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NY Adirondack Park Agency Act — Geographic Land Use Preemption (NY)

Tracked preemption from the New York overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1973-05-22
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:NY
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Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

city.is_in_adirondack_park == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].apa_land_use_classification_requiredoverrideTrueAPA Land Use and Development Plan assigns one of six classifications (Hamlet, Moderate Intensity, Low Intensity, Rural Use, Resource Management, Industrial) to every private-land parcel in the 6-million-acre Park. Classification sets density, structure, and shoreline standards that override purely local zoning where more restrictive.
base_districts[*].apa_permit_required_for_jurisdictional_projectsoverrideTrue

Citation

Authority source
NY Executive Law Article 27 (Adirondack Park Agency Act); 9 NYCRR Parts 570-587
§ Executive Law §§801–820
https://apa.ny.gov/Laws_Regulations/laws.htm

Research notes

Geographic preemption. ~6 million acres (Adirondack Park). APA jurisdiction attaches to Class A and Class B regional projects and to any project within an APA-designated shoreline, wetland, or critical environmental area. Local zoning may be more restrictive but not less. federal_conflict_check=true because portions of the Park host Fort Drum AICUZ footprint extensions and the Park includes federally-designated wild and scenic rivers.