§ 810. Class A and class B regional projects. All references in this\narticle to class A regional projects or to class B regional projects\nshall mean, for the land use areas indicated, the following new land\nuses or development or subdivisions of land: 1. Class A regional\nprojects. a. Hamlet areas. (1) All land uses and development and all\nsubdivisions of land involving wetlands except for forestry uses (other\nthan timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting of any\nsingle unit of land of more than twenty-five acres), agricultural uses,\npublic utility uses, and accessory uses or structures (other than signs)\nto any such use or to any pre-existing use.\n (2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of land that\nby agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to\nor at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to\nbe reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects\nso agreed upon must be designated by and its review authorized in a\nlocal ordinance or local law.\n (3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land\ninvolving one hundred or more residential lots, parcels or sites or\nresidential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient\nuse.\n (4) All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except\nagricultural use structures and residential radio and television\nantennas.\n (5) Commercial or private airports.\n (6) Watershed management and flood control projects.\n (7) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or\nstructure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of\nthe original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of\nthe original square footage of such structure.\n b. Moderate intensity use areas. (1) All land uses and development and\nall subdivisions of land located in the following critical environmental\nareas: (a) within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable by boat\ndesignated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance\nwith the environmental conservation law during the period of such\ndesignation; (b) involving wetlands; (c) at elevations of twenty-five\nhundred feet or more; (d) within one-eighth mile of tracks of forest\npreserve land or water now or hereafter classified as wilderness,\nprimitive or canoe in the master plan for management of state lands,\nexcept for an individual single family dwelling and accessory uses or\nstructures thereto. Provided, however, that the above shall not include\nforestry uses (other than clear-cutting as specified in number nine\nbelow), agricultural uses, open space recreation uses, public utility\nuses, and accessory uses or structures (other than signs) to any such\nuse or to any pre-existing use.\n (2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of land that\nby agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to\nor at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to\nbe reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects\nso agreed upon must be designated by and its review authorized in a\nlocal ordinance or local law.\n (3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land\ninvolving seventy-five or more residential lots, parcels or sites or\nresidential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient\nuse.\n (4) Commercial or agricultural service uses involving ten thousand or\nmore square feet of floor space.\n (5) All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except\nagricultural use structures and residential radio and television\nantennas.\n (6) Tourist attractions.\n (7) Ski centers.\n (8) Commercial or private airports.\n (9) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting of any\nsingle unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.\n (10) Sawmills, chipping mills, pallet mills and similar wood using\nfacilities.\n (11) Mineral extractions.\n (12) Mineral ex
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