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 Brookhaven
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 77. Nature Preserves

  § 77-2. Definitions.  

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  • For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall be given the meaning stated herein:
    ADOPT-A-PRESERVE PROGRAM AND AGREEMENTS
    A program authorizing the entering into of an agreement between the Town of Brookhaven and qualifying individuals, organizations, groups, and business entities for the purpose of allowing these qualified individuals, organizations, groups and business entities to conduct routine stewardship and maintenance activities for the preservation of the nature preserve.
    COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
    A legal, binding, written agreement between the Town of Brookhaven and the owners of private properties or public properties (other than those owned by the Town of Brookhaven) to allow the Town of Brookhaven to manage such lands in the same manner and for the same goals as Town-owned nature preserves.
    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DIVISION OF
    The Town of Brookhaven Division of Economic Development.
    HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
    The Town of Brookhaven Highway Department.
    HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
    The Town of Brookhaven Department of Housing, Community Development and Intergovernmental Affairs.
    LAND MANAGEMENT, DIVISION OF
    The Town of Brookhaven Division of Land Management.
    NATURE PRESERVES
    Any land(s), public or private, which are either owned by or under the jurisdiction of the Town of Brookhaven, or the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Brookhaven, which have been designated by resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven to be maintained in its existing natural state or a near-natural state or restored to a natural state.
    [Amended 9-6-2005 by L.L. No. 23-2005, effective 9-12-2005]
    PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
    The Town of Brookhaven Department of Parks, Recreation and Sports and Cultural Resources.
    [Amended 9-6-2005 by L.L. No. 23-2005, effective 9-12-2005]
    PLANNING, DIVISION OF
    The Town of Brookhaven Division of Planning.
    PRIVATE LANDS
    Real property owned by individual persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, associations, companies or private utilities and which are not owned by the Town or other governmental bodies.
    PUBLIC LANDS
    Real property owned by governmental bodies, villages, the County of Suffolk, the State of New York or the United States government and which are not owned by the Town of Brookhaven.
    TOWN LANDS
    Real property owned by the Town of Brookhaven.
    RECYCLING AND SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
    The Town of Brookhaven Department of Recycling and Sustainable Materials Management.
    [Amended 6-29-2017 by L.L. No. 16-2017, effective 7-13-2017]
    ZONE OF INFLUENCE
    The land. area, surrounding a public water supply well or wellfield, which contributes water in a manner and direction that will result in the water being entrained by the well or wellfield.
    [Added 6-9-2005 by L.L. No. 23-2005, effective 9-12-2005]
    Editor's Note: The definition of “Division of Environmental Protection,” which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 9-6-2005 by L.L. No. 23-2005, effective 9-12-2005.
Added 9-6-2005 by L.L. No. 23-2005, effective 9-12-2005