New York Executive Law Article 27 - ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY

• 800 - Short Title.
  This article shall be known as the "Adirondack Park Agency Act."
• 801 - Statement of Legislative Findings and Purposes.
  The Adirondack park is abundant in natural resources and open space unique to New York and the eastern United States. The wild forest, water, wildlife...
• 802 - Definitions.
  As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them. 1. "Adirondack park"...
• 803 - Adirondack Park Agency.
  There is hereby created in the executive department, the Adirondack park agency, which shall consist of the following members: the commissioner of environmental conservation, the...
• 803-a - Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board.
  1. For the purpose of advising and assisting the Adirondack park agency in carrying out its functions, powers and duties, there is hereby established the...
• 804 - General Powers and Duties of the Agency.
  The agency shall have the power: 1. To sue and be sued; 2. To make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient...
• 805 - Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan.
  1. Adoption; status report. a. The Adirondack park land use and development plan is hereby adopted and shall hereafter serve to guide land use planning...
• 806 - Shoreline Restrictions.
  1. In order to provide adequate protection of the quality of the lakes, ponds, rivers and streams of the park and the qualities of their...
• 807 - Local Land Use Programs.
  1. The agency is authorized to review and approve any local land use program proposed by a local government and formally submitted by the legislative...
• 808 - Administration and Enforcement of Approved Local Land Use Programs.
  1. Local land use programs that have been approved by the agency and validly enacted or adopted shall be administered and enforced as provided for...
• 809 - Agency Administration and Enforcement of the Land Use and Development Plan.
  1. The agency shall have jurisdiction to review and approve all class A regional projects, including those proposed to be located in a land use...
• 810 - Class a and Class B Regional Projects.
  All references in this article to class A regional projects or to class B regional projects shall mean, for the land use areas indicated, the...
• 811 - Special Provisions Relating to Agency Project Review Jurisdiction and the Shoreline Restrictions.
  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, including the provisions of the land use and development plan and the shoreline restrictions, the following provisions...
• 812 - Public Hearings.
  1. Public hearings authorized or required by section eight hundred nine to be held by the agency in connection with the review of projects shall...
• 813 - Penalties and Enforcement.
  1. Any person who violates any provision of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated by the agency, or the terms or conditions of...
• 814 - State Agency Projects.
  1. Any state agency which intends to undertake any new land use or development within the Adirondack park, other than land use or development by...
• 815 - Interim Development Controls.
  1. The legislature hereby finds that development is taking place in the Adirondack park which threatens the accomplishment of the basic purpose of this article...
• 816 - Master Plan for Management of State Lands.
  1. The department of environmental conservation is hereby authorized and directed to develop, in consultation with the agency, individual management plans for units of land...
• 817 - Activities of the United States in the Adirondack.
  817. Activities of the United States in the Adirondack park. 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that new land...
• 818 - Judicial Review.
  1. Any act, omission, or order of the agency or of any officer or employee thereof, pursuant to or within the scope of this article,...
• 819 - Applicability.
  1. No provision of this article shall be construed to prohibit any local government from adopting and enforcing land use and development controls for lands,...
• 820 - Severability.
  If any section of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction,...

Last modified: February 3, 2019