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Home My WebLink AboutSC Planning Commission Intermunicipal Agreement 1VIARTIN D. FINNEGAN TOWN ATTORNEY martin.finnegan(u town.southold.ny.us JENNIFER ANDALORO ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY jennifer.anda]oro(e~ town.southold.ny.us LORI M. HULSE ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY ]ori.hulse(~ town.southold.ny.us SCOTT A. RUSSELL Supervisor Town Hall Annex, 54375 Route 25 P.O. Box 1179 Southold, New York 11971-0959 Telephone (631) 765-1939 Facsimile (631) 765-6639 OFFICE OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY TOWN OF SOUTHOLD MEMORANDUM To: From: Date: Subject: Ms. Elizabeth A. Neville, Town Clerk Jennifer Andaloro, Assistant Town Attorney August 31, 2009 Implementation of the Suffolk County Planning Commission Intermunicipal Agreement Enclosed please find a copy of the Suffolk County Planning Commission's final Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) resolution implementing the IMA effective August 21, 2009. The resolution includes the list of actions that no longer require referral to the Suffolk County Planning Commission. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me. Thank you for your attention. Ilk Enclosures cc: Ms. Heather Lanza, Planning Director (w/encl.) DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING STEVE LEVY SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE TIIOMAS A. ISLES, A1CP DIRECTOR OF PLANNfNG Z. gA August14,2009 Honorable Scott A. Russell, Supervisor Town of Southold 53095 Route 25 P.O. Box 1179 Southold, New York 11971 AU6 '2 20 Re: Implementation of the Suffolk County Planning Commission- Intermunicipal Agreement ear buperv~sor Rus~, On September 3, 2008 the Suffolk County Planning Commission adopted a resolution enabling the establishment of Intermunicipal Agreements OMA) with local Towns and Villages. This IMA, authorized by New York State General Municipal Law, identifies non-regionally significant actions that no longer must be referred to the Commission. The IMA allows the Commission to focus its time on regionally significant applications while streamlining the referral process and reducing papen~vork for local municipalities by potentially reducing the total number of referrals sent to the Commission by 75%. Upon adoption of the September 3, 2008 IMA resolution the Suffolk County Planning Commission sent draft local IMA resolutions to the County's Towns and Villages. Having received .your Municipality's adopted IMA resolution the Suffolk County.P anning Commission is now ready to ~mplement the IMA. Enclosed with this letter is the Suff(~lk ~ou-nty Plan~'m~ssion's final InteCr~unlcipalAgreement resolution ?plementin.q the IMA effective August 21, 2009. This fina]'lMA ~'b'solutio'n includes the list of actid'fis;no Ionge'r req[~ired to be referred to the Suffolk Planning Commission~ Thank you for your interest and attention to this m any further questions. Sin~/; ThcC~na[s ~ Islel, DirectOr Department of Planning TAI:jc Enc. Adbpted Local Resolution Suffolk County Planning Commission Resoluition ZSR09-3~ .<.,,¢,¢¢¢?¢*"'*' ..... cc: Heather Lanza, Planning Department Director OCATION t LEE DENNISON BLDG. - 4TIt FLOOR MAILING ADDRESS P. O BOX 6100 (631) 853-$191 00 VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGIIWAY H AUPPAUGE, NY 11788~0099 TELECOPIER (631) 8534044 Resolution No. ZSR09-37 of the Suffolk County Planning Commission WHEREAS, General Municipal Law (GML) §239 authorizes County Planning Commissions to establish agreements with local Towns and Villages concerning the types of applications that are subject to Referral and; WHEREAS, the Suffolk County Planning Commission has analyzed the nature of the Referral process and has determined that many current Referrals are not of county-wide or inter-community concern and represent matters of strictly local concern and; WHEREAS, the Snt'folk Coonty Planning Commission has previously authorized the Department of Planniug to initiate the establishment of intermunicipal agreements with the individual Towns and Villages within Suftblk Connl ay~4~d.;_ WHEREAS, several Towns and Villages have responded and passed resolutions consistent with the recommendations of the Commission to streamline the Referral process and reduce thc number of Referrals by determining that the actions identified below are matters of local determination and shonld not be subject to referral pursuant to GM[, or the laws of Suffolk County and; · All area variances associated with single-family residences. · Change of one permitted use to another with no changes in parking requirements (i.e. retail to office). · Minor additions less than 1,000 square feet with no change to use or occnpancy~ · Site plan applications proposing less than 5,000 square feet of new or renovated floor area or less than 10,000 sqoare feet of land disturbance. Exception - actions that have been given a Positive Declaration pursuant to SEQR or actions involving property abutting state or county parkland, the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, any bro~ in SufJblk County or estuary of any of the foregoing bodies of water shall be subject to the fully review process. WHEREAS, RESOLVED, RESOLVED, the Department of Planning continues to seek additional agreements with Towns and Villages in Suffolk County, and be it fi~rther; that the Department of Planning is hereby authorized to implement the revised Referral Process with the below muuicipatities effective Angust 21,2009 and be it further; Town of Babylon Town of Huntington Town of lslip Town of Riverhead Town of Southold Village of East Hampton Village of Head of the }larbor Village of tlunfington Bay Village of Lloyd Harbor Village of Nissequogue Village of North Haven Village of Old Field Village of Poquott that the Department of Planning is authorized to continue to implement the revised Referral Process with the remaining municipalities in Suffolk County upon receipt of locally adopted intermunicipal agreements consistent with Commission policy. ,M.otion by: Commissioner llolmes Commission Vote: Present- 9 Seconded by: Commissioner ttorton Ayes 9 Nays 0 Abstentions 0 AYE NAY ABSTAIN ABSENT )ALE, At-Large X :'ON, At-Large X IN, Smithtown X 3ERTS, Town of Southampton ----- X DLLO, Town of Huntington X ;S Town of Shelter Island X ~OSITO, Villages over 5,000 X E, Town of Babylon X ; KONTOKOSTA, Viii. Over 5,000 X )ONE, Town of Riverhead X ON, At-Large X ~,,Xl'own of Southold X -- 2Y, Town of Brookhaven X R, Town of East I lampton X / SARAH LANSD,a CI tARLA BOLT( ROBERT BRA1 BARBARA 1; JOHN CARA~ LINDA HOLM ADRIENNE ESP( DAV~ CALON CONSTANTINE VINCENT TALD~ JOSHUA HORTON TOM MC ADAM. MICHAEL KELLY JOSEPH POTT] Dated: August 5, 2009 Legislative Auditorium, 725 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY Suffolk County Planning Commission Town of Souti~old Long Island, NY - Meeting Portal Intermunicipal Agreement with SCPC Page I oi'2 Information Vote Legislative File RES-2009-201 William Ruland Voter Yes/Aye # Vincent Orlando Voter Yes/Aye Status Adopted Albert Krupski Jr. Voter Yes/Aye Department Town Attorney ThomasH. Wlckham Seconder Yes/Aye Meeting 2/24/2009 7:30:00 PM Louisa P. Evans Initiator Yes/Aye Contracts, Lease & Scott Russell Voter Yes/Aye Category Agreements Adopted History 02/24/2009 07:30 PM~ Financial Zmpact Financial Impact Description Unavailable Attachments Body: ~ Download WHEREAS General Municipal Law (GML) § 239 requires the referral 0fcertain proposed planning and zoning actions to the Suffolk County P a ming Commission by local Towns and Villages within the County, and '¸1 WHEREAS, GML also allows for the County to enter into an agreement with a refern~ g body or duly authorized body ora Town or Village to provklc that certain proposed actions be deemed matters of local rather than inter-community or connty-wide concern and therefore, not subject to referral, WHEREAS, the Town of Soutbold has proposed a litany of actions which hre consistent with the intent of OML and represent matters of local not county-~de concern, and WHEREAS, an inter-municipal agreement would streamline the referral review process without any compromise to county-wide or inter-community planning considerations, now therefore be it RESOLVED, that pursuant to the above the Suffolk County Planning Commission considers the £ollowing list of actions to constitute matters of local determination which are NOT subject to the referral process: requirements occupancy. All area variances associated with single-family residences. Change of one permitted use to another with no changes in parking (i.e. retail to office). Minor additions less than 1,000.4quare feet with no change to use or Site plan applications proposing less than 5,000 square feet of new http//southoldtown.iqm2.com/eitize~s/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?MeetinglD~-I 13 5 &MediaPosition... 4/20/2009 :"' Town of Southold, Long Island, NY - Meeting Portal Page or renovated floor m'ea or less than 10 000 square feet of land disturbance. Exception - actions that have been given a Positive Declaration pursuant Io SEQR or actions' invoh, ing .proper9~ abutting .rtate or county parkland, the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound and bay in St~ffolk County.. or e .~tuary of any ofthe foregoing, bodie .~ of water, shall be .~ub/ect. to the . full review process RESOLVED that thc Town Board of tile Town of Southold hereby .authorizes and directs Supery_i~p_r_ Russell to execute and Intermunie.ip_¢i a~ilreen.~ent consistent withthis resolution, and be it fuaher RESOLVED that tb Town Clerk ~s directed to forward_a copy o(.this resolution to the Su..f_foik County. Planning.~omm_ission a_n_d to the Planning Board and Zoning Board of_A_l~_~al~s.o~f_th~ T~o_w. _n_ ~ f_ S_o. u t~lLo Id, Powered by IQM2 Intelligent ~qeetlng Hm~agement Solutions http~//s~uth~dt~wn.iqm2.~m/citizens/DetaI~-L~g~Fi~e.aspx~MeetingID=~35&MediaP~siti~n" 4/20/2009