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6UPERVISORS OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTH~LD
Village of Greenport
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
and
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Submitted for review pursuant to the
NYS Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act
VILLAGE OF GREENPORT
DRAFT LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
APRIL 1987
This document was prepared for the New York State Coastal Managment
Program with financial assistance from the Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.
VILLAGE OF GREENPORT
Suffolk County, Long Island
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Section I
Section II
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D.
SECTION III
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D.
E.
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SECTION IV
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SECTION V
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D.
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SECTION VI
SECTION VII
SECTION VIII
SECTION IX
Description
WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION AREA BOUNDARY
INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS
Regional Setting
Historical Perspective
Natural Components
Development Factors
WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM POLICIES
Development Policies
Fish and Wildlife Policies
Flooding and Erosion Policies
General Policy
Public Access Policies
Recreation Policies
Historic and Scenic Resource Policies
Agricultural Lands Policy
Energy and Ice Management Policies
Water and Air Resources Policies
PROPOSED LAND AND WATER USES AND PROPOSED PROJECTS
Proposed Land and Water Uses
Proposed Projects
TECHNIQUES FOR LOCAL IMPLEbfENTATION OF THE PROGRAM
Existing Local Laws and Regulations
Proposed Local Laws and Regulations
Implementation of the LWRP Policies
Management Structure
Compliance Procedures
Financial Resources
FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS LIKELY TO AFFECT PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION
CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AFFECTED FEDERAL, STATE,
REGIONAL, AND LOCAL AGENCIES
LOCAL COMMITMENT
DRAFT PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
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List of Maps
1 Regional Location
2 Coastal Area Boundary
3 Natural Characteristics
4 Existing Land Use
5 Existing Underutilized Waterfront Sites
6 Existing Water-Dependent Uses
7 Existing Zoning Patterns
8 Historic District
9 General Land and Water Uses
10 Waterfront Area Projects
11 Proposed Zoning
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PREFACE
The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program is an action-oriented
planning strategy to encourage and coordinate the continued revitalization
of the Village of Greenport.
The Village of Greenport, at the eastern end of the north fork of Long
Island (See Map 1, Regional Location), owes its development, and much of
its vitality, to its waterfront location. Historically, the local economy
has depended on the activity generated by commercial fishing, fish
processing, shipbuilding and other marine activities. In recent years,
tourism and the number of second home owners have increased, attracted by
the activity and the ambience of Greenport's working waterfront, shops,
restaurants, and the appeal of its architecturally distinctive homes.
These factors have had a positive influence on the Village's economy,
resulting in the development and redevelopment of vacant, deteriorated, or
underutilized properties along the Village waterfront and in the Central
Business District. However, careful decisions must be made on future
development proposals so that remaining underutilized/deteriorated
properties and existing developed sites are not redeveloped with uses, such
as residential condominiums and boutique shops, which primarily serve the
needs of tourists and second home owners. Rather, the Village intends to
maintain its heritage as a working waterfront community that relies on its
direct association with the commercial fishing industry and other
traditional maritime industries.
The Local Waterfront Revitalization Program serves the Village of
Greenport both as a contemporary Community Development Plan and as a
statement of overall planning and development policy. It is consistent
with the objectives of the New York State Coastal Management Program. The
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program is a comprehensive revitalization
effort that will achieve a compatible, well-serviced pattern of development
and a mix of uses that are responsive to the needs of at least four
constituent groups: year-round residents; the commercial fishing (and other
marine) industries; seasonal or week-end residents of the Village; and
tourists.
The goals of this revitalization effort are:
- To STRENGTHEN Greenport's role as a commercial fishing seaport;
- To MAINTAIN and PROTECT existing water-dependent uses and where it
is possible and necessary encourage expansion of these uses;
- To REDEVELOP the remaining underutilized or deteriorated waterfront
properties for water-dependent uses;
To provide for CONTINUED and EXPANDED public access to the
waterfront;
To ENHANCE the Village's position as the commercial and business
center of Southold Town;
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To CONSERVE and ENHANCE the strong residential character of
established residential areas throughout the Village;
To IMPROVE the Village's visual character and scenic quality;
To PROVIDE necessary infrastructure improvements to accommodate
development proposals in the waterfront and Central Business
District.
The Village of Greenport's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program has
been developed in accordance with the New York State Waterfront Revitalization
and Coastal Resources Act (1981) and related procedures, requirements and
guidelines, promulgated by the New York State Department of State.
The planning process, through which the Village's Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program has evolved, included the following steps which are
presented as they appear in the body of this document:
1. BOUNDARY DETERMINATION, in which the coastal area serving as the program
basis for waterfront policies and activities is defined.
INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS, in which conservation and development
opportunities and constraints within the program area are identified and
examined.
POLICY DETERMINATION, in which the Village's governing body, the Village
Board of Trustees, identifies those state policies applicable to the
Village's coastal area and establishes additional sub-policies, specific
to the Village, by which actions in the Village waterfront area will be
reviewed for consistency.
USES AND PROJECTS, in which specific proposals are presented regarding
potential land uses and projects to be undertaken to advance the coastal
policies.
IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES, in which specific management, legislation,
funding and program strategies are identified or developed, including
organizational structures, land use controls, local laws, local
government capabilities and responsibilities, and necessary and
appropriate State actions.
IDENTIFICATION OF RELEVANT STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS, in which State and
Federal programs that may be necessary to further the implementation of
the LWRP are identified.
7. CONSULTATION WITH FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES, in which
agencies comment on the waterfront program as it is being drafted.
LOCAL COMMITMENT, in which the Village Board of Trustees solicits public
comment, approves the draft program, and transmits the LWRP to the New
York State Department of State.
9. ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND PRELIMINARY DRAFT SUBMISSION, in which the
waterfront program is examined for impacts on the environment and the
program is presented to Federal, State, regional, and local authorities
as well as to the public for review and comment.
10. FINAL SUBMISSION, in which comments suggested in the prior step are
incorporated in the program report and submitted to the New York State
Department of State for approval.
One of the major benefits of the Local Waterfront Revitalization
Program is the concept of "consistency". With an approved program, the
policies and purposes of the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program guide
State, Federal and local agencies to ensure that their actions in the local
waterfront area are consistent with the local program. The local program
is also used to measure the consistency of actions proposed by the private
sector.
Another benefit to the Village is the financial and technical assistance
available through the Department of State's Coastal Management Program for
implementation of the local program. Once the program is approved, grants are
available for research, studies, design development, and other necessary
activities which serve to implement the various projects identified in the
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. Such grants can cover up to ten
percent (10%) of the estimated cost of pre-construction activity. In
addition, the Department of State will assist the Village of Greenport to
identify and pursue other Federal and State funding sources.
SECTION I. WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION AREA BOL~NDARY
The State's Coastal Management Program has established statewide
coastal boundaries in accordance with the requirements of the Coastal Zone
Management Act of 1972, as amended, and its subsequently-issued rules and
regulations. This previously designated waterfront revitalization area
boundary for the Village of Greenport has been reviewed and reaffirmed
during the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program planning process.
As illustrated on Map 2, Coastal Area Boundary, the entire incorporated
Village of Greenport lies within the coastal area boundary. The inland
coastal area boundary in Greenport is coincident with the inland municipal
boundary of the Village of Greenport. The waterside boundary of
Greenport's coastal area is also coincident with the Village's legal
jurisdiction and extends out from the shoreline into Shelter Island Sound
encompassing the waters landward of the waterside boundary which connects
Young's Point and Fanning Point.
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SECTION II. INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS
Table of Contents
Regional Setting
Historical Perspective
Natural Components
i. Topography and Landform
2. Soils
3. Ground Water, Surface Water, and Flood-Prone Areas
4. Vegetation and Wildlife
D. Development Factors
1. Existing Land Use
2. Current Land Use Policy
3. Recreation Facilities and Public Access Opportunities
4. Historic Resources
5. Dredging Activity
6. Traffic and Parking
7. Population and Housing Characteristics
8. Con~nunity Services and Facilities
9. Municipal Utilities
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SECTION II. INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS
A. REGIONAL SETTING
The Village of Greenport, approximately one square mile in area and
bordering on Greenport Harbor and Shelter Island Sound, is located within
the Suffolk County Town of Southold at the eastern end of the North Fork of
Long Island (See Map 1, Regional Location). The Village is located 92
miles east of Manhattan, accessible from there in approximately two to two
and one-half hours by vehicle traveling the Long Island Expressway
(Interstate 495) and NYS Route 25 and/or County Road 48.
Kennedy International Airport is located 90 miles west of Greenport,
while Long Island's MacArthur Airport and Suffolk County's Airport at
Westhampton are, respectively, 48 and 30 miles distant. Passenger railroad
service to Greenport is currently limited to one train eastbound and one
train westbound per day. Combination bus-train service and direct bus
service from Greenport to New York City are, however, provided on a much
more frequent basis. There is at present no railroad freight service east
of Riverhead on the North Fork.
Direct access to the South Fork by way of Shelter Island is available
on a regular basis from Greenport via the North Ferry, Inc. and the South
Ferry. In addition, the Orient-New London Ferry, located some 8 miles east
of Greenport, provides a direct route to New England placing Greenport
within easy reach of the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts
business and cultural centers.
Of particular significance to the discussion of Greenport's regional
setting is its strategic location as a commercial fishing port with respect
to New England and mid-Atlantic Fishing Grounds and the New York City
market area.
B. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
In the early part of the nineteenth century a considerable part of what
is now the Village was the farm of Captain David Webb. The event that
commenced the development of Greenport as a Village was the sale of this
farm "to those desirous of speculation" at an auction on the 23rd day of
March in 1820. It was relatively soon thereafter, in 1838, that the
Village of Greenport originally became incorporated. Greenport is Long
Island's oldest incorporated Village. From about the time the Webb farm
was sold, Greenport has served as the region's major port due to the
naturally deep waters of Greenport Harbor. The whaling, fishing, and
shipbuilding industries have historically provided the Village with its
economic base employing thousands of people on its waterfront throughout
the years.
The history and sea-faring tradition of Greenport is described in
excerpts from the Waterfront Development Opportunities in the Village of
Greenport study prepared by the Long Island Regional Planning Board in
1980.
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k~aling activities occurred in Greenport from the early 1830's to 1849
with a peak in the 1840's. Huge schooners from all over the world
sailed from Greenport and Sag Harbor while the whale fishery prospered
along the northeast coast. The Gold Rush marked the decline of the
whaling industry, as whaling vessels were converted to carry
passengers. The decreased availability of whales, the American Civil
War, and the development of petroleum as a fuel source all contributed
to the eventual demise of whaling on Long Island's East End.
By 1835, the use of menhaden (mossbunker) as a farm fertilizer had
become well established on eastern Long Island. It became a local
practice for a group of farmers to Jointly buy a seine or net, and a
big round-bottomed "fishing smack" to catch "bunkers" for fertilizer.
Menhaden were mostly used to produce fish meal and oil for paints.
Large processing operations or "fish factories" were established along
the Greenport waterfront by 1857.
Greenport prospered due to the menhaden industry; 64 boats were in
service and seven under construction in 1879. By this time,
shipbuilding (pleasure craft, cargo vessels, fishing vessels) boomed in
Greenport. The Greenport Basin and Construction Company, famous yacht
builders, became a large repair and docking facility for menhaden
vessels. (Today, the company is known as Greenport Yacht and
Shipbuilding.) Menhaden vessels or "bunker boats" were said to have
lined the shoreline along Main and Front Streets. Close to 90 "fish
factories" operated along the local shores by 1883. The region's
fishing fleet consisted of 83 steam-driven fishing vessels, and a
portion of the 212 sailing vessels found in the area. Over 2,300
workers, including many blacks who migrated to the region from the
south, were employed by the fishing and fish processing industries.
The modernization of fishing and processing techniques, as well as a
decrease in menhaden abundance, led to the eventual decline of the
Greenport menhaden industry by the 1950's.
New York State ceded oyster cultivation rights to underwater lands in
Peconic/Gardiner Bays to Suffolk County in 1884 (L 1884, CH 884).
Oysters dredged from L.I. Sound were brought to the clean waters of
these areas and replanted to fatten them before harvest. Greenport
developed a large oyster industry with processing houses located on the
waterfront. About 500 were employed in 12 oyster companies on the
Greenport waterfront in 1940. During the Christmas season, hundreds of
railroad cars were loaded at the railroad station with containers of
shucked oysters for transport to New York City. The great hurricane of
1938, which covered many productive oyster areas with sand, and
increases in the cost of labor, operations, and shipping caused a
gradual decline of the oyster industry.
During World War II Greenport's shipyards again became very active
building naval vessels under government contract. Thousands were
employed and Greenport's population was over 5,000. However, the
shipyards closed after the end of the war, and over the next 25 years
the Village economy went into a severe decline and its population
dwindled. The 1980 population was estimated by the Long Island
Lighting Co. at 2,408.
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The mainstay of Greenport's economy during the years following World
War II has been the fishing industry. By 1958, the processing of
edible fish became an important activity in Greenport. Sea and bay
scalloping, oyster farming and finfish processing continue to employ
hundreds along the waterfront. In 1979, 41 commercial fishing vessels
utilized Greenport's harbor for docking, offloading and sale of catch,
fuel and ice service, the purchase of groceries and equipment, and
repairs.
In recent years, tourism has increased in the Village due to its
seaport ambience and historic architecture. Greenport has become
famous for its historic Federal, Greek revival and Victorian style
buildings now about to be placed on the National Registry of Historic
Places. Recreational boating has also centered in Greenport with the
area's largest pleasure boats attracted to Greenport's deep and well
protected harbor.
With tourism and recreational boating demands ever increasing, dock
space for commercial vessels is in very tight supply. This factor has
forced many skilled fishermen to leave Greenport, or to go out of
business. Compounding this dilemma is an ever increasing demand for
the development of waterfront properties as tourist facilities or
luxury condominiums."
Today, the local labor market does not rely as heavily as it once did
on the traditional maritime industries previously described; however, the
majority of the local labor market remains oriented to fishing and
shipbuilding occupations. It is the Village's highest local priority to
see efficient use of Greenport's remaining waterfront commercial land for
fishing, shipbuilding and other marine oriented facilities.
C. NATURAL COMPONENTS
The natural components inventory summarized here includes consideration
of the following key components:
1. topography and landform;
2. generalized soils data;
3. ground water, surface water, and flood prone areas; and
4. vegetation and wildlife
1. Topography and Landform
The topography of Long Island was primarily established during the last
glacial period, the Wisconsin. Glacfal retreat left a series of moraines
which extended along the northern portion of Long Island and throughout the
North and South Forks. In general, this northern portion of Long Island is
characterized by somewhat hilly glacial drifts, while the southern portion
consists of a broad outwash plain sloping gently toward the Atlantic Ocean.
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Topographic relief within the incorporated Village of Greenport is
limited. Greenport might generally be characterized as level, with
elevations varying only mildly from mean sea level. A portion of the
Harbor Hill moraine is in evidence north of the Village near Long Island
Sound, where topography, more varied at an elevation of some 50 feet above
mean sea level, is located.
Relatively small, non-contiguous areas of beach are found in isolated
instances along the shoreline of the Village. The prominent but small
beach areas are located at: Sandy Beach and along the basin side of Beach
Lane; Young's Point and lands immediately adjacent to the point; along the
northwest side of Stirling Basin; and along the western shoreline of
Greenport Harbor inclusive of Fanning Point and the area immediately to the
west. (See Map 3, Natural Characteristics). Prior to the development of
Greenport's waterfront, its shoreline consisted primarily of tidal marsh
and larger beach areas. However, these natural features have been
displaced by bulkheads, fill, and shoreline development which has occurred
over the past century and a half.
The shoreline of the Village of Greenport lies adjacent to a bight
formed by Young's Point to the east and Fanning Point to the west. Deep
water, 20 to 80 feet in depth, is generally located within 300 feet of the
shoreline facing Shelter Island Bay. The channel at Greenport, in fact,
has a natural depth of 40 feet and can accommodate some of the largest
ocean-going vessels. In contrast, Stirling Basin is a narrow body of water
extending north from the Sandy Beach sandspit having a depth of some 6 to
18 feet. Due to the constraint imposed by the relatively shallow waters of
Stirling Basin, this waterbody is more suitable to harbor smaller
commercial and recreational vessels than the larger vessels that can be
accommodated in the channel at Greenport Harbor. In Stirling Basin there
exists a Federal Navigation Channel where shoaling periodically occurs and
necessitates dredging. Shoaling is most severe at the entrance to Stirling
Basin causing problems for vessels attempting to gain access to or exit
from the basin. (See page II-27 of this section for a more in depth
discussion of dredging activity in the waters of Greenport).
2. Soils
Soils in Greenport are generally classified as RhB, Riverhead and Haven
soils, graded with 0 to 8 percent slopes. Included within the Village are
areas of both Riverhead sandy loam and Haven loam which have been altered
by grading operations. The Riverhead sandy loam is a well-drained,
moderately coarse - textured soil with good internal drainage and rapid
permeability. The Haven loam is a well-drained, medium-textured soil which
formed in a loamy or silty mantle over stratified coarse sand and gravel.
In an area as substantially developed as the Village of Greenport, it is
not uncommon that the natural properties of many of these soils have been
altered by grading and fill operations as well as other construction-
related activity. These soil types do not pose a development constraint
within the Village.
Areas of soils classified as muck are also found in limited areas of
the Village, where development is not anticipated, such as the regulated
freshwater wetland contiguous to Silver Lake. This wetland, for instance,
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contains v~ry poorly-drained organic soils that formed from partially
decomposed woody or herbaceous plants. The muck generally consists of a
thick layer of spongy, dark organic material over loose sand and gravel.
3. Ground Water, Surface Water, and Flood-prone Areas
The discussion of hydrology within the Village includes several
important aspects, namely:
a. ground water supply;
b. surface water conditions; and
c. flood-prone area considerations.
Ground water supply: The Village of Greenport, like all of Long
Island, depends on the groundwater aquifer for its water supply.
Protection of the aquifer within Greenport and throughout the North
Fork is a critical concern to the Village of Greenport. (For a more in
depth discussion of the Village's groundwater supply, see page II-29 of
this section).
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Surface waters: There are a number of surface water bodies in
Greenport. They include Silver Lake and Moore's Drain, both located in
the northwest section of the Village, in addition to Stirling Basin and
Shelter Island Sound, to the east and south, respectively. Water
quality classifications for these surface waters have been established
by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) as
follows:
Moore's Drain (tidal portion) SC
Moore's Drain (non-tidal portion) D
Silver Lake D
Stirling Basin SA
Shelter Island Sound (includes Greenport Harbor) SA
Under the DEC water quality classification system, SC waters are
described as "suitable for fishing and all other uses except for
primary contact recreation and for the taking of shellfish for market
purposes." Class D waters are suitable for primary and secondary
recreation and fishing even though other factors may limit recreational
use or inhibit the propagation of fish. Lastly, waters classified SA,
including Stirling Basin and Shelter Island Sound, are "suitable for
shellfishing for market purposes and for primary and secondary contact
recreation."
Ail wetlands within the boundaries of the Village of Greenport are
wetlands regulated by the Department of Environmental Conservation.
The Silver Lake freshwater wetland system, which includes the wetlands
of Moore's Woods and the non-tidal portion of Moore's Drain, is greater
than 12.4 acres and is, therefore, a regulated freshwater wetland. The
tidal waters and associated sparse wetland vegetation associated with
the saline water bodies of Moore's Drain (tidal portion), Stirling
Basin and Shelter Island Sound are regulated by the DEC as well.
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The near shore ~.aline waters of Greenport Harbor and Stifling Basin
used to be well known for the harvesting of hardclams and oysters.
Deteriorated water quality, resulting from the loss of valuable
wetlands caused by intensive bulkheading and development of the
Village's shoreline, boating activity, and stormwater runoff from
Village roads and developed properties, caused the DEC to close these
waters in Greenport to shellfishing back in the early 1960's. A
program authorized in the early 1980's by DEC allowed shellfishing on a
conditional basis during select dry periods when there was little or no
runoff being generated by rainfall. However, the program was
discontinued shortly after its inception due to the insufficient amount
of shellfish found, the cause of which was attributed to poor water
quality as a result of storm water runoff.
Flood-prone areas: Substantial land areas within the Village have been
designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as
potential flood hazard areas. Within these designated areas, minimum
federal criteria for regulating development within the flood plain, as
prescribed by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood
Disaster Protection Act of 1973, have been incorporated into local land
use and development regulations (Chapter 40, Flood Damage Prevention
Law).
A detailed "Flood Insurance Study" was published for the Village of
Greenport on December 15, 19g2. This study resulted in the preparation
of a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), last revised October 16, 1984.
Four (4) major areas in the Village are identified as being prone to a
100 year flood. (A flood that has a 1% chance of occurring each year
and is expected to occur once on average during any i00 year period).
These areas include the following: the Village's entire shoreline;
Silver Lake and the immediate area around the Lake; a corridor that
extends through the business area connecting the flood prone areas of
Silver Lake and the Village's waterfront; and the western portion of
Moore's Woods. Coastal high hazard areas (V-zones), where high
velocity waves occur during storms and floods, exist in the Village
along Stirling Basin and Greenport Harbor. (See Map 3, Natural
Characteristics). The Village adopted a Flood Damage Prevention Law in
1983 which incorporates the ~lood Insurance Rate maps and regulations
promulgated by the Federal Insurance Administration. This law was
established to prevent d~ge to property through the regulation of all
development in flood prose areas.
4. Vegetation and Wildlife
Principal vegetatio~z throughout the residential portio~ of the Village
of Greenport is typ~cat of a residentially-developed area, that being
landscaped lawns, pla~ted $~rubbery., and a variety of common trees such a
maples and oaks. More demse vegetation and a more d~verse Ym~tety of
species can be foumd on some of the Village's vacamt ~z~als amd i~ the
Moore's Woods watershed conservation area. Ye.get~tion ~ound in
comauercially developed areas of the Village's waterfront and business
district is very spar~, but includes some maritime vegetat~oa and street
trees, respectiv~Y. The maritime shrubland areas arc found at Sandy
Beach, Stirl~-g Creek and Fanning Point.
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Wildlife in the developed portion of the Village is limited to those
wildlife species typically found in deve.~oped suburban communities such as
the gray squirrel, eastern cottontail, eastern chipmunk, white-footed mouse
and various other small mammals. The watershed conservation and wetland
areas of Moore's Woods and less developed areas of the surrounding Town of
Southold support a wider and larger variety of wildlife.
D. DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS
The developmental factors inventory summarized in this section includes
consideration of the following components:
1. existing land use;
2. land use policy;
3. recreation facilities and public access opportunities;
4. historic properties;
5. dredging activity;
6. traffic and parking;
7. population and housing characteristics;
8. community services and facilities; and
9. municipal utilities.
1. Existing Land Use
Waterfront Area
The Village of Greenport waterfront extends from the west side of
Young's Point around Stirling Basin and continues along through the Central
Business District (CBD) to the west side of Fanning Point. For
identification and discussion purposes, the Village waterfront area is
divided into three waterfront areas as shown on Map 4, Existing Land Use.
From Young's Point to Fanning Point the three waterfront areas are:
Waterfront Area 1 - from Young's Point along Stifling Basin to and
inclusive of S.T. Preston and Son, Inc;
Waterfront Area 2 - from and inclusive of Claudios Restaurant and
Marina along Greenport Harbor to and inclusive of the Long Island Rail
Road property; and
Waterfront Area 3 - from just south of the Long Island Rail Road
property along Greenport Harbor to the west of Fanning Point.
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Waterfront Area 1
Land use bordering on the east side of Stifling Basin within the
boundaries of the Village of Greenport includes seasonal housing, a
municipal park, cemetery, and marine connnercial. The Sandy Beach sandspit
runs northwest from Young's Point and contains both seasonal housing and
Sandy Beach park. Both Sandy Beach and the nearby St. Agnes Cemetery are
zoned for single family residential use. The cemetery is bordered by
Brewers Yacht Yard to the southeast and Stifling Harbor Shipyard Marina to
the northwest; both marinas are zoned for waterfront commercial use.
Land uses occurring on the west side of Stirling Basin include
residential, marine commercial and institutional. The Triangle Sea Sales
and Boat Yard and Pell's Fish market are bordered by residential property
and are Just north of the Eastern Long Island Hospital. Residential
property is also located southwest of the hospital property. The
remaining property on the west side of Stirling Basin contains the Townsend
Manor Inn and Marina, Hanff's Boat Yard, private residences, Preston Marine
Contractors, several small private recreational docks, and a bulkheaded
vacant lot owned by Winter Harbor Fisheries, formerly owned by Marine
Associates. This vacant grass covered parcel of land is bisected by
Stirling Avenue and Stifling Street. The shoreline of this property
contains 130 feet of maintained bulkhead, with t~e-up pilings placed
off-shore along its length. (See Map 5, Existing Underutilized Waterfront
Sites). Ail of the property on the west side of Stirling Basin is zoned for
waterfront commercial use, with the exception of the (1) Townsend Manor
Inn, which is zoned for retail commercial use; (2) single family
residentially zoned property between the Eastern Long Island Hospital and
the Townsend Manor Inn; and (3) one and two family residentially zoned
property between Hanff's Boat Yard and Preston Marine Contractors.
The harborfront area, from the mouth of Stifling Basin to S.T. Preston
and Son, Inc., is zoned for waterfront commercial use with the exception of
a small stretch of one and two family residentially zoned property. The
Winter Harbor Fisheries shellfish processing plant is located at the mouth
of Stirling Basin. Residential condominiums, developed on property zoned
for waterfront commercial use, are located on the site of the former Sweet
Shipyard fishery facility which separates the Winter Harbor Fisheries
shellfish plant from the single family residences to the south. Cooper's
Fish Processing Co. and the Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding Co. lie south
of the residential property, and between these two businesses is the
deteriorated and abandoned Barstow Shipyard. The County- owned Barstow
shipyard site (1.5 acres) is located east of Carpenter Street and south of
Bay Avenue on Greenport Harbor. More than half of this site is developed
with unused boat storage buildings. The remainder of this parcel is
cluttered with abandoned, derelict vessels. The waterfront portion of this
site consists of 100 feet of deteriorated bulkhead and half sunken vessels.
(See Map 5, Existing Underutilized Waterfront Sites). Eleven major
water-related businesses are located within this waterfront area.
Waterfront Area 2
Ail waterfront properties within this waterfront area are zoned for
waterfront eonnnerclal use. The establishments located along this short,
but busy stretch of waterfront include Claudios Restaurant and Marina,
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White's Bait Shop, Mitchell's Marina and Restaurant, East End (Marine)
Supply Co., Shelter Island-Greenport Ferry Co, and the Long Island Rail
Road terminal and commercial fishing dock. Just north of the Shelter
Island-Greenport Ferry Co. terminal, as the shoreline bends northeast, is a
developed site that contains a building that has been transformed from a
Bohack supermarket to a mini-mall. The former Bohack supermarket site now
contains six or so small retail stores and a parking lot. Five major
marine related businesses are located within this waterfront area.
The Mitchell property (3.5 acres) is located between Main and Third
Streets and is bordered by Front Street and Greenport Harbor to the north
and south, respectively. Existing development on this site includes a
bar/restaurant and a large paved area that covers most of the site. The
waterfront portion of this parcel contains 500 feet of shoreline, with
1,200 feet of deteriorating bulkhead, and six long wooden docks that are in
poor condition. These dock spaces currently provide docking for charter
fishing boats. The East End Supply Company and the Greenport Post Office
border the Mitchell property to the west. Several small marine co~nercial
businesses are located along the eastern edge.
The vacant portion of the Bohack property (.3 acre), is located between
Third Street and Greenport Harbor. This site has approximately 200 feet of
sandy shoreline between the Mitchell property and the Shelter Island Ferry
terminal. A variety of commercial and marine commercial uses border this
site.
The LIRR property and dock (7 acres) is located at the southerly
terminus of the Third Street and the main line terminus of the railroad in
Greenport. The rail station will soon be converted to the Village police
station and the freight depot is used as a warehouse. Most of the property
is used for parking or is vacant. There is approximately 320' of
bulkheading and a large dock recently constructed for use by commercial
fishing vessels which is in very good condition. Residential areas border
the southern and northwestern portions of this site. The dock abuts the
Shelter Island - Greenport Ferry Company land and parking facility to the
north.
Waterfront Area 3
Residential land use dominates the shoreline south of the commercial
fishing dock, with the exception of the abandoned Socony Mobil Oil Co.
storage terminal north of Fanning Point and the Village's Fifth Street Park
property. The Socony Mobil property (2.6 acres) was once used as a
waterfront oil storage terminal. Although the terminal is no longer
active, the structures remain. There is 600 feet of bulkheading at this
site along the waterfront of Greenport Harbor. Residential areas are
located to the northwest and west of this site (See Map 5, Existing
Underutilized Waterfront Sites). The site of the former Old Oyster Factory
Restaurant is being redeveloped for high-density residential use. This
site is located at the eastern tip of Fanning Point, south of the abandoned
oil terminal. On the west side of Fanning Point, the site of the old
oyster shucking factory is also in the process of being redevelopsd for
high-density residential use. All of the property south of the railroad
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dock is zoned for one and two family residential use, with the exception of
the two properties being converted to high-density residential use which
are zoned for waterfront co~ercial use.
Existing Water-Dependent Uses
The following list provides the names and respective functions of the
existing major water-dependent facilities on the Village of Greenport
waterfront. The respective location of each water-dependent facility
listed is shown on Map 6, Existing Water-Dependent Uses.
Waterfront Area 1
1. Brewers Yacht Yard - recreational boating oriented marina with
storage facilities;
2. Stifling Harbor Shipyard Marina - recreational boating oriented
marina with inside and outside storage facilities, restaurant and
bar;
3. Pell's Fish Market - retail seafood market and major seafood
shipping facility. Pell's Fish Market is the main offloading point
for local pound and gill net fishermen;
4. Triangle Boat Yard - engine and hull repairs, outside storage;
5. Townsend Manor Inn and Marina -dockage for transient vessels,
restaurant, hotel, lounge;
6. Hanff's Boat Yard inside and outside storage, boat sales,
complete engine and hull repair, boat building;
7. Ralph T. Preston, Inc. - marine contracting company which erects
docks, Jetties, bulkheads;
8. Winter Harbor Fisheries - shellfish processing plant;
9. Cooper's Fish Processing Co. - finfish processing plant;
10. Greenport Yacht & Shipbuilding Co., Inc. - three railways, ~nside
and outside boat storage, complete engine and hull repairs, marine
hardward;
11. S.T. Preston
supplies;
Waterfront Area 2
12.
and Son, Inc. - dock space for transients, marine
Claudio's Restaurant and Marina, Mobil Docks - dock space for both
recreational and commercial vessels, restaurant and lounge;
13. A.P. White Bait Shop - tackle, bait and charter boat reservations;
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Triangle Sea Sales and Boat Yard
Pell's Fish Market
Stifling }{arbor 'Shipyard Ma?ina
Townsend Manor .~nn Hotel and Marina
Hanff's Boat Yard
Ralph .T, Preston Inc,
:! Winter Harbor Fisheries
Cooper's Fish Processing Co.
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Shipbuilding Co. Inc.
S. T. Preston and Soa, Inc.
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Marina, Mobil Docks
A, P. White Bait Shop
Mi.'cheil's Marina and Restaurant
East End Supply, Co.
Shelter Island - Greenport Ferry Co,
C~L,~ercial Fishing Dock
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
VILLAGE OF C4~I~qPORT
This map was prepared for the New York State Department of State
Coastal Management Program with financial assistance from the
Office of Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, provided under
the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.
14. Mitchell's Marina and Restaurant - dockage, restaurant and lounge,
construction of a luxury motel and marina are being considered;
15. East End Supply Co. - marine supplies; and
16. Shelter Island-Greenport Ferry Co. - provides regular ferry service
to and from Shelter Island.
In recent years, great increases in the number of recreational boats
and demand for docking facilities to accommodate them have nearly
eliminated the availability of dock space for commercial fishing vessels.
In response to this need to provide dock space for commercial fishing
vessels, the commercial fishing dock at the LIRR property was recently
constructed with assistance from various government agencies. Currently
the dock is available only to commercial fishing vessels having a minimum
length of 50 feet and a maximum length of 150 feet. A maximum three day
layover is permitted. Currently, the docking needs of local commercial
fisherman with relatively small fishing vessels are not being met. As
existing waterfront facilities and new waterfront development increasingly
serve the needs of recreational boaters, new dock space must be established
to accommodate locally operated small scale fishing vessels as well as
charter and/or party fishing vessels, and tour boats. A case in point is
the possible redevelopment of the Mitchell property which might displace
two party fishing boats, a Connecticut tourboat, and several small locally
operated commercial fishing boats. These vessels serve the goals of the
Village which is to retain its commercial fishing heritage and character as
well as to promote tourism. No alternate sites have yet been found to
accommodate these vessels.
Three water-dependent firms of the sixteen listed are actively engaged
in the sale, packaging, and processing of commercial fish catches. They
include Pells Fish Market, Cooper's Fish Processing and Winter Harbor
Fisheries. Cooper's Fish Processing and Winter Harbor Fisheries processing
plants are the remaining major fish processing facilities on Long Island.
This represents a sharp decline in the number of fish processing facilities
which used to exist on the Greenport waterfront, as described earlier in
this section. There has also been a similar decline in the number of
water-dependent ship building and repair facilities. The remaining major
facility which specializes in this craft is the Greenport Yacht and
Shipbuilding Company.
Existing Underutilized Waterfront Properties
Not too long ago, Greenport's waterfront was considered to have an
overabundance of underutilized commercial waterfront real estate available
for redevelopment. As recently as the late 1970's, there were nine sites
totaling 24.6 acres which were available for water-dependent redevelopment.
Included in this category were the following sites: the oyster shucking
factory, Old Oyster Factory Restaurant, Socony Mobil, the LIRR, Bohack and
Mitchell properties, Barstow Shipyard, Sweet Shipyard, and the Winter
Harbor Fisheries (formerly Marine Associates) property.
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The oyster shucking factory, Old Oyster Factory Restaurant, and Sweet
Shipyard sites, which account for 10.5 acres, have been or are being
redeveloped for high-density residential use. The larger of the two-lot
Bohack property has been recommitted to retail use. The remaining portion
of the site, which constitutes about a third of an acre, remains vacant.
In addition to the newly reconstructed co~nercial fishing dock, portions of
the seven-acre LIRR property are planned for municipal support services.
As a result of the above actions, waterfront properties that remain
underutilized and uncommitted at this time are Socony Mobil, a small
portion of the Bohack property, the unused portion of the LIRR site, the
Mitchell property, the Barstow shipyard site, and the Winter Harbor
Fisheries (Marine Associates) property. These six sites have a combined
acreage of approximately 10 acres. (See Map 5, Existing Underutilized
Waterfront Sites.)
It is clear that non water-dependent uses, particularly high-density
residential, are competing for the limited amount of remaining waterfront
property. Unless strong zoning measures are taken to regulate this type of
encroachment, this trend is likely to have s severe impact on the Village's
commercial fishing and boating industry, and working waterfront character.
Beyond the waterfront area described in the previous paragraphs, there
is little vacant land that is privately owned suitable for new commercial
or residential development. A brief description of the Village's other
land use categories are provided below.
Central Business District
The Central Business District (CBD) includes the area bounded by Third,
Center and Carpenter Streets and Greenport Harbor, with the exception of
residential properties in the northwest section of this area. This area
encompasses Waterfront Area 2. Most of the Village's retail commercial
uses are established in this area and are generally concentrated along
Front Street eastward from Fourth Street to Main and then north on Main to
the vicinity of Park and Center Streets.
The establishment of a coordinated program of building rehabilitation,
infill development and public improvements is needed ~n the CBD in order to
improve the visual attractiveness and economic vitality of the Village.
The preparation of a design and improvement guide for the CBD would greatly
assist the Village in this effort. Such a design and improvement guide
would stipulate specific design plans for building and street-scape
improvements, as well as identify the location of needed pedestrian and
visual corridors. The development of a modest pedestrian corridor system
linking the CBD to the waterfront area would help to create much needed
visual and pedestrian access to the Village's waterfront, and would greatly
enhance the tourist experience for those visiting Greenport.
Residential Areas
Residential development patterns dominate the Village landscape beyond
areas used for waterfront commercial, commercial and open space uses.
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Residential areas are located in the northeast and southeast portions of
the Village.
Residential units throughout the Village are principally one- and
two-family structures. These structures reflect the architectural
diversity present throughout the nineteenth century development of the
community, and they include fine examples from each of the following
periods:
Greenport Vernacular
Greek Revival
Italianate
Second Empire
Queen Anne
Bungalow
1820-1850
1820-1860
1840-1880
1850-1890
1880-1900
1890-1940
Open Space Areas
The vast Moore's Woods property and other municipally owned properties
that are used for park purposes comprise the considerable open space
patterns in the Village. These areas are discussed more thoroughly in this
section beginning on page II-22.
Institutional Uses
Principal institutional uses, other than municipal facilities which are
discussed later in this section, include the 3.4 acre Green Hill Cemetery
north of Webb Street, and various church and school properties. The most
substantial of these is St. Agnes's Roman Catholic Church and School at
Sixth and Front Streets.
2. Land Use Policy
The most significant statement of land use policy within the Village of
Greenport is the Village's Zoning Law, Chapter 85 of the Cods of the
Village of Greenport. As illustrated by Map 7, Existing Zoning Patterns,
the Zoning Law divides the Village into five zoning districts:
W-C
R-1
R-2
C-R
C-G
Waterfront Commercial District
One-Family Residence District
One- and Two-Family Residence District
Retail Commercial District
General Commercial District
The uses allowed in the W-C District include water-dependent commercial
and recreational uses, and water-enhanced uses. Most of the land use in
Waterfront Area 1 is traditional water-dependent commercial and
recreational. Land use in Waterfront Area 2 is changing from traditional
water-dependent commercial use to water-dependent recreational use. Land
use in Waterfront Area 3 is primarily non water-related high-density
residential.
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All the properties zo,~ed Waterfront Commercial in Waterfront Area I,
with the exception of the former Sweet Shipyard site that is in
high-density residential use, are developed with traditional
water-dependent commercial and recreational uses. To protect and maintain
the traditional commercial fishing and ship craft uses, as well as the
existing, non-traditional water-dependent marina and yacht club
recreational uses, water-enhanced uses, which are currently allowed in the
Waterfront Commercial Zone of Waterfront Area 1, should be eliminated. A
W-C1 zone, permitting only water-dependent uses should be created. By
making this zoning change, the potential for encroachment by conflicting
water-enhanced uses in water-dependent use areas is eliminated.
The former Sweet Shipyard site, developed in high-density residential
use, should be given a new zoning classification, R-3, in which only high-
density residential use is permitted. This change would make the zoning at
this site consistent with the existing use.
Unlike Waterfront Area 1, where there is only one water-enhanced use
among the many water-dependent commercial and recreational uses, there are
many water-enhanced uses within the Waterfront Commercial Zone of
Waterfront Area 2. These consist mostly of retail shops and restaurants
concentrated along the east side of Third Street, the south side of Front
Street, and the west side of Main Street. The mix of water-dependent and
water-enhanced uses in this area is desirable because of the sea-side
resort ambience that is created by such a mix. However, the potential for
water-enhanced uses being developed on the waterfront, immediately adjacent
to the water's edge should be eliminated. The land area immediately
adjacent to the water's edge should be reserved for water-dependent
commercial and recreational uses. Making water-enhanced uses subject to
special permit conditions would provide greater control as to where these
uses are located on the site. A new W-C2 zone, permitting water-dependent
uses and water-enhanced uses under special permit conditions, should be
created.
Waterfront Area 3, where waterfront parcels have been redeveloped in
residential use, should be maintained in residential use, and zoned
accordingly. The two sites on Fanning Point, the former oyster shucking
factory on the west side and the former Old Oyster Factory Restaurant on
the east side, which are undergoing redevelopment to high-density
residential use, should be rezoned to the new R-3 classification previously
discussed.
The C-R District generally provides for retail, personal service,
office, institutional, lodging, marina and docking facilities as permitted
uses. Marina and docking facility use is inappropriate in the CR District
since only one site zoned CR, the Townsend Manor Inn, is on the waterfront.
Ail other parcels are located inland and do not have water frontage.
The Townsend Manor Inn should be incorporated into the new W-C2 zone,
because of its mix of water-dependent recreation and water-enhanced
restaurant uses; these uses are compatible with the allowed water-dependent
and water-enhanced uses in the proposed W-C2 District.
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The C-G District allows for ~he C-R permitted uses as well as
non-personal service establishments, motor vehicle-related facilities, and
light manufacturing and wholesale uses.
In general, the R-1 District limits permitted uses to single-family
detached dwellings and municipal facilities, while the R-2 adds two-family
dwellings to the list of permitted uses. Each residential district also
provides for institutional uses and required utility uses by special
permit. Minimum lot area within the R-1 District is 10,000 square feet;
the R-2 District requires a minimum of 7,500 square feet for a single-
family dwelling and 10,000 square feet for a two-family dwelling.
Close to 260 acres of Village-owned properties, including those used
for recreational purposes, are inappropriately zoned for residential or
commercial use. These properties include Moores Woods, Silver Lake, Sandy
Beach Point, Third Street Park and Fifth Street Park. The Village zoning
code should be amended to establish a Park District, which would protect
public uses, particularly recreation.
3. Recreation Facilities and Public Access Opportunities
The Village of Greenport provides active and passive recreational
opportunities at seven Village owned properties and at the Jointly owned
Village/Town boat ramp. The boat ramp facility, Fifth Street and Sandy
Beach parks are located on the waterfront and provide public access to the
shoreline. Roads within the Village and Town are adequate to provide
access to all of the Village recreation facilities.
Waterfront
Fifth Street Park, approximately 2 acres in size, is between Fifth
and Sixth Streets between Johnson Place and Shelter Island Sound.
This park includes playground/recreation facilities and an
extensive community beach area. Significant rehabilitation and
expansion of this site is currently underway. Adequate parking
facilities exist on this site.
The 1 acre Sandy Beach property is located on the west side of
Young's Point. Recreational use of the property is limited to
passive pursuits due to the small area of the site and the delicate
nature of the dune land soils and beach grass vegetation serving to
stabilize the landform and prevent erosion. No parking facilities
are provided on this site nor are they desired or appropriate.
The boat ramp located on the east side of Stifling Basin is Jointly
owned by the Village of Greenport and the Town of Southold.
Adjacent to the boat ramp, located in the Town of Southold, is a
parking area approximately ½ acre in size for those who use the
boat ramp.
Inland
The vast 240 acre Moore's Woods property which dominates the
northwest portion of the Village. Use of this property is limited
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to passive recreation pursuits due to {:s importance as a watershed
and the presence of the extensive Silver Lake fresh water wetland
system.
Curt Breeze Memorial Field (Polo Grounds) is a 12.6 acre community
recreational facility located at the southwest corner of Moore's
Lane within the Village of Greenport. The ballfields at this
location receive intensive community use, and occasionally require
reconditioning. Adequate parking facilities exist for this site.
Third Street Park is approximately ½ acre in size, and is located
at the corner of Third and Center Streets. It serves as an active
neighborhood playground/recreation site.
Reeve Memorial Park, located between Main and First Streets,
immediately south of Webb Street, and a "vest pocket park" on Adams
Street are smaller, passive open spaces that might be characterized
as "bench parks".
Opportunities for gaining increased pedestrian access to the waterfront
for citizens of the Village and visitors can be achieved by utilizing small
land areas at the end of Village streets. The following sites have been
identified as having the potential to become waterfront mini-parks through
very modest improvements:
the east end of Wiggins Street (privately-owned)
the LIRR site immediately south of the existing fishing dock
the end of Bay Avenue
a portion of the narrow section between Stifling Street and
Stirling Harbor (privately-owned)
the area east of the south end of Fifth Street, in conjunction with
the existing park
Stifling Place extended at the end of Stirling Basin
Another opportunity to provide waterfront access for Village residents
and the general public is the development of a pedestrian harborwalk from
the railroad station to the vicinity of Claudio's Restaurant. To make this
opportunity successful, prespective easement, easement acquisition, tax
inducements, and zoning incentives could be used. Such a walkway could
connect to Front Street thereby forming a circumventive walkway within the
Village CBD. Such a walkway would allow visitors to observe Greenport's
working waterfront, observe views of picturesque Shelter Island Sound, and
provide an alternate access route to the Village's commercial center for
those exiting the Greenport-Shelter Island Ferry.
The Village would like to establish access to the waterfront at the
privately-owned Socony Mobil site. Ideally, the Village would like to
acquire this site and transform it into a waterfront park for passive and
active use. The use of the Socony Mobil site as a municipal waterfront
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park would provide the public with an alternative w~terfront site for
water-related recreational activities. Currently, the only waterfront park
in the Village which is suitable for active recreation is the heavily used
Fifth Street Park. This site might also be used for marine-related
education, science and research.
A wider variety of recreational opportunities is available to Greenport
residents at nearby County and State park facilities. Peconic Park and
Goldsmith's Inlet Park are both County-operated facilities located west of
Greenport on Long Island Sound. Orient Beach State Park, located eight
miles east of the Village, includes over 350 acres and offers picnicking, a
bath house and bay bathing. Norman Klip Park at the end of Manhasset
Avenue provides both bathing and small boat launching facilities.
4. Historic Properties
The following excerpt is taken from the National Register of Historic
Places Inventory-Nomination Form of the Department of Interior National
Park Service. This excerpt describes the historic resources within the
established historic district which have been listed on State and Federal
Registers of Historic Places. The description does not include all Village
historic resources. However, as the only established district, it does
represent the largest concentration of historic structures in the Village.
In the near future, the Village intends to identify, in cooperation with
the N.Y.S. Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, the
historic resources outside of the historic district for possible nomination
to the State and Federal Registers. Map 8 illustrates the boundary of the
Village Historic District.
The Greenport Village Historic District consists of a dense
concentration of (primarily wood frame) residential and commercial
structures radiating out in a fan shape from the Village's Main Street
waterfront business district (on the south). This large district
comprises surrounding areas of nineteenth and early twentieth century
development. The district includes all of Main, First and Carpenter
Streets, the 600 block of Second Street, and structures on east-west
streets that intersect with Main and Carpenter. The district is
defined on the east and south by Greenport Harbor and on the north and
west by adjacent residential and commercial areas comprised of altered
historic or modern structures.
There are 264 buildings within the nominated district, with 254
contributing historic structures and ten non-contributing structures.
The entire collection of historic resources represents all periods of
settlement and growth in the Village. Stifling Street, Just south of
Stirling Bay, comprises the nucleus of Greenport's early settlement.
Although somewhat altered, Stirling Street contains examples of simple
frame Long Island residences dating from the mid-eighteenth century;
examples include 190 Stirling Street (c. 1750) and 165 Stifling Street
(c. 1760). Lower (south) Main Street is the most densely developed
area within the district and contains primarily frame commercial
structures dating from Greenport's rapid mid-to-late nineteenth century
development. Some are primarily functional, exhibiting few stylistic
details (102-106 Main, c. 1880; 111 Main, c. 1845; 112 Main, c. 1895;
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118 Main, c. 1900; 138 Main, c. 1870). Other commercial structures are
more ornate; examples in this group - 208 Main (c. 1860), 210-212 Main
(c. 1880), 219 Main (c. 1850) - were constructed or remodelled in the
Italianate style.
The middle section of Main Street (between Park and Broad Streets) and
Carpenter Street retain dense collections of residences representing
the various phases of nineteenth century Village development. Although
many of these structures are simply designed, some illustrate popular
American architectural styles including the Federal Period (635 Main
Street), the Greek Revival (505 Main Street and 634 Carpenter Street),
and the Italianate (433 Main Street).
Upper Main Street (south of Webb Street), First Street, and sections of
Bay and Central Avenues contain large concentrations of mid-to-late
nineteenth century, middle-class Village residences. Many of these
primarily single family frame houses were modestly decorated in
architectural styles fashionable during the last half of the nineteenth
century. Simple and ornate variations of the Italianate and Second
Empire styles are widely represented along First Street, and
mid-nineteenth century Greek Revival residences can be found in each of
the areas mentioned above.
Northern Main and Stifling Street in Greenport's Murray Hill
neighborhood contain notable turn-of-the-century (1900) examples of the
Queen Anne and Colonial Revival Styles including 802 Main (c. 1900),
809 Main (c. 1895), 817 Main (c. 1900), contrasting in scale and
detail, with several largely intact early twentieth century bungalows
at 171, 173, 182 Stirling Street. An intact vernacular bungalow also
appears at 642 Carpenter Street. Notable examples of the colonial
Revival style are found at 14 Broad Street (c. 1910) and 152 Central
Avenue (1903).
Turn-of-the-century houses constructed for the working class, rather
than for merchants, ship captains, or ship owners, are primarily
located on the cross streets east and west of Carpenter. Included in
this category are two duplexes at 126 - 128 and 135 - 137 Ludlam Place,
both with simple Queen Anne style detailing, constructed by local
architect/builder Jessee Reeve. In addition, examples of a
mid-nineteenth century local residential building type consisting of a
two-story, three-bay gable roofed house, often L-shaped in plan, are
found throughout the district. This house type was frequently used by
local builders and often incorporates simple Greek Revival and
Italianate style details. Components of this group include : 912 Main,
c. 185 (built by Hudson Corwin); 141 Central Avenue, c. 1890; and 617
and 621 Second Street, c. 1875 and 1870 respectively.
Generally, the Greenport Village Historic District is densely developed
yet low in scale (two to three stories). The buildings which
constitute the district represent the largest concentration of
relatively unaltered historic resources within the Village. The
structures which lie outside the nominated district to the west in both
the commercial (Front Street) and residential areas have experienced
extensive alteration and/or these areas contain new construction and do
not possess sufficient architectural integrity to be included within
the Greenport Village Historic District.
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The Village's significant historic resources are a primary reason why
tourism bas increased steadily over the past few years, thereby supporting
and stimulating the economy. Preservation of these resources is important
if tbs Village is to maintain its attractiveness to residents and visitors
alike.
The Village intends to create an historic preservation local law to
protect not only the historic resources found within the historic district
listed on the State and Federal Registers of Historic Places, but to
protect the significant resources found throughout the Village.
Two one-mile square sites shown on the New York State Historic
Preservation Office Site File Map, and one, one-mile diameter site shown on
the New York State Archeological Site Locations Overlay Map, are sites
within or near the Village of Greenport having the potential of being
archeologically significant. Given the possibility of zones of
archeological sensitivity within the waterfront area, public agencies
undertaking activities shall consult with the State Office of Parks,
Recreation, and Historic Preservation to determine whether significant
archeological resources are present at the site and what measures are
necessary to preserve these resources. Ail practicable means shall be used
to preserve significant archeological resources.
5. Dred~in~ Activity
Two locations in Village waters require dredging on a periodic basis.
One location is the Federal Navigation Channel in Stirling Basin,
particularly at the entrance to the basin, and the other location is the
commercial fishing dock at the LIRR property. From the time the Federal
Navigation Channel was completed in 1939, Stirling Basin has been dredged
three times, in 1959, 1963 and 1976. The amount of cubic yards dredged
were 163,900, 129,200, and 12,000, respectively. Wetlands by the St. Agnes
Cemetery were formerly used as a disposal site. The current disposal site
is the back side of the inlet adjacent to Beach Lane. The dredge spoil
material is used for beach nourishment. Dredging activity is required in
this area to allow pleasure and commercial fishing vessels to pass freely
in and out of Stirling Basin.
The other location where dredging has occurred, in the vicinity of the
commercial fishing dock, was last dredged by Suffolk County in 1983. The
purpose of dredging in this area is to ensure sufficient depths for large
commercial fishing vessels to gain access to the newly constructed fishing
dock. The quantity of dredge spoil amounted to 41,700 cubic yards and was
disposed offshore between Greenport Harbor and Dering Harbor in Shelter
Island Sound.
6. Traffic and Parking
Primarily due to tourism, the passenger ferries of Orient Point and
Shelter Island, and the resulting vehicular use, high traffic volume ~s a
major problem during the summer season in Greenport's CBD. Traffic
circulation, parking and pedestrian improvements are urgently needed.
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Residents and particularly merchants of the Village have serious concerns
about safe and convenient traffic circulation and the provision of adequate
parking. Specific concerns include the following:
a. The problem of all-day parking in front of business establishments by
owners and employees.
b. The need for additional off-street parking facilities with convenient
access.
Difficulty in meeting zoning requirements which require off-street
vehicle parking spaces for each employee and for each 300 square feet
of floor area in the commercial and waterfront districts.
d. Traffic congestion, especially during summer months, on Front and Main
Streets.
e. The ability of Front and Main Streets to comfortably handle commercial
traffic.
An anticipated worsening of traffic conditions because of the projected
100 percent passenger increase in Cross Sound Ferry service from Orient
Point to New London.
g. Projected congestion in the vicinity of Wiggins and Third Streets due
to the expected increase in Shelter Island Ferry traffic.
A traffic study will be conducted to further analyze these concerns and
to offer possible solutions.
7. Population and Housin8 Characteristics
Population
According to the United States Bureau of the Census, the Village of
Greenport experienced an 8.4 percent decline in its 1980 population of
2,273 during the 1970-1980 decade. This is in sharp contrast to the Town
of Southold which increased in population by 14.1 percent during the same
decade. The 1970 - 1980 population decline of 8.4 percent was preceded by
a similar loss of 260 persons, or 6.1 percent, during the 1960-1970 period.
Housing
In general, the housing stock in Greenport is good, but aging and in
tight supply. The Village, through its successful rehabilitation efforts,
has been providing necessary technical and financial resources to assist
owners and to improve the condition of the housing stock. The Village has
also been successful in the past few years in providing affordable housing
for young families. Unfortunately, however, opportunitias for young
families are very limited at this point due to the tight supply, as
previously mentioned, and high cost of housing.
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8. Community Services and Facilities
Emergency Services
Emergency services are provided by the Village's own police and fire
departments. The police department is currently located in a small
commercial structure at the southern end of Main Street, but will relocate
to one of the terminal buildings on the LIRR property. The department has
a full-time force of three officers, and some part-time employees. The
fire department is an exclusively volunteer organization which maintains
two fire stations, a principal, modern facility on Third Street north of
Center Street, and a secondary location on Flint Street, between Fifth and
Sixth Streets. The Greenport Fire Department owns and maintains a full
range of equipment, including pumpers and ladders. The volunteer fire
department is also responsible for the operation of the Village's Rescue
Squad which ~s staffed by volunteer EMT's and AEMT's with advanced life
support capability.
Village Offices
Ail Village administrative offices are located in the Village Hall at
the southeast corner of Third and South Streets. Though well-situated,
this building, once owned by the New York Telephone Company, is only
marginal for current office functions and is certainly inadequate for
meetings of the Village Board, the Planning Board, or related bodies. The
building also lacks suitable handicapped access, particularly to the second
floor meeting room.
9. Municipal Utilities
The Village of Greenport is fortunate to have its own utility plants
for water, sewage, and electricity. These utility plants not only provide
services to the incorporated Village but, in varying degrees, to
surrounding portions of the Town of Southold. Because of the availability
of these services, there is an increasing demand for them by developers as
well as existing residents and businesses. There is concern that any
forther increases in these services to areas outside the Village will
prevent Greenport from providing for its own planned development.
Water Supply
The public water system in the incorporated Village of Greenport was
established in 1887 and has been expanded over the years to service not
only the incorporated limits but also a considerable area within the
surrounding Town of Southold. Approximately a third of the Town's
population is served by the Village's water supply system. The population
served in 1982 was 7,568 (2,365 service connections).
The water delivered by the Village's system is pumped from the
underlying aquifer by a number of Village well fields located within the
Village and Town of Southold. Unfortunately, contamination of the
underlying aquifer in the Village of Greenport and throughout the entire
north fork of Long Island has occurred, primarily from agricultural
chemicals, including nitrates and pesticides. Due to over-pumpage from
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accelerated population growth, the relatively shallow, thin aquifer of the
North Fork has also been adversely impacted by salt water intrusion.
To maintain the quality of potable water in the Village's water supply
system, the Village works closely with the Suffolk County Department of
Health Services and the New York State Department of Health. Monitoring
systems are currently in place to regularly check the water quality from
Village well fields. Other methods employed to insure that potable water
is made available from the Village system include: the use of well
filtration systems; chemical treatment; alternate use of Village wells; and
drilling of new well fields.
Currently two pilot projects are underway to explore the feasibility of
providing potable water through alternative means. One project is the
development of an ion-exchange system to remove excessive nitrates from
Village water supplies. The Environmental Protection Agency is providing
the funding for this project and the Suffolk County Department of Health
Services is providing design expertise. The other project is the
development of a de-salinization facility designed to convert salt water
into potable water. Financing for this project is being provided by the
New York State Energy and Research Development Authority, the Suffolk
County Department of Health Services, and the Village.
In order to meet immediate water supply needs anticipated as a result
of the Village's revitalization efforts, the development of additional well
fields is likely in the near future. The Village could satisfy some of its
water supply needs by discontinuing service to areas outside the Village.
The. feasibility and impacts of such a move will be examined.
There is also a need for an analysis of required, or desirable,
improvements to the Village's water distribution system. Potential areas
of concern are the long term need for enlargement of mains in the Fifth and
Sixth Street area where high-density residential development is occurring;
extension of a 10 inch water line along Second Street to Front Street to
better service the wsterfront; and extension of a 10-inch main from North
Street to the Eastern Long Island Regional Hospital to provide for
increased water service and fire protection requirements at that location.
A comprehensive water study, which will analyze the Village's existing
ground water quality and quantity conditions, and provids recommendations
to meet the Village's future groundwater needs, is currently being prepared
for the Village and is expected to be released shortly.
Sewage System
The Greenport sewage treatment plant is located on Moore's Lane at the
western edge of the Village. The treatment plant is a modern secondary
treatment facility, with aeration, clarification and chlorination
additions. The plant is capable of removing 85% of suspended solids and
reducing the bio-chemical oxygen demand by the sams amount. The majority
of the sewage treated at the plant is human waste. The effluent from the
plant is chlorinated and discharged into Long Island Sound.
In 1986 a scavenger waste facility was built in the Village next to the
Villags's existing sewage treatment plant. This facility is owned by the
Town of Southold, but is operated and maintained by the Village of
Greenport. Sewage waste pumped from setie tanks in the Town of Southold is
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-aated in this system on a daily basis. After the sewage is treated in
~e scavenger waste system, it is treated again in the Village's treatment
plant and discharged through the Village's outfall pipe into Long Island
Sound. It is anticipated that this sewage treatment process will
ultimately improve the quality of ground water and surface water resources
in the Village and Town.
The sewage treatment plant services 869 customers within the Village,
45 outside its incorporated boundaries, and the treated sewage from the
scavenger waste facility. Present average daily flow is 250,000 to 400,000
gallons, depending upon season. The plant can readily accommodate these
flows, being designed to handle 500,000 gallons per day.
The existing plant, however, is not sufficiently sized to fully handle
the increased sewage loads from projected new development within the
Village. Development and population increases within the Village are
projected to add at least 140,000 gallons per day to the sewage load within
the next ten years. Development contributing to increased sewage loads
include: the high-density residential projects occurring at Fanning Point;
the potential hotel/conference center project; the installation of marina
pumpout stations, hospital expansion, other commercial development and
moderate population increases throughout the Village and Town. Plans are
currently underway to expand the capacity of the Village's sewage treatment
plant to accommodate an additional 250,000 gpd flow.
Municipal Electric System
The Village's public-owned electric utility was established in 1899
through purchase of the Greenport Electric Light and Power Company which
had operated since 1887. The system presently services 1,688 customers
divided into 1,366 residential accounts, 245 commercial accounts, 7
industrial accounts and 50 classified as "other". Population served is
approximately 3,000.
Over the course of its history, the Greenport power plant has generated
electricity in several ways. From its inception in 1887 until the
installation of the first diesel engine in 1927, the plant was wholly
reliant on steam to generate power. Today, electricity for the Village of
Greenport is purchased from the Power Authority of the State of New York
(PASNY), which results in rates to users approximately 45 percent less than
those served by the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). The Village's
firm purchase contract for low-cost PASNY hydro-power became effective in
April 1978 and expires in 1996.
PASNY power is supplied to the Village's electric utility plant by a
single 5.0 megawatt tie line from LILCO's substation on Route 25 west of
Greenport. A problem of any nature on this tie line could result in total
loss of PASNY commercial power to the Village. Plans for future system
improvement include the installation of a second tie line from LILCO's
primary line on County Route 48.
Projected growth within the incorporated Village will likely increase
peak electrical requirements. As with water and sewer, detailed study and
careful planning with regard to future electrical requirements is
warranted.
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SECTION III. WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM POLICIES
Index to Policies
A. Development Policies
Policy 1
Policy iA
Policy lB
Policy 2
Policy 2A
Policy 3
Policy 4
Policy 5
Policy 5A
Policy 6
B. Fish and Wildlife Policies
Policy 7
Policy 8
Policy 9
Policy 10
Policy 10A
C. Floodin~ and Erosion Policies
Policy 11
Policy 12
Policy 13
Policy 13A
Policy 14
Policy 15
Policy 16
Policy 17
D. General Policy
Policy 18
E. Public Access Policies
Policy 19
Policy 20
Policy 20A
Policy 21
Policy 2lA
Policy 22
F. Historic and Scenic Resources Policies
Policy 23
Policy 24
Policy 25
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Agricultural Lands Policy
Policy 26
Energy and Ice Management Policies
Policy 27
Policy 28
Policy 29
I. Water and Air Resources Policies
Policy 30
Policy 31
Policy 32
Policy 33
Policy 34
Policy 35
Policy 36
Policy 37
Policy 38
Policy 39
Policy 40
Policy 41
Policy 42
Policy 43
Policy 44
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SECTION III. WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM POLICIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
POLICY 1
POLICY iA
RESTORE, REVITALIZE AND REDEVELOP DETERIORATED AND UNDERUTILIZED
WATERFRONT AREAS FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, CULTURAL,
RECREATIONAL AND OTHER COMPATIBLE USES.
REVITALIZE GREENPORT'S WATERFRONT AREA
DETERIORATED/UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES AND
APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL USES.
BY REDEVELOPING
BUILDINGS FOR
Explanation of Policy
Greenport's economic and social vitality depends significantly on:
1) the type of redevelopment and rehabilitation in the waterfront area; and
2) the maintenance and appropriate expansion of traditional water-dependent
uses in the waterfront area (See Map 4, Existing Land Use). The Village
derives its character, identity and economy from its relationship to the
surrounding waterfront environment, which extends from Young's Point along
Stirling Basin and Greenport Harbor southwest to Fanning Point. Due to its
location on a deep water channel, which provides access to the Atlantic
Ocean through Gardiner's Bay, Greenport has served as Eastern Long Island's
major port. Since the 1830's, it has primarily been the whaling, fishing
and shipping/boating industries that have provided the Village with its
sconomic base, employing thousands on its waterfront. The Village's
economic base still depends on the water-dependent industries of fishing
and shipping/boating.
In recent years, tourism and the second home industry have increased
significantly in the Village. While both these industries contribute
significantly to the Village's economy and are a desired commodity, this
type of development shall be carefully sited. The Village waterfront shall
not be redeveloped with land uses that primarily serve the needs of
tourists and second home owners. Rather, Greenport's heritage as a working
waterfront community, relying on its direct association with the sea, shall
be reinforced and preserved.
The range of acceptable commercial and recreational uses permitted on
the waterfront is presented in the following sections.
Waterfront Area 1
This area includes from Young's Point along Stifling Basin to and
inclusive of S.T. Preston and Son, Inc. This area includes the following
deteriorated/underutilized sites: Winter Harbor Fisheries (formerly Marine
Associates) and Barstow. The efforts to preserve and reinforce Greenport's
working waterfront character will be primarily focused in this area.
Only water-dependent uses are permitted in this area.
1. Public and private yacht clubs, marinas and docking facilities
2. Boat launching facilities
3. Commercial and charter fishing boats
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4. Retail and wholesale of seafo?~ products
5. Boat service, manufacturing for boat service, wholesale service for
boats and boat storage facilities
6. Retail fuel storage and sales for marine vessels only, provided that
the storage facility is located underground but not within fifty (50)
feet of any building or district boundary line
Fish and shellfish processing plants
Ship building yards
Waterfront Area 2
This area includes Claudios Restaurant and Marina along Greenport
Harbor to and inclusive of the Long Island Railroad property. This area
includes the following deteriorated/underutilized sites: Mitchell, the
vacant portion of Bohack, and the Long Island Railroad property and dock.
Efforts to support tourism will be focused in this area.
Ail the water-dependent uses permitted in Waterfront Area 1 are
permitted in Waterfront Area 2. The following uses are conditionally
permitted: eating and drinking establishments, retail sales and
manufacturing for retail, and motels, hotels, and boatels.
Waterfront Area 3
This area includes from Just south of the the Long Island Railroad
property along Greenport Harbor to the west of Fanning Point. The only
underutilized/deteriorated property is the Mobil site. Uses permitted in
Waterfront Area 3 include residential and parks.
POLICY lB
REVITALIZE GREENPORT~S CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT BY RESTORING
UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES AND BUILDINGS FOR APPROPRIATE RETAIL
COMMERCIAL AND OTHER COMPATIBLE USES.
Explanation of Policy
The Village CBD consists primarily of the retail activity that takes
place in and about Front and Main Streets. The existing and permitted uses
in the CBD are retail stores, personal service shops, offices, restaurants,
hotels, and public and semi-public facilities. Revitalization in this
retail area will be accomplished through a comprehensive program of infill
development, facade rehabilitation and streetscape improvements. A Central
Business District Design Plan shall be developed with standards and
guidelines to regulate the character of the revitalization activity.
Since the center of retail and waterfront activity in the Village is
concentrated in the CBD and the adjacent Waterfront Area 2, the quality and
coordination of land development in these two areas is of particular
importance if the Village is going to maintain and improve upon its
economic vitality and visual attractiveness. An important objective of
this revitalization effort involving these two areas is the provision of a
pedestrian walkway system from Front Street through properties in the CBD
and adjacent Waterfront Area 2 to a waterside harborwalk. This pedestrian
system will provide convenient public access to and from the CBD and
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adjacent Waterfront Area 2, and vimuall~ ~,pealing open space and needed
visual access to the Greenport waterfront~ [See Policy 20A).
Development Standards and Guidelines
The following Policy 1 development standards and guidelines shall be
adhered to for all development in the waterfront and CBD:
-- Parking. Adequate off-street parking shall be provided for all uses.
Parking areas shall be sufficiently drained so as to contain all
drainage on site and to prevent ponding. Whenever feasible, parking
areas shall be placed at the rear of buildings and/or screened by
plantings so as not to be highly visible from the waterfront and
Village streets.
-- Access. Vehicular ingress and egress, interior traffic circulation,
parking space arrangement, loading facilities and pedestrian walkways
shall be planned and built so as to promote safety and efficiency.
Wherever possible public access shall be provided to the Village's
waterfront to the maximum extent practicable.
-- Physical compatibility. In order to foster and maintain the small
scale seaside character of the Village, all new developments and
structures shall not exceed 2 stories or 35 feet in building height,
and the building lot coverage shall not exceed 40% of the lot. A
minimum front yard of 6 feet is required. If the subject lot is not
within 25 feet of a residence district boundary no minimum setback is
required. If one is provided it must be a minimum of 10 feet.
-- Preservation of land immediately adjacent to the water's edge for
water-dependent uses. Water-dependent uses shall have priority over
water-enhanced uses. Water-enhanced uses shall be located inland to
the maximum extent practicable in order to preserve land area adjacent
to the shoreline for water-dependent uses.
-- Visual considerations. Adjacent and upland views of the water shall be
improved, and at a minimum, development activities must not affect
existing views in an insensitive manner. Structures shall be clustered
or oriented to retain views, save open space and provide spatial
organization to development.
-- Landscaping. Screening with trees or other plantings may be required
for parking and other disturbed areas which are created. A landscaping
plan demonstrating that suitable vegetation will be planted and
nurtured may be required. Such a plan shall become a part of the
approved site plan. The original landform of a site should be
maintained or restored, except when changes screen unattractive
elements and/or add appropriate interest.
-- Protection of residential areas. When the site is located adjacent to
residences or a residence district, appropriate buffer landscaping,
natural screening and fencing are to be provided in order to protect
neighborhood tranquility, community character and property values. A
minimum side yard and rear yard setback of 10 feet is required for lots
within 25 feet of a residence district boundary.
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-- Lights. Lighting facilities and lighted signs shall be placed and
shielded in such a manner as not to cause direct light to shine on
other properties, and shall not be permitted to create a hazard on a
public street.
-- Water supply and waste disposal. Ail development shall be served by
the Village's public water supply and sewage system. On site solid
waste disposal containers shall be adequately screened from view.
POLICY 2 FACILITATE THE SITING OF WATER-DEPENDENT FACILITIES ON OR
ADJACENT TO COASTAL WATERS.
Explanation of Policy
The traditional method of land allocation, i.e., the real estate
market, with or without local land use controls, offers little assurance
that uses which require waterfront sites will, in fact, have access to
coastal waters. To ensure that water-dependent uses can continue to be
accommodated within the Village, government agencies will avoid
undertaking, funding, or approving non-water-dependent uses when such uses
would preempt the reasonably foreseeable development of water-dependent
uses; furthermore, government agencies will utilize appropriate existing
programs to encourage water-dependent activities.
The following uses and facilities are considered as water-dependent:
-- Uses which depend on the utilization of resources found in coastal
waters (for example: fishing);
-- Recreational activities which depend on access to coastal waters (for
example: swimming, fishing, boating, wildlife viewing);
-- Uses involved in the sea/land transfer of goods (for example: docks,
loading areas, short-term storage facilities);
-- Structures needed for navigational purposes (for example: navigational
devices, lighthouses);
-- Flood and erosion protection structures (for example: breakwaters,
bulkheads);
-- Facilities needed to store and service boats and ships (for example:
marinas, boat repair, boat construction yards);
-- Uses requiring large quantities of water for processing (for example:
fish processing plants);
Scientific/educational activities which, by their nature, require
access to coastal waters (for example: certain meteorological and
oceanographic activities); and
-- Support facilities which are necessary for the successful functioning
of permitted water-dependent uses (for example: first aid stations,
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short-term storage facilities). Though these uses must be near the
given water-dependent use they should, as much as possible, be sited
inland from the water-dependent use rather than on the shore.
In addition to water-dependent uses, uses which are enhanced by a
waterfront location should be encouraged to locate, although not at the
expense of water-dependent uses, along the shore. A water-enhanced use is
defined as a use that has no critical dependence on obtaining a waterfront
location, but the profitability of the use and/or the enjoyment level of
the users would be increased significantly if the use were adjacent to or
had visual access to the waterfront.
If there is no immediate demand for a water-dependent uses in a given
area but a future demand is reasonably foreseeable, temporary non-water-
dependent uses should be considered preferable to a non-water-dependent use
which involves an irreversible, or nearly irreversible commitment of land.
Passive recreational facilities, outdoor storage areas, and non-permanent
structures are uses or facilities which would likely be considered as
"temporary" non-water dependent uses.
In Grsenport, water-dependent commercial and recreational uses and
related support facilities are permitted within two of the three waterfront
areas. (See Policy 1)
Waterfront Area 1
Only water-dependent uses are permitted on waterfront properties in
this area. Eleven (11) major water-dependent firms are located in this
waterfront area.
Waterfront Area 2
The same water-dependent uses permitted in Waterfront Area 1 are also
permitted on properties within this waterfront area. Five (5) major
water-dependent firms, plus the recently constructed LIRR commercial
fishing dock, ara located in this waterfront area.
In addition, water-enhanced uses, such as retail shops, restaurants,
motels/hotels, personal service shops and semi-public facilities, are
located and/or permitted in this area. They are concentrated near the
inland perimeter of this waterfront area, along the east side of Third
Street, the south side of Front Street, and the west side of Main Street.
POLICY 3
FURTHER DEVELOP THE STATE'S MAJOR PORTS OF ALBANY, BUFFALO,
NEW YORK, OGDENSBURG AND OSWEGO AS CENTERS OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY, AND ENCOURAGE THE SITING, IN THESE PORT AREAS,
INCLUDING THOSE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF STATE PUBLIC
AUTHORITIES, OF LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO
OR IN SUPPORT OF THE WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION OF CARGO AND
PEOPLE.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
The small harbor of the Village of Greenport is not a major port of New
York State.
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POLICY 4
STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC BASE OF SMALL HARBOR AREAS BY
ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF THOSE
TI~ADITIONAL USES AND ACTIVITIES WHICH HAVE PROVIDED SUCH AREAS
WITH THEIR UNIQUE MARITIME IDENTITY.
Explanation of Policy
The Village of Greenport is an outstanding example of an historic small
harbor with a maritime identity. During the nineteenth century whaling and
shipbuilding provided the Village with its economic base. The shellfish
and finfish industries prospered in the early twentieth century after the
whaling industry had declined. A revival of the shipbuilding industry
occurred in the Village during World War II when most of Greenport's
shipyards were constructing naval vessels for the government.
Due to the increased demand and development of waterfront properties
for recreational boating marinas, and high-density residential use, not as
much of Greenport's waterfront is used for the traditional industries of
commercial fishing and ship building as in the past. However, much of
Greenport's rugged shoreline is still characterized by the traditional uses
associated with commercial fishing and shipping/boating. These uses are
particularly concentrated in Waterfront Areas 1 and 2. Traditional uses
found within these waterfront areas include: ship repair, building and
storage yards; fish marketing, processing and packaging; dockage
facilities; marine contracting for docks, Jetties and bulkheads; and marine
supplies. It is the presence of these traditional maritime uses, their
related sounds, the smell of the salt air and freshly caught fish, the
noise and visual impact of harbor and sea bound vessels, and the
architecturally rich resources of the Village which comprise the
traditional maritime character of Greenport.
This historic maritime tradition will be maintained and encouraged to
grow and prosper in Waterfront Areas 1 and 2 through the following means:
-- the provision for only water-dependent uses and water-enhanced uses;
-- the continued use of the existing commercial fishing dock by large
transient commercial fishing vessels;
-- the construction of an additional fishing dock for use by locally
operated small commercial fishing vessels;
the redevelopment of the County-owned Barstow shipyard site to provide
commercial fishing support services such as ice, weighing, fuel,
packaging, unloading, shipping, and minor repair facilities.
The following guidelines and standards will be used to determine the
consistency of proposed actions with this policy:
The action shall give priority to those traditional and/or desired
marine uses which are dependent on a location adjacent to the water
(e.g. dockage and support facilities for co~m~ercial fishing vessels;
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fish marketing, processing and packaging; ship yards, repair, building
and storage; and marine maintenance and supply services).
The action will enhance or not detract from or adversely affect
existing traditional and/or desired anticipated uses.
The action shall not be out of character with, nor lead to development
which would be out of character with, existing development in terms of
the area's scale, intensity of use, and architectural style.
The action must not cause a site to deteriorate, e.g., a structure
shall not be abandoned without protecting it against vandalism and/or
structural decline.
The action will not adversely affect the Village's existing economic
base e.g., waterfront development designed to promote residential
development is inappropriate since the Village's economy is primarily
dependent upon commercial fishing, tourism, fishing, and boating.
The action will not detract from views of the water, particularly where
the visual quality of the area is an important component of the area's
appeal and identity.
See Policies 1, 2, 10,and 23.
POLICY 5
ENCOURAGE THE LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS WHERE PUBLIC
SERVICES AND FACILITIES ESSENTIAL TO SUCH DEVELOPMENT ARE
ADEQUATE, EXCEPT WHEN SUCH DEVELOPMENT HAS SPECIAL FUNCTIONAL
REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER CHARACTERISTICS WHICH NECESSITATES ITS
LOCATION IN OTHER COASTAL AREAS.
POLICY 5A
MAINTAIN AND W~ERE NECESSARY IMPROVE PUBLIC SERVICES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH SERVE THE VILLAGE WATERFRONT AREA AND
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO ASSURE THEIR CONTINUED
AVAILABILITY TO MEET EXISTING AND LIMITED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
NEEDS.
Explanation of Policy
Greenport serves as the commercial and business center for the eastern
sector of Southold Town due to its concentration of relatively small scale
motels, retail shops and stores, and water-dependent commercial and
recreational uses in its central business district and waterfront areas.
Ail areas of the Village as well as some areas outside the Village in the
Town of Southold are served by Village-owned sewer, water and electric
utilities. In the Village CBD and adjacent waterfront area, intensive land
uses such as shipyards, fish processing plants, marinas, motels,
restaurants, offices, retail shops, banks and personal service shops are
concentrated. As underutilized properties in the Village CBD and
waterfront area are redeveloped and existing uses are expanded, there will
be an increased demand on utilities. An immediate increase in demand on
Village utilities has already been caused by the development of residential
condominiums in the waterfront area at Fanning Point. In anticipation of
this increased demand for Village utilities, the capacity of the Village
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sewage treatment system will be expanded; a comprehensive water needs and
availability study will be conducted; and the lease with the Power
Authority of New York State, to serve the Village's electricity needs to
1996, has been recently renegotiated.
Local, State and Federal agencies charged with allocating funds for
investments in water and sewage facilities should give high priority to the
infrastructure needs of the Village's CBD and waterfront area, so that the
Village will be able to provide the essential infrastructure components
necessary to adequately serve water-dependent and water-enhanced uses
located in these areas.
POLICY 6
EXPEDITE PERMIT PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE SITING OF
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS.
For development of permitted water-dependent uses and permitted
water-enhanced uses at deteriorated and/or underutilized sites within the
Village's waterfront commercial areas, the Village will make every
reasonable effort to coordinate and expedite local permit procedures and
regulatory activities as long as the integrity of the regulatory objectives
is not Jeopardized. The Village's efforts in expediting permit procedures
are part of a much larger system for regulatory development which also
includes County, State and Federal government agencies. Regulatory
programs and procedures should be coordinated and synchronized between all
levels of government and, if necessary, legislative and/or programmatic
changes will be recommended from the local level.
FISH AND WILDLIFE POLICIES
POLICY 7
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITATS, AS IDENTIFIED
ON THE COASTAL MAP, SHALL BE PROTECTED, PRESERVED, AND, WHERE
PRACTICAL RESTORED SO AS TO MAINTAIN THEIR VIABILITY AS
HABITATS.
Explanation of Why this Policy is Not Applicable
This policy is not applicable because no Significant Coastal Fish and
Wildlife Habitats have been or are likely to be designated by the State
within the coastal area of the Village of Greenport.
POLICY 8
PROTECT FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN THE COASTAL AREA FROM
THE INTRODUCTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND OTHER POLLUTANTS WHICH
BIO-ACCUMULATE IN THE FOOD CHAIN OR WHICH CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
SUBLETHAL OR LETHAL EFFECT ON THOSE RESOURCES.
Explanation of Policy
Hazardous wastes are unwanted by-products of the manufacturing
processes and are generally characterized as being flammable, corrosive,
reactive, or toxic. More specifically, hazardous waste is defined in the
Environmental Conservation Law (Section 27-0901 (3)] as "a waste or
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combination of wastes which because of its quantity, concentration, or
physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may: (1) cause, or
significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in
serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a
substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment
when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed or otherwise
managed." A list of hazardous wastes has been adopted by DEC (6NYCRR, Part
371).
The handling (storage, transport, treatment and disposal) of the
materials included on this list is being strictly regulated in New York
State to prevent their entry or introduction into the environment,
particularly into the State's air, land and waters. Such controls should
effectively minimize possible contamination of and accumulation in the
State's coastal fish and wildlife resources at levels that cause mortality
or create physiological or behavioral disorders. Other pollutants are
those conventional wastes, generated from point and non-point sources, and
not identified as hazardous wastes but controlled through other State's
laws.
POLICY 9
EXPAND RECREATIONAL USE OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN
COASTAL AREAS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO EXISTING RESOURCES,
SUPPLEMENTING EXISTING STOCKS, AND DEVELOPING NEW RESOURCES.
SUCH EFFORTS SHALL BE MADE IN A MANNER WHICH ENSURES THE
PROTECTION OF RENEWABLE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES AND
CONSIDERS OTHER ACTIVITIES DEPENDENT ON THEM.
Explanation of Policy
Recreational uses of coastal fish and wildlife resources include
consumptive uses such as fishing and hunting, and non-consumptive uses such
as wildlife photography, bird watching and nature study.
Recreational fishing is a major activity in the Village of Greenport.
The public fish from boats, piers and bulkheads along the shoreline. The
recant increase in seasonal residents and vacationers has resulted in
increased demand for dock space for recreational boats. Some of this
demand may be met by development of the Mitchell property (Policy 1).
Recreational use of existing publicly- and privately-owned waterfront
areas for on-shore recreational fishing and the passive enjoyment of
waterfowl and other wildlife resources can be improved through the
development of the harborwalk (Policy 20A) and street-end parks (Policy
20).
The following guidelines should be considered by State and Federal
agencies as they determine the consistency of their proposed action with
the above policy.
Consideration should be made by Federal and State agencies as to
whether an action will impede existing or future utilization of the
State's recreational fish and wildlife resources.
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Efforts to increase access to recreational fish and wildlife resources
should not lead to overutilization of that resource or cause impairment
of the habitat. Sometimes such impairment can be more subtle than
actual physical damage to the habitat. For example, increased human
presence can deter animals from using the habitat area.
The impacts of increasing access to recreational fish and wildlife
resources should be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Any public or private sector initiatives to supplement existing stocks
(e.g., stocking a stream with fish reared in a hatchery) or develop new
resources (e.g., creating private fee-hunting or fee-fishing
facilities) must be done in accord with existing State law.
POLICY 10
FURTHER DEVELOP COMMERCIAL FINFISH, SHELLFISH AS~ CRUSTACEAN
RESOURCES IN THE COASTAL AREA BY: (i) ENCOURAGING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW, OR IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING ON-SHORE
COMMERCIAL FISHING FACILITIES;(ii) INCREASING MARKETING OF THE
STATE'S SEAFOOD PRODUCTS; and (iii) MAINTAINING ADEQUATE STOCKS
AND EXPANDING AQUACULTURE FACILITIES. SUCH EFFORTS SHALL BE IN
A MANNER WHICH ENSURES THE PROTECTION OF SUCH RENEWABLE FISH
RESOURCES AND CONSIDERS OTHER ACTIVITIES DEPENDENT ON THEM.
POLICY 10A
ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW, OR EXPANDED COMMERCIAL
FISHING FACILITIES IN GREENPORT, AND PROTECT EXISTING
COMMERCIAL FISHING FACILITIES FROM ENCROACHMENT BY POTENTIALLY
CONFLICTING LAND USES.
Explanation of Policy
Due to Greenport's natural deep water harbor which can easily
accommodate large fishing vessels, its commercial fishing heritage, and
strategic location with respect to fishing grounds and coastal market
areas, Greenport is an important part of New York's commercial fishing
industry. Ail of Greenport's commercial fishing facilities are
privately-owned and operated, with the exception of the publicly-owned
commercial fishing dock at the LIRR property. See Section II, page II-15
for a list and description of commercial fishing facilities in the Village.
In recent years, there has been an increase in demand for recreational
marina and dock space, waterfront high-density residential use, and
water-enhanced uses geared to the tourist industry, such as restaurants,
hotels and retail shops. In order to eliminate the encroachment of non
water-related and water-enhanced uses on water-dependent uses, particularly
commercial fishing, only uses of a compatible nature shall be permitted in
the Village's waterfront commercial area located in Waterfront Area 1 (See
Policies 1, 2 and 4).
In addition, under a Village right to fish policy, no commercial
fishing activity shall be considered a nuisance by surrounding conflicting
land uses provided that:
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-- The commercial fishing activities were commenced prior to the existence
of the surrounding conflicting land use, or, if such commercial fishing
activities commenced after the existence of a conflicting land use,
such commercial fish processing activities have been in operation for
more than (1) year.
-- The commercial fishing activities have not increased substantially in
magnitude or intensity, or, if there has been an increase in the
magnitude or intensity, such increased activities have been in
operation for more than one (1) year.
-- The commercial fishing activities are not the cause of conditions
dangerous to life or health.
-- The co~ercial fishing activities are not conducted in a negligent or
improper manner.
In order to provide for the development of new or expanded commercial
fishing facilities in Greenport the following shall occur:
-- Redevelopment of the County-owned Barstow shipyard site to provide
commercial fishing support services.
-- The development of a fishing dock for use by locally operated
commercial fishing vessels.
The following guidelines should be considered by government agencies as
they determine the consistency of their proposed action with the above
policies and specific plan recommendations listed:
-- A public agency's commercial fishing development initiative should not
preempt or displace private sector initiative.
-- A public agency's efforts to expand existing or create new on-shore
commercial fishing support facilities should be directed towards unmet
development needs rather than merely displacing existing commercial
fishing activities from a nearby port. This may be accomplished by
taking into consideration existing State or regional commercial fishing
development plans.
-- Consideration should be made by State and Federal agencies whether an
action will impede existing utilization or future development of the
State's commercial fishing resources.
-- Commercial fishing development efforts should be made in a manner which
ensures the maintenance and protection of the renewable fishery
resources.
FLOOD AND EROSION POLICIES
POLICY 11
BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES WILL BE SITED IN THE COASTAL
AREA SO AS TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND THE ENDANGERING
OF H~ LIVES CAUSED BY FLOODING AND EROSION.
Within flood hazard areas (See Map 3, Natural Characteristics), the
following standards for construction and siting of development shall apply:
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-- Ail new construction and substantial improvements shall be anchored to
prevent flotation, collapse, or lateral movement of the etructure.
-- Ail new construction and substantial improvements shall be constructed
with materials and utility equipment resistant to flood damage.
-- Ail new construction and substantial improvements shall be constructed
using methods and practices that minimize flood damage.
Ail new and replacement water supply and sanitary sewage systems shall
be designed to minimize or eliminate infiltration of floodwaters into
the system and in the case of sanitary sewage systems shall be designed
to minimize or eliminate discharge from the system into flood waters.
-- On-site waste disposal systems shall be located to avoid impairment to
them or contamination from them during flooding.
-- Ail subdivision proposals shall be consistent with the need to minimize
flood damage.
-- Ail subdivision proposals shall have adequate drainage provided to
reduce exposure to flood damage.
Ail subdivision proposals shall have public utilities and facilities
such as sewer, gas, electrical, and water systems located and
constructed to minimize flood damage.
Base flood elevation data shall be provided for subdivision proposals
and other proposed development which contain at least 50 lots or 5
acres (whichever is less).
New residential construction and substantial improvements to any
residential structure shall have the lowest floor, including basement,
elevated to or above base flood level elevation.
New non-residential construction and substantial improvement of any
commercial, industrial or other non-residential structure shall either
have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to the level of the
base flood elevation; or
be floodproofed so that below the base flood level the structure is
watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of
water;
-- have structural components capable of resisting hydrostatic and
hydrodynamic loads and effects of buoyancy; and
-- be certified by a registered professional engineer or architect
that the standards of this subsection are satisfied.
In Coastal High Hazard Areas (Zones V4, V5 and V7), where special flood
hazards associated with high velocity waters from tidal surges and
hurricane wave wash occur, (See Map 3, Natural Characteristics), the
following standards shall apply:
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All structure~ shall be located landward of the reach of mean high
tide.
All buildings and structures shall be elevated so that the lowest
portion of the structural members of the lowest floor is located no
lower than the base flood elevation level, with all space below the
lowest floor's supporting member open so as not to impede the flow of
water, except for breakaway walls.
All buildings and structures shall be securely anchored on pilings or
columns.
Pilings or columns used as structural support shall be designed and
anchored so as to withstand all applied loads of the base flood flow.
There shall be no fill used for structural support.
Any alteration, repair, reconstruction or improvement to a structure
shall not enclose the space below the lowest floor unless breakaway
walls are used.
Breakaway walls shall be allowed below the base flood elevation
provided they are not a part of the structural support of the building
and are designed so as to breakaway, under abnormally high tides or
wave action, without damage to the structural integrity of the building
on which they are to be used.
If breakaway walls are utilized, such enclosed space shall not be used
for human habitation.
Prior to construction, plans for any structure that will have breakaway
walls must be submitted to the Building Inspector for approval.
POLICY 12
ACTIVITIES OR DEVELOPMENT IN THE COASTAL AREA WILL BE
UNDERTAKEN SO AS TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND
PROPERTY FROM FLOODING AND EROSION BY PROTECTING NATURAL
PROTECTIVE FEATURES INCLUDING BEACHES, DUNES, BARRIER ISLANDS
AND BLUFFS. PRIMARY DUNES WILL BE PROTECTED FROM ALL
ENCROACHMENTS THAT COULD IMPAIR THEIR NATURAL PROTECTIVE
CAPACITY.
Explanation of Policy
Natural protective features help safeguard coastal lands and property
from damage, as well as reduce the danger to human life, resulting from
flooding and erosion. Excavation of coastal features, improperly designed
structures, inadequate site planning, or other similar actions which fail
to recognize their fragile nature and high protective values, lead to the
weakening or destruction of these landforms.
Beach areas and sand dunes are the only significant natural protective
features found along the Greenport waterfront. The alteration of sand
dunes, which would increase potential flood damage, is prohibited. Since
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much of Greenport's water ~t area is developed with bulkheads, non-
contiguous, relatively smai' ~reas of beach are found in the waterfront
area. (See Section II, for a more in-depth description of Village beach
areas). Beaches are unsuitable for commercial or residential development
due to the unstable and dynamic nature of beach soils. Since disturbance
of beach soils by development can adversely affect their protective
capacity, residential and commercial development is prohibited on beach
areas in the Village. Activities or development in close proximity to
Village beach areas shall ensure that all potential adverse impacts are
minimized. The planting of maritime shrubs and beach grass is encouraged
on beach areas in the Village to help stabilize these areas, particularly
the beach area of Sandy Beach and the adjacent beach areas located on the
basin side of Beach Lane. Existing maritime shrubs and beach grass shall
not be removed from any beach area in the Village. See Policy 33.
POLICY 13
THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF EROSION PROTECTION
STRUCTURES SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN ONLY IF THEY HAVE A REASONABLE
PROBABILITY OF CONTROLLING EROSION FOR AT LEAST THIRTY YEARS AS
DEMONSTRATED IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AND/OR
ASSURED MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
Under Section 34-0104 of Article 34, Environmental Conservation Law,
the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation is required to identify
specific Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas. None have been identified within
the Village of Greenport.
POLICY 13A
THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF DOCKS, SEAWALLS,
REVETMENTS, BULKHEADS, BREAKWATERS, AND OTHER SHORELINE
STRUCTURES SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER WHICH WILL, TO THE
MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, PROTECT AGAINST OR WITHSTAND THE
DESTRUCTIVE FORCES OF WAVE ACTION AND ICE MOVEMENT FOR A THIRTY
YEAR PERIOD.
Explanation of Policy
Significant portions of the Village's shoreline is developed with
bulkheads and docks to provide docking convenience for ships using the
harbor.
Today, approximately two thirds of the Village's shoreline is
bulkheaded and in many instances docks protrude from the bulkheaded
shoreline. This is particularly true in the Waterfront Areas 1 and 2 where
the shoreline is intensively developed with waterfront commercial uses.
Shoreline sites that are the least developed with bulkheads are located on
the southeast side of Stirling Basin and along isolated segments of
Waterfront Area 3.
Bulkheading of remaining undeveloped shoreline areas in the Village is
strongly discouraged. When the need to bulkhead a shoreline area in the
Village is necessary the bulkhead shall:
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-- be placed landward of any existing beach areas, maritime shrubland, or
beach grass that may exist;
-- be properly designed and constructed to minimize or prevent damage to
public or private property;
be designed and constructed according to generally accepted engineering
principals, which have demonstrated success, or where sufficient data
is not currently available, a likelihood of success in controlling
long-term erosion on the immediate site for at least 30 years.
The construction, modification or restoration of docks, seawalls,
revetments, bulkheads, breakwaters and other shoreline structures are
subject to the following requirements:
1. They must be designed and constructed according to generally accepted
engineering principals.
A long term maintenance replacement program must be provided, which
includes specifications for normal maintenance of degradable materials
and periodic replacement of removable materials.
Ail materials used in such structures must be durable and capable of
withstanding wave impacts, ice movement, weathering, and other effects
of storm conditions for thirty years or must be replaced as necessary.
See Policy 17.
POLICY 14
ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OR
RECONSTRUCTION OF EROSION PROTECTION STRUCTURES, SHALL BE
UNDERTAKEN SO THAT THERE WILL BE NO MEASURABLE INCREASE IN
EROSION OR FLOODING AT THE SITE OF SUCH ACTIVITIES OR
DEVELOPMENT, OR AT OTHER LOCATIONS.
Explanation of Policy
Erosion and flooding are processes which occur naturally. However, by
his actions, man can increase the severity and adverse effects of those
processes, causing damage to, or loss of property, and endangering human
lives. Those actions include: the use of erosion protection structures
such as groins, or the use of impermeable docks which block the littoral
transport of sediment to adjacent shorelands, thus increasing their rate of
recession; the failure to observe proper drainage or land restoration
practices, thereby causing run-off and erosion and weakening of shorelands;
and the placing of structures in identified floodways so that the base
flood level is increased causing damage in otherwise hazard-free areas.
In order to reduce losses from flooding and erosion all development and
land use activity in the Village of Greenport shall:
-- not pose a threat to the public's health, safety, and welfare by having
the potential to increase damage caused by flooding and/or erosion;
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not significantly alter coastal hazard areas or alter beach areas,
tidal wetlands, freshwater wetlands, water courses, and drainage swales
found in the Village's waterfront area ao that their ability to
accommodate and channel storm water runoff and flood waters is
decreased;
fill, grade or dredge, to any extent which may increase flood damage;
or
create flood barriers which will unnaturally divert flood waters or
increase flood hazards in other areas.
See Policies 11, 12, 33 and 44.
POLICY 15
MINING, EXCAVATION OR DREDGING IN COASTAL WATERS SHALL NOT
SIGNIFICANTLY INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL COASTAL PROCESSES
WHICH SUPPLY BEACH MATERIALS TO LAND ADJACENT TO SUCH WATERS
AND SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER WHICH WILL NOT CAUSE AN
INCREASE IN EROSION OF SUCH LAND.
Explanation of Policy
Coastal processes, including the movement of beach materials by water,
and any mining, excavation or dredging in nearshore or offshore waters
which changes the supply and net flow of such materials can deprive
shorelands of their natural regenerative powers. Such mining, excavation
and dredging should be accomplished in a manner so as not to cause a
reduction of supply, and thus an increase of erosion, to such shorelands.
Offshore mining is a future alternative option to landmining for sand and
gravel deposits which are needed to support building and other industry.
In the Village of Greenport there is little natural beach material
found along the Village's shoreline due to the heavily bulkheaded nature
of its waterfront area. Small quantities of beach material are being
supplied to the adjacent coastal areas from the Village waterfront, via
natural processes.
Dredge spoil removed from the two Village locations where dredging will
occur, Stirling Basin and the dock at the Long Island Railroad property,
will be used for beach nourishment. The disposal site is the back side of
the inlet adjacent to Beach Lane.
In addition, the following conditions must be mst during dredging to
assure that the Village's man-made and natural shoreline will not be
undermined:
the natural angle of repose for area sediments will not be oversteeped;
dredging adjacent to bulkheads will be undertaken so that the depth of
the area to be dredged does not exceed the toe of the bulkhead, and the
bulkhead will not be undermined or weakened in any manner;
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dredging activity shall not alter the natural movement or flow of
harbor waters in a manner that will increase the erosion potential of
Village shoreline areas.
See Policy 35.
POLICY 16
PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL ONLY BE USED FOR EROSION PROTECTIVE
STRUCTURES WHERE NECESSARY TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE, AND NEW
DEVELOPMENT WHICH REQUIRES A LOCATION WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO AN
EROSION HAZARD AREA TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION, OR EXISTING
DEVELOPMENT; Ah~ ONLY WHERE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE
LONG TERM MONETARY AND OTHER COSTS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR
INCREASING EROSION AND ADVERSE EFFECTS ON NATURAL PROTECTIVE
FEATURES.
Explanation of Policy
Public funds are used for a variety of purposes on the Village's
shoreline. This policy recognizes the public need for the protection of
human life and existing investment in development or new development which
requires a location in proximity to the coastal area or in adjacent waters
to be able to function. However, it also recognizes the adverse impacts of
such activities and development on the rate of erosion and on natural
protective features and requires that careful analysis be made of such
benefits and long-term costs prior to spending public funds.
POLICY 17
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, USE NON-STRUCTURAL MEASURES TO MINIMIZE
DAMAGE TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND PROPERTY FROM FLOODING AND
EROSION. SUCH MEASURES SHALL INCLUDE: (i) THE SET BACK OF
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES; (ii) THE PLANTING OF VEGETATION AND
THE INSTALLATION OF SAND FENCING AND DRAINING; (iii) THE
RESHAPING OF BLUFFS; AND (iv) THE FLOOD-PROOFING OF BUILDINGS
OR THEIR ELEVATION ABOVE THE BASE FLOOD LEVEL.
Explanation of Policy
This policy recognizes both the potential adverse impacts of flooding
and erosion upon development and upon natural protective features in the
coastal area as well as the costs of protection against those hazards which
structural measures entail.
This policy shall apply to the planning, siting and design of proposed
activities and development, including measures to protect existing
activities and development. To ascertain consistency with the policy, it
must be determined if any one, or a combination of, non-structural measures
would afford the degree of protection appropriate both to the character and
purpose of the activity or development, and to the hazard. If
non-structural measures are determined to offer sufficient protection, then
consistency with this policy would require the use of such measures
wherever possible.
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In determining whether or not non-structural measures to px.~tect
against erosion or flooding will afford the degree of prote~ion
appropriate, an analysis, and if necessary, other materials such as plans
or sketches of the activity or development, of the site and of the
alternative protection measures should be prepared to allow an assessment
to be made.
See Policies I1, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
GENERAL POLICY
POLICY 18
TO SAFEGUARD THE VITAL ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
INTEREST OF THE STATE AND ITS CITIZENS, PROPOSED MAJOR ACTIONS
IN THE COASTAL AREA MUST GIVE FULL CONSIDERATION TO THOSE
INTERESTS, AND TO THE SAFEGUARDS WHICH THE STATE HAS
ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT VALUABLE COASTAL RESOURCE AREAS.
Explanation of Policy
Proposed major actions may be undertaken in the coastal area if they
will not significantly impair valuable coastal waters and resources, thus
frustrating the achievement of the purposes of the safeguards which the
State has established to protect those waters and resources. Proposed
actions must take into account the social, economic and environmental
interests of the State and its citizens in such matters that would affect
natural resources, water levels and flows, shoreline damage, hydro-electric
power generation, and recreation.
PUBLIC ACCESS POLICIES
POLICY 19
PROTECT, MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE LEVEL AND TYPES OF ACCESS TO
PUBLIC WATER-RELATED RECREATION RESOURCES AND FACILITIES SO
THAT THESE RESOURCES AND FACILITIES MAY BE FULLY UTILIZED BY
ALL THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH REASONABLY ANTICIPATED PUBLIC
RECREATION NEEDS AND THE PROTECTION OF HISTORIC AND NATURAL
RESOURCES. IN PROVIDING SUCH ACCESS, PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN
TO PUBLIC BEACHES, BOATING FACILITIES, FISHING AREAS AND
WATERFRONT PARKS.
Explanation of Policy
The three publicly-owned waterfront recreational facilities within the
Village are Fifth Street Park, Sandy Beach and the Village/Town boat
launching facility. The Village's Fifth Street Park is located in
Waterfront Area 3 Just west of Fanning Point; Sandy Beach is located in
Waterfront Area 1 west of Young's Point; and the boat launch is located on
the east side of Stifling Basin also in Waterfront Area 1. Transportation
modes used to gain access to these waterfront recreational facilities
include motor driven vehicles, bicycles, watercraft and foot. Access to
these facilities by Village residents via existing Village strsets and
adjacent waterways is sufficient and shall be maintained. The existing
level of public access to these facilities shall not be diminished. It is
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recognized, however, that opportunities for public access to and
recreational use of the publicly- owned foreshore can be significantly
improved, as discussed in Policy 20.
The following guidelines will be used in determining the consistency of
a proposed action with this policy:
The existing access to public water-related recreation resources and
facilities shall not be reduced, nor shall the possibility of
increasing access in the future from adjacent or proximate public lands
or facilities to public water-related recreation resources and
facilities be eliminated, unless in the latter case, estimates of
future use of these resources and facilities are too low to Justify
maintaining or providing increased public access.
The following is an explanation of the terms used in the above
guidelines:
a. Access - the ability and right of the public to reach and use
public coastal lands and waters.
Public water-related recreation resources or facilities all
public lands or facilities that are suitable for passive or active
recreation that requires either water or a waterfront location or
is enhanced by a waterfront location.
Public lands or facilities - lands or facilities held by State or
local government in fee simple or less-than-fee simple ownership
and to which the public has access or could have access, including
underwater lands and the foreshore.
d. A reduction in the existing level of public access-includes but is
not limited to the following:
(1) The number of parking spaces at a public water-related
recreation resource or facility is significantly reduced.
(2)
The service level of public transportation to a public
water-related recreation resource or facility is significantly
reduced during peak season use and such reduction cannot be
reasonably Justified in terms of meeting systemwide objectives.
(3)
Pedestrian access is diminished or eliminated because of
hazardous crossings required at new or altered transportation
facilities, electric power transmission lines, or similar
linear facilities.
(4)
There are substantial increases in the following: already
existing special fares (not including regular fares in any
instance) of public transportation to a public water-related
recreation resource or facility, except where the public body
having Jurisdiction over such fares determines that such
substantial fare increases are necessary; and/or admission fees
to such a resource or facility, and an analysis shows that such
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increases will significantly reduce usage by individuals or
families with incomes below the State government established
poverty level.
e. An elimination of the possibility of increasing public access in
the future includes, but is not limited to the following:
(1) Construction of public facilities which physically prevent the
provision, except at great expense, of convenient public access
to public water-related recreation resources and facilities.
(2) Sale, lease, or other transfer of public lands that could
provide public access to a public water-related recreation
resource or facility.
(3)
Construction of private facilities which physically prevent the
provision of convenient public access to public water-related
recreation resources or facilities from public lands and
facilities.
Any proposed project to increase public access to public water-related
recreation resources and facilities shall be anslyzed according to the
following factors:
The level of access to be provided should be in accord with
estimated public use. If not, the proposed level of access to be
provided shall be deemed inconsistent with this policy.
The level of access to be provided shall not cause a degree of use
which would exceed the physical capability of the resource or
facility. If this were determined to be the case, the proposed
level of access to be provided shall be deemed inconsistent with
this policy.
The State will not undertake or fund any project which increases access
to a water-related resource or facility that is not open to all members
of the public.
POLICY 20
ACCESS TO THE PUBLICLY-OWNED FORESHORE AND TO LANDS IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT TO THE FORESHORE OR THE WATER'S EDGE THAT ARE PUBLICLY
OWNED SHALL BE PROVIDED, AND IT SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN A MANNER
COMPATIBLE WITH ADJOINING USES. SUCH LANDS SHALL BE RETAINED
IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.
Explanation of Policy
While such publicly-owned lands referenced in this policy shall be
retained in public ownership, traditional sales of easements on lands
underwater to adjacent onshore property owners are consistent with this
policy, provided such easements do not substantially interfere with
continued public use of the public lands on which the easement is granted.
Also, public use of such publicly-owned underwater lands and lands
irmnsdiately adjacent to the shore shall be discouraged where such use would
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be inappropriate for reasons of public safety, military security, or the
protection of fragile coastal resources.
The following guidelines will be used in determining the consistency of
a proposed action with this policy:
Existing access from adjacent or proximate public lands or facilities
to the existing public coastal lands and/or waters shall not be
reduced, nor shall the possibility of increasing access in the future
from adjacent or nearby public lands or facilities to public coastal
lands and/or waters be eliminated, unless such actions are demonstrated
to be of overriding regional or statewide public benefit, or in the
latter case, estimates of future use of these lands and waters are too
Iow to Justify maintaining or providing increased access.
2. The existing level of public access within public coastal lands or
waters shall not be reduced or eliminated.
Public access from the nearest public roadway to the shoreline and
along the coast shall be provided by new land use or development,
except where (a) it is inconsistent with public safety, military
security, or the protection of identified fragile coastal resources;
(b) adequate access exists within one-half mile; or (c) agriculture
would be adversely affected. Such access shall not be required to be
open to public use until a public agency or private association agrees
to accept responsibility for maintenance and liability of the
The State will not undertake or fund any project which increases access
to a water-related resource or facility that is not open to all members
of the public.
5. Proposals for increased public access to coastal lands and waters shall
be analyzed according to the following factors:
The level of access to be provided should be in accord with
estimated public use. If not, the proposed level of access to be
provided shall be deemed inconsistent with the policy.
The level of access to be provided shall not cause a degree of use
which would exceed the physical capability of the resource. If
this were determined to be the case, the proposed level of access
to be provided shall be deemed inconsistent with the policy.
In Greenport, in order to provide access opportunities and to enhance
the recreational use of the publicly-owned foreshore, modest improvements
will be made to the following small waterfront areas located within
Village-owned rights-of-way or on privately-owned property located between
Village rights-of-way and the waterfront. Each site is of very limited
size and not suitable for residential or commercial development. These
sites shall be developed into mini waterfront parks for passive
recreational activities, since they are unsuitable for intensive
receational activity. Improvements to these areas will include benches,
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viewing platforms, plaques containing notes of historical significance,
refined pedestrian walkways to the waterfront and landscaping.
These sites are located in the following locations:
Waterfront Area I
1. at the east end of Bay Avenue
2. the narrow section of land between Stirling Street and Stifling
Harbor (privately-owned)
3. at the end of Stifling Place at the head of Stifling Basin;
Waterfront Area 2
4. at the east end of Wiggins Street (privately-owned)
Waterfront Area 3
5. at the LIRR site immediately south of the existing fishing dock
6. at the south end of Fifth Street and the area iu~nediately to
the east of Fanning Point.
In addition, public access as well as passive recreational activities
will be provided for at the Mobil site (see Policy 2lA).
POLICY 20A
ACCESS TO THE PUBLICLY OWNED FORESHORE AND TO LANDS IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT TO THE FORESHORE OR THE WATER'S EDGE SHALL BE PROVIDED
THROUGH THE CREATION OF A HARBORWALK IN WATERFRONT AREA 2.
Explanation of Policy
Increased public access shall be provided to the maximum extent
practicable through private and publicly-owned land in the Village, for
numerous activities and pursuits which require only minimal facilities for
their enjoyment. Such activities include: fishing from a pier, deck or
beach; walking along the waterfront; gaining access to vantage points from
which to view the water or activities taking place in the harbor;
birdwatching; and photography.
All waterfront development within Waterfront Area 2 (from an inclusive
of Claudios Restaurant and Marina, to and inclusive of the Long Island Rail
Road property) shall be required, as law permits, to provide public access
to the foreshore through the creation of a harborwalk. The walkway is to
be constructed along the water's edge in an east-west direction from
Claudios Restaurant and Marina to the LIRR property.
The harborwalk will become part of the overall pedestrian walkway
system that will connect and provide convenient access to the Village's
active waterfront, business area, and historic landmarks for the interest
and enjoyment of the Village residents and visitors.
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POLICY 21
WATER-DEPENDENT AND WATER-ENHANCED RECREATION WILL BE
ENCOURAGED AND FACILITATED, AND WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER
NON-WATER RELATED USES ALONG THE COAST, PROVIDED IT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF OTHER
COASTAL RESOURCES AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT DEMAND FOR SUCH
FACILITIES. IN FACILITATING SUCH ACTIVITIES, PRIORITY SHALL BE
GIVEN TO AREAS WHERE ACCESS TO THE RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES OF
THE COAST CAN BE PROVIDED BY NEW OR EXISTING PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND TO THOSE AREAS WHERE THE USE OF THE
SHORE IS SEVERELY RESTRICTED BY EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
Explanation of Policy
Water-related recreation includes water-dependent activities such as
boating, swimming and fishing as well as certain activities which are
enhanced by a coastal location and increase the general public's access to
the coast, such as a pedestrian walkway system and scenic overlooks that
take advantage of coastal scenery.
Provided the development of water-related recreation is consistent with
the preservation and enhancement of such important coastal resources as
existing traditional and/or desired anticipated uses associated with
commercial fishing and ship related industries, fish and wildlife habitats,
aesthetically significant areas, historic and cultural resources, and
provided demand exists, water-related recreation use is to be increased.
Such use shall have a higher priority than any non-water-dependent use,
including non water-related recreation use. In addition water-dependent
recreation use shall have a higher priority over water-enhanced recreation
use in areas near or adjacent to the shore. Determining a priority among
water-dependent uses other than those listed above, will require a case by
case analysis.
The siting or design of new public development in a manner which would
result in a barrier to the recreational use of a major portion of the
Village's shore should be avoided as much as practicable.
Among the types of water-dependent recreation, provision of adequate
boating services to meet future demand is to be encouraged. The siting of
boating facilities must be consistent with preservation and enhancement of
other coastal resources and with their capacity to accommodate demand. The
provision of new public boating facilities is essential in meeting this
demand, but such public actions should avoid competition with private
boating development. Boating facilities will, as appropriate, include
parking, park-like surroundings, toilet facilities, and pumpout facilities.
Private commercial waterfront recreational facilities such as marinas
and yacht clubs are concentrated in Waterfront Areas I and 2. See Section
II, for a list of private firms which provide water-dependent recreational
facilities along the Village's waterfront. Recreational water-dependent
uses and facilities that exist and are permitted in these areas include:
yacht clubs, boat launching facilities, marinas and dockage for charter
fishing and other recreational vessels. In the Village, a range of
options, including full or partial public acquisition, may be
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purg~sd in order to prevent the conversion of privately-owned water-
dependent recreational facilities to another use.
See Policies 1, 2, 4 and 10.
POLICY 2lA REDEVELOP THE MOBIL SITE FOR PUBLIC WATERFRONT RECREATIONAL
USE.
Explanation of Policy
The Village will pursue acquisition of this 2.6 acre site and convert
it to a municipal waterfront park for passive recreational purposes. Use
of this site for passive recreation would complement the Village's Fifth
Street Park, which is used intensively for active recreation use and to a
lesser degree for passive recreation. The Mobil site has the potential to
provide water-oriented recreational opportunities such as boat launching,
on-shore fishing, viewing waterfowl and other wildlife, viewing s~enic
Shelter Island Sound, and viewing commercial and recreational vessels
entering and exiting Greenport Harbor. Conversion of this site to a
water-oriented municipal recreational facility would significantly enhance
the Village's waterfront recreational resources and opportunities for the
public to gain access to the waterfront. The development of this site as a
municipal park would be far more compatible with existing adjacent uses
than the reuse of this site for commercial or industrial purposes.
Should the Village not be able to obtain this property for park
purposes and it is eventually developed for another use, public access to
and/or along the waterfront of this parcel shall, as law permits, be
secured.
POLICY 22 DEVELOPMENT, WHEN LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SHORE, WILL PROVIDE
FOR WATER-RELATED RECREATION, AS A MULTIPLE USE, WHENEVER SUCH
RECREATIONAL USE IS APPROPRIATE IN LIGHT OF REASONABLY
ANTICIPATED DEMAND FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES AND THE PRIMARY PURPOSE
OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
Explanation of Policy
Certain developments present practical opportunities for providing
recreation facilities as an additional use of the site or facility.
Therefore, whenever developments are located adjacent to the shore, they
should to the fullest extent permitted by sxisting law provide for some
form of water-related recreation use unless there are compelling reasons
why any form of such recreation would not be compatible with the
development, or a reasonable demand for public use cannot be foreseen.
Uses which are appropriate in the Village of Greenport coastal area and
which can provide opportunities for water-related recreation as a multiple
use include parks, maritime commercial uses and mixed use projects.
Prior to taking action relative to any development, State agencies
should consult with the Village to determine appropriate recreation uses.
The agency should provide the Village with the opportunity to participate
in project planning.
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AppropriaC,~ recreation uses which do not require any substantial
additional con:~ ruction shall be provided at the expense of the project
sponsor provided the cost does not exceed 2% of total project cost.
In determining whether compelling reasons exist which would make
inadvisable recreation as a multiple use, safety considerations should
reflect a recognition that some risk is acceptable in the use of
recreational facilities.
Whenever a proposed development would be consistent with CMP policies
and there development could, through the provision of recreation and other
multiple uses, significantly increase public use of the shore, then such
development should be encouraged to locate adjacent to the shore.
See Policies 19, 20 and 21.
HISTORIC AND SCENIC RESOURCES POLICIES
POLICY 23
PROTECT, ENHANCE AND RESTORE STRUCTURES, DISTRICTS, AREAS OR
SITES THAT ARE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE,
ARCHEOLOGY OR CULTURE OF THE STATE, ITS COMMUNITIES, OR THE
NATION.
Explanation of Policy
Among the most valuable of Greenport's man-made resources are those
structures or areas which are of historic, archeological, or cultural
significance. The protection of these structures must involve a
recognition
of their importance by all agencies and the ability to identify and
describe them. Protection must include concern not Just with specific
sites but with areas of significance, and with the area around specific
sites. The policy is not to be construed as a passive mandate but must
include effective efforts when appropriate to restore or revitalize through
adaptive reuse. While the program is concerned with the preservation of
all such resources within the coastal boundary, it will actively promote
the preservation of historic and cultural resources which have a coastal
relationship.
The structures, districts, areas or sites that are of significance in
the history, architecture, archeology or culture of Greenport, the State or
the Nation comprise the following resources:
1. A resource on, nominated to be on, or determined eligible to be on the
National or State Registers of Historic Places.
e
An archeological resource which is on the State Department of
Education's inventory of archeologlcal sites or the Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation's Archeological Site File.
A local landmark, park, or locally designated historic district that is
located within the boundary of an approved local waterfront
revitalization program.
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Greenport's heritage as a nineteenth-century coastal fishing and
trading center is discernible today because its built environment is fairly
well preserved. Many Federal, Greek revival and Victorian style buildings
can be found throughout the Village. The existence of this well preserved,
rich architectural and historic past is the primary reason why tourism has
increased significantly in the Village in recent years.
Among the numerous resources of architectural and historic importance,
one area, the Greenport Village Historic District, is on the National
Register of Historic Places. See Section II, Inventory and Analysis, for a
more in-depth discussion of the Village's historic district.
The Greenport Village Historic District includes the following areas:
-- Main Street between the harbor on the south and the intersection of
Washington and Bridge Streets on the north;
-- First Street between the properties at 411 and 422 First Street and
Webb Street;
-- Carpenter Street between its intersection with Bay Avenue and its dead
end on the north;
-- Broad Street between Main Street on the east and First Street on the
west;
-- Ludlam Place, Central Avenue and Bay Avenue between Carpenter Street on
the west and the harbor on the east; and
-- Stirling Street between its intersection with Main Street on the west
and the properties at 160 and 165 Sterling Street on the east.
In the near future, in cooperation with the N.Y.S. Office of Parks,
Recreation, and Historic Preservation, additional historic resources
outside of the historic district may be identified for nomination to the
State and Federal Registers.
The following guidelines and standards apply to construction activity
within the Greenport Village Historic District:
no person shall carry out any exterior alteration, restoration,
reconstruction, demolition, new construction or moving of a landmark or
structure which would adversely affect the appearance and cohesiveness
of the district;
no person shall make any material change in the appearance of such
property, its structures, buildings, outbuildings, walls, signs,
sidewalks, fences, steps, paving, topographical features, or other
exterior elements visible from a public street or alley which would
adversely affect the appearance and cohesiveness of the historic
district;
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properties which contribute to ~he character of the historic district
shall He retained, with their I~istoric features altered as little as
possible;
-- any alteration of existing properties shall be compatible with its
historic character, as well as with the surrounding district; and
-- new construction shall be compatible with the district in which it is
located.
In applying the principle of compatibility, the following factors will
be considered:
-- the general design, character and appropriateness of the proposed
alteration or new construction;
-- the scale of proposed alteration or new construction in relation to the
property itself, surrounding properties, and the neighborhood;
-- texture, materials, and color and their relation to similar features of
other properties in the neighborhood;
visual compatibility with surrounding properties, including proportion
of the property's front facade, proportion and arrangement of windows
and other openings within the facade, roof shape, and the rhythm of
spacing of properties on streets, including setbacks; and
-- the importance of historic, architectural or other features to the
significance of the property.
Changes to interior spaces, or to architectural features that are not
visible from a public street or alley, unless they are open to the public,
or publicly-owned or funded, are not subject to the standards and
guidelines cited above.
Two one-mile square sites shown on the New York State Historic
Preservation Office Site File Map, and one, one-mile diameter site shown on
the New York State Archeological Site Locations Overlay Map, are sites
within or near the Village of Greenport having the potential of being
archeologically significant. Given the possibility of zones of
archeological sensitivity within the waterfront area, public agencies
undertaking activities shall consult with the State Office of Parks,
Recreation, and Historic Preservation to determine whether significant
archeological resources are present at the site and what measures are
necessary to preserve these resources. All practicable means shall be used
to preserve significant archeological resources.
This policy shall not be construed to prevent the construction,
reconstruction, alteration, or demolition of any building, structure,
earthwork, or component thereof of a recognized historic, cultural or
archeological resource which has been officially certified as being
imminently dangerous to life or public health. Nor shall the policy be
construed to prevent the ordinary maintenance, repair, or proper
restoration, according to the U.S. Department of Interior's Standards for
Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings, of any
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buildings, structure, site or aauthwork~ r component thereof of a
recognized historic, cultural or archeologi~':~l resource which does not
involve a significant change to the resource, as defined above.
POLICY 24
PREVENT IMPAIRMENT OF SCENIC RESOURCES OF STATEWIDE
SIGNIFICANCE, AS IDENTIFIED ON THE COASTAL AREA MAP.
IMPAIRMENT SHALL INCLUDE: (i) THE IRREVERSIBLE MODIFICATION OF
GEOLOGICAL FORMS, THE DESTRUCTION OR REMOVAL OF VEGETATION, THE
DESTRUCTION, OR REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES, WHENEVER THE GEOLOGIC
FORMS, VEGETATION OR STRUCTURES ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE SCENIC
QUALITY OF AN IDENTIFIED RESOURCE; (ii) THE ADDITION OF
STRUCTURES WHICH BECAUSE OF SITING OR SCALE WILL REDUCE
IDENTIFIED VIEWS OR WHICH BECAUSE OF SCALE, FORM, OR MATERIALS
WILL DIMINISH THE SCENIC QUALITY OF AN IDENTIFIED RESOURCE.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
No scenic resources of statewide significance have been or are likely
to identified in the Village's coastal area.
POLICY 25
PROTECT, RESTORE OR ENHANCE NATURAL AND MAN-MADE RESOURCES
WHICH ARE NOT IDENTIFIED AS BEING OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE BUT
WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL SCENIC QUALITY OF THE COASTAL
AREA.
Explanation of Policy
The visual characteristics of the Village's coastal area vary widely.
The blend of its rugged, bulkheaded shoreline, with pockets of natural
beach and maritime vegetation, historic waterfront commercial and
residential settlements, combined with varied and spectacular views of
Stirling Basin, Greenport Harbor, and Shelter Island Sound make the
Village's shoreline a unique and valuable waterfront resource of high
visual quality. In order for the Village to realize the full potential of
its waterfront as a scenic resource, visually degrading conditions found in
the three waterfront areas and in the CBD shall be removed.
Flashing, mobile, directly illuminated or reflecting cloth or flyer
signs shall not be erected, affixed, or maintained in the Village, and the
source of any exterior illumination shall not be visible across property
lines. In addition, marquees shall not be erected over any public street
or sidewalk in the Village.
Specific waterfront sites which contain deteriorated structures include
the Barstow shipyard site, the Mitchell property, and the Mobil site.
Generally, these sites contain abandoned or derelict structures that are in
a state of disrepair.
In order to remove unslightly conditions in the Village's CBD, which
include but are not limited to overhead electrical and telephone lines,
deteriorated building facades, inadequate landscaping, etc., the Village
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will implement revitalization and redevelopment effort~ according to the
standards and guidelines of the CBD design plan mentioned in Policy lB.
In addition, the Village's Historic District furthers the goal of
improved scenic quality in the Village by serving to preserve and protect
the small harbor character and architecturally rich resources of the
Village.
See Policies iA, lB and 23.
AGRICULTURAL LANDS POLICY
POLICY 26
TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE STATE'S
COASTAL AREA, AN ACTION SHALL NOT RESULT IN A LOSS, NOR IMPAIR
THE PRODUCTIVITY, OF IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS, AS
IDENTIFIED ON THE COASTAL AREA MAP, IF THAT LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT
WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE VIABILITY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT OR IF THERE IS NO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT,
IN THE AREA SURROUNDING SUCH LANDS.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
There are no significant agricultural lands in the Greenport coastal
area.
ENERGY A~ ICE MANAGEMENT POLICIES
POLICY 27
DECISIONS ON THE SITING AND CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR ENERGY
FACILITIES IN THE COASTAL AREA WILL BE BASED ON PUBLIC ENERGY
NEEDS, COMPATIBILITY OF SUCH FACILITIES WITH THE ENVIRONMENT,
AND THE FACILITY'S NEED FOR A SHOREFRONT LOCATION.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
As a small and urbanized community, the Village lacks any land area on
which a major energy facility might be sited.
POLICY 28
ICE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SHALL NOT DAMAGE SIGNIFICANT FISH AND
WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS, INCREASE SHORELINE EROSION OR
~LOODING, OR INTERFERE WITH THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROELECTRIC
POWER.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
Although the improved shoreline areas of the Village do sustain slight
damage to maritime structures due to winter ice, the provision of air
bubble systems throughout marina areas, the only potentially relevent
management practice, is generally unwarranted because the damage is so
slight.
See Policy 13A.
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POLICY 29
ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES ON T ~ OUTER
CONTINENTAL SHELF, IN LAKE ERIE AND IN OTHER WATER BOD_ES, AND
ENSURE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY OF SUCH ACTIVITIES.
Explanation of Policy
The State recognizes the need to develop new indigenous energy sources.
It also recognizes that such development may endanger the environment.
Among the various energy sources being examined are those which may be
found on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Matters pertaining to the OCS are the responsibility of the Department
of Environmental Conservation. In 1977, the Department, in cooperation
with regional and local agencies, completed a study which identified
potential sites along the marine coast for on-shore OCS facilities. To
date, these sites have not been developed for this purpose. The
Department, also, actively participates in the OCS planning process by
reviewing and voicing the State's concerns about Federal OCS oil and gas
lease sales and plans. In its review of these proposed sales and plans,
the Department considers a number of factors such as the effects upon
navigational safety in the established traffic lanes leading into and from
New York Harbor; the impacts upon important finfish, shellfish and wildlife
populations and their spawning activities, impacts upon public recreational
resources and opportunities along the marine coast; the potential for
hazards; impacts upon biological communities; and water quality.
WATER AND AIR RESOURCES POLICIES
POLICY 30
MUNICIPAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL DISC}lARGE OF POLLUTANTS
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,
INTO COASTAL WATERS WILL CONFORM TO STATE AND NATIONAL WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS.
Explanation of Policy
Municipal, industrial and co~mnercial discharges include not only
"end-of-the pipe" discharges into surface and groundwater, but also plant
site runoff, leaching, spillage, sludge and other waste disposal, and
drainage from raw material storage sites. Also, the regulated industrial
discharges are both those which directly empty into receiving coastal
waters and those which pass through municipal treatment systems before
reaching the State's waterways.
The Village's modern secondary sewage treatment facility is located on
Moore's Lane within the Village, but effluent from the plant, after it is
chlorinated, is discharged into Long Island Sound. The end of the pipe
discharge from the treatment system is located north of the Village in the
Town of Southold. This system serves all residential and commercial
establishments within the Village of Greenport. Due to the lack of
industry in the Village, other than co~ercial fish processing facilities,
the majority of the sewage treated at the plant is human waste from
residential and commercial uses. No commercial establishment discharges
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its waste into Stirling Basin or Shelter Island Sound, nor shall any such
discharges be permitted in the future.
POLICY 31
STATE COASTAL AREA POLICIES AND PURPOSES OF APPROVED LOCAL
WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS WILL BE CONSIDERED WHILE
REVIEWING COASTAL WATER CLASSIFICATIONS AND WHILE MODIFYING
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS; HOWEVER, THOSE WATERS ALREADY
OVERBURDENED WITH CONTAMINANTS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS BEING A
DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINT.
Explanation of Policy
The State has classified its coastal and other waters in accordance
with the considerations of best usage in the interest of the public and has
adopted water quality standards for each class of waters. These
classifications and standards are reviewable at least every three years for
possible revision or amendment. Local Waterfront Revitalization Programs
and State coastal management policies shall be factored into the review
process for coastal waters. However, such consideration shall not affect
any water pollution control requirement established by the State pursuant
to the Federal Clean Water Act.
Current classifications of fresh and saline waters in Greenport are
given in Section II, page II-7. The freshwater and saltwater "D"
classification for the freshwater and tidal portions of Moore's Drain, and
the freshwater "D" classification for Silver Lake are consistent with
existing and proposed land and water uses. The saline waterbodies of
Stirling Basin and Shelter Island Sound are classified as "SA" which
permits shellfishing for market purposes and primary contact recreation.
Both Stirling Basin and that portion of Shelter Island Sound within the
legal jurisdiction of the Village of Greenport, also known as Greenport
Harbor, have been closed to shellfishing since the early 1960's, except for
a short period in the 1970's when shellfishing was allowed on an
experimental basis. Sources of pollution which are believed to be major
contributors to the closing of Stirling Basin and Greenport Harbor for
shellfishing include but are not limited to: stormwater runoff from
Village roads and developed waterfront area properties; and debris from
waterfront area land uses and recreation and com~nercial vessels. The SA
classification for Stirling Basin and Greenport Harbor is consistent with
existing and proposed land and water uses.
POLICY 32
ENCOURAGE THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE OR INNOVATIVE SANITARY WASTE
SYSTEMS IN SMALL COMMUNITIES WHERE THE COSTS OF CONVENTIONAL
FACILITIES ARE UNREASONABLY HIGH, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE
EXISTING TAX BASE OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
All development within the Village of Greenport is and will be serviced
by the Village's municipal sewage system.
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POLICY 33
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WILL BE USED TO ENSURE THE CONTROL OF
STORMWATER RUNOFF AND COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS DRAINING INTO
COASTAL WATERS.
Explanation of Policy
Best management practices include both structural and non-structural
methods of preventing or mitigating pollution caused by stormwater runoff.
Stormwater runoff in the Village collects in street gutters and flows
directly into Village wetlands and surface waterbodies.
The Village sewer system is a separate, closed system not affected by
the flow of stormwater runoff. At present, the development of a municipal
stormwater collection system to better control stormwater runoff and to
lessen the impact on surface water quality is desired but not economically
feasible.
To reduce the amount of stormwater runoff and pollutants entering
coastal waters, the following non-structural and structural approaches
shall be employed:
-- reduced use of road salt and improved street cleaning will be
encouraged;
-- for all new co:m~ercial development, stormwater collection systems are
required;
during the construction period of a site development, stormwater runoff
generated by development activity will be contained on-site through the
use of holding ponds or other means in order to reduce site erosion and
excessive sediments from entering coastal waters;
disturbed soils that are exposed during the construction period of site
development shall be covered with a mulch in order to reduce the
erosion potential of the exposed soil from the forces of rain and wind;
-- in no case shall stormwater be diverted to another property during site
preparation or after development has been completed.
POLICY 34
DISCHARGE OF WASTE MATERIALS INTO COASTAL WATERS FROM VESSELS
WILL BE LIMITED SO AS TO PROTECT SIGNIFICANT FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITATS, RECREATIONAL AREAS AND WATER SUPPLY AREAS.
Explanation of Policy
The discharge of sewage, garbage, rubbish, and other solid and liquid
materials from watercraft and marinas into the State's waters is regulated.
Priority will be given to the enforcement of this law in areas such as
shellfish beds and other significant habitats, beaches, and public water
supply intakes, which need protection from contamination by vessel wastes.
Also, specific effluent standards for marine toilets have been promulgated
by the Department of Environmental Conservation (6NYCRR, Part 657).
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The dumping of oil, refuse, garbage, sewage, or waste is prohibited
within Village waters. To further the intent of this policy, pumpout
facilities are required at new marinas or expansions of existing marinas
within the coastal area of the Village. Pumpout facilities must also be
installed at all marinas within three (3) years from the approval date of
Greenport's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.
POLICY 35
DREDGING AND DREDGE SPOIL DISPOSAL IN COASTAL WATERS WILL BE
UNDERTAKEN IN A MANNER THAT MEETS EXISTING STATE DREDGING
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, AND PROTECTS SIGNIFICANT FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITATS, SCENIC RESOURCES, NATURAL PROTECTIVE FEATURES,
IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND WETLANDS.
Explanation of Policy
Dredging often proves to be essential for waterfront revitalization and
development, maintaining navigation channels at sufficient depths,
pollutant removal and meeting other coastal management needs. Such
dredging projects, however, may adversely affect water quality, fish and
wildlife habitats, wetlands and other important coastal resources. Often
these adverse effects can be minimized through careful design and timing of
the dredging operation and proper siting of the dredge spoil disposal site.
Dredging permits will be granted if it has been satisfactorily demonstrated
that these anticipated adverse effects have been reduced to levels which
satisfy State dredging permit standards set forth in regulations developed
pursuant to Environmental Conservation Law (Articles 15, 24, 25 and 34),
and are consistent with the policies of this program which pertain to the
protection of coastal resources.
Two locations in the Village require dredging on a periodic basis.
One location is the Federal navigation channel in Stirling Basin and the
other location is the commercial fishing dock at the LIRR property. Since
the Federal Navigation Channel in Stifling Basin was completed in 1939, it
has been dredged three times. The last time, 1976, 12,000 cubic yards were
dredged to allow recreation boats and commercial fishing vessels to pass
through the channel to existing marinas and commaercial fishing facilities
along the shore of Stirling Basin. In 1983, 41,700 cubic yards were
dredged from the underwater lands in the vicinity of the commercial fishing
dock in order to provide adequate water depth for commercial fishing
vessels. In the past, material dredged from the waters of Greenport have
consisted mainly of sand and/or gravel and have been suitable for beach
nourishment. When dredging is proposed in Greenport, the following
guidelines shall be used in determining dredge spoil deposition.
Village beach areas suitable for beach nourishment will be given
priority consideration over other potential beach areas outside of the
Village which are suitable for beach nourishment.
-- Dredge spoil for beach nourishment shall be of suitable quality.
Dredge spoil shall be deposited in such a manner which does not result
in the introduction or reintroduction of dredge material into Stifling
Basin or the underwater lands near the commercial fishing dock.
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When dredging is conducted near the Village's shoreline or w~thin
Village waters the standards as listed in Policy 15 shall be met.
POLICY 36
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE SHIPMENT AND STORAGE OF PETROLEUM AND
OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A MANNER THAT
WILL PREVENT OR AT LEAST MINIMIZE SPILLS INTO COASTAL WATERS;
ALL PRACTICABLE EFFORTS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO EXPEDITE THE
CLEANUP OF SUCH DISCHARGES; AND RESTITUTION FOR DAMAGES WILL BE
REQUIRED WHEN THESE SPILLS OCCUR.
Explanation of Policy
See Policy 39 for definition of hazardous wastes.
This policy shall apply not only to com~ercial storage and distribution
facilities but also to residential and other users of petroleum products,
radio-active and other toxic or hazardous wastes. Spills, seepage or other
accidents which occur on or adjacent to coastal waters or which, by virtue
of natural or man-made drainage facilities, eventually reach coastal
waters, are included under this policy.
Ail government agencies shall act vigorously under the applicable laws
and regulations (including the New York State Petroleum Bulk Storage Act of
1983 and regulations issued thereunder) to prevent or control such
discharges, to minimize drainage from them, and to obtain full and prompt
compensation for the damage and cost caused by them. To this end the
Village will seek the cooperation of neighboring municipalities and of the
State and County authorities concerned.
POLICY 37
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WILL BE UTILIZED TO MINIMIZE THE
NON-POINT DISCHARGE OF EXCESS NUTRIENTS, ORGANICS AND ERODED
SOILS INTO COASTAL WATERS.
Explanation of Policy
Best management practices used to reduce these sources of pollution
could include but are not limited to, encouraging organic gardening and
best management principles, soil erosion control practices, and surface
drainage control techniques.
In the residential areas of the Village, primary sources of pollution
which contribute to the non-point discharge of excess nutrients and
organics into coastal waters are usually connected with products used to
maintain lawns and gardens. The use of pesticides, herbicides and organic
compounds which can degrade surface and groundwater quality will be
discouraged through public education programs and by encouraging the use of
landscape materials native to Long Island.
Standards used to reduce or eliminate eroded soils into coastal waters
are listed in Policy 33.
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POLICY 38
THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER
SUPPLIES, WILL BE CONSERVED AND PROTECTED, PARTICULARLY WHERE
SUCH WATERS CONSTITUTE THE PRIMARY OR SOLE SOURCE OF WATER
SUPPLY.
Explanation of Policy
Surface and groundwater are the principle sources of drinking water in
the State, and therefore must be protected. Since Long Island's
groundwater supply has been designated a "sole source aquifer", all actions
must be reviewed relative to their impacts on Long Island's groundwater
resources.
The Village has encountered problems with contamination of its water
supply from agricultural chemicals, primarily nitrates and pesticides, and
from saltwater intrusion. Contamination of its water supply is due in
large part to the practice of agriculture, the largest land use in the
surrounding Town of Southold. With continued assistance from the County,
State, and Federal agencies, every effort will be made to provide potable
water from the Village's municipal water supply system to Village
residents, and if the current practice continues, to others in the outlying
area of the Town of Southold who rely on the Village's water system for
water needs.
(The Village is conducting a comprehensive water quality and quantity
study in order to evaluate options with regard to meeting future water
supply needs.)
POLICY 39 THE TRANSPORT, STORAGE, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTES,
PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS WASTES, WITHIN COASTAL AREAS WILL BE
CONDUCTED IN SUCH A MANNER SO AS TO PROTECT GROUNDWATER AND
SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES, SIGNIFICANT FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITATS,
RECREATION AREAS, IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND SCENIC
RESOURCES.
Explanation of Policy
The definitions of terms "solid wastes" and "solid wastes management
facilities" are taken from New York's Solid Waste Management Act
(Environmental Conservation Law, Article 27). Solid wastes include sludges
from air or water pollution control facilities, demolition and construction
debris and industrial and commercial wastes.
Hazardous wastes are unwanted by-products of manufacturing processes
generally characterized as being flammable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic.
More specifically, hazardous waste is defined in Environmental Conservation
Law (Section 27-0901.3) as "a waste or combination of wastes which because
of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious
characteristics may: (1) cause, or significantly contribute to an
increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or
incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial present or
potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly
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t~eated, stored, transported, disposed or otherwise managed." A list of
hazardous wastes has been adopted by DEC (6NYCRR, Part 371).
Examples of solid waste management facilities include resource recovery
facilities, sanitary landfills and solid waste reduction facilities.
Although a fundamental problem associated with the disposal and treatment
of solid wastes is the contamination of water resources, other related
problems may include: filling of wetlands and littoral areas, atmospheric
loading, and degradation of scenic resources.
POLICY 40
EFFLUENT DISCHARGED FROM MAJOR STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING AND
INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES INTO COASTAL WATERS WILL NOT BE UNDULY
INJURIOUS TO FISH AND WILDLIFE AND SHALL CONFORM TO STATE WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS.
Explanation of Why Policy is Not Applicable
There are no steam electric generating or industrial facilities
existing, planned, or possible to site in the Village of Greenport
waterfront area.
POLICY 41
LAND USE OR DEVELOPMENT IN THE COASTAL AREA WILL NOT CAUSE
NATIONAL OR STATE AIR QUALITY STANDARDS TO BE VIOLATED.
Explanation of Policy
The Village's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program incorporates the
air quality policies and programs developed for the State by the Department
of Environmental Conservation pursuant to the Clean Air Act and State laws
on air quality. The requirements of the Clean Air Act are the minimum air
quality control requirements applicable within the waterfront area.
Program decisions with regard to specific sites for major new or
expanded energy, transportation, or co~ercial facilities will reflect an
assessment of their compliance with the air quality requirements of the
State Implementation Plan.
POLICY 42
COASTAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES WILL BE CONSIDERED IF THE STATE
RECLASSIFIES LAND AREAS PURSUANT TO THE PREVENTION OF
SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION REGULATIONS OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR
ACT.
Explanation of Policy
The policies of this program concerning proposed land and water uses
and the protection and preservation of coastal resources will be taken into
account prior to any action to change prevention of significant
deterioration land classifications in the coastal region or adjacent areas.
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POLICY 43
~ USE OR DEVELOPMENT IN THE COASTAL AREA MUST NOT CAUSE THE
GENERATION OF SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF THE ACID RAIN PRECURSORS:
NITRATES AND SULFATES.
Explanation of Policy
The Village's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program incorporates the
State's policies on acid rain. As such, this program assists in the
State's efforts to control acid rain. These efforts to control acid rain
will enhance the continued viability of coastal fisheries, wildlife, scenic
and water resources.
POLICY 44
PRESERVE AND PROTECT TIDAL AND FRESHWATER WETLANDS AND PRESERVE
THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THESE AREAS.
Explanation of Policy
Tidal wetlands include the following ecological zones: coastal fresh
marsh; intertidal marsh; coastal shoals, bars and flats; littoral zone;
high marsh or salt meadow; and formerly connected tidal wetlands. These
tidal wetland areas are officially delineated on the Department of
Environmental Conservation's Tidal Wetlands Inventory Map.
Freshwater wetlands include marshes, swamps, bogs and flats supporting
aquatic and semi-aquatic vegetation and other wetlands so defined in the
New York State Freshwater Wetlands Act and the New York State Protection of
Waters Act. Village freshwater wetlands are located within Moore's Woods
and include: Silver Lake and the freshwater wetlands immediately adjacent
and contiquous to the Lake, and the non-tidal portion of Moore's Drain.
Tidal wetlands within the Village include the tidal portion of Moore's
Drain and the wetlands found in isolated locations along the shoreline of
Stifling Basin and Greenport Harbor. See Map 3, Natural Characteristics,
for the approximate location of these wetland areas.
The following actions are prohibited unless a written permit is issued
by the Village.
- To place or deposit debris, fill or materials, including
structures, into, within, or upon any freshwater or tidal wetland.
- To dig, dredge, or in any other way alter, or remove any material
from any submerged land, or freshwater or tidal wetland.
All uses and operations approved by the Village shall be conducted in a
manner that will cause the least possible damage to, encroachment on, or
interference with any tidal and freshwater wetland.
The Department of Environmental Conservation shall be notified of
proposed actions within 100 feet of any freshwater wetland and within 300
feet of any tidal wetland in order to assess the impact of the proposed
action on the freshwater or tidal wetland.
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SECTION IV. PROPOSED LAND AND WATER USES AND PROPOSED PROJECTS
A. PROPOSED LAND AND WATER USES
Greenport's existing land use pattern has been well established for
some time. The five general land use categories that characterize the
Village include: marine commercial, retail commercial, general commercial,
open space and residential (See Map 9, General Land and Water Uses). The
land use plan that follows is consistent with the Village's existing land
use pattern. The purpose of this plan is to ensure that future development
trends will be compatible with the existing land use pattern. Thus, this
existing pattern and the character of the Village will be preserved and
maintained.
Specific zoning legislation necessary to implement the land use plan
is discussed in Section V.
The land use plan presented herein contains the five general land use
categories with marine commercial discussed according to its application in
Waterfront Areas 1, 2, and 3.
MARINE COMMERCIAL
Waterfront Area 1
Most of the waterfront in Waterfront Area 1, which includes the
waterfront from Young's Point along Stifling Basin to and inclusive of
S.T. Preston and Son, Inc., is in water-dependent use. Eleven major water-
dependent firms exist here and provide a range of water-dependent
commercial and recreational uses which include: shellfish and finfish
processing; retail and wholesale of seafood products; facilities for
off-loading of fish from commercial fishing vessels; engine and hull
repairs; ship/boat building; wet and dry boat storage; boat sales; dockage
for transient vessels; marinas for recreational boats; marine contracting;
and sale of marine supplies.
One site, the former Sweet Shipyard, is in high-density residential
use. This use will be maintained, but the land use category will be
changed to one which reflects the existing and proposed land use at this
site.
The previous land use category in Waterfront Area 1 generally reflected
the existing waterfront commercial development pattern; however two
significant adjustments were made to achieve the objective of limiting land
use in Waterfront Area 1 to water-dependent uses. One adjustment
eliminated water-enhanced uses, which were permitted in the previous
waterfront commercial area. Such permitted uses as restaurants, retail
sales, manufacturing for retail, and motels, hotels and boatels were
deleted. By doing so, the potential for encroachment by conflicting
water-enhanced uses on water-dependent areas was eliminated. Such an
action serves to protect and maintain the traditional uses of commercial
fishing and ship craft, which comprise the very essence of Greenport's
working waterfront heritage. This action also serves to protect and
maintain existing, non-traditional water-dependent uses such as
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recreational marinas and yacht clubs. By eliminating conflicting land
uses, a more predictable, stable land use climate is established in which
investment opportunities for expansion or development of water-dependent
commercial uses is encouraged. This action also reduces the potential for
commercial sprawl and serves to strengthen the Village's Central Business
District where non water-dependent commercial uses exist, are permitted,
and desired.
The other adjustment to Waterfront Area 1 was to broaden its base of
water-dependent commercial use by incorporating the Winter Harbor Fisheries
(Marine Associates) property into the new land use category, as discussed
below. The preferred uses for the Winter Harbor Fisheries property and the
preferred reuse(s) for the former Barstow shipyard site, which is also in
Waterfront Area 1, are discussed below. Both of these properties have been
identified in this program as underutilized/deteriorated sites.
Winter Harbor Fisheries Property
This vacant 1.0 acre parcel is located on the west shoreline of
Stirling Basin, adjacent to the Village's existing waterfront commercial
area. Immediately south of this property lies an existing Winter Harbor
Fisheries shellfish processing facility. Private docks and a marine
contracting firm are located to the north of this property. To the west is
a one-and two- family residential area. The shoreline section of this
property is characterized by a 130 foot section of maintained bulkhead and
a series of tie-up pilings placed off-shore along its length, making it a
desirable site for boating activity or some other water-dependent activity.
Since this vacant site is situated near existing waterfront commercial uses
and is developed with bulkheading and pilings, it is included in the new
waterfront commercial land use category.
Although a range of waterfront commercial uses are permitted for
properties in the new waterfront commercial area, preferred uses for this
site include, but are not limited to: storage of water-dependent
equipment; or facilities for non-intensive boating activity to take
advantage of the existing off-shore pilings. A practical option for the
use of this site is the development of cold storage facilities to
accommodate the sea-food products from the adjacent Winter Harbor Fisheries
shellfish processing plant. These suggested non-intensive waterfront
commercial uses are compatible with the existing residential use to the
west of this site. However, mitigation measures such as adequate buffering
must be considered if this site is developed for cold storage or other
ware-dependent uses.
Barstow Shipyard Site
This County-owned site, like the Winter Harbor Fisheries property, is
in the new waterfront commercial land use category. This site is bounded
by two active water-dependent commercial uses: Cooper's Fish Processing
Company and the Gresnport Yacht and Shipbuilding Company, located to the
northeast and south, respectively. Residential land use borders this site
to the north, and to the west is Main Street. This site is blighted by
100 feet of severely deteriorated bulkhead, and the existence of several
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half-sunken vessels and abandoned boats on the waterfront and upland. The
site is not used in a productive manner and is considered to be unsightly
and a safety hazard. The existing warehouse structures that were formerly
used for shipbuilding activities are in relatively good shape and contain
38,000 square feet of floor area.
The Village is considering a joint partnership with the co~m~srcial
fishing industry to purchase this site from the County and develop it for
commercial fishing support facilities. The facilities could provide for
weighing and packaging, unloading, fuel, minor repairs of vessels, and ice.
If this does not occur, the preferred uses for this site include: boat
storage, boat repair, boat building and dockage for small commercial
fishing vessels. The existing warehouse structure is suitable for reuse of
this nature, and such reuse would be compatible with the adjacent
waterfront commercial uses to the northeast and south. Another possible
alternative for the reuse of this site is the expansion of either the
adjacent ship building company located to the south or the fish processing
company located to the north.
Townsend Manor Inn
Although this site is located in Waterfront Area 1, proposed land use
is the same as the proposed land use in Waterfront Area 2 (discussed
below), where water-enhanced use is permitted. This site is located on the
west shoreline of Stirling Basin and abuts the northern reaches of the
existing waterfront commercial area, where an existing boat yard is located
to the south of this site. A one- and two-family residential area exists
to the northwest, west and southwest of this property. Existing uses on
this site include dockage for transient vessels, a hotel and
bar/restaurant.
Waterfront Area 2
Waterfront commercial activity is permitted in this entire waterfront
area. Five major water-dependent firms exist in this area and provide the
following uses: dock space and support facilities for recreational
vessels; marine supply sales; and ferry transportation service. The
Village commercial fishing dock is also located here, providing dock space
for large transient commercial fishing vessels.
Unlike the waterfront commercial area in Waterfront Area 1, where there
are very few water-enhanced uses among the many water-dependent commercial
and recreational uses, there are many water-enhanced uses located in
Waterfront Area 2. These consist mostly of retail shops and restaurants.
For the most part, these uses are concentrated along the east side of Third
Street, the south side of Front Street, and the west side of Main Street.
The combination of water-dependent and water-enhanced uses is desired in
this waterfront commercial area because it is appropriate for the sea-side
resort ambience that exists. This ambience serves as a major factor in
drawing tourists to Greenport.
Adjustments to the previous land use category in Waterfront Area 2 were
made to achieve a desired mix of land uses. However, the potential
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to develop water-enhanced uses, such as hotels, restaurants and non-water-
related retail shops, immediately adjacent to the water's edge was
eliminated. Such development, on lands immediately adjacent to the water's
edge, would have meant the near irretrievable loss of precious waterfront
land which has historically served and should continue to serve Greenport's
working waterfront. This land area shall be reserved for water-dependent
commercial and recreational uses. Water-enhanced uses will continue to be
permitted but will be so on a conditional basis in order to provide greater
control over their location.
Continuing to locate water-enhanced uses inland, near Third, Front, and
Main Streets, is also important from another perspective. These uses
provide a transition from the waterfront commercial area to the retail
commercial area, where a similar, but wider range of retail uses and
personal service shops exist and are permitted.
Discussed below are the preferred reuse possibilities for the Mitchell
property, the vacant portion of the Bohack site, and the LIRR property.
All three of these sites have been identified as underutilized/deteriorated
sites and are located in the Waterfront Commercial Area 2.
Mitchell Property
This site (3.5 acres) is located between Main and Third Streets and is
bordered by Front Street and Greenport Harbor to the north and south,
respectively. This site is located in the heart of the Village's Central
Business District. Existing development on this site consists of a
relatively small restaurant. Most of the inland portion of this site is
undeveloped and covered with pavement. The waterfront portion of this
parcel contains 500 feet of shoreline, with 1,200 feet of deteriorating
bulkhead, and six long wooden docks that are in poor condition. Adjacent
land uses include the East End Supply Company and the Greenport Post Office
to the west, and several small commercial businesses to the east.
Due to the large size of this parcel, its potential to accommodate a
large commercial development, and its key location in the heart of the
Village's CBD, the successful redevelopment of this parcel may be a
catalyst to Greenport's revitalization. The preferred reuse of this site
is the development of a small-scale hotel/convention center complex for
transient use on the land area adjacent to Front Street, and the
development of a recreational boating marina on the harborside. The
development of a quality hotel/convention center complex would draw people
to the Village throughout the year, have a positive impact on the economy
by extending the Village's retail/commercial season, would generate
spin-off benefits to local merchants, and relieve seasonal unemployment.
The waterfront and docking facilities should be redesigned to increase the
recreational docking capacity along the shoreline. Any redevelopment of
this property should include the harborwalk, which will be developed along
this entire waterfront area. Pedestrian corridors connecting the sidewalk
on Front Street to the harborwalk should also be provided, and is critical
to the success of the circumferential walkway system planned for the
Village.
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Bohack Property
The .3 acre vacant portion of this site is located between Third Street
and Greenport Harbor. This site has approximately 200 feet of sandy
shoreline located between the Mitchell property and the Shelter Island
Ferry Terminal. A variety of co~nercial and marine commercial uses border
this site. The preferred use for the shoreline of this site is for
recreational vessels, and for a segment of the harborwalk, connecting the
LIRR property to the East End Supply Company parcel. A pedestrian corridor
should also be established from the harborwalk through the developed
portion of this site, which contains the existing retail mini-mall
extending to the sidewalk of Front Street. The harborwalk on this parcel
could provide pedestrians coming off the Shelter Island - Greenport Ferry
with an alternate, visually appealing access route along the waterfront to
the Village's Central Business District.
Secondary considerations for this site include passenger support such
as a snack bar or delicatessen for those using the Shelter Island-Greenport
Ferry. These uses could be located inland to the west of the dockage area
near the ferry office and waiting area on Third Street. Consideration
should also be given to utilizing the northern edge of the panhandle
portion of the property fronting on Third Street as a street connector to
the Mitchell property. The final design plan for the Mitchell property
will determine whether this is an appropriate consideration or not.
LIRR Property
The LIRR property and dock (7 acres) is located at the southerly
terminus of Third Street and the main line terminus of the railroad in
Greenport. The existing rail station will be converted to a Village police
station and the old freight depot is currently used as a warehouse. Most
of this property is used for parking or is vacant. The waterfront portion
of this parcel is developed with approximately 320' of bulkhead and a
large dock constructed for use by large, transient, commercial fishing
vessels. Residential areas border the southern and northwestern portions
of this site. The dock abuts the Shelter Island-Greenport Ferry Company
and parking facility to the north.
The commercial fishing pier should be kept available for continued use
for commercial fishing vessels, unless there are extenuating circumstances
which require the use of the dock by other fishing interests for a
temporary or very limited period of time. Preferred, additional use
possibilities for this site include an accessory dock constructed near the
existing commercial fishing dock for use by one or more of the following
groups: locally operated commercial fishing vessels; charter or party
fishing boats; or large transient tour boats whose base is outside of
Greenport.
Waterfront Area 3
Residential land use dominates this shoreline area. The only remaining
sign of waterfront commercial activity is the abandoned Mobil petroleum
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storage facility, located in the southern half of this waterfront area.
This site, although suited for recreational use, as discussed in the open
space portion of this section, will be retained in a residential land use
category, as will the rest of Waterfront Area 3.
Two sites on Fanning Point, the former oyster shucking factory on the
west side and the former Old Oyster Factory Restaurant on the east side,
will be developed in high-density residential use. This use will be
maintained at these sites; however, the land use category will be changed
to one that reflects the existing and proposed land use at these sites.
RETAIL AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL AREAS
The retail comznercial area allows for a mixture of retail stores,
restaurants, hotels, personal service shops, business, professional and
government offices. The general boundary of this area is Carpenter Street
to the east, Front Street to the south, Center Street to the north and
Fourth Street to the west. This area, combined with the retail and
waterfront commercial activity in adjacent Waterfront Area 2 to the south,
constitutes the Village's CBD. This area will be maintained in its current
General commercial use, which includes retail, wholesale, non-personal
service establishments, motor vehicle-related facilities, and light
manufacturing, is confined to the inland portions of the LIRR property and
on relatively small strips of land west of the LIRR site on Moore's Lane.
These sites will be maintained in general commercial use.
OPEN SPACE AREAS
Village-owned inland properties used for park or open space use
include: Third Street Park, Curt Breeze Memorial Field (Polo Grounds),
Reeve Memorial Park, Adams Street Park, and the vast woodlands and wetlands
of Moore's Woods. Village-owned waterfront properties used for park or
open space include: Fifth Street Park, Sandy Beach, the boat ramp on the
east side of Stirling Basin, and small areas of waterfront land at the end
of Village streets. These sites shall be maintained in park and open space
use through the creation of a new park land use category.
The abandoned, privately-owned Mobil site is designated for open space
use. This site is located northeast of Fanning Point and is bordered by
Clark Street, Fourth Street, and Greenport Harbor to the north, west,
south, and east, respectively. Although this site is not actively used,
several structures remain. There is also 600 feet of bulkhead fronting on
Greenport Harbor. Residential areas surround this site to the northwest
and west. Commercial reuse of this site, next to these residential areas,
would be incompatible. Commercial reuse of this site would also he in
direct contrast to the Village's land use objectives, as expressed in its
zoning and recent decisions concerning development at Fanning Point. These
recent decisions have demonstrated the Village's commitment to redevelop
this section of land to a limited mix of residential and recreational land
use. While redevelopment of the Mobil site for two-family residential use
is permitted under zoning, its use as a waterfront park for waterfront
recreation would be of greater benefit to the community. Should the
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Village not be able to obtain this property for park purposes and it is
developed for another use, public access to the waterfront of this parcel
should, as law permits, be secured. However, before any development
occurs, the site must be checked for the existence of contaminants.
B. PROPOSED PROJECTS
The physical projects proposed as part of this Program are described
below and shown on Map 10, Waterfront Area Projects. The projects have
been limited to those most appropriate to the objectives of the Program. It
will be necessary for the Village to conduct feasibility and/or engineering
design studies for some of these projects in order to establish a data base
from which better, more informed decisions can be made. In many instances
Federal and State funding resources will be required, and in some cases,
projects will be developed in stages over many years.
1. Harborwalk
A harborwalk will be constructed along the water's edge to form a
contiguous waterside walkway along the entire waterfront in Waterfront Area
2 (from and inclusive of the LIRR property to and inclusive of Claudios
Restaurant and Marina). To compliment the harborwalk, and to provide
visually appealing pedestrian and visual access from Front Street to the
water's edge, pedestrian corridors will be developed to link the Front
Street sidewalk to the harborwalk. These corridors will pass through the
Bohack property, the Mitchell property, and at the site of the former
Stern's Shoe Store and Bushes' Department Store. Such a walkway will
greatly enhance the aesthetic appeal of the CBD and will enrich the tourist
experience. It will be necessary to prepare a detailed design guide for
this action.
2. Ba~men's Dock
A docking facility for locally operated commercial fishing vessels on
the east side of Stirling Basin at the Village/Town boat ramp needs to be
constructed. This project calls for a fixed pier with a series of floating
docks attached to it. Boats would be secured to the floating sections,
with the fixed dock used to gain adequate water depth without the need to
dredge or bulkhead the shore. This facility should have the capacity to
accommodate up to 12 moderately-sized commercial fishing vessels. By
building this facility the Village hopes to maintain and possibly increase
the number of fisherman using Greenport as their home port.
3. Accessory Dock Project
An accessory dock needs to be constructed for charter or party fishing
boats and tour boats. Potential locations for this dock are next to the
existing commercial fishing dock at the LIRR property or at the County-
owned Barstow site.
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4. Fish Unloading and Packa~in~ Facility Project
This project entails the development of the County-owned Barstow
shipyard for commercial fishing support facilities to provide for weighing
and packaging, unloading, fuel and minor repairs of vessels. Development
of these facilities on this parcel would serve to compliment the Village's
commercial fishing dock used by large transient commercial fishing vessels,
and the baymen's dock used by locally operated vessels. Thus the Village
would be able to ensure that adequate support services are available to
serve the needs of commercial fishing vessels in Greenport Harbor. A
feasibility study of industry needs should be conducted before any action
is taken on this project.
5. Parkin~ Field Development and Expansion
Municipal parking fields will be developed in the vicinity of Adams and
South Street, located north of Front Street, and at the LIRR property. The
development of parking facilitiss in these areas will provide much needed
parking for tourists, shoppers and visitors in the CBD.
6. Hotel/Conference Center
A small scale, quality hotel/conference center on the inland
portion of the Mitchell property, next to Front Street, and a major
recreational marina on the harbor side portion of this property is
proposed. This project relies heavily on the private sector. The
successful redevelopment of this severely underutilized site may serve as
the catalyst for the Village's revitalization. This project will adhere to
the standards and recommendations of the Central Business District Design
Plan.
7. Waterfront Mini-Parks Project
This project calls for the development, at the following locations, of
five small waterfront mini-parks to be used for passive recreational
pursuits:
Waterfront Area 1
1. at the east end of Bay Avenue
2. the narrow section of land between Stirling Street and Stirling Basin
(privately-owned)
3. at the end of Stifling Place at the head of Stifling Basin
Waterfront Area 2
4. at the east end of Wiggins Street (privately-owned)
5. on the LIRR site south of the existing commercial fishing dock
Waterfront Area 3
6. at the south end of Fifth Street and the area immediately to the east
at Fanning Point
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These areas are located at the end of Village roads or are privately-
owned and located between Village roads and the waterfront. Each site is
of very limited size and not suitable for rssidential or commercial
development. Modest improvements to these areas would include landscaping
with indigenous plant species, the development of refined pedestrian
walkways or accessways leading to the shoreline, the provision of plaques
containing historical notes, benches, viewing platforms and picnic
facilities. Such improvements will increase passive recreational use of
and access to the waterfront.
8. Commercial Fishin~/Shipbuildin~ Museum Project
The former freight depot building at the LIRR site, currently used for
furniture storage, will be redeveloped for use as a Village museum. It will
depict the history of the commercial fishing and shipbuilding industries in
the Village of Greenport. The museum would be linked to the harborwalk and
could serve as a welcoming and information center. This facility could
also serve as the starting point for walking tours of Greenport's historic
properties, and waterfront sites.
9. Waterfront Park/Nature Center
The development of the abandoned Mobil site for a municipal waterfront
park will require acquisition and possibly removal of existing structures.
Preliminary plans for reuse of this site include the development of a
portion of this site for relatively passive recreational facilities, such
as: boat launching, on-shore fishing, waterfowl and other wildlife viewing,
and for viewing scenic Shelter Island Sound and commercial and recreational
vessels entering and exiting Greenport Harbor.
Conversion of this site to a water-oriented municipal recreational
facility would significantly enhance the Village's waterfront resources and
increase opportunities for the public to gain access to the waterfront.
The potential reuse of some of the existing structures for park support
facilities should be explored if this site is acquired. Another potential
reuse of this property would be a water-related science, research and
education center.
10. Central Business District Design Plan
An overall Design Plan for the Village's Central Business District will
include specific designs for strestscape and building improvements, and
appropriate design vocabulary to guide rehabilitation activities throughout
the business district. This plan will serve as a guide to remove unsightly
conditions in the Village's CBD and will serve as a unifying mechanism for
tnfill and redevelopment projects in the CBD.
11. Comprehensive Traffic and Parkin~ Study
A comprehensive traffic and parking study for the Village, with
technical input from Suffolk County and the New York State Department of
Transportation, will be conducted. Such a study will focus on the issues
and concerns identified in Section II, page II-28. This study should be
conducted in conjunction with the Central Business District Design Plan.
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SECTION V. TECHNIQUES FOR LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM
This section outlines and describes the measures to be used by the
Village of Greenport to implement its Local Waterfront Revitalization
Program set forth in the preceding sections. This section is organized
into the following general parts:
A - Existing Local Laws and Regulations
B - Proposed Local Laws and Regulations
C - Implementation of LWRP Policies
D - Management Structure
E - Compliance Procedures
F - Financial Resources
Part A describes existing local laws and regulations previously enacted
by the Village which regulate land use and development activities in the
waterfront area. Part B describes proposed local laws and regulations
which are necessary to implement the land use and development activities
proposed in the LWRP. Parts C, D, E, and F describe specific LWRP
implementation techniques and measures.
A. EXISTING LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
1. Zonin$ Law (Chapter 85)
Chapter 85 was adopted in 1971 in "the interest of the protection and
promotion of the public health, safety and welfare." The Village's
zoning law, as amended, provides for the regulation of land use through
thirteen specific articles. Key articles include the following:
Article II creates five zoning districts including Waterfront
Commercial, General Commercial, Retail Commercial, One- and Two-Family
Residential, and One-Family Residential Districts; Article IV and V
establish district bulk, parking, and supplemental regulations; and
Articles VII, IX, and X establish the powers, duties, and procedures of
the Building Inspector, Board of Appeals, and Planning Board.
The zoning law constitutes the Village's foremost means of implementing
and enforcing the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. Existing
development controls, administrative procedures, and enforcement
authority established in this law have been generally adequate to
direct land use patterns and development activities in the Village.
Part B presents proposed amendments to the zoning law which are
necessary for the implementation of the LWRP.
2. Flood Damage Prevention Law (Chapter 40)
This local law was adopted in 1983 and incorporates the Flood Insurance
Rate Maps and regulations promulgated by the Federal Insurance
Administration. The purpose of this law is to prevent flood damage and
to minimize public and private losses due to flood conditions in
specific flood prone areas. In particular, these regulations provide
for the administration of building permits by the building inspector
for the development in all special flood hazard areas, establish
general and specific construction standards for such development, and
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include provisions for hearing and deciding upon appeals and variance
requests.
3. Coastal and Freshwater Wetlands, Floodplain and Drainage Law (Chapter
82)
Adopted in 1976, this law was enacted to provide for the protection,
preservation, maintenance and use of Village water-courses, coastal
wetlands, tidal marshes, floodplain lands, freshwater wetlands,
watersheds, water recharge areas and natural drainage systems.
4. Flood Hazard Construction Standards (Chapter 39)
This law, adopted in 1973, was drafted to assure the Federal Insurance
Administration that the Village would begin to collect data within the
community for the development and implementation of flood plain area
management measures. Provisions of this law also include review of
building permit and subdivision applications by the building inspector
to determine if a proposed action is consistent with the need to
minimize flood damage.
5. Recreation Areas and Beaches (Chapter 64)
This law was adopted by Greenport in 1976 "for the preservation and
maintenance of suitable recreation facilities for its citizens and
their guests, so as to ensure the peaceful, orderly and most beneficial
use of any and all recreational facilities" within the Village of
Greenport. Provisions of this law include regulations on littering,
parking, liability for injuries and stolen property, and the selling
and distribution of goods.
6. Boats (Chapter 20)
This local law, establishing boating regulations, was adopted in 1962.
It provides rules and regulations applicable to all waters within the
Village of Greenport and to all waters bounding the Village for a
distance of one-thousand-five hundred (1,500) feet from the shore,
provided they are not within or bounding Town of Southold waters for a
distance of one-thousand-five (1,500) feet from shore.
Provisions of this law include regulation of discharges from boats.
Clamming (Chapter 29)
Adopted in 1971, this chapter was established to "conserve the quantity
and quality of clams located in the waters within the Incorporated
Village of Greenport and to ensure the equitable distribution of the
same among the citizens of the Village of Greenport and Southold Town."
Provisions of this law include regulations on the qusntity of clams
permitted, hours allowed, residence requirements, application and
duration of permit. Although clannning was discontinued in the early
1970's, these regulations would be enforced if clamming were
reinstituted.
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PROPOSED LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Zonin~ Law Amendments (Chapter 85, Articles II and III)
a. The existing Waterfront Commercial District will be replaced by two
new districts: Waterfront Commercial 1 and Waterfront Commercial 2.
The W-C1 will only permit water-dependent uses. The W-C2 will
permit water-dependent and water-enhanced uses; however, water-
enhanced uses will become conditionally permitted uses in order to
control the location of this use on the site.
The W-C1 district boundary will include all properties in
Waterfront Area 1 currently zoned Waterfront Commercial, except for
the former Sweet Shipyard site that has been developed for high-
density residential use (see b. below) and Townsend Manor Inn.
This district will also include the vacant parcel of land owned by
Winter Harbor Fisheries (formerly Marine Associates).
The W-C2 district boundary will include all properties in
Waterfront Area 2 currently zoned Waterfront Commercial and the
Townsend Manor Inn parcel located in Waterfront Area 1.
A new R-3 zoning district classification will be created, which
will permit high-density residential use. The R-3 district
boundary will include the former Sweet Shipyard site in Waterfront
Area 1 and the former oyster shucking factory and Old Oyster
Factory Restaurant sites located in Waterfront Area 3.
A new Park District classification will be established, which will
include all Village-owned lands used for park, open space and
utilities. These lands are currently zoned for residential or
commercial use.
An Historic District Overlay zoning classification will be
established. Within the boundary of the Historic District Overlay
Zone, all Village historic sites, structures, buildings and
districts, recognized by the Village as being historically
significant, will be subject to the Historic Preservation Local
Law.
The i00 year flood hazard boundary, shown on the Federal Flood
Insurance Rate Maps, will be delineated on the Village's Zoning
Map.
Zonin~ Law Amendments (Chapter 85, Article X)
Site development plan regulations will be amended to include the
following items as site development plan elements to be submitted with
development plans:
the demonstration of containment and recharge of stormwater runoff
on development sites during and after construction;
the identification of historic resources on or adjacent to the
subject site; and
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the demonstration of public and/or visual access to the shoreline
in instances where a developer of a waterfront parcel has offered,
and the Planning Board has accepted, such access for public use.
3. Zonin~ Law Amendments (Chapter 85, Article IV)
The District Bulk and Parking Regulations will be amended to require a
minimum of unpaved, landscaped area on development sites.
These same regulations will be amended to require the installation of
pumpout facilities at new and expanded existing marinas, and all
marinas within three years from the approval date of the Village's
LWRP.
4. Wetlands, Floodplains, Drainage Law Amendment (Chapter 82)
This law will be amended to include requirements pertaining to the
durability, maintenance, and where applicable, the ability of
bulkheads, revetments, seawalls, breakwaters, docks and other shoreline
structures to control erosion.
A Right to Conduct Commercial Fishing Activity Local Law will be
established, which will serve as a means to preserve, protect and
encourage the development and improvement of commercial fishing
facilities in the Village.
An Historic Preservation Local Law will be established, which will
serve to preserve and protect the historic resources of the Village.
Boats (Chapter 20)
This law will be amended to prohibit the discharge of sewage waste from
boat toilets in waters under the Village's Jurisdiction.
A Drainage and Sedimentation Control Local Law will be established
which will set forth storm water drainage requirements for commercial
sites. The intent of this law is to minimize the amount of stormwater
runoff from a commercial site during and after construction.
A local consistency law will be established in order to provide a
framework for agencies of the Village to consider the policies and
purposes of the LWRP when reviewing agency actions in the Village, and
to assure that such actions are consistent with the LWRP policies and
purposes.
C. IMPLEMENTATION OF LWRP POLICIES
POLICIES 1, iA, lB, 2, 2A
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
The Village's Waterfront Commercial District permits
are appropriate for particular waterfront locations.
some uses which
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2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
Section 85-10 (Waterfront Commercial District) of Chapter 85 of the
Zoning Law of the Village Municipal Code will be replaced by two
new districts: Waterfront Commercial 1 and Waterfront Commercial 2.
The new Waterfront Commercial I District will replace the existing
Waterfront Commercial District of Waterfront Area 1 (See Map 11,
Proposed Zoning). The new district will eliminate water-enhanced
uses currently permitted or conditionally permitted in the existing
Waterfront Commercial District in order to protect and promote use
of waterfront land for waterfront commercial and recreational uses,
as discussed in Section IV.
The new Waterfront Commercial 2 District will replace the existing
Waterfront Commercial District in Waterfront Area 2 (See Map 11).
The new district will allow most uses currently permitted or
conditionally permitted in the existing Waterfront Commercial
District; however, water-enhanced uses currently permitted will
become conditionally permitted uses. Establishing water-enhanced
uses as conditionally permitted uses in this district will help to
preserve waterfront land for water-dependent marine commercial and
recreational uses, and will also sustain the existing sea-side
resort ambience, by allowing mixed uses as discussed in Section IV.
Chapter 85, Article X, Section 83-31 (Conditional uses) of the
Zoning Law, which covers conditional uses will be amended by
incorporating specific conditions which will ensure that water-
enhanced uses proposed on a waterfront lot in the new Waterfront
Commercial 2 District, are located inland to the maximum extent
practicable. It is also proposed that the principal structure, as
well as all appurenant structures including parking, do not exceed
60% of the lot coverage. The remaining 40% of the lot, that
portion of a lot nearest to the water's edge is to be preserved for
water-dependent use.
Chapter 85, Article II, Section 85-3 (Zoning Map) will be amended
by rezoning the Winter Harbor Fisheries property (formerly Marine
Associates) to the new Waterfront Commercial 1 District.
Chapter 85, Article II, Section 85-3 (Zoning Map) will be amended
by rezoning the Townsend Manor Inn to the new Waterfront Commercial
2 District.
Chapter 85, Article X, Section 85-32 (Approval of site development
plans) will be amended to incorporate the following items as site
plan development elements to be submitted with the site development
plan map(s). These items include:
a drainage plan demonstrating the containment and recharge of
stormwater runoff during and after construction;
the identification of historic resources on or adjacent to the
subject site; and
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the demonstration of public and/or visual access to the
shoreline in instances where a developer of a waterfront parcel
has offered, and the Planning Board has accepted, such access
for public use.
Chapter 85, Article IV, Section 85-11 (Schedule
will be amended to require a minimum amount of
space on all new commercial developments.
of regulations)
landscaped open
A new Drainage and Sedimentation Control Local Law is proposed,
which will provide minimum specifications concerning the use of
stormwater control systems and non-structural measures to control
stormwater runoff during and after a construction project.
An Historic Preservation Local Law is proposed, which will provide
a procedure to identify, preserve, and enhance the historic
structures, sites, and districts of the Village. Such a law will
also ensure the harmonious, orderly, and efficient growth and
development of the Village, consistent with its historic integrity.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THESE POLICIES
- Harborwalk Project
- Central Business District Design Plan
- Municipal Parking Field Development and Expansion Project
- Traffic and Parking Study Project
- Hotel/Conference Center Project
- Waterfront Mini-park Project
- Commercial Fishing Museum Project
- Accessory Dock Project
- Fish Unloading and Packaging Facility Project
POLICY 3
Not applicable.
POLICY 4
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
The existing Waterfront Commercial District encourages, but not to the
degree necessary, the maintenance, preservation, and enhancement of the
traditional maritime uses and activities within the Village's
waterfront commercial areas.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES:
a. See the part 2 discussion in this section for Policies 1, IA, etc.
A new Right to Conduct Cor~nercial Fishing Operations Local Law will
be established as a means to demonstrate the Village's commitment
to preserve, protect, and encourage the devslopment and improvement
of con~nercial fishing facilities in the Village. The law will cite
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the benefits c~ the commercial fishing industry which include, but
are not limited to the following: an important source of food
supply; a significant factor in the Village's economy; and a
significant factor in the Village's unique historic maritime
character. This law will declare that no commercial fishing
activity conducted within the Village's Waterfront Commercial
Districts shall be considered nuisances because of the existence of
surrounding conflicting land uses.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY
Accessory Fishing Dock Project
Fish Unloading and Packaging Facility Project
The Village Board shall adopt an Official Policy Statement with
regard to the continued use of the Greenport Commercial Fishing
Dock for commercial fishing vessels.
POLICY 5, 5A
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
Chapters 69 (Sewer Use) and 81 (Water Supply) of the Village Municipal
Code are adequate to implement both of these policies.
POLICY 7
Not applicable.
POLICY 8
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapters 20 (Boats), 64 (Recreation Areas and Beaches), 82 (Wetlands,
Floodplains, Drainage) of the Village Municipal Code as well as the
applicable laws of the State are adequate to implement this policy.
POLICY 9
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
The Village's existing Waterfront Commercial District allows for, but
is not sufficient to protect water-related recreation uses. Chapter 29
(Clamming) regulates clamming activity in the Village. Although
clamming was discontinued in the early 1970's, these regulations would
be enforced if clamming were reinstituted.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
a. See the part 2 discussion in this section for Policies 1, iA, etc.
b. The Village will incorporate into the new Section 85-10 (Waterfront
Commercial Distric£ 1 and Waterfront Commercial District 2) and
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amend Section 85-32 (Appcoval of site development plans) to include
a provision that public access to the shoreline will be provided to
the maximum extent practicable where it is desired and feasible.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY
- Harborwalk
- Accessory Dock Project
- Waterfront Mini-park Projects
- Waterfront Park Project
POLICY 10, 10A
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
The Village's existing Waterfront Commercial District allows for, but
is not sufficient to protect, commercial fishing facilities.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
a. See the part 2 discussions in this section for Policies 1, lA,
etc.., and Policy 4.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THESE POLICIES
- Fish Unloading and Packaging Facility Project
- Accessory Dock Project
- Co~anercial Fishing Museum Project
- The Village Board will adopt an Official Policy Statement
continuing the use of the Greenport Commercial Fishing Dock for
commercial fishing vessels.
POLICY I1
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 40 (Flood Damage Prevention Law) of the Village Municipal Code
is adequate to implement this policy.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Article II, Section 85-3 (Zoning Map) of Chapter 85 will be amended to
include the 100 year flood boundary on the Village's Zoning Map. This
amendment will serve to clearly inform the public that all development
from the waterfront to the 100 year flood boundary must comply with the
requirements of the Village's Flood Damage Prevention Local Law.
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1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 40 (Flood Damage Prevention Law) and Chapter 82 (Wetlands,
Floodplains and Drainage) of the Village's Municipal Code, as well as
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation tidal
wetland regulations are adequate to implement this policy.
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POLICY 13, 13A
l. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 82 (Wetlands, Floodplains, Drainage) provides for the
protection, preservation, maintenance and use of Village water-courses.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 82 (Wetlands, Floodplains, Drainage) Section 82-5 (Permitted
Acts) will be amended to include requirements pertaining to the
durability, maintenance, and where applicable, the ability of
bulkheads, revetments, seawalls, breakwaters, docks and other shoreline
structures to control erosion.
POLICY 14
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 40 (Flood Damage Prevention Law) and Chapter 82 (Wetlands,
Floodplains and Drainage) of the Village Municipal Code, as well as the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation tidal wetland
regulations are adequate to implement this policy.
POLICY 15
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 82 (Wetlands, Floodplains and Drainage) of the Village
Municipal Code and existing State regulations are adequate to implement
this policy. The New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation regulates dredging activities in shoreline and wetland
areas. These regulations are comprehensive in nature and address
actions according to their potential to interfere with the natural
coastal processes, as well as their potential for increasing soil
erosion and sedimentation.
POLICY 16
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 40 (Flood Damage Prevention Law) of the Village Municipal Code
is adequate to implement this policy.
POLICY 17
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 40 (Flood Damage Prevention Law) and Chapter 82 (Wetlands,
Floodplains and Drainage) of the Village Municipal Code and the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation tidal wetland
regulations are adequate to implement this policy.
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POLICY 19
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
There are no specific Village laws that implement these policies.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY
See the part 2 and 3 discussions in this section for policies 20 and
20A.
POLICY 20, 20A
i. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
There are no specific Village laws that implement these policies.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
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Chapter 85, Article X, Section 85-32 (Approval of site development
plans) will be amended to incorporate a provision that public
access to the shoreline will be provided to the maximum extent
practicable, and that the method by which public access is provided
is to be demonstrated and treated as a site plan development
element.
Chapter 85, Article II (Zoning Districts and Zoning Map), and
Article III (District Regulations) will be amended by establishing
a new Park District which will cover all Village lands conm~itted to
park and open space uses that are currently zoned for residential
or commercial use.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THESE POLICIES
Harborwalk Project
Accessory Dock Project
Central Business District Design Plan
Waterfront Mini-park Projects
Waterfront Park
POLICY 21
i. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Although the Village's existing Waterfront Commercial District does
permit an acceptable range of waterfront recreational uses, the
district permits some uses which are unacceptable or inappropriate for
waterfront areas. These uses are inappropriate since they are not
water-dependent and could potentially displace existing water-dependent
recreational uses.
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2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
a. See the part 2 discussion in this section for Policies 1, iA,
etc...
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THESE POLICIES
- Harborwalk
- Accessory Dock Project
- Hotel/Conference Center/Recreational Marina Project
- Waterfront Mini-park Projects
- Mobil Waterfront Park
POLICY 22
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Although the Village's existing Waterfront Commercial District does
permit an acceptable range of waterfront and/or recreation-oriented
uses, the district permits some uses which are unacceptable or
inappropriate for waterfront areas.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
a. See the part 2 discussion in this section for Policies 1, IA, etc.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THESE POLICIES:
Harborwalk
POLICY 23
1.
EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Applicable laws of the State and United States protect historic
buildings, structures, and significant archeological or cultural areas
within the Greenport Village Historic district.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
An Historic Preservation Local Law will be established which will
provide a procedure to identify, preserve and enhance the historic
structures, sites, and districts of the Village. Such a law will also
insure the harmonious, orderly, and efficient growth and development of
the Village, consistent with its historic integrity.
POLICY 24
Not applicable.
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POLICY 25
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Applicable laws of the State and United State protect historic
buildings, structures, and significant archeological or cultural areas
within the Greenport Village Historic District. Chapter 85, Article 5
(Sign regulations) regulates the use of signs and marquees in the
Village.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 85, Article X, Section 85-32 (Approval of site development
plans) will be amended to include the provision for and/or
maintenance of visual access to the waterfront to the maximum
extent practical where it is desired and feasible. This provision,
as a site plan development element, will be incorporated into site
development plan maps and drawings, such as plan, elevation and
perspective drawings of the proposed development.
Chapter 85, Article IV (District Bulk and Parking Regulations) and
Section 85-11 (Schedule of regulations) will be amended to require
a minimum amount of landscaped open space.
An Historic Preservation Local Law will be established which will
serve to preserve and protect the small harbor character and
architecturally rich resources of the Village, as well as to insure
the harmonious, orderly, and efficient growth and development of
the Village, consistent with its historic integrity.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY
- Harborwalk
- Central Business District Design Plan
- Waterfront Mini-parks
POLICY 26
Not applicable.
POLICY 27
Not applicable.
POLICY 28
Not applicable.
POLICY 29
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Existing State legislation is adequate to implement this policy.
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POLICY 30
1. Chapter 69 (Sewer use) of the Village Municipal Code is adequate to
implement this policy. This law requires the use of the Village's
municipal sewage system for all development within the Village.
POLICY 31
i. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
No local law is necessary to implement this policy since applicable
State laws and procedures are adequate.
POLICY 32
Not applicable.
POLICY 33
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
There is no existing Village law that requires the of
control
stormwater and sedimentation during and after project construction.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
a. See the part 2 e. and g. discussions in this section for Policies
1, iA, etc.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY
The Village Board will adopt an Official Policy Statement reducing
the use of de-icing salts on Village streets, and improving the
effectiveness and frequency of its street cleaning program. The
objective of these actions is to reduce the amount of pollutants
entering into coastal waters from Village roads.
POLICY 34
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THESE POLICIES
Chapter 20 (Boats) of the Village Municipal Code stipulates that ths
dumping of oil, refuse, garbage, sewage or waste is prohibited, except
that toilets may be discharged in any areas not within one thousand
(1,000) feet of any shoreline.
2. PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 20 of the Village Municipal Code will be amended to
prohibit the discharge of sewage waste from boat toilsts in waters
under the Village's Jurisdiction.
Chapter 85, Article IV, Section 85-11 (Schedule of regulations)
will be amended to require the installation of pumpout facilities
at all new marinas and expansions of existing marinas. Also, the
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Village will require that within three (3) years from the approval
date of the Village's LWRP, all existing marinas will have pumpout
facilities.
POLICY 35
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Existing State legislation is adequate to implement this policy. The
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will not issue
permits for dredging when it has been determined that the anticipated
impacts will exceed acceptable levels of State dredging permit
standards, as set forth in regulations developed pursuant to the State
Environmental Conservation Law.
POLICY 36
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Existing applicable Suffolk County and New York State laws are adequate
to implement this policy.
POLICY 37
I. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Adequate stormwater runoff, erosion, and sedimentation control measures
to best minimize non-point discharge of nutrients, organics and/or
eroded soils are not included in any existing Village law.
3. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND/OR PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY
The Village will approve an Official Policy Statement discouraging
the use of pesticides, herbicides, and organic compounds within the
Village.
See the part 2 and 3 discussions in this section for Policy 33.
POLICY 38
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Existing applicable Suffolk County and New York State legislation is
adequate to implement this policy.
POLICY 3~
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Existing local and State legislation is adequate to implement this
policy. There is currently no storage, treatment and/or disposal of
hazardous wastes within the Village. No land use activity is permitted
in the Village which will produce such hazardous wastes, as defined in
Article 27 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law.
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POLICY 40
Not applicable.
POLICY 41
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Existing State legislation is adequate to implement this policy.
Existing land uses which are permitted within the Village are
restricted to marine oriented commercial and recreational, retail
commercial, general commercial, residential, and open space uses. All
of these land uses are unlikely to significantly impact air quality
within the Village.
POLICY 42
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLE/~ENTS THIS POLICY
Existing State legislation is adequate to implement this policy.
POLICY 43
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Existing State legislation is adequate to implement this policy.
POLICY 44
1. EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT IMPLEMENTS THIS POLICY
Chapter 82 (Wetlands, Floodplains, and Drainage) of the Village's
Municipal Code and New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation tidal and freshwater regulations are adequate to implement
this policy.
D. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
Ail Village agencies will retain their current legislative and
administrative responsibilities. However, when an action is proposed
within the Village, as defined in the Compliance Procedures part of this
section, a consistency determination will be made prior to approving,
funding or undertaking the action by the respective Village agency to
assure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the subject action is
consistent with the policies and purposes of this program. The Village
Board of Trustees, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and other
Village agencies will be the municipal entities making consistency
determinations.
Responsibilities related to the Local Waterfront Revitalization
Program, other than those associated with consistency determinations, are
assigned as follows:
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Mayor - provides overall program supervision and management and is the
local official responsible for the LWRP.
Village Board of Trustees - will monitor and coordinate, with other
Village Boards and concerned non-governmental bodies, the implement-
ation of the LWRP, its policies and projects, including physical,
legislative, regulatory, administrative, and other actions included in
the program. The Village Board may cause to be prepared reports and
communication concerning the program for the Deprtment of State and
other agencies of the State of New York, as may be appropriate or
required. The Village Board of Trustees shall be the lead agency for
the LWRP and will make the final decision as to the Village's position
on the consistency of State and Federal actions with tthe Village's
LWRP.
Plannin~ Board - will advise the Village Board on LWRP implementation
priorities. The Planning Board will monitor planned actions of local,
State and Federal agencies within the Village, in order to review the
consistency of such actions with the LWRP, and recommend remedial
action where necessary. It will be the responsibility of the Planning
Board to make an annual report to the Village Board on progress
achieved and on problems encountered with the LWRP during the year and
may recommend actions to further implement the LWRP.
Comm, unity Development Office and Building Inspector - This office, when
required, will assist and advise the Planning Board and Board of
Trustees on whether proposed actions are consistent with the Village's
LWRP. Subject to the approval of the Village Board, the Community
Development Office will make application for funding from State,
Federal, or other sources to finance LWRP projects.
Harbormaster - oversees boating activity along the Village's shoreline.
Village Clerk - keeps records of Village government actions in the
waterfront area
E. COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES
LOCAL ACTIONS
In order to provide a framework for agencies of the Village of
Greenport to consider the policies and purposes contained in the Local
Waterfront Revitalization Program when reviewing applications for actions
or direct agency actions in the Village, and to assure, to the maximum
extent practicable, that such actions are consistent with the LWRP policies
and purposes, a local consistency law will be established.
Although the entire Village of Greenport lies within the State coastal
boundary, only Type I or Unlisted actions, pursuant to the State
Environmental Quality Review Law, proposed in the Village will be subject
to the local consistency law.
Actions proposed in the
Exempt, as defined in the
actions proposed outside of
consistency law.
Village identified as Type II, Excluded, or
State Environmental Quality Review Law, or
the Village will not be subject to the local
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The review procedure, as set forth by the local consistency law, will
be as follows:
Whenever a proposed action is located in or to be undertaken in the
Village, an agency shall, prior to approving, funding or undertaking
the action, make a determination that it is consistent to the maximum
extent practicable with the LWRP policy standards and conditions.
Whenever an agency receives an application for approval or funding of
an action or as early as possible in the agency's formulation of a
direct action to be located in the Village, the applicant, or in the
case of a direct action, the agency, shall prepare a Coastal Assessment
Form (CAF) to assist with the consistency review.
Prior to making its determination, the agency may solicit and consider
the recommendation of the Community Development Office with reference
to the consistency of the proposed action. The agency shall require
the applicant to submit all completed applications, EAF's and any other
information deemed to be necessary to its consistency determination.
The agency shall make the determination of consistency based upon such
information, the recommendation of the Community Development Office, if
requested, and the CAF.
The agency shall render ~ts written determination within thirty (30)
days following the submission by the applicant of the required
information, unless extended by mutual agreement of the agency and the
applicant.
The determination shall indicate whether the proposed action is
consistent to the maximum extent practicable or inconsistent with one
or more of the LWRP policy standards or conditions. The determination
shall state the manner and extent to which any inconsistency affects
the LWRP policy standards and conditions.
The agency shall, along with its consistency determination, make any
suggestions to the applicant concerning modification of the proposed
action to make it consistent to the maximum extent practicable with
LWRP policy standards and conditions or to greater advance them.
In the event that the agency's determination is not forthcoming within
the specified time, the application shall be deemed to have received a
determination that it is consistent to the maximum extent practicable.
Actions to be undertaken within the Village shall be evaluated for
consistency in accordance with the LWRP policy standards and
conditions, which are explained and described in Section III of this
document. Agencies which undertake direct or funding actions shall
also consult with Section IV of the LWRP in making their consistency
determination.
If the agency determines that the action would cause a substantial
hindrance to the achievement of the LWRP policy standards and
conditions, ~uch action shall not be undertaken unless the agency
determines with respect to the proposed action that:
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no reasonable alternatives exist which would permit the action to
be undertaken in a manner which will not substantially hinder the
achievement of such LWRP policy standards and conditions;
the action would be undertaken in a manner which will minimize all
adverse affects on such LWRP policy standards and conditions to the
maximum extent practicable; and
the action will result in an overriding Village, regional or
state-wide public benefit.
Such a finding shall constitute a determination that the action is
consistent to the maximum extent practicable.
Each agency shall maintain a file for each action made the subject of a
consistency determination. Such files shall be made available for
public inspection upon request.
Procedures to be used for review of Federal and State actions for
consistency with the LWRP are described below.
STATE ACTIONS
For State agencies' consistency with the LWRP, the following
consistency procedures are in effect:
1. When a state agency is considering an action in the Village, the state
agency shall notify the Village Board of Trustees.
2. Notification of a proposed action by a state agency:
- Shall fully describe the nature and location of the action;
- Shall be accomplished by use of either the State Clearinghouse,
other existing state agency notification procedures, or through any
alternative procedure agreed upon by the state agency and local
government;
- Should be provided to the Village Board of Trustees as early in the
planning stages of the action as possible, but in any event at
least 30 days prior to the agency's decision on the action. (The
timely filing of a copy of a completed Coastal Assessment Form with
the Village Board of Trustees should be considered adequate
notification of a proposed action.)
If the proposed action will require the preparation of a draft
environmental impact statement, the filing of this draft document with
the Village Mayor can serve as the state agency's notification to the
Village.
Upon receipt of notification from a state agency, the Village will be
responsible for evaluating a proposed action against the policies and
purposes of its approved LWRP.
5. If the Village cannot identify any conflicts between the proposed
action and the applicable policies and purposes of its approved LWRP,
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it should inform the state agency in writing of its finding. Upon
receipt of the Village's finding, the state agency may proceed with its
consideration of the proposed action in accordance with 19 NYCRR Part
6OO.
If the Village does not notify the state agency in writing of its
finding within the established review period, the state agency may then
presume that the proposed action does not conflict with the policies
and purposes of the Village's approved LWRP.
If the Village notifies the state agency in writing that the proposed
action does conflict with the policies and/or purposes of its approved
LWRP, the state agency shall not proceed with its consideration of the
proposed action as long aa the Resolution of Conflicts Procedure
described below shall apply. The Village shall forward a copy of the
identified conflicts to the Secretary of State at the time when the
state agency is notified. In notifying the state agency, the Village
shall identify the specific policies and purposes of the LWRP with
which the proposed action conflicts.
The following Resolution of Conflicts Procedure applies whenever the
Village has notified the Secretary of State and state agency that a
proposed action conflicts with the policies and purposes of its
approved LWRP.
Upon receipt of notification from the Village that a proposed
action conflicts with its approved LWRP, the state agency should
contact the Village Board of Trustees to discuss the content of the
identified conflicts and the means for resolving them. A meeting
of the state agency and Village representatives may be necessary to
diseuss and resolve the identified conflicts. This discussion
should take place within 30 days of the receipt of a conflict
notification from the Village.
- If the discussion between the Village and the state agency results
in the resolution of the identified conflicts, then, within seven
days of the discussion, the Village shall notify the state agency
in writing, with a copy forwarded to the Secretary of State, that
all of the ~dentified conflicts have been resolved. The state
agency can then proceed with its consideration of the proposed
action in accordance with 19 NYCRR Part 600.
- If the consultation between the Village and the state agency does
not lead to the resolution of the identified conflicts, either
party may request, in writing, the assistance of the Secretary of
State to resolve any or all of the identified conflicts. This
request must be received by the Secretary within 15 days following
the discussion between the Village and the state agency. The party
requesting the assistance of the Secretary of State shall forward a
copy of their request to the other party.
- Within 30 days following the receipt of a request for assistance,
the Secretary or a Department of State official or employee
designated by the Secretary, will discuss the identified conflicts
and circumstances preventing their resolution with appropriate
representatives from the state agency and Village.
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If agreement among all parties cannot be reached during this
discussion, the Secretary shall, within 15 days, notify both
parties of his/her findings and recommendations.
FEDERAL ACTIONS
For Federal agencies' consistency with the LWRP, the following
consistency procedures are in effect:
Direct Actions
After acknowledging the receipt of a consistency determination and
supporting documentation from a federal agency, the Department of State
(DOS) will forward copies of the determination and other descriptive
information on the proposed dirsct action to the Village Board of
Trustees (Trustees) and to other interested parties.
This notification will indicate the date by
recommendations must be submitted to DOS
principal reviewer for the proposed action.
which all comments and
and will identify DOS'
The review period will be about twenty-five (25) days. If comments and
recommendations are not received by the date indicated in the
notification, DOS will presume that the Village has "no opinion" on the
consistency of the proposed direct federal agency action with the LWRP
policies.
If DOS does not fully concur with and/or has any questions on the
comments and recommendations submitted by the Village, DOS will contact
the Village to discuss any differences of opinion or questions prior to
agreeing or disagreeing with the federal agency's consistency
determination on the proposed direct action.
5. A copy of DOS' "agreement" or "disagreement" letter to the federal
agency will he forwarded to the Trustees.
Permit and License Actions
DOS will acknowledge the receipt of an applicant's consistency
certification and application materials. At that time, DOS will
identify DOS' principal reviewer for the proposed action.
Within thirty (30) days of receiving such information, the Trustees
will contact the principal reviewer for DOS to discuss: (a) the need to
request additional information for review purposes; and (b) any
possible problems pertaining to the consistency of a proposed action
with the LWRP policies.
When DOS and the Trustees agree that additional information is
necessary, DOS will request the applicant to provide the information.
A copy of this information will be provided to the Trustees upon
receipt.
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Within thirty (30) days of receiving the requested additional
information or discussing possible problems of a proposed action with
the principal reviewer for DOS, whichever is later, the Trustees will
notify DOS of the reasons why a proposed action may be inconsistent or
consistent with the LWRP policies.
After that notification, the Trustees will submit the Village's written
comments and recommendations on a proposed permit action to DOS before
or at the conclusion of the official public comment period. If such
comments and recommendations are not forwarded to DOS by the end of the
public comment period, DOS will presume that the Village has "no
opinion" on the consistency of the proposed action with the LWRP
policies.
If DOS does not fully concur with and/or has any questions on the
comments and recommendations submitted by the Village on a proposed
permit action, DOS will contact the Trustees to discuss any differences
of opinion prior to issuing a letter of "concurrence" or "objection" to
the applicant.
A copy of DOS' "concurrence" or "objection" letter to the applicant
will be forwarded to the Trustees.
Financial Assistance Actions
1. Upon receiving notification of a proposed federal financial assistance
action, DOS will request information on the action from the applicant
for consistency review purposes. As appropriate, DOS will also request
the applicant to provide a copy of the application documentation to the
Trustees. A copy of this letter will be forwarded to the Trustees and
will serve as notification that the proposed action may be subject to
review.
2. DOS will acknowledge the receipt of the requested information and
provide a copy of this acknowledgement to the Trustees. DOS may, at
this time, request the applicant to submit additional information for
review purposes.
3. The review period will conclude thirty (30) days after the date on DOS'
letter of acknowledgement or the receipt of requested additional
information, whichever is later. The review period may be extended for
major financial assistance actions.
4. The Trustees must submit the Village's comments and recommendations on
the proposed action to DOS within twenty (20) days (or other time
agreed to by DOS and the Trustees) from the start of the review period.
If comments and recommendations are not received within this period,
DOS will presume that the Village has "no opinion" on the consistency
of the proposed financial assistance action with the LWRP policies.
5. If DOS does not fully concur with and/or has any questions on the
comments and recommendations submitted by the Village, DOS will contact
the Trustees to discuss any differences of opinion or questions prior
to notifying the applicant of DOS' consistency decision.
6. A copy of DOS' consistency decision letter to the applicant will be
forwarded to the Trustees.
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F. FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Implementation of this waterfront program will require coordination
among local, State and Federal agencies and officials, non-profit
organizations, private individuals, and corporations to mobilize the
necessary financial resources for each project.
For local management, administration, enforcement of regulations and
projects, the Village will rely mainly on its tax revenues.
Areas of funding and technical assistance which may be made available
to implement the program are:
The Department of Housing and Urban Development Small Cities and
Urban Development Action Grant Programs for Village economic
development activities;
- Technical support from the NYS Department of Transportation for the
Village's Traffic and Parking Study;
Technical and financial support in the form of pre-construction
grants from the New York State Department of State Division of
Coastal Resources and Waterfront Revitalization for the
implementation of LWRP projects.
Technical and financial support from the New York State Department
of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for identifying and
evaluating historic resources within the Village;
Technical and financial support from other State, or quasi-State
agencies, for such things as the Village's Central Business
District revitalization program.
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SECTION VI
STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS AND PROGRAMS LIKELY
TO AFFECT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
SECTION VI. STAVE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS AND PROGRAMS LIKELY
TO AFFECT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
State and federal actions will affect and be affected by implementation
of the LWRP. Under State law and the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act,
certain state and federal actions within or affecting the local waterfront
area must be "consistent" or "consistent to the maximum extent practicable"
with the enforceable policies and purposes of the LWRP. This makes the
LWRP a unique, intergovernmental mechanism for setting policy-making
decisions. While consistency requirements primarily help prevent
detrimental actions from occurring and help ensure that future options are
not foreclosed needlessly, active participation on the part of state and
federal agencies is also likely to be necessary to implement specific
provisions of the LWRP.
The first part of this section identifies the actions and programs of
state and federal agencies which should be undertaken in a manner
consistent with the LWRP. This is a generic list of actions and programs,
as identified by the NYS Department of State; therefore, some of the
actions and programs listed may not be relevant to this LWRP. Pursuant to
the State Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act (Executive
Law, Article 42), the Secretary of State individually and separately
notifies affected state agencies of those agency actions and programs which
are to be undertaken in a manner consistent with approved LWRPs.
Similarly, federal agency actions and programs subject to consistency
requirements are identified in the manner prescribed by the U.S. Coastal
Zone Management Act and its implementing regulations. The lists of state
and federal actions and programs included herein are informational only and
do not represent or substitute for the required identification and
notification procedures. The current official lists of actions subject to
state and federal consistency requirements may be obtained from the NYS
Department of State.
The second part of this section is a general list of state and federal
agency actions which are necessary to further the implementation of the
LWRP. It is recognized that a state or federal agency's ability to
undertake such actions is subject to a variety of factors and
considerations; that the consistency provisions referred to above may not
apply; and that the consistency requirements cannot be used to require a
state or federal agency to undertake an action it could not undertake
pursuant to other provisions of law. Reference should be made to Sections
IV and V, which also discuss state and federal assistance needed to
implement the LWRP.
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A. STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS AND PROGRAMS WHICH SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN
IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE LOCAL PROGRAM
STATE AGENCIES
OFFICE FOR THE AGING
1.00 Funding and/or approval programs for the establishment of new or
expanded facilities providing various services for the elderly.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
1.00 Agricultural Districts Program.
2.00 Rural development programs.
3.00 Farm worker services programs.
4.00 Permit and approval programs:
4.01
4.02
4.03
Custom Slaughters/Processor Permit
Processing Plant License
Refrigerated Warehouse and/or Locker Plant License
DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL/STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY
1.00 Permit and approval programs:
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.06
1.07
1.08
1.09
1.10
1.11
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
1.21
1.22
1.23
Ball Park - Stadium License
Bottle Club License
Bottling Permits
Brewer's Licenses and Permits
Brewer's Retail Beer License
Catering Establishment Liquor License
Cider Producer's and Wholesaler's Licenses
Club Beer, Liquor, and Wine Licenses
Distiller's Licenses
Drug Store, Eating Place, and Grocery Store Beer
Licenses
Farm Winery and Winery Licenses
Hotel Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses
Industrial Alcohol Manufacturer's Permits
Liquor Store License
On-Premises Liquor License
Plenary Permit (Miscellaneous-Annual)
Summer Beer and Liquor Licenses
Tavern/Restaurant and Restaurant Wine Licenses
Vessel Beer and Liquor Licenses
Warehouse Permit
Wine Store License
Winter Beer and Liquor Licenses
Wholesale Beer, Wine, and Liquor Licenses
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DIVISION OF ALCOHOLISM AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
1.00
Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
expansion,
2.00 Permit and approval programs:
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
Letter Approval for Certificate of Need
Operating Certificate (Alcoholism Facility)
Operating Certificate - Community Residence
Operating Certificate (Outpatient Facility)
Operating Certificate (Sobering-Up Station)
or
COUNCIL
1.00
2.00
ON THE ARTS
Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
Architecture and environmental arts program.
expansion, or
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING
1.00 Permit and approval programs:
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.06
1.07
1.08
1.09
1.10
1.I1
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
Authorization Certificate
Authorization Certificate
Authorization Certificate
Authorization Certificate
Location)
Authorization Certificate
Authorization Certificate
Authorization Certificate
Change of Location)
(Bank Branch)
(Bank Change of Location)
(Bank Charter)
(Credit Union Change of
(Credit Union Charter)
(Credit Union Station)
(Foreign Banking Corporation
Authorization Certificate (Foreign Banking Corporation
Public Accommodations Office
Authorization Certificate (Investment Company Branch)
Authorization
Location)
Authorization
Authorization
Location)
Authorization
Authorization
Authorization
Banks)
Authorization
Authorization
of Location)
Authorization
Authorization
Authorization
Office)
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
Certificate
(Investment Company Change of
(Investment Company Charter)
(Licensed Lender Change of
(Mutual Trust Company Charter)
(Private Banker Charter)
(Public Accommodation Office -
(Safe Deposit Company Branch)
(Safe Deposit Company Change
(Safe Deposit Company Charter)
(Savings Bank Charter)
(Savings Bank De Novo Branch
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1.21
1.22
1.23
1.24
1.25
1.26
1.27
1.28
1.29
1.30
1.31
1.32
Authorization Certificate
Accommodations Office)
Authorization Certificate
Branch)
Authorization Certificate
Change of Location)
Authorization Certificate
Charter)
Authorization Certificate
Charter)
Authorization Certificate
Authorization Certificate
Location)
Authorization Certificate
Authorization Certificate
Accommodations Office)
(Savings'. Bank Public
(Savings and Loan Association
(Savings and Loan Association
(Savings and Loan Association
(Subsidiary Trust Company
(Trust Company Branch)
(Trust Company-Change of
(Trust Company Charter)
(Trust Company Public
Authorization to Establish a Life Insurance Agency
License as a Licensed Lender
License for a Foreign Banking Corporation Branch
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
1.00 Preparation or revision of statewide or specific plans to
address State economic development needs.
2.00 Allocation of the state tax-free bonding reserve.
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
expansion, or
DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
1.00 Financing of higher education and health care facilities.
2.00 Planning and design services assistance program.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation, expansion, demolition
or the funding of such activities.
2.00 Permit and approval programs:
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.07
2.08
Certificate of Incorporation (Regents Charter)
Private Business School Registration
Private School License
Registered Manufacturer of Drugs and/or Devices
Registered Pharmacy Certificate
Registered Wholesaler of Drugs and/or Devices
Registered Wholesaler-Repacker of Drugs and/or Devices
Storekeeper's Certificate
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ENERGY PLANNING BOARD AND ENERGY OFFICE
1.00 Preparation and revision of the State Energy Master Plan.
NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
1.00
Issuance of revenue bonds to finance pollution abatement
modifications in power-generation facilities and various energy
projects.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
1.00
2.00
Acquisition, disposition, lease, grant of easement and other
activities related to the management of lands under the
jurisdiction of the Department.
Classification of Waters Program; classification of
under the Clean Air Act.
3.00
Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
expansion,
or
4.00 Financial assistance/grant programs:
4.01
4.02
4.03
4.04
4 .O5
4.06
Capital projects for limiting air pollution
Cleanup of toxic waste dumps
Flood control, beach erosion and other water resource
projects
Operating aid to municipal wastewater treatment
facilities
Resource recovery and solid waste management capital
projects
Wastewater treatment facilities
5.00
6.00
Funding assistance for issuance of permits and other regulatory
activities (New York City only).
Implementation of the Environmental Quality Bond Act of 1972,
including:
(a) Water Quality Improvement Projects
(b) Land Preservation and Improvement Projects including Wetland
Preservation and Restoration Projects, Unique Area
Preservation Projects, Metropolitan Parks Projects, Open
Space Preservation Projects and Waterways Projects.
7.00 Marine Finfish and Shellfish Programs.
8.00 New York Harbor Drift Removal Project.
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9.00 Permit and approval programs:
Air Resources
9.01
9.02
9.03
9.04
9.05
9.06
9.07
Certificate of Approval for Air Pollution Episode Action
Plan
Certificate of Compliance for Tax Relief - Air Pollution
Control Facility
Certificate to Operate: Stationary Combustion
Installation;
Incinerator; Process, Exhaust or Ventilation System
Permit for Burial of Radioactive Material
Permit for Discharge of Radioactive Material to Sanitary
Sewer
Permit for Restricted Burning
Permit to Construct: a Stationary Combustion
Installation; Incinerator; Indirect Source of Air
Contamination; Process, Exhaust or Ventilation System
Construction Management
9.08 Approval of Plans and Specifications for Wastewater
Treatment Facilities.
Fish and Wildlife
9.09
9.10
9.11
9.12
9.13
9.14
9.15
9.16
9.17
9.18
9.19
9.20
Certificate to Possess and Sell Hatchery Trout in New
York State
Cormmercial Inland Fisheries Licenses
Fishing Preserve License
Fur Breeder's License
Game Dealer's License
Licenses to Breed Domestic Game Animals
License to Possess and Sell Live Game
Permit to Import, Transport and/or Export under Section
184.1 (11-0511)
Permit to Raise and Sell Trout
Private Bass Matchery Permit
Shooting Preserve Licenses
Taxidermy License
Lands and Forest
9.21
9.22
9.23
9.24
9.25
9.26
9.27
9.28
Certificate of Environmental Safety (Liquid Natural Gas
and Liquid Petroleum Gas)
Floating Object Permit
Marine Regatta Permit
Mining Permit
Navigation Aid Permit
Permit to Plug and Abandon (a non-co~ercial oil, gas or
solution mining well)
Permit to Use Chemicals for the Control or Elimination
of Aquatic Insects
Permit to Use Chemicals for the Control or Elimination
of Aquatic Vegetation
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9.29
9.30
9.31
Permit to Use Chemicals for the Control or Extermination
of Undesirable Fish
Underground Storage Permit (Gas)
Well Drilling Permit (Oil, Gas, and Solution Salt
Mining)
Marine Resources
9.32
9.33
9.34
9.35
9.36
9.37
9.38
9.39
9.40
9.41
9.42
Digger's Permit (Shellfish)
License of Menhaden Fishing Vessel
License for Non-Resident Food Fishing Vessel
Non-Resident Lobster Permit
Marine Hatchery and/or Off-Bottom Culture Shellfish
Permits
Permits to Take Blue-Claw Crabs
Permit to Use Pond or Trap Net
Resident Commercial Lobster Permit
Shellfish Bed Permit
Shellfish Shipper's Permits
Special Permit to Take Surf Clams from Waters Other Than
the Atlantic Ocean
Regulatory Affairs
9.43
9.44
9.45
9.46
9.47
9.48
9.49
9.50
9.51
9.52
9.53
9.54
9.55
Approval - Drainage Improvement District
Approval - Water (Diversions for) Power
Approval of Well System and Permit to Operate
Permit - Article 15, (Protection of Water) - Dam
Permit - Article 15, (Protection of Water) - Dock, Pier
or Wharf
Permit - Article 15, (Protection of Water) - Dredge or
Deposit Material in a Waterway
Permit - Article 15, (Protection of Water) - Stream Bed
or Bank Disturbances
Permit - Article 15, Title 15 (Water Supply)
Permit - Article 24, (Freshwater Wetlands)
Permit - Article 25, (Tidal Wetlands)
River Improvement District approvals
River Regulatory District approvals
Well Drilling Certificate of Registration
Solid Wastes
9.56
9.57
Permit to Construct and/or Operate a Solid Waste
Management Facility
Septic Tank Cleaner and Industrial Waste Collector
Permit
Water Resources
9.58
9.59
9.60
Approval of Plans for Wastewater Disposal Systems
Certificate of Approval of Realty Subdivision Plans
Certificate of Compliance (Industrial Wastewater
Treatment Facility)
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10.00
11.00
12.00
13.00
14.00
15.00
16.00
9.61
9.62
9.63
9.64
9.65
9.66
Letters of Certification for Major Onshore Petroleum
Facility Oil Spill Prevention and Control Plan
Permit - Article 36, (Construction in Flood Hazard
Areas)
Permit for State Agency Activities for Development in
Coastal Erosion Hazards Areas
Permit Granted (for Use of State Maintained Flood
Control Land)
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES)
Permit
401 Water Quality Certification
Preparation and revision of Air Pollution State Implementation
Plan.
Preparation and revision of Continuous Executive Program Plan.
Preparation and revision of Statewide Environmental Plan.
Protection of Natural and Man-made Beauty Program.
Urban Fisheries Program.
Urban Forestry Program.
Urban Wildlife Program.
ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION
1.00 Financing program for pollution control
industrial firms and small businesses.
FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICES
1.00
2.00
3.00
facilities for
expansion, or
Administration of the Public Lands Law for acquisition and
disposition of lands, grants of land and grants or easement of
land under water, issuance of licenses for removal of materials
from lands under water, and oil and gas leases for exploration
and development.
Administration of Article 4-B, Public Buildings Law, in regard
to the protection and management of State historic and cultural
properties and State uses of buildings of historic,
architectural or cultural significance.
Facilities construction,
demolition.
rehabilitation, expansion, or
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
1.00
Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
expansion, or
2.00 Permit and approval programs:
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.07
2.08
2.09
2.10
2.11
2.12
2.13
2.14
2.15
2.16
2.17
Approval of Completed Works for Public Water Supply
Improvements
Approval of Plans for Public Water Supply Improvements.
Certificate of Need (Health Related Facility - except
Hospitals)
Certificate of Need (Hospitals)
Operating Certificate (Diagnostic and Treatment Center)
Operating Certificate (Health Related Facility)
Operating Certificate (Hospice)
Operating Certificate (Hospital)
Operating Certificate (Nursing Home)
Permit to Operate a Children's Overnight or Day Camp
Permit to Operate a Migrant Labor Camp
Permit to Operate as a Retail Frozen Dessert
Manufacturer
Permit to Operate a Service Food Establishment
Permit to Operate a Temporary Residence/Mass Gathering
Permit to Operate or Maintain a Swimming Pool or Public
Bathing Beach
Permit to Operate Sanitary Facilities for Realty
Subdivisions
Shared Health Facility Registration Certificate
DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL and its subsidiaries and
affiliates
1.00
Facilities construction,
demolition.
rehabilitation, expansion, or
2.00 Financial assistance/grant programs:
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.07
2.08
2.09
2.10
Federal Housing Assistance Payments Programs (Section 8
Programs)
Housing Development Fund Programs
Neighborhood Preservation Companies Program
Public Housing Programs
Rural Initiatives Grant Program
Rural Preservation Companies Program
Rural Rental Assistance Program
Special Needs Demonstration Projects
Urban Initiatives Grant Program
Urban Renewal Programs
3.00 Preparation and implementation of plans to address housing and
community renewal needs.
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HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
1.00 Funding programs for the construction,
expansion of facilities.
JOB DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
1.00 Financing assistance programs for co~mercial
facilities.
MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES FINANCING AGENCY
1.00 Financing of medical care facilities.
OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
2.00 Permit and approval programs:
2.01 Operating Certificate (Community Residence)
2.02 Operating Certificate (Family Cars Homes)
2.03 Operating Certificate (Inpatient Facility)
2.04 Operating Certificate (Outpatient Facility)
OFFICE OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENT DISABILITIES
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
2.00 Permit and approval programs:
2.01 Establishment and Construction Prior Approval
2.02 Operating Certificate Community Residence
2.03 Outpatient Facility Operating Certificate
DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS
1.00 Preparation and implementation of the State
Preparedness Plan.
NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST
1.00 Funding program for natural heritage institutions.
OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Regional State Park Commissions)
1.00 Acquisition, disposition, lease, grant of easement
activities related to the management of
jurisdiction of the Office.
2.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
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rehabilitation, or
and industrial
expansion, or
expansion, or
Disaster
(including
or other
land under the
expansion, or
3.00
4.00
.5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
Funding program for recreational boating, safety and
enforcement.
Funding program for State and local historic preservation
projects.
Land and Water Conservation Fund programs.
Nomination of properties to the Federal and/or State Register of
Historic Places.
Permit and approval programs:
7.01 Floating Objects Permit
7.02 Marine Regatta Permit
7.03 Navigation Aide Permit
7.04 Posting of Signs Outside State Parks
Preparation and revision of the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor
Recreation Plan and the Statewide Comprehensive Historic
Preservation Plan and other plans for public access, recreation,
historic preservation or related purposes.
NEW YORK STATE SCIENCE AND TECI{NOLOGY FOUNDATION
1.00 Corporation for Innovation Development Program.
2.00 Center for Advanced Technology Program.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation, expansion, or
demolition or the funding of such activities.
2.00 Homeless Housing and Assistance Program.
3.00 Permit and approval programs:
3.01 Certificate of Incorporation (Adult Residential Care
Facilities)
3.02 Operating Certificate (Children's Services)
3.03 Operating Certificate (Enriched Housing Program)
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2.00
Facilities construction,
demolition.
rehabilitation, expansion, or
9.00 Recreation services programs.
10.00 Urban Cultural Parks Program.
POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
1.00 Acquisition, disposition, lease, grant of easement and other
activities related to the management of land under the
Jurisdiction of the Authority.
3.04
3.05
3.06
3.07
3.08
Operating Certificate (Home for Adults)
Operating Certificate (Proprietary Home)
Operating Certificate (Public Home)
Operating Certificate (Special Care Home)
Permit to Operate a Day Care Center
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
1.00 Appalachian Regional Development Program.
2.00 Coastal Management Program.
3.00 Community Services Block Grant Program.
4.00 Permit and approval programs:
4.01 Billiard Room License
4.02 Cemetery Operator
4.03 Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code
STATE UNIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION FUND
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
1.00
expansion, or
Acquisition, disposition, lease, grant of easement and other
activities related to the management of land under the
jurisdiction of the University.
2.00 Facilities
demolition.
construction,
DIVISION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
rehabilitation, expansion, or
1.00
Facilities construction, rehabilitation,
demolition or the funding of such activities.
expansion, or
2.00 Permit and approval programs:
2.01 Certificate of Approval (Substances Abuse Services Program)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1.00 Acquistion, disposition, lease, grant of easement
activities related to the management of land
Jurisdiction of the Department.
and other
under the
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2,00
Constrnction, rehabilitation, expansion, or demolition of
facilities, including but not limited to:
(a) Highways and parkways
(b) Bridges on the State highways system
(c) Highway and parkway maintenance facilities
(d) Barge Canal
(e) Rail facilities
3.00 Financial assistance/grant programs:
3.01
3.02
3.03
3.04
3.05
Funding programs for construction/reconstruction and
reconditioning/preservation of municipal streets and
highways (excluding routine maintenance and minor
rehabilitation)
Funding programs for development of the ports of Albany,
Buffalo, Oswego, Ogdensburg and New York
Funding programs for rehabilitation and replacement of
municipal bridges
Subsidies program for marginal branchlines abandoned by
Conrail
Subsidies program for passenger rail service
4.00 Permits and approval programs:
5.00
6,00
4.01
4.02
4.03
4.04
4.05
4.06
4.07
4.08
4.09
4.10
Approval of applications for airport improvements
(construction projects)
Approval of municipal applications for Section 18 Rural
and Small Urban Transit Assistance Grants(construction
projects)
Approval of municipal or regional transportation
authority applications for funds for design,
construction and rehabilitation of omnibus maintenance
and storage facilities
Approval of municipal or regional transportation
authority applications for funds for design and
construction of rapid transit facilities
Certificate of Convenience and Necessity to Operate a
Railroad
Highway Work Permits
License to Operate Major Petroleum Facilities
Outdoor Advertising Permit (for off-premises advertising
signs adjacent to interstate and primary highway)
Permits for Use and Occupancy of N.Y. State Canal Lands
[except Regional Permits (Snow Dumping)]
Real Property Division Permit for Use of State-Owned
Property
Preparation or revision of the Statewide Master Plan for
Transportation and sub-area or special plans and studies related
to the transportation needs of the State.
Water Operation and Maintenance Program--Activities related to
the containment of petroleum spills and development of an
emergency oil-spill control network.
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URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPOP~.TION and its subsidiaries and affiliates
1.00
Acquisition, disposition, lease, grant of easement and other
activities related to the management of land under the
Jurisdiction of the Corporation.
2.00
Construction, rehabilitation, expansion, or demolition of
residential, commercial, industrial, and civic facilities and
the funding of such activities, including but not limited to
actions under the following programs:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Tax-Exempt Financing Program
Lease Collateral Program
Lease Financial Program
Targeted Investment Program
Industrial Buildings Recycling Program
DIVISION OF YOUTH
1.00 Facilities construction, rehabilitation, expansion,
demolition and the funding or approval of such activities.
or
DIRECT FEDERAL ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Marine Fisheries Services
1.00 Fisheries Management Plans
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
Army Corps of Engineers
Proposed authorizations for dredging, channel improvements,
breakwaters, other navigational works, or erosion control
structures, beach replenishment, dams or flood control works,
ice management practices and activities, and other projects with
potential to impract coastal lands and waters.
Land acquisition for spoil disposal or other purposes.
Selection of open water disposal sites.
Army, Navy and Air Force
Location, design, and acquisition of new or expanded defense
installations (active or reserve status, including associated
housing, transprotation or other facilities).
Plans, procedures and facilities for landing or storage use
zones.
Establishment of impact, comparability or restricted use zones.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
1.00 Prohibition ordsrs.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
1.00 Acquisition, location and design of proposed Federal Government
property or buildings, whether leased or owned by the Federal
Government.
Disposition of Federal surplus lands and structures.
2.00
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
1.00
2.00
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
Fish and Wildlife Service
Management of National Wildlife refuges and proposed
acquisitions.
National Park Service
National Park and Seashore management and proposed acquisitions.
Amtrak, Conrail
Expansions, curtailments, new construction, upgradings or
abandonments of railroad facilities or services, in or affecting
the State's coastal area.
Coast Guard
Location and design, construction or enlargement of Coast Guard
stations, bases, and lighthouses.
Location, placement or removal of navigation devices which are
not part of the routine operations under the Aids to Navigation
Program (ATON).
Expansion, abandonment, designation or anchorages, lightering
areas or shipping lanes and ice management practices and
activities.
Federal Aviation Administration
Location and design, construction,
of Federal aids to air navigation.
maintenance, and demolition
Federal Hi~hwa~ Administration
Highway construction.
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Acquisition, location, design, improvement and construction of
new and existing facilities for the operation of the Seaway,
incuding traffic safety, traffic control and length of
navigation season.
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FEDERAL LICENSES AND PERMITS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Army Corps of Engineers
1.00
Construction of dams, dikes or ditches across navigable waters,
or obstruction or alteration of navigable waters required under
Sections 9 and 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
(33 U.S.C. 401, 403).
2.00 Establishment of harbor lines pursuant to Section 11 of the
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 404, 405).
3.00
Occupation of seawall, bulkhead, jetty, dike, levee, wharf,
pier, or other work built by the U.S. pursuant to Section 14 of
the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 408).
4.00
Approval of plans for improvements made at private expense under
USACE supervision pursuant to the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1902
(33 U.S.C. 565).
5.00
Disposal of dredged spoils into the waters of the U.S., pursuant
to the Clean Water Act, Section 404, (33 U.S.C. 1344).
6.00
All actions for which permits are required pursuant to Section
103 of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of
1972 (33 U.S.C. 1413).
7. O0
Construction of artificial islands and fixed structures in Long
Island Sound pursuant to Section 4(f) of the River and Harbors
Act of 1912 (33 U.S.C.).
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Economic Regulatory Commission
1.00
Regulation of gas pipelines, and licensing of import or export
of natural gas pursuant to the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717)
and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974.
2.00 Exemptions from prohibition orders.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
3.00
Licenses for non-Federal hydroelectric projects and primary
transmission lines under Sections 3(11), 4(e) and 15 of the
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(11), 797(11) and 808).
4.00
Orders for interconnection of electric
under Section 202(b) of the
(15 U.S.C. 824a(b)).
transmission facilities
Federal Power Act
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5.00
6.00
Certificates for the construction and operation of interstate
natural gas pipeline facilities, including both pipelines and
terminal facilities under Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act
(15 U.S.C. 717f(c)).
Permission and approval for the abandonment of natural gas
pipeline facilities under Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act
(15 U.S.C. 717f(b)).
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
1.00
NPDES permits and other permits for Federal installations,
discharges in contiguous zones and ocean waters, sludge runoff
and aquaculture permits pursuant to Section 401, 402, 403, 405,
and 318 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972
(33 U.S.C. 1341, 1342, 1343, and 1328).
2.00
Permits pursuant to the Resources Recovery and Conservation Act
of 1976.
3.00
Permits pursuant to the underground injection control program
under Section 1424 of the Safe Water Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300h-c).
4.00 Permits pursuant to the Clean Air Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 1857).
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Services
1.00
Endangered species permits pursuant to the Endangered Species
Act (16 U.S.C. 153(a)).
Mineral Management Service
2.00
Permits to drill, rights of use and easements for construction
and maintenance of pipelines, gathering and flow lines and
associated structures pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1334, exploration
and development plans, and any other permits or authorizations
granted for activities described in detail in OCS exploration,
development, and production plans.
3.00
Permits required for pipelines crossing federal lands, including
OCS lands, and associated activities pursuant to the OCS Lands
Act (43 U.S.C. 1334) and 43 U.S.C. 931 (c) and 20 U.S.C. 185.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
1.00
Authority to abandon railway lines (to the extent that the
abandonment involves removal of trackage and disposition of
right-of-way); authority to construct railroads; authority to
construct coal slurry pipelines.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
1.00
Licensing and certification of the siting, construction and
operation of nuclear power plans pursuant to Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, Title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
1.00 Construction or modification of bridges, causeways or pipelines
over navigable waters pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 1455.
2.00 Permits for Deepwater Ports pursuant to the Deepwater Ports Act
of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501).
Federal Aviation Administration
3.00 Permits and licenses for construction, operation or alteration
of airports.
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE*
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
10.068
10.409
10.410
10.411
10.413
10.414
10.415
10.416
10.418
10.419
10.422
10.423
10.424
10.426
10.429
10.430
10.901
10.902
10.904
10.906
Rural Clean Water Program
Irrigation, Drainage, and Other Soil and Water Conservation
Loans
Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans
Rural Housing Site Loans
Recreation Facility Loans
Resource Conservation and Development Loans
Rural Rental Housing Loans
Soil and Water Loans
Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Cotmnunities
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans
Business and Industrial Loans
Community Facilities Loans
Industrial Development Grants
Area Development Assistance Planning Grants
Above Moderate Income Housing Loans
Energy Impacted Area Development Assistance Program
Resource Conservation and Development
Soil and Water Conservation
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
River Basin Surveys and Investigations
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
11.300
11.301
Economic Development - Grants and Loans for Public Works and
Development Facilities
Economic Development - Business Development Assistance
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11.302
11.304
11.305
11.307
11.308
11.405
11.407
11.417
11.427
11.501
11.509
Economic Development - Support for Planning Organizations
Economic Development - State and Local Economic Development
Planning
Economic Development - State and Local Economic Development
Planning
Special Economic Development and Adjustment Assistance
Program - Long Term Economic Deterioration
Grants to States for Supplemental and Basic Funding of
Titles I, II, III, IV, and V Activities
Anadromous and Great Lakes Fisheries Conservation
Commercial Fisheries Research and Develoment
Sea Grant Support
Fisheries Development and Utilization - Research and
Demonstration Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program
Development and Promotion of Ports and Intermodal
Transportation
Development and Promotion of Domestic Waterborne Transport
Systems
DEPARTMENT
14.112
14.115
14.117
14.124
14.125
14.126
14.127
14.218
14.219
14.221
14.223
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Mortgage Insurance - Construction or Substantial
Rehabilitation of Condominium Projects
Mortgage Insurance - Development of Sales Type Cooperative
Projects
Mortgage Insurance - Homes
Mortgage Insurance - Investor Sponsored Cooperative Housing
Mortgage Insurance - Land Development and New Co--unities
Mortgage Insurance - Management Type Cooperative Projects
Mortgage Insurance - Mobile Home Parks
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
Community Development Block Grants/Small Cities Program
Urban Development Action Grants
Indian Community Development Block Grant Program
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
15.400
15.402
15.403
15.411
15.417
15.600
15.605
15.611
15.613
15.802
15.950
15.951
15.592
Outdoor Recreation - Acquisition, Development and Planning
Outdoor Recreation - Technical Assistance
Disposal of Federal Surplus Real Property for Parks,
Recreation, and Historic Monuments
Historic Preservation Grants-In-Aid
Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program
Anadromous Fish Conservation
Fish Restoration
Wildlife Restoration
Marine Mammal Grant Program
Minerals Discovery Loan Program
National Water Research and Development Program
Water Resources Research and Technology -
Assistance to State Institutes
Water Research and Technology -
Matching Funds to State Institutes
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
20.102
20.103
20.205
20.309
20.310
20.506
20.509
Airport Development Aid Program
Airport Planning Grant Program
Highway Research, Planning, and Construction
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement - Guarantee of
Obligations
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement -
Redeemable Preference Shares
Urban Mass Transportation Demonstration Grants
Public Transportation for Rural and Small Urban Areas
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
39.002 Disposal of Federal Surplus Real Property
COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRAITON
49.002
49.011
49.013
49.017
49.018
Community Action
Community Economic Development
State Economic Opportunity Offices
Rural Development Loan Fund
Housing and Community Development (Rural Housing)
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
59.012
59.013
59.024
59.025
59.031
Small Business Loans
State and Local. Development Company Loans
Water Pollution Control Loans
Air Pollution Control Loans
Small Business Pollution Control Financing Guarantee
ENVIRO~R~ENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
66.001
66.418
66.426
66.451
66.452
66.600
Air Pollution Control Program Grants
Construction Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works
Water Pollution Control - State and Areawide Water Quality
Managment Planning Agency
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Program Support Grants
Solid Waste Management Demonstration Grants
Environmental Protection Consolidated Grants Program Support
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability (Super Fund)
*Numbers refer to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Programs, 1980 and its two subsequent updates.
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STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS AND PROGRAMS NECESSARY TO FURTHER THE LWRP
State Agencies
Department of Environmental Conservation
(1) Approval of Freshwater Wetland Permits and Tidal Wetland
Permits:
Must be coordinated with local regulations and policies
(2) State Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permits:
Should only be graded in conformance with the policies
and criteria established in the LW~.P so as to enforce
its objectives.
(3) Funding for Flood and Erosion Control Projects:
Could further the objectives of the LWRP.
(4) Construction Management Program:
For wastewater treatment facilities, can
funding for sewer repair and improvement.
(5) Environmental Quality Bond Act, Title 7.
be a source of
Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
(1) Nomination to State and Federal Register of Historic Places:
Can assist in the preservation of historic landmarks
through both legal protection and funding eligibility.
(2) Provision of Funding:
For State and local historic preservation activities.
(3) Certification of Properties:
Within the National Historic Register Districts.
(4) Review of Type I Actions:
Within the National Historic Districts.
(5) Provision of Funding:
For State and Local activities from the Land and Water
Conservation Fund.
(6) Environmental Quality Bond Act, Title 9.
Department of State
(1) Provision of Funding:
For the Development of an improved Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program.
(2) Provision for Financial Assistance:
Through the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program for the
preparation of a public access and waterfront design plan for
the harborwalk project.
Department of Transportation
(1) Assistance for Street Repairs:
Through the Consolidated Highway Improvements Program.
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d. Department of Transportation (continued)
(2) Technical Input and Coordinated Assistance:
For a comprehensive local traffic study.
e. Department of Comerce
(1) Any action or the Provision of Funds:
For the development or promotion of tourism related activities
or development.
2. Federal Agencies
a. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(1) Small Cities Program and Urban Development Action Grant Funds:
Continued support from these programs for housing
revitalization and economic development.
b. Department of Comerce
(1)
Tourism Promotion:
Any action or provision of funds for the development or
promotion of tourism related activities or development
including the Harborwalk ProJsct as described in Section
IV.
(2)
Sea Grant Support:
Is important to provide research and technical
assistance to better understand and develop solutions to
commercial fishing problems and other coastal matters.
c. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers
(1) Approval of Public and Private Marine Oriented Improvement
Plans:
Important for dredging, bulkhead repair and
installation, dock repair and installation, dredge spoil
disposal sites, etc. to assure that such projects
consider environmental consequences.
d. Environmental Protection Agency
(1) Construction Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works:
May provide assistance in increasing the capacity
effectiveness of the Village's sewage treatment plant.
and
e. Department of Transportation, Coast Guard
(1) Navigation Devices:
The location, placement,
devices.
maintenance and removal of such
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
(1) National Flood Insurance:
The National Flood Insurance Program
federally subsidized flood insurance
areas in the Village.
Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
(1) Qualified Building Rehabilitation:
Continuation of incentives for
qualified building structures.
(2) Tax Exempt Status Provisions:
Appropriated for non-profit agencies
coastal area.
(NFIP) provides
to flood-prone
rehabilitation of
active in the
Economic Development Administration
(1) Assistance for Street Improvements:
Under the Public Works and Economic Development Act.
Department of the Interior, National Park Service
(1) Review of Federal Actions:
Within the National Historic Register Districts,
of federal actions pursuant to NEPA.
review
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SECTION VII
CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AFFECTED
FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES
SECTION VII. CONSULTATION WITH OTHER AFFECTED FEDERAL, STATE,
REGIONAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES
Several governmental agencies and local organizations were consulted
during the preparation of this waterfront program. Local initiatives based
on these consultations resulted in the initial stages of establishing:
- an Historic Preservation Local Law;
- a commercial fishing dock for use by operators of local, small
commercial fishing vessels;
- an amendment to Chapter 85 (Zoning) of the Village's Municipal Code
to delete residential use in the Village's Waterfront Commercial
District;
- the development of additional parking facilities at the LIRR site;
- the preparation of a comprehensive groundwater availability study;
- sewage
the planned expansion of the Village's municipally owned
treatment facility; and
- the renegotiation of the Village's contract with the
Authority of the State of New York for its electricity needs.
Consultations have occurred with the following agencies:
State A~encies
N.Y.S. Department of State
N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation
N.Y.S. Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
N.Y.S. Power Authority
Regional
Long Island Regional Planning Board
Local Agencies
Suffolk County Planning Department
Suffolk County Department of Health Services
Village of Greenport, Board of Trustees
Village of Southold, Planning Board
Power
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SECTION VIII~ LOCAL COMMITMENT
During the preparation of the Greenport LWRP, the material in the
foregoing sections was discussed at public meetings of the Village Board of
Trustees. The occasions were covered by the local press. Active public
participation occurred in the development of the Village's LWRP, and will
continue to occur throughout the adoption phase.
Scheduled and duly advertised public meetings occurred as follows:
- Public informational meetings with full consultant presentations on
May 25 and June 29, 1983.
- Joint meeting between the Greenport Village Planning Board and Town
of Southold Planning Board on August 8, 1983.
Public presentation/hearing before the Greenport Village Board on
August 18, 1983. Following the public hearing, a ten day comment
period was scheduled for public input prior to modification of the
draft and subsequent Village Board consideration.
In addition to the public informational meetings and hearings noted
above, many meetings were held by the Village's planning consultants with
officials, businessman, and property owners within Greenport. The program
was also discussed at meetings of the Greenport Rotary Club, Greenport
Village Merchant's Association, and the Greater Greenport-Southold Chamber
of Commerce.
In this manner, a significant amount of time, interest and expertise
was contributed by the residents and businessmen of the Village in the
preparation of the LWRP. Citizen input improved the data base, provided
alternatives, and expressed the values and concerns of the community.
Both the Planning Board and the Village Board had additional
opportunities to comment on the draft program prior to its completion.
Revisions were made accordingly. A resolution demonstrating support for
the program was approved by the Village Trustees before the draft document
was submitted to the NYS Department of State and numerous other involved
agencies for review.
The Village has recognized the need to continue public and private
involvement in the LWRP through the mechanisms identified herein.
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SECTION IX
DRAFT PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DPEIS)
SECTION IX
DRAFT PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DPEIS)
REGARDING
Municipal action in adopting a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
(LWRP) pursuant to the New York State Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal
Resources Act of 1981. The locally adopted and New York State Department
of State approved LWRP will establish mechanisms for local coastal
management within the municipality's coastal area.
BY
VILLAGE OF GREENPORT, NEW YORK
George W. Hubbard, Mayor
Village of Greenport
236 Third Street
Greenport, New York 11944
Telephone: (516) 477-2385
Date of acceptance of this DPEIS: 4-23-87.
Date by which comments regarding this DPEIS must be submitted: 7-13-87.
New York State
Department of State
Division of Coastal Resources
and Waterfront Revitalization
Contact: Peter Walsh
(518) 474-9201
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
A. Reader Orientation ............................................... IX-4
B. Description of the Proposed Action ............................... IX-4
C. Environmental Setting ............................................ IX-5
D. Significant Environmental Impacts ................................ IX-5
1. Incorporation of the Proposed LWRP with
the New York State Coastal Management Program ............... IX-5
2. Possible Impacts of LWRP Implementation Upon
Local Resources ............................................. IX-5
3. Possible Impacts of LWRP Implementation Upon
Areas Outside the Village's Coastal Area .................... IX-ii
E. Adverse Environmental Effects That Cannot be Avoided if
the Project is Implemented and Mitigation Measures to
Minimize Those Adverse Environmental Effects ..................... IX-il
F. Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments
of Resources ..................................................... IX-12
G. Growth Inducing Aspects .......................................... IX-12
H. Effects on the Use and Conservation of
Energy Resources ................................................. IX-12
I. Alternatives ..................................................... IX-13
A. READER ORIENTATION
The Greenport Village Board of Trustees, as lead agency, has
determined that the adoption of the LWRP may have a significant impact on
the environment. As a result, this Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (DPEIS) was prepared to examine the positive and negative impacts
that may result from the adoption of the LWRP, ways to minimize negative
impacts, and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
The legislative basis for this program is the Waterfront
Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act adopted by the New York State
Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in 1981. The New York
State Coastal Management Program (NYS CMP) is an approved state program
(1982) under the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act. The State Program
identifies a coastal zone boundary within which Federal or State agency
actions must conform to policies adopted by the State within or affecting
that Coastal Boundary. An EIS prepared to assess the environmental impacts
of the State Coastal Management Program found the impacts on the State's
coastal resources to be beneficial.
Copies of the full State Coastal Management Program and Final
Environmental Impact Statement are available from the New York State
Department of State.
After reading this DPEIS, you may wish to add your direct input into
the Village's decision-making process. Your relevant comments may be
particularly helpful to the Village in determining if it has adequately
addressed positive and negative impacts of the proposed action upon such
areas as the natural environment, community services and human services.
Based on your comments, and those of others, the Village will determine
whether or not to: revise its DPEIS; hold a public hearing on the matter;
and/or alter its proposed action.
Additional copies of both the Draft LWRP and DPEIS are available for
public review at the following locations: Village of Greenport, Village
Hall, 236 Third Street, Greenport, New York; and at the New York State
Department of State, 162 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York.
Written comments about this DPEIS may be submitted to:
Nancy J. Cook
Village Clerk
Village Hall
P.O. Box A-H
236 Third Street
Greenport, New York
11944
The deadline for submission of your comments appears on the front cover of
this DPEIS.
B. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION
The Village of Greenport, New York, intends a municipal action in
adopting a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. When the LWRP is
approved and accepted by the Secretary of State, the Village of Greenport
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program will be fully incorporated into the
NYS CMP. The Village's LWRP will further the goals of the NYS CMP by
detailing local waterfront management policies based on the State policies,
as well as future projects and uses that will benefit the community. The
policies and procedures adopted locally will guide local, State and Federal
actions in or affecting the waterfront area of Greenport. Ail proposed
actions will be reviewed by the Village for consistency with the objectives
of the LWRP. The Village has considered alternatives to LWRP adoption
which are discussed in the Alternatives section of this DPEIS.
C. ENVIRO5~MENTAL SETTING
The entire incorporated Village of Greenport lies within the coastal
zone boundary. The natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the
Village are described in Section II, Inventory and Analysis, of the LWRP.
Generally, land use along the Greenport waterfront consists of the
following: along Waterfront Area 1, water-dependent commercial use, and to
a lesser extent, residential and open space use; along Waterfront Area 2,
water-dependent and water-enhanced co~mnercial uses; and along Waterfront
Area 3, residential and open space use. Water-enhanced retail commercial
uses are located inland, immediately adjacent to Waterfront Area 2, in the
Village's Central Business District (CBD). Other inland uses include;
residential, utilities, and open space. Inland open space in the Village
is significant; the Village-owned 240 acre Moores Woods property comprises
close to 40% of the Village's total land area.
D. SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
The Village envisions two categories of actions which may cause
significant environmental impacts through adoption and implementation of
its LWRP:
- incorporation of the proposed LWRP within the NYS CMP; and
possible impacts of LWRP implementation upon local institutional,
economic, developmental, energy and social resources.
Incorporation of the proposed LWRP within the New York State Coastal
Management Pro~ram.
Boundary
There is no boundary change as a result of the Greenport LWRP.
Policies
Policies 3,7,24,26,27,28,32 and 40 are determined to be Not Applicable
to Greenport for the following reasons:
Policy 3
The small harbor of the Village of Greenport is not a
major port.
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Policy 7
No significant coastal fish and wildlife habitats
have been or are likely to be designated by the State
within the coastal area of the Village.
Policy 24
No scenic resources of statewide significance have
been or are likely to be identified.
Policy 26
There are no significant agricultural lands in the
Greenport coastal area.
Policy 27
The Village lacks any land area on which a major
energy facility might be sited.
Policy 28
Ice management practices, other than air bubble
systems at marinas, are unwarranted because the
damage to maritime structures is slight.
Policy 32
Ail development within the Village of Greenport is
and will be serviced by the Village's municipal
sewage system.
Policy 40
There are no steam electric generating or industrial
facilities existing, planned, or possible to site in
the Village waterfront area.
The following policies are essentially the same as found in the NYS
CMP: Policies 6,8,9,12,14,16,17,18,22,29,31,36,38,39,41,42,43 and 44.
These policies are included in Section III of the LWRP.
The remaining policies further specify the policies of the NYS CMP as
they apply within the Village: 1,2,4,5,10,11,13,15,19,20,21,23,25,30,
33,34,35 and 37. These policies are also included in Section III of
the LWRP.
2. Possible Impacts of LWRP Implementation Upon Local Resources
Adoption and implementation of the LWRP by the Village is likely to
commence implementation of twenty-three (23) actions. Each action has
been assessed to determine its likelihood of causing significant
positive and adverse primary or secondary impacts. Any project
impacts that are not sufficiently addressed or that cannot be
sufficiently addressed within the scope of this DPEIS, will have to be
individually addressed in future project-specific SEQRA determinations
and, as necessary, project-specific environmental impact statements.
The results of assessment, by action, are as follows:
Harborwalk. The harborwalk will greatly enhance the aesthetic
appeal of the Village's CBD and Waterfront Area 2; provide needed
public and visual access to the waterfront; provide an alternate
route of access to Front, Main, and Third Streets for
pedestrians; and serve as a facility from which tours of
Greenport's historic working waterfront can be conducted. This
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action would restrict property owners from developing the
relatively narrow strip of land on which the harborwalk is to be
constructed. However, the public benefits of enhancing the
appeal of the Village's CBD for increased tourism and public
access opportunities outweighs this concern.
Baymen's Dock. The construction of a dock at the Village/Town
boat ramp would be an asset to the community by providing local
commercial fishermen with needed dock space. Such an action
would enable local fisherman to continue to pursue their
livelihood without having to compete for dock space at local
marinas with recreational boating interests. Boats will be
secured to floating dock sections that will extend from a fixed
dock used to gain adequate water depth. The use of a fixed dock
eliminates the need to dredge and bulkhead.
Accessory Dock. Development of a ~ock to serve the needs of
large commercial tour, party, and charter fishing boats next to
the existing commercial fishing dock at the LIRR property will
ensure that these types of vessels will continue to operate in
Greenport. Due to the competition for dock space from
recreational boating interests, dock space for tour, party and
charter boats has become increasingly difficult, if not
impossible to find. The environmental consequences would not be
significant due to the already developed nature of the LIRR site.
The existing and future enlarged parking facilities will be
utilized to accommodate parking for these vessels. The loss of
the party fishing boats and tour boats which currently dock in
Greenport would most likely have an adverse impact on local
merchants who sell supplies and other products to users of these
boats. Another negative impact would be the loss of a popular
form of commercial fishing, in which space and energy
requirements are far more efficient than the associated
requirements of individually owned and operated fishing craft.
Fish Unloading and Packaging Facility. Acquisition and
development of the county-owned Barstow shipyard site for a new,
modern fish unloading and packaging facility is expected to
generate a modest increase in commercial truck traffic on local
traffic routes. However, the development of such a facility
would ensure that adequate support services are available to
serve the needs of commercial fishing vessels in Greenport
Harbor.
Parking Field Development and Expansion. The development of a
municipal parking field at the Adams and South Street vicinity
will require the acquisition of private property and the removal
of several homes. Under the lease agreement between the Village
and Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the LIRR site will
continue to be developed for municipal parking. The parking
space provided in these two areas would help to relieve parking
congestion in the Village CBD.
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Motel/Conference Center. The draft environmental impact
statement prepared for the development of a small scale
hotel/convention center and marina complex on the Mitchell
property states that impacts on the Village's municipal water,
sewer, and transportation services will occur. The environmental
impact to this site will be minimal since it is a pre-disturbed
site currently developed with a two story restaurant, large
asphalt parking area, and bulkhead waterfront. Beneficial
economic impacts to the community are also identified and
include: the creation of Jobs, sales revenues from increased
tourism, and the generation of local tax revenues.
Waterfront Mini-Parks. Improvements to small underutilized
waterfront property within the Village for passive recreational
use will yield benefits to year-round and seasonal residents as
well as visiting tourists. Benefits include improved public
access, enhanced visual access to the Village's shoreline, and
increased recreational opportunities. Site developments will be
designed to minimize noise and pedestrian trespasses upon
adjoining residential properties.
Commercial Fishing/Shipbuilding Museum. The conversion of the
LIRR terminal building to a museum is likely to cause an increase
in resident and tourist pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
However, only a slight impact is expected due to the small size
of the terminal building, its ease of accessibility from and to
the CBD and public transportation facilities, and the
availability of existing parking spaces at the LIRR site.
Waterfront Park/Nature Center. The acquisition and redevelopment
of the abandoned Mobil site for a municipal park will cause an
increase in resident and tourist vehicular traffic, causing a
consequent impact on Village residents living in the immediate
vicinity of the area. The project would significantly enhance
the Village's waterfront resources and increase opportunities for
public access and waterfront recreation. The conversion of this
site would also remove a visually degrading element from the
Village's waterfront.
10.
Central Business District Design Plan. The preparation and use
of a design plan by the Village will guide CBD structural
rehabilitation, infill development, and streetscape improvements
so they are accomplished in a sensitive manner, compatible with
the Village's development goals and objectives.
11.
Comprehensive Traffic and Parking Study. This study will
recommend ways to best minimize impacts related to excessive
traffic and inadequate parking.
Regulatory Measures
12.
Two new zoning classifications, Waterfront Commercial-1 amd
Waterfront Commercial-2 will be established, replacing the
existing Waterfront Commercial zoning classification in
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13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Waterfront Areas 1 and 2. Establishing the WC-1 zone on
waterfront commercial property in Waterfront Area 1, with the
exception of the Townsend Manor Inn, will limit land use to
water-dependent uses, eliminate encroachment by conflicting
water-enhanced uses, and reduce the potential for retail
commercial sprawl. Resulting decreases in opportunities for
mixed-use development of water-dependent and water-enhanced uses
in Waterfront Area 1 could cause economic losses to current or
future landowners. However, the benefits of reserving waterfront
parcels for water-dependent uses that are compatible with or
support Greenport's working waterfront heritage outweigh
short-term alternate development opportunities.
Establishing the WC-2 zone on waterfront commercial property in
Waterfront Area 2 and on the Townsend Manor Inn in Waterfront
Area 1, will serve to maintain and promote the desired mix of
water-dependent and water-enhanced uses in each area.
A Park zoning classification will be established for all
publicly-owned lands used for recreation, open space, and
utilities, but currently zoned residential. This action will
have a positive impact on the environment since it will ensure
that Village owned properties will be retained in public
ownership and continue to be used for recreation, open space, and
utilities.
An R-3 zoning classification will be established for all
properties developed with multiple density residential units.
This action will make zoning consistent with multiple density
land use patterns.
A Village Historic District, Architectural/Historic Review Board,
with associated review guidelines and procedures will be created.
This action will help to sustain the historic integrity of the
Village. Owners of historic properties within the Historic
District may experience some time delay in obtaining building
permits. However, the benefits of maintaining and preserving the
character of historic properties outweigh the short-term delay
some property owners may experience in obtaining a building
permit.
The 100 year flood hazard boundary will be delineated on the
Village's Zoning Map. This action will serve to clearly inform
the public that all development within the flood boundary must
comply with the Village's Flood Damage Prevention Law.
Site plan development regulations will be amended to include
drainage plans, identification of historic resources, and
demonstration of public and/or visual access to the shoreline.
This will serve to ensure consideration of these elements by the
Planning Board when new development is proposed.
District bulk and parking regulations will be amended to require
a minimum amount of unpaved, landscaped open space on commercial
development sites, and the installation of pump-out facilities at
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19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
V~.llage marinas. The landscaped open space requirement will
ensure that landscaping is provided on commercial development
sites, thereby improving the visual quality of the Village. The
installation of pump-out facilities will provide a sewage
disposal alternative to boat owners and serve to promote the
improvement of surface water quality in Greenport Harbor.
Property owners may incur the loss of some developable land to
meet the open space requirement, or may incur the cost necessary
to provide a pump-out facility. The public benefit of increased
landscaping and the provision of pump-out facilities to encourage
improved surface water quality outweigh the costs that may be
incurred by individual property owners.
Chapter 82, Wetlands, Floodplain, and Drainage will be amended to
include requirements pertaining to the durability, maintenance,
and where applicable, the ability of shoreline structures to
control erosion. This action will help to ensure that shoreline
structures are properly designed, constructed, maintained and
that they provide the level of protection expected. As a result,
damage or loss to public or private property, natural protective
features, and other natural resources will be minimized.
A Right to Conduct Commercial Fishing Activity law will be
established to protect and encourage commercial fishing. This
law will serve as a means to protect commercial fishing
facilities from conflicting land uses, and serve to encourage the
development and improvement of these facilities in the Village.
Chapter 20, Boats, will be amended to prohibit discharge of
sewage waste from boat toilet~ into Village waters. This
amendment will make the discharge of sewage waste illegal and
serve to improve the water quality of Greenport Harbor.
A drainage and sedimentation control law will be established to
maximize containment of stormwater runoff on commercial
development sites during and after construction. This law will
serve to reduce the amount of pollutants and silt entering
coastal waters from commercial development sites during and after
construction, and serve to lessen the impact of street flooding
after periods of heavy rainfall. Developers will incur
additional site development costs to install drainage structures
as a result of this law. However, public benefits will far
outweigh private costs.
A LW'RP consistency law will be adopted. This law will provide
for compliance of locally proposed actions with the LWRP. This
law will also ensure that decisions of State and Federal agencies
reflect the locally determined program for the protection and
development of waterfront resources. Some additional costs may
be incurred by the Village to administer this law; however, these
costs will be negligible compared to the benefit of this law.
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Possible Impacts of LWRP Implementation Upon Areas Outside the
Village's Coastal ~rea
The revitalization of the Village's waterfront area and CBD, as
described in the LWRP and DPEIS, is expected to increase visitor and
commercial-related land and waterborne traffic to the Village.
Impacts of that traffic will hear most heavily upon New York State
Route 25 and Shelter Island Sound. In response to the enhanced appeal
of the Village's CBD, its waterfront, and historic residential, and open
space areas, residential development pressures are expected to increase
near the Village boundary in the Town of Southold.
E. ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS THAT CANNOT BE AVOIDED IF THE PROJECT IS
IMPLEMENTED AND MITIGATION MEASURES TO MINIMIZE THOSE ADVERSE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
Implementation of the Village's LWRP will have the following
unavoidahle adverse effects:
Resulting decreases in opportunities for non-water-dependent and
enhanced uses along portions of the Village's shoreline could cause
economic losses to current or future land owners. Limited
opportunities do exist elsewhere within the Village retail and
commercial districts for the siting of non-water-dependent
development. To increase opportunities for non-water-dependent
development, the Village is currently evaluating inland properties
suitable for general commercial use. The benefits of reserving
waterfront area parcels for uses that support and are consistent with
the maritime character of the Village outweigh the short-term loss of
opportunity some developers may experience. The benefits include the
continuation of the Village's water-dependent commercial fishing and
other water related industries, which are an integral part of the
Village's historic identity as a community. The Village's character
makes it an attractive seafaring hamlet for tourists and for those who
live and work in Greenport.
Rehabilitation of underutilized waterfront properties for
water-dependent commercial uses, revitalization of the Village's CBD
and increases in recreational opportunities throughout the Village's
coastal area are likely to result in the overloading of automobile
routes and parking areas near the waterfront. Vehicular congestion is
expected to be seasonal and temporary in nature and cause
inconvenience as opposed to risks to public safety. Development of
parking facilities near the Village waterfront areas and elsewhere
throughout the Village is needed to diminish adverse impacts of
traffic congestion. Private development of shoreline facilities, such
as marinas, will be reviewed prior to the issuance of permits, to
assure adequacy of off-street parking and buffering. Informational
and directional signs will mitigate congestion and inconvenience,
caused by visitor infamiliarity with the layout of the Village, its
services and accommodations. The Village will mitigate or avoid
adverse impacts caused by increased vehicular and pedestrian traffic
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in the Village's CBD by establishing municipal parking fields,
imposing effective traffic and parking regulations, and through
careful administration of local zoning and LWRP consistency laws.
Potential increased draws on municipal water supplies, the municipal
sewage system and electrical power supply will be evaluated on a
site-specified and cumulative basis.
F. IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENTS OF RESOURCES
Adoption of the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program will not
directly cause the loss or ~rretrievable commitment of coastal resources.
The Program is designed to preserve waterfront commercial sites for
water-dependent uses consistent with Greenport's heritage, redevelop and
revitalize underutilized/deteriorated sites located on the waterfront and
in the CBD, provide increased public access opportunities to the
waterfront, and protect significant natural resource areas and historic
resources.
G. GROWTH-INDUCING ASPECTS
If the LWRP is successful, the Village's remaining deteriorated and
underutilized waterfront properties, with the exception of the Mobil
property, will be developed and profitably occupied by water-related
facilities. Remaining vacant or underutilized properties in the Village's
CBD will be developed with retail commercial uses. A combination of second
home owner and tourist visits to the Village will bring more automobiles to
the Village CBD. Village and private commitments of land for developing
additional temporary or permanent off-street parking facilities will be
required.
Water-dependent commercial development on underutilized waterfront
properties, infill development in the Village's CBD, and the development of
the Mitchell property for a hotel/convention center could all increase
employment opportunities for Village residents and increase the Village's
tax base. Increased employment may increase load demand upon Village
services, facilities, infrastructure, and upon its privately owned housing
base.
H. EFFECTS ON TEE USE AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES
Revitalization of the Greenport waterfront is anticipated to attract
increased travel to the Village. Bus, rail, and ferry services currently
provide transit options to Greenport. Although the transit services
provided by the Orient and Shelter Island ferries provide sufficient
regularly scheduled mass transit, the rail and bus lines do not. Increased
rail and bus service to the Village could reduce dependence upon the
relatively energy inefficient vehicular transportation used by the majority
of individuals traveling to Greenport.
Energy consumption attributable directly or indirectly to the LWRP
includes increased use of petroleum based fuels and lubricants associated
with: boat and automobile travel; the rehabilitation of buildings and their
facades; structural improvements along the Village's shoreline; and
expansion, rehabilitation or new construction on waterfront and central
business parcels.
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I. ALTERNATIVES
This section describes actions the Village might take to meet its goal
of the most advantageous use and protection of the Village's coastal
resources. Alternatives addressed in this section relate to:
- Whether or not to adopt a LWRP; and
If a LWRP is to be adopted, which alternative means for implementation
of the LWRP will be employed.
Whether of not to adopt a LWRP
Alternative 1: Adoption of a LWRP
Adoption of a LWRP by the Village Trustees will establish mechanisms
for local coastal management within the Village's coastal area;
requires that local, State and Federal actions in the coastal area be
consistent with the LWRP; and establishes Village eligibility for the
receipt of grants for pre-construction and other activities supporting
the Village's waterfront objectives.
Alternative 2: No adoption of a LWRP
If a LWRP is not adopted, the Village will not have established
mechanisms for local coastal management within its waterfront area.
Local, State and Federal government actions in the coastal area will
not be required to be consistent with the LWRP. The Village will also
not be eligible for pre-construction grants and other activities
supporting the Village's waterfront objectives.
Alternative Selection: 1. Adoption of a LWRP
Protection of past, current, and future private and public sector
initiatives in the Village's waterfront will be facilitated if the
Village is able to enforce consistency of State and Federal actions in
the coastal area with local private and public sector objectives. In
order to enhance public and private sector investments in the coastal
area, the Village deems it prudent to avail itself of Federal grants
that would share cost burdens of pre-construction and other activities
supportive of the coastal area goal. Accordingly, the Village elects
to employ Alternative 1: Adoption of a LWRP.
Alternative Means for Implementing the LWRP
Alternative 1: Adopt no additional local laws or regulations
Existing local laws and regulations are supportive of the LWRP, but
fall short of the guidelines and objectives required to ensure LWRP
implementation.
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Alternative 2: Amend existing local laws and regulations
The Village's existing zoning ordinance and other regulations are not
adequate to implement the LWRP. Amendments to the zoning ordinance
and other local laws and the creation of new local laws are necessary
to fully implement the LWRP.
Alternative 3: Pursue no projects
The Village could rely totally upon local laws and regulations in
implementation of its LWRP. However, certain judiciously selected
projects may enhance the speed with which local objectives for
waterfront revitalization, economic development, and public access can
be achieved.
Alternative 4: Pursue 11 projects as proposed
The eleven projects previously cited have public support. Initial
planning or conceptual design work for some of the projects has
indicated their feasibility. As a collective body, the relevent
proposed projects have municipal acceptance and high visibility to
recommend them.
Alternative 5: LWRP consistency law
In adopting a LWRP consistency law, the Village would be setting a
procedure for review of all actions in the coastal area to assure
consistency with the LWRP. Without it there would be no set procedure
to ensure consistency with the LWRP.
Alternative Selection: 2, 4, 5
The Village elects to adopt alternatives 2, 4 and 5 as the most
appropriate means of assuring effective implementation of its LWRP.
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