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Citizen's Guide to Adirondack Park Agency Land Use …

CITIZEN SGUIDENEW YORK STATEADIRONDACK PARK AGENCYA ndrew M. Cuomo, GovernorLeilani Crafts Ulrich, Chairwoman Terry Martino, Executive DirectorTo Adirondack Park AgencyLand Use RegulationsCONTENTSThe Big PictureAbout the Park .. 1 About the Adirondack Park Agency .. 1 What the Agency is NOT .. 1 Where It All BeginsLand Use Area Classification .. 2 Understanding Critical Environmental Areas ..5 Shorelines, Rivers and Trees ..6 The Permit ProcessJurisdictional Inquiry .. 8 The Permitting Process .. 8 When are Public Hearings Held? .. 8 Approving a Project .. 8 Conditions .. 9 Other Permits.

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Most development activities in resource management areas will require an Agency permit; compatible uses include residential uses, agricul-ture, and forestry. Special care is taken to protect the natural open space character of these lands. INDUSTRIAL USE This is where industrial uses exist or have existed, and areas which may be

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1 CITIZEN SGUIDENEW YORK STATEADIRONDACK PARK AGENCYA ndrew M. Cuomo, GovernorLeilani Crafts Ulrich, Chairwoman Terry Martino, Executive DirectorTo Adirondack Park AgencyLand Use RegulationsCONTENTSThe Big PictureAbout the Park .. 1 About the Adirondack Park Agency .. 1 What the Agency is NOT .. 1 Where It All BeginsLand Use Area Classification .. 2 Understanding Critical Environmental Areas ..5 Shorelines, Rivers and Trees ..6 The Permit ProcessJurisdictional Inquiry .. 8 The Permitting Process .. 8 When are Public Hearings Held? .. 8 Approving a Project .. 8 Conditions .. 9 Other Permits.

2 9 Agency Decisions Can Be Considered .. 9 Enforcement .. 9 Project Permit Checklist .. 10 Notes .. 12 Contacting the Agency ..inside back coverThis Citizen s Guide to Adirondack Park Agency Land Use Regulations willhelp familiarize you with the Agency s regulations pertaining to private landwithin the Adirondack Park, and help you when you call the Agency withquestions. This Guide may not answer all your questions, nor provide you withenough information to determine whether or not you need a permit. Pleasecall the Agency or visit us in person or at our web address; we will be happy toassist you.

3 (518) 891-4050 NEW YORK STATEADIRONDACK PARK Box 99 Ray Brook, New York ANDASSISTANCEThe Adirondack Park Agencyregulates development on privateland in the Adirondack Park. Beforeyou develop your property, you mayneed a permit from the APA. Formore information, please read thisguide and contact Agency staff byphone or in with any development projectin New York State, more than onepermit may be required for yourproposed activity. Please checkwith other state agencies and yourlocal town or village office aboutother regulations and permitrequirements that may apply toyour proposed BIGPICTUREA bout the ParkThe Adirondack Park ( Park ) wascreated in 1892 by the State of NewYork amid concerns for the water andtimber resources of the region.

4 Todaythe Park is the largest publicly pro-tected area in the contiguous UnitedStates, greater in size than Yellowstone,Everglades, Glacier, and Grand CanyonNational Parks combined, andcomparable to the size of the entirestate of Vermont. The boundary of thePark encompasses approximately 6million acres, 48 percent of whichbelongs to all the people of New YorkState and is constitutionally protectedto remain forever wild forestpreserve. The remaining 52 percent isprivate land which includes settle-ments, farms, timber lands, businesses,homes and the Adirondack Park AgencyThe Adirondack Park Agency ( APA )was created in 1971 by the New YorkState Legislature to develop long-range land use plans for both publicand private lands within the boundaryof the Park, commonly referred to asthe Blue Line.

5 The Agency preparedthe State Land Master Plan, which wassigned into law in 1972, followed bythe Adirondack Park Land Use andDevelopment Plan ( APLUDP ) in1973. Both Plans are periodicallyrevised to reflect changes and currentThe Park, a vast, natural sanctuary, is within a day straveling distance of 70 million residents of the UnitedStates and and conditions. The Agencystrives to conserve the Park s naturalresources and assure that developmentis well-planned through administrationof the Adirondack Park Agency Act(which includes the APLUDP and theregulations derived from it)

6 , the NewYork State Freshwater Wetlands Act,and the New York State Wild, Scenicand Recreational Rivers System APA is an Agency in New YorkState government, consisting of 65 staffand an eleven-member board, eight ofwhom are appointed by the other three members are theSecretary of State, Commissioner ofEnvironmental Conservation, andCommissioner of Economic Develop-ment. The Agency Board acts on Parkpolicy issues and permit applicationsduring Agency meetings, which areheld monthly and are open to APA offices are located in RayBrook, NY, halfway between theCitizen s Guide1villages of Lake Placid and the Park Agency is NOT The APA, in cooperation with theNYS Department of EnvironmentalConservation ( DEC ), is respon-sible for developing and maintaininga master plan for the use of all statelands in the Park.

7 The APA doesNOT manage these state lands; thecare, custody and control of statelands is the responsibility of theDEC. The Agency does NOT manage thepublic campgrounds in theAdirondack Park. Please contact theDEC for campground information. The Agency does NOT acquire landon behalf of New York State. Again,please contact the DEC. The Park Agency does NOT deter-mine the value of your land. Pleasecontact your town or village such growth. The following arethe land use area classifications of theAPLUDP, and a general description oftheir purpose: HAMLETT hese are the growth and servicecenters of the Park where the Agencyencourages development.

8 Intentionally,the Agency has very limited permitrequirements in hamlet areas. Activitiesthere requiring an Agency permit areerecting buildings or structures over 40feet in height, projects involving morethan 100 lots, sites or units, projectsinvolving wetlands, airports, watershedmanagement projects, and certainexpansions of buildings and boundaries usually go wellbeyond established settlementsto provide room for future expansion. MODERATE INTENSITY USEMost uses are permitted; relativelyconcentrated residential developmentis most appropriate. LOW INTENSITY USEMost uses are permitted; residentialdevelopment at a lower intensity thanhamlet or moderate intensity isappropriate.

9 RURAL USEMost uses are permitted; residentialuses and reduced intensity develop-ment that preserves rural character ismost suitable. resource MANAGEMENTMost development activities inresource management areas willrequire an Agency permit; compatibleuses include residential uses, agricul-ture, and forestry. Special care is takento protect the natural open spacecharacter of these lands. INDUSTRIAL USEThis is where industrial uses exist orhave existed, and areas which may besuitable for future industrial develop-ment. Industrial and commercial usesare also allowed in other land use IT ALLBEGINST able 1 Overall Intensity GuidelinesLand Use AreaColor on MapAvg.

10 # PrincipalAvg. LotBldgs. (per sq. mile) Size (acres)Hamletbrownno limitnoneModerate Intensity Intensity Usepurple no limitnone2 Adirondack Park Agency 518-891-4050 Use Area ClassificationThe process of determining how theAgency s regulations apply to develop-ment on private lands begins with anexamination of how the land does classification mean?In the Adirondack Park Land Use andDevelopment Plan ( APLUDP ), allprivate lands in the Park are classifiedinto six categories, identified by coloron the Park Plan map: hamlet (brown),moderate intensity use (red), lowintensity use (orange), rural use(yellow), resource management (green)and industrial use (purple).


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