New York Environmental Conservation Code § 57-0123

Implementation of the Central Pine Barrens comprehensive land use plan
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§ 57-0123. Implementation of the Central Pine Barrens comprehensive land\n             use plan.\n  1. Within three months after the land use plan has been adopted by the\ncommission, each town board and village board with jurisdiction within\nthe Central Pine Barrens area shall adopt and amend as necessary land\nuse and zoning regulations, by local law or ordinance, rule or\nregulation to conform their land use regulations to the land use plan.\nSuch action shall not be subject to the provisions of article eight of\nthis chapter if it is in conformance with the conditions and thresholds\nof the land use plan. At least thirty days before adoption thereof, the\ntown or village board shall submit the proposed regulations to the\ncommission for its review and approval. Within ten days of receipt of\nsuch proposed regulations, the commission shall review and approve such\nproposed regulations, or if it does not approve them, return them with\ncomments on what needs to be done to make them approvable. For each\njurisdiction, the land use plan shall be deemed to be implemented upon\nadoption by the town or village board of approved land use regulations.\nThe interim regulation provisions of subdivisions eight, nine, and ten\nof section 57-0121 of this title shall remain in effect for each town or\nvillage until it has adopted approved land use regulations to conform to\nthe adopted comprehensive management plan. Within villages that were\nincorporated on or before June 30, 1993, whose land use and zoning\nregulations are approved by the commission consistent with the land use\nplan pursuant to section 57-0121 of this title, development which\nconforms to such land use and zoning regulations and does not have\nsignificant adverse impacts on the goals of the land use plan shall not\nbe subject to review by the commission. After town or village land use\nregulations have been approved and upon a finding that a town or village\nhas changed such regulations in a manner substantially inconsistent with\nthe land use plan or has administered its approved land use regulations\nin a manner substantially inconsistent with the land use plan, the\ncommission shall withdraw approval of such land use regulations and the\nprovisions of subdivisions eight, nine and ten of section 57-0121 of\nthis title shall be reinstituted. Such withdrawal of approval shall be\nmade not before fourteen days after the commission holds a public\nhearing in the affected town or village on the proposed withdrawal.\nNotice of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper having general\ncirculation in the Central Pine Barrens area and notice of such hearing\nshall also be given by registered mail to the affected supervisor or\nmayor.\n  2. (a) The commission shall have jurisdiction to review and approve\nall proposed development in critical resource areas and developments of\nregional significance as identified in the land use plan and proposed\ndevelopments found by the commission after petition by a commissioner to\nhave significant adverse impact on the land use plan. Any commissioner\nmay petition the commission to assert review jurisdiction over a\nproposed development outside of a critical resource area or which is\nother than a project of regional significance which has a significant\nadverse impact on the goals of the land use plan. If the commissioner by\nmajority vote asserts jurisdiction, such project or action shall be\nsubject to review by the commission. For the purposes of review and\nidentification of projects coming under the jurisdiction of the\ncommission by virtue of critical resource area or area of regional\nimpact or at the request of any commission member, the commission shall\ndesignate the responsible planning entity or staff for the purposes of\nadvising the commission with respect to such applications or projects.\nTo the fullest extent possible, the commission shall consolidate and\ncoordinate its review with the appropriate local governmen

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