New York Laws
Article 27 - Adirondack Park Agency
810 - Class a and Class B Regional Projects.

(2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of land that
by agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to
or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
so agreed upon must be designated by and its review authorized in a
local ordinance or local law.
(3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land
involving one hundred or more residential lots, parcels or sites or
residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient
use.
(4) All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except
agricultural use structures and residential radio and television
antennas.
(5) Commercial or private airports.
(6) Watershed management and flood control projects.
(7) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
b. Moderate intensity use areas. (1) All land uses and development and
all subdivisions of land located in the following critical environmental
areas: (a) within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable by boat
designated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance
with the environmental conservation law during the period of such
designation; (b) involving wetlands; (c) at elevations of twenty-five
hundred feet or more; (d) within one-eighth mile of tracks of forest
preserve land or water now or hereafter classified as wilderness,
primitive or canoe in the master plan for management of state lands,
except for an individual single family dwelling and accessory uses or
structures thereto. Provided, however, that the above shall not include
forestry uses (other than clear-cutting as specified in number nine
below), agricultural uses, open space recreation uses, public utility
uses, and accessory uses or structures (other than signs) to any such
use or to any pre-existing use.
(2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of land that
by agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to
or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
so agreed upon must be designated by and its review authorized in a
local ordinance or local law.
(3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land
involving seventy-five or more residential lots, parcels or sites or
residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient
use.
(4) Commercial or agricultural service uses involving ten thousand or
more square feet of floor space.
(5) All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except
agricultural use structures and residential radio and television
antennas.
(6) Tourist attractions.
(7) Ski centers.
(8) Commercial or private airports.
(9) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting of any
single unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.
(10) Sawmills, chipping mills, pallet mills and similar wood using
facilities.
(11) Mineral extractions.
(12) Mineral extraction structures.
(13) Watershed management and flood control projects.
(14) Sewage treatment plants.
(15) Major public utility uses.
(16) Industrial uses.
(17) Community housing as defined in subdivision seventeen-a of
section eight hundred two of this article.
(18) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
c. Low intensity use areas. (1) All land uses and development and all
subdivisions of land located in the following critical environmental
areas: (a) within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable by boat
designated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance
with the environmental conservation law during the period of such
designation; (b) involving wetlands; (c) at elevations of twenty-five
hundred feet or more; (d) within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest
preserve land now or hereafter classified as wilderness, primitive or
canoe in the master plan for management of state lands, except for an
individual single family dwelling and accessory uses or structures
thereto. Provided, however, that the above shall not include forestry
uses (other than clear-cutting as specified in number nine below),
agricultural uses, open space recreation uses, public utility uses, and
accessory uses or structures (other than signs) to any such use or to
any pre-existing use.
(2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of land that
by agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to
or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
so agreed upon must be designated by and its review authorized in a
local ordinance or local law.
(3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land
involving thirty-five or more residential lots, parcels or sites or
residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient
use.
(4) Commercial or agricultural service uses involving five thousand or
more square feet of floor space.
(5) All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except
agricultural use structures and residential radio and television
antennas.
(6) Tourist attractions.
(7) Ski centers.
(8) Commercial or private airports.
(9) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting of any
single unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.
(10) Sawmills, chipping mills, pallet mills and similar wood using
facilities.
(11) Mineral extractions.
(12) Mineral extraction structures.
(13) Watershed management and flood control projects.
(14) Sewage treatment plants.
(15) Waste disposal areas.
(16) Junkyards.
(17) Major public utility uses.
(18) Industrial uses.
(19) Community housing as defined in subdivision seventeen-a of
section eight hundred two of this article.
(20) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
d. Rural use areas. (1) All land uses and development and all
subdivisions of land located in the following critical environmental
areas: (a) within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable by boat
designated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance
with the environmental conservation law during the period of such
designation; (b) involving wetlands; (c) at elevations of twenty-five
hundred feet or more; (d) within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest
preserve land or water now or hereafter classified as wilderness,
primitive or canoe in the master plan for management of state lands,
except for an individual single family dwelling and accessory uses or
structures thereto; (e) within one hundred fifty feet of the edge of the
right of way of federal or state highways, except for an individual
single family dwelling and accessory uses or structures thereto; (f)
within one hundred fifty feet of the edge of the right of way of county
highways designated by rule or regulation of the agency adopted pursuant
to subdivision fourteen of section eight hundred nine or in an approved
local land use program, as major travel corridors by the agency or local
government, except for an individual single family dwelling and
accessory uses or structures thereto. Provided, however, that the above
shall not include forestry uses (other than clear-cutting as specified
in number ten below and sand and gravel pits associated with such uses
located within one hundred fifty feet of the edge of the right of way of
the above described travel corridors), agricultural uses (other than
sand and gravel pits associated with such uses located within one
hundred fifty feet of the edge of the right of way of the above
described travel corridors), open space recreation uses, public utility
uses, and accessory uses or structures (other than signs) to any such
uses or to any pre-existing use.
(2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of land that
by agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to
or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
so agreed upon must be designated by and its review authorized in a
local ordinance or local law.
(3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land
involving twenty or more residential lots, parcels or sites or
residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient
use.
(4) Commercial and agricultural service uses involving twenty-five
hundred or more square feet of floor space.
(5) All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except
agricultural use structures and residential radio and television
antennas.
(6) Tourist accommodations.
(7) Ski centers.
(8) Commercial seaplane bases.
(9) Commercial or private airports.
(10) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting of any
single unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.
(11) Sawmills, chipping mills, pallet mills and similar wood using
facilities.
(12) Mineral extractions.
(13) Mineral extraction structures.
(14) Watershed management and flood control projects.
(15) Sewage treatment plants.
(16) Waste disposal areas.
(17) Junkyards.
(18) Major public utility uses.
(19) Industrial use.
(20) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
e. Resource management areas. (1) All land uses and development and
all subdivisions of land located in the following critical environmental
areas: (a) within one-quarter mile of rivers navigable by boat
designated to be studied as wild, scenic or recreational in accordance
with the environmental conservation law during the period of such
designation; (b) involving wetlands; (c) at elevations of twenty-five
hundred feet or more; (d) within one-eighth mile of tracts of forest
preserve land or water now or hereafter classified as wilderness,
primitive or canoe in the master plan for management of state lands,
except for an individual single family dwelling and accessory uses or
structures thereto; (e) within three hundred feet of the edge of the
right of way of federal or state highways, except for an individual
single family dwelling and accessory uses or structures thereto; (f)
within three hundred feet of the edge of the right of way of county
highways designated as major travel corridors by rule or regulation of
the agency adopted pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section eight
hundred nine or in an approved local land use program, except for an
individual single family dwelling and accessory uses or structures
thereto. Provided, however, that the above shall not include forestry
uses (other than clearcutting as specified in number eleven below and
sand and gravel pits associated with such uses located within three
hundred feet of the edge of the right of way of the above described
travel corridors), agricultural uses (other than sand and gravel pits
associated with such uses located within three hundred feet of the edge
of the right of way of the above described travel corridors), open space
recreation uses, public utility uses, and accessory uses or structures
(other than signs) to any such uses or to any pre-existing use.
(2) Any class of land use or development or subdivision of land that
by agreement between a local government and the agency, either prior to
or at the time a local land use program is approved by the agency, is to
be reviewed by the agency; provided, however, that any class of projects
so agreed upon must be designated by and its review authorized in a
local ordinance or local law.
(3) All subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development
related thereto) involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.
(4) Campgrounds involving fifty or more sites.
(5) Group camps.
(6) Ski centers and related tourist accommodations.
(7) Agricultural service uses.
(8) All structures in excess of forty feet in height, except
agricultural use structures and residential radio and television
antennas.
(9) Sawmills, chipping mills and pallet mills and similar wood using
facilities.
(10) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.
(11) Timber harvesting that includes a proposed clearcutting of any
single unit of land of more than twenty-five acres.
(12) Mineral extractions.
(13) Mineral extraction structures.
(14) Watershed management and flood control projects.
(15) Sewage treatment plants.
(16) Major public utility uses.
(17) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
f. Industrial use areas.
(1) Mineral extractions.
(2) Mineral extraction structures.
(3) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.
(4) Major public utility uses.
(5) Sewage treatment plants.
(6) Waste disposal areas.
(7) Junkyards.
(8) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
2. Class B regional projects. a. Moderate intensity use areas. (1)
Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related thereto)
involving fifteen or more but less than seventy-five lots, parcels or
sites, other than subdivisions of land involving mobile homes.
(2) Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related
thereto) involving less than fifteen lots, parcels or sites, other than
subdivisions of land involving mobile homes, which do not meet the
following criteria: (a) In the case of such subdivisions involving land
having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least twenty-five
thousand square feet in size and complies with all of the provisions of
the shoreline restrictions.
(b) In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having
shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least forty thousand square
feet in size.
Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the
original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject to review as a
class B regional project where the total number of lots, parcels or
sites resulting from such subdivision and any prior subdivision or
subdivisions exceeds fourteen.
(3) Multiple family dwellings.
(4) Mobile home courts.
(5) Subdivisions of land involving mobile homes (and all land uses and
development related thereto) and involving two or more lots, parcels or
sites.
(6) Public and semi-public buildings.
(7) Municipal roads.
(8) Commercial or agricultural service uses involving less than ten
thousand square feet of floor space.
(9) Tourist accommodations.
(10) Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.
(11) Golf courses.
(12) Campgrounds.
(13) Group camps.
(14) Commercial seaplane bases.
(15) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.
(16) Land use or development or subdivisions of land involving the
clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a
specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate
fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.
(17) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on
either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for
moderate intensity use areas.
(18) An individual single family dwelling within one-eighth mile of
tracts of forest preserve land or water now or hereafter classified as
wilderness primitive or canoe in the master plan for management of state
lands.
(19) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within
one-quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic or
recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law,
other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such
designation.
(20) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
b. Low intensity use areas. (1) Subdivisions of land (and all land
uses and development related thereto) involving ten or more but less
than thirty-five lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land
involving mobile homes.
(2) Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related
thereto) involving less than ten lots, parcels or sites which do not
meet the following criteria: (a) In the case of such subdivisions
involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least
fifty thousand square feet in size and complies with all of the
provisions of the shoreline restrictions.
(b) In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having
shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least one hundred twenty
thousand square feet in size.
Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the
original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject to review as a
class B regional project where the total number of lots, parcels or
sites resulting from such subdivision and any prior subdivision or
subdivisions exceeds nine.
(3) Multiple family dwellings.
(4) Mobile home courts.
(5) Mobile home subdivisions (and all land uses and development
related thereto) involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.
(6) Public and semi-public buildings.
(7) Municipal roads.
(8) Commercial or agricultural service uses involving less than five
thousand square feet of floor space.
(9) Tourist accommodations.
(10) Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.
(11) Golf courses.
(12) Campgrounds.
(13) Group camps.
(14) Commercial seaplane bases.
(15) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.
(16) Land use or development or subdivision of land involving the
clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a
specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate
fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.
(17) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on
either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for low
intensity use areas.
(18) An individual single family dwelling within one-eighth mile of
tracts of forest preserve land or water now or hereafter classified as
wilderness, primitive or canoe in the master plan for management of
state lands.
(19) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within
one-quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic or
recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law,
other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such
designation.
(20) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
c. Rural use areas. (1) Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and
development related thereto) involving five or more but less than twenty
lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land involving mobile
homes.
(2) Subdivisions of land (and all land uses and development related
thereto) involving less than five lots, parcels or sites which do not
meet the following criteria: (a) In the case of such subdivisions
involving land having shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least
eighty thousand square feet in size and complies with all of the
provisions of the shoreline restrictions of the plan.
(b) In the case of such subdivisions not involving land having
shoreline, each lot, parcel or site is at least three hundred twenty
thousand square feet in size.
Any subdivision or subsequent subdivision of such land, either by the
original owner or subsequent owners, shall be subject to review as a
class B regional project where the total number of lots, parcels or
sites resulting from such subdivision and any prior subdivision or
subdivisions exceeds four.
(3) Multiple family dwellings.
(4) Mobile home courts.
(5) Mobile home subdivisions (and all land uses and development
related thereto) involving two or more lots, parcels or sites.
(6) Public and semi-public buildings.
(7) Municipal roads.
(8) Marinas, boatyards and boat launching sites.
(9) Golf courses.
(10) Campgrounds.
(11) Group camps.
(12) Commercial sand and gravel extractions.
(13) Land use or development or subdivision of land involving the
clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a
specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate
fraction thereof, as provided for in the shoreline restrictions.
(14) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within
one quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic or
recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law,
other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such
designation.
(15) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on
either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for rural
use areas.
(16) Commercial and agricultural service uses involving less than
twenty-five hundred square feet.
(17) An individual single family dwelling within one-eighth mile of
tracts of forest preserve land or water described in item (d) of clause
(1) of paragraph d of subdivision one or within one hundred fifty feet
of a travel corridor described in such paragraph.
(18) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
d. Resource management areas. (1) Single family dwellings.
(2) Individual mobile homes.
(3) Forestry use structures.
(4) Hunting and fishing cabins and hunting and fishing and other
private club structures involving five hundred or more square feet of
floor space.
(5) Land use or development or subdivision of land involving the
clustering of buildings on land having shoreline on the basis of a
specified number of principal buildings per linear mile or proportionate
fraction thereof, as provided in the shoreline restrictions.
(6) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on
either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for
resource management areas.
(7) Municipal roads.
(8) Golf courses.
(9) An individual single family dwelling within one-eighth mile of
tracts of forest preserve land or waters described in item (d) of clause
(1) of paragraph d of subdivision one or within three hundred feet of a
travel corridor described in such paragraph.
(10) Campgrounds involving fewer than fifty sites.
(11) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land within
one-quarter mile of rivers designated to be studied as wild, scenic and
recreational in accordance with the environmental conservation law,
other than those navigable by boat, during the period of such
designation.
(12) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.
e. Industrial use areas. (1) Sawmills, chipping mills, pallet mills
and similar wood using facilities.
(2) Industrial uses.
(3) Commercial uses.
(4) Agricultural service uses.
(5) Public and semi-public buildings.
(6) Municipal roads.
(7) Any land use or development not now or hereafter included on
either the list of primary uses or the list of secondary uses for
industrial use areas.
(8) Any material increase or expansion of an existing land use or
structure included on this list that is twenty-five percent or more of
the original size of such existing use or twenty-five percent or more of
the original square footage of such structure.