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Home My WebLink About1000-31.-12-3 OFFICE LOCATION: Town Hall Annex 54375 State Route 25 (cor. Main Rd. & Youngs Ave.) Southold, NY 11971 MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1179 Southold, NY 11971 Telephone: 631 765-1938 Fax: 631 765-3136 LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM TOWN OF SOUTHOLD MEMORANDUM To: Jill Doherty, President Town of Southold Board of Trustees From: Mark Terry, Principal Planner LWRP Coordinator Date: September 21, 2010 Re; Proposed Wetland Permit for EDWARD FORTE SCTM# 1000-31-12-3 EDWARD FORTE requests an Administrative Permit to cut down evasive locust trees at specific areas on the bluff. Located: 710 Truman's Path, East Marion. SCTM#31-12-3 Note the purpose of clearing the trees in unknown. Additionally the species, number and location of the trees have not been identified on the survey. The proposed action has been reviewed to Chapter 268, Waterfront Consistency Review of the Town of Southold Town Code and the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) Policy Standards. Based upon the information provided on the LWRP Consistency Assessment Form submitted to this department, as well as the records available to me, it is my recommendation that the proposed action is INCONSISTENT with the denoted following Policy Standards and therefore is INCONSISTENT with the LWRP. E. Maintain buffers to ensure that adverse effects of adjacent or nearby development are avoided: 1. Maintain buffers to achieve a high filtration efficiency of surface runoff. 2. Avoid permanent or unnecessary disturbance within buffer areas. 3. Maintain existing indigenous vegetation within buffer areas. In the event that the action is approved it is recommended that the applicant be require to replant the areas where the trees were removed. Pursuant to Chapter 268, the Board of Trustees shall consider this recommendation in preparing its written determination regarding the consistency of the proposed action. Cc: Lori Hulse, Assistant Town Attorney Town of Southold LWRP CONSISTENCy~ASSESSMENT FORM A. INSTRUCTIONS All applicants for permits* including Town of Southold agencies, shall complete this CCAF for proposed actions that are subject to the Town of Southold Water~ont Consistency Review Law. This assessment is intended to supplement other information used by a Town of Southold agency in making a determination of consistency. *Except minor exempt actions including Building Permits and other ministerial permits not located within the Coastal Erosion Hazard Area. Before answering the questions in Section C, the preparer of this form should review the exempt minor action list, policies and explanations of each policy contained in the Town of Southold Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. A proposed action will be evaluated as to its significant beneficial and adverse effects upon the coastal area (which includes all of Southold Town). If any question in Section C on this form is answered "yes" or "no", then the proposed action will affect the achievement of the LWRP policy standards and conditions contained in the consistency review law. Thus~ each answer must be explained in detail~ listing both supporting and non- suooortin~ facts. If an action cannot be certified as consistent with the LWRP policy standards and conditions, it shall not be undertaken. SCTM# ~ ( PROJECT NAME A copy of the LWRP is available in the following places: online at the Town of Southold ' s website (southoldtown.northfork.net), the Board of Trustees Office, the Planning Department, all local libraries and the Town Clerk's office. ' DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND PROPOSED ACTION TownBoard ~ Planning Board ['-q Building Dept. [] BoardofTrustees 1. Category of Town of Southold agency action (check appropriate response): (a) Action undertaken directly by Town agency (e.g. capital construction, planning activity, agency regulation, land transaction) (c) Permit, approval, license, certification: (b) Financial assistance (e.g. grant, loan, subsidy) Nature and extent of actioI~ . '-~ ~4 ,Location of action: Site acreage: , Present land use: Present zoning classification: If an application for the proposed action has been filed with the Town of Southold agency, the following information shall be provided: (a) Name of applicant: (b) Mailing address: (c) Telephone number: Area Code ( ) (d) Application number, if any:. Will the action be directly undertaken, require funding, or approval by a state or federal agency? Yes [] No [-~Ifyes, which state or federal agency? C. Evaluate the project to the following policies by analyzing how the project will further support or not support the policies. Provide all proposed Best Management Practices that will further each policy. Incomplete answers will require that the form be returned fo.r completion. DEVELOPED COAST POLICY Policy 1. Foster a pattern of development in the Town of S0uthold that enhances community character, preserves open space, makes efficient use of infrastructure, makes beneficial use of a coastal location, and minimizes adverse effects of development. See LWRP Section III - Policies; Page 2 for evaluation criteria. [~]Yes [-~ No ~NotApplicable Attach additional sheets if necessary Policy 2. Protect and preserve historic and archaeological resources of the Town of Southold. See LWRP Section III -~ Pages 3 through 6 for evaluation criteria ~ Yes ~ No[--]/N/I Not Applicable : Attach additional sheets if necessa~ Policy 3. Enhance visual quality and protect scenic resources throughout the Town of Southold. See LWRP Section III - Policies Pages 6 through 7 for evaluation criteria [] Yes ~ No ~otApplicable Attach additional sheets if necessary NATURAL COAST POLICIES Policy '4. Minimize loss of life, structures, and natural resources from flooding and erosion. See LWRP Section III - Policies Pages/8 through 16 for evaluation criteria ~'] Yes ~ No [-'-~Not Applicable Attach additional sheets if necessary Policy 5. Protect and improve/water quhlity and supply in the Town of Southold. See LWRP Section III - PoliCies Pages 16 throug~ for evaluation criteria ~ I Yesl I No I I Not Applicable Attach additional sheets if necessary Policy 6. Protect and restore the quality and function of the Town of Southold ecosystems including Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats and wetlands. See LWRP Section IH - Policies; Pages 22 through[] 32 ~ eva~iteria.. Yes No ~ot Applicable Auach additional sheets if necessary Policy 7. Protect and improve air quality in the Town of Southold. See LWRP Section III - Policies Pages 32 through 34 for~luation criteria. ~ Yes [] No I '~ Not Applicable Attach additional sheets if necessary Policy 8. Minimize environmental degradation in Town of Southold from solid waste and hazardous substances and wastes. ~ee LWRP Section III - Policies; Pages 34 through 38 for evaluation criteria. [] Yes [~ No [~/N'NNot Applicable PUBLIC COAST POLICIES Policy 9. Provide for public access to, and recreational use of, coastal waters, public lands, and public resources of the Town of Southold. See LWRP Section IH ' Policies; Pages 38 through 46 for evaluation criteria. ~Not A ~ Yes~ No pplicable Attach additional sheets if necessary SURVEY OF PROPEETI; · ~ITI.]ATffD AT EAST MARION ~OWN O~ SOUTHOLD SUFFOLK COU~Y, NEW YORK S,C. TAX No. 10~-31-12-08 SCALE 1"=20' AUG 3] 2010 Southheld Beard of Trustees ~om ~h A. In~jno id Surveyor