§ 1730. Exemption from land use review procedures and other\nrequirements. 1. Except for the provisions of article eight of the\nenvironmental conservation law and article fourteen of the parks,\nrecreation and historic preservation law, neither (a) the establishment\nor amendment of an educational facilities capital plan and actions\nrelating to the financing thereof, nor (b) the establishment or revision\nof an educational facilities master plan and actions relating to the\nfinancing thereof, nor (c) the selection of sites for educational\nfacilities pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan,\nnor (d) any conveyance or other grant of property or of any interest\ntherein by the city, the city board or any other person, firm or\norganization to the authority or to the city board pursuant to a\nfive-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (e) the design,\nconstruction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, maintaining,\nfurnishing, repairing, equipping or use of educational facilities by the\nauthority, including any contracts, approvals, consents, agreements,\npermits or authorizations necessary to accomplish the same, which are\npursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (f) the\nreconveyance or transfer of property to the city board or to the city by\nthe authority or any disposition of property pursuant to a five-year\neducational facilities capital plan, shall be subject to the provisions\nof any general, special or local law, city charter, administrative code,\nordinance or resolution governing uniform land use review procedures,\nany other land use planning review and approvals, historic preservation\nprocedures, architectural reviews, franchise approvals and other state\nor local review and approval procedures governing the use of land and\nthe improvements thereon within the city. Capital projects for\neducational facilities to be undertaken by the authority shall not be\nsubject to the provisions of the charter of the city relating to site\nselection, land use review procedures, art commission review procedures,\ngeneral standards and cost limits, project scope and design procedures,\nor contract registration and vouchering procedures.\n 2. The authority shall be deemed the lead agency for purposes of the\nimplementation of the environmental review procedures prescribed by\narticle eight of the environmental conservation law and the rules and\nregulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation\npursuant thereto.\n 3. The authority shall be subject to zoning regulations to the same\nextent that the city board is subject to such regulations, if at all.\n
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