STATE OF NEW YORK
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6298
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, THIELE -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
definition of the term "development" for purposes of the Long Island
Pine Barrens maritime reserve act
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraphs (i), (xiv) and (xv) of the second undesig-
2 nated paragraph of subdivision 13 of section 57-0107 of the environ-
3 mental conservation law, subparagraph (i) as amended by chapter 289 of
4 the laws of 2006 and subparagraph (xiv) as amended and subparagraph (xv)
5 as added by chapter 448 of the laws of 2005, are amended and a new
6 subparagraph (xvi) is added to read as follows:
7 (i) in the compatible growth area, public infrastructure improvements
8 which are undertaken, owned and operated by the state, a municipality,
9 or a public corporation and are located on property belonging to the
10 state, a municipality, or a public corporation for the health[,] or
11 safety [or welfare] of the public. Such public improvements shall be
12 consistent with the goals and objectives of this title[, and shall
13 include, but not be limited to, maintenance of an existing road or rail-
14 road track];
15 (xiv) in the compatible growth area, renovations, reconstructions,
16 additions or extensions to existing commercial or industrial uses
17 providing the addition or extension conforms to the uses permitted in
18 the zoning district in which said parcel is located and which does not
19 increase existing square footage by more than twenty-five percent; [or]
20 (xv) in the core preservation area, the state or public corporation
21 projects on parcels identified in the comprehensive land use plan
22 adopted by the commission in June of nineteen hundred ninety-five, as
23 amended on February twenty-first, two thousand one and October twenti-
24 eth, two thousand four[.]; or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (xvi) maintenance of an existing road or railroad track or other
2 existing publicly owned infrastructure, excluding expansions and addi-
3 tions, provided that such action shall be consistent with the goals and
4 objectives of this title.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
