§ 57-0107. Definitions.\n As used in this title, the following terms shall mean and include:\n 1. "Council" shall mean the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve\ncouncil created by section 57-0111 of this title.\n 2. "Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve" shall mean the reserve\ncreated pursuant to section 57-0109 of this title.\n 3. "Long Island Pine Barrens preserve" or "preserve" shall mean lands\nwithin the Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime reserve that are critical\nto the protection of the hydrologic and ecologic integrity of the region\nincluding land characterized by the growth of pitch pine, dwarf pine\nand/or scrub oak pine barrens which are dedicated for protection and\nbeneficial public use pursuant to section 57-0117 of this title. Lands\nwhich are not deemed critical may be dedicated pursuant to section\n57-0117 of this title as a protective or buffer zone for other dedicated\nlands, or to otherwise support the management of the preserve.\n 4. "Peconic Bay system" shall mean the series of interconnected bodies\nof surface waters, including Flanders Bay, Great Peconic Bay, Little\nPeconic Bay, Noyack Bay, Shelter Island Sound, Southold Bay, Northwest\nHarbor, Orient Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Napeague Bay, Fort Pond Bay, the\nwestern portion of Block Island Sound, other semi-enclosed bays and\nharbors contiguous thereto, and all of the tidal creeks and freshwater\nstreams that discharge into these interconnected basins.\n 5. "Plan" shall mean the comprehensive management plan created\npursuant to section 57-0115 of this title.\n 6. "Reserve" shall mean a region in which there is a combination of\npublicly and privately owned lands and land uses, within a defined area\nwhere there are traditional cultural patterns including agriculture,\nfinfishing, shellfishing and tourism, which due to their pattern and\nconfiguration, and because of the need for sustained productivity could\nbest be protected and managed through the development of a comprehensive\nmanagement plan around a preserve of protected, publicly owned lands\nand/or privately owned land dedicated for such purposes.\n 7. "Land use plan" shall mean the comprehensive Central Pine Barrens\nland use plan pursuant to section 57-0121 of this title, including the\ngeneric environmental impact statement thereon.\n 8. "Commission" shall mean the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and\nPolicy Commission established pursuant to section 57-0119 of this title.\n 9. "Advisory committee" shall mean the Central Pine Barrens advisory\ncommittee to the commission established pursuant to subdivision nine of\nsection 57-0119 of this title.\n * 10. "Central Pine Barrens area" shall mean the contiguous area as\ndescribed and bounded as follows:\n Beginning at a point where the southerly side of Route 25A intersects\nthe easterly side of Miller Place Road; thence southward along the\neasterly boundary of Miller Place Road to Helme Avenue; thence southward\nalong the easterly boundary of Helme Avenue to Miller Place-Middle\nIsland Road; thence southward along the easterly boundary of Miller\nPlace-Middle Island Road to Whiskey Road; thence westward along the\nsoutherly boundary of Whiskey Road to Mount Sinai-Coram Road; thence\nsouthward along the easterly boundary of Mount Sinai-Coram Road to\nMiddle Country Road (Route 25); thence westward along the southerly\nboundary of Route 25 to Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road (County Route 83);\nthence southward along the easterly boundary of County Route 83 to\nBicycle Path Drive; thence southeastward along the easterly side of\nBicycle Path Drive to Mt. McKinley Avenue; thence southward along the\neasterly boundary of Mt. McKinley Avenue to Granny Road; thence\nnortheastward along the northerly boundary of Granny Road to Port\nJefferson-Patchogue Road (Route 112); thence southward along the\neasterly boundary of Route 112 to Horse Block Road (County Route 16);\nthence eastward along the northerly boundary of County Route 16
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