to conduct natural and cultural\nresources inventories, prepare or update a master plan, a zoning\nordinance, a transfer of development rights ordinance, a local\ngovernment waterfront revitalization program, an urban cultural park\nfeasibility study or management plan or a tourism development\nfeasibility study or plan. Any community which receives a grant pursuant\nto this subdivision may, at the discretion of the council or the\nconservancy, contribute its fifty percent of the project cost in the\nform of an in kind or other non-monetary contribution.\n 3. Not later than four years after the effective date of this article,\nthe council shall convene meetings of the chief elected officials of\ncounties, cities, towns and villages or their designated representatives\nfor each of the subregional districts designated by the council. Such\nofficials in each district shall organize to prepare, or cause to be\nprepared within twenty-four months, a comprehensive regional plan for\ntheir district to be submitted to the council. The conservancy shall\noffer technical assistance in preparation of such plans and amendments\nthereof. Within funds available therefor, the council shall grant funds\nto meet the cost of each regional plan and amendments thereof. Each such\nregional plan shall address the greenway criteria and the objectives\nadopted by the council by provisions including, but not limited to,\nidentifying developments of regional impact and areas of regional\nconcern including, but not limited to identifying necessary public\nfacilities and infrastructure consistent with such criteria and\nobjectives and providing for the voluntary adoption by action of a local\nlegislative body and implementation of relevant provisions by each\nparticipating county, city, town and village. The council shall review\neach regional plan for its consistency with the greenway criteria and\nobjectives and to assure that the regional plans conform to establish an\noverall greenway compact. Upon finding such consistency and conformance,\nthe council shall approve the regional plan and, upon approving all the\nregional plans, shall produce an overall greenway plan to be known as\nthe compact. If the local officials in any district fail to produce a\nregional plan for their district or submit such plan which the council\ncanno
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