§ 35.15 Preservation of heritage area resources. 1. The commissioner shall establish, with the advice of the advisory council and the local officials from communities designated in section 35.03 of this article, standards and criteria for preservation of resources within heritage areas. At least one public hearing shall be held to solicit comment on the proposed standards and criteria prior to their adoption.

Terms Used In N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 35.15

  • Advisory council: shall mean the state heritage areas advisory council established under article thirty-three of this title. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 31.01
  • Heritage area: shall mean a definable urban or regional area of public and private uses ranging in size from a portion of a municipality to a regional area with a special coherence, such area being distinguished by physical and cultural resources (natural and/or man made including waterways, architecture, or artifacts reflecting a period of style or cultural heritage) which play a vital role in the life of the community and/or region and contribute through interpretive, educational and recreational use to the public. See N.Y. Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law 31.01

2. Concurrent with the approval of management plans the office shall determine that local governments in each heritage area have enacted preservation measures sufficient to insure that these standards shall be achieved.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Article 35 Contents