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Town of Marlborough, NY LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND DRAFT GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT SEPTEMBER 2020 PREPARED BY: Cover Page Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), Comprehensive Plan, and Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) For the Town of Marlborough, New York Title of the Action: Adoption of the Town of Marlborough Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) including a Harbor Management Plan, Local Consistency Review Law, and Harbor Management Law; and adoption of the Town of Marlborough Comprehensive Plan Project Location: Town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York Lead Agency: Town of Marlborough Town Board 21 Milton Turnpike, Suite 200/ PO Box 305 Milton, NY 12547 Contact: Alphonso Lanzetta, Town Supervisor 845-795-5100 Prepared by: Town of Marlborough LWRP and Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee, with assistance from Behan Planning and Design Comprehensive Plan Adopted: December 11, 2017 LWRP Adopted: Town of Marlborough Town Board, May 11, 2020 LWRP Approved: New York State Secretary of State, Rossana Rosado: November 12, 2020 U.S. Office for Coastal Management: Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement Introduction and Orientation to the Documents. These documents represent a coordinated effort by the Town of Marlborough to create and adopt a local waterfront revitalization program (LWRP) and to prepare and adopt an update to the town’s comprehensive plan. The LWRP also includes a harbor management plan. To implement the LWRP and the harbor management plan contained herein the town has also drafted a local law to ensure future actions taken by agencies of the town are consistent with the waterfront revitalization policies. A harbor management local law has also been prepared to regulate the use of waters within the town in conformance with the LWRP including the harbor management plan. This report also functions as the Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for review of the LWRP, comprehensive plan, the waterfront consistency review law and the harbor management law for the purposes of compliance with the regulations for State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) at 6NYCRR Part 617. This DGEIS and associated process is to provide the Town of Marlborough Town Board as lead agencies, involved and interested agencies, and the public with an understanding of, and the opportunity to provide comment on, the potential environmental impacts that may result from the proposed actions. The elements required for an environmental impact statement can be found in the documents embodied herein as follows: 1. Cover Sheet Inside Cover Page 2. Table of Contents Preface to this LWRP Document 3. Summary LWRP Appendix G 4. Description of the Proposed Action LWRP Appendix G 5. Environmental Setting Section II: Inventory and Analysis of this LWRP and the Comprehensive Plan (adopted) attached as Appendix B 6. Impacts and Mitigation LWRP Appendix G 7. Alternatives LWRP Appendix G 8. Harbor Management Law LWRP Appendix F 9. Waterfront Consistency Review Law LWRP Appendix E 10. Comprehensive Plan Appendix B Town of Marlborough Town Board Alphonso Lanzetta, Town Supervisor Howard Baker Scott Corcoran Allan Koenig Ed Molinelli Advisory Committee Members Howard Baker John Demarco CJ Hartwell-Kelly Chip Kent Vivian Lanzarone Alphonso Lanzetta Cindy Lanzetta Rosemary Wein A special thanks and acknowledgements to all individuals, groups and organizations that helped with, and contributed to the development of this plan. Additional Thanks to James Garofalo, Matt Kierstead, and Daniel Pinnavaia. Cover Photos by Rick Lashinsky courtesy of Meet Me in Marlborough This report was prepared with funding provided by the New York State Department of State under Title 11 of the Environmental Protection Fund. Table of Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 Community Planning Process ........................................................................................... 2 Previous Plans ................................................................................................................ 2 Community Vision Statement and Goals ............................................................................... 4 Vision Statement ............................................................................................................ 4 Goals ............................................................................................................................. 5 Section I: LWRP Area Boundary .......................................................................................... 6 A. Waterfront Revitalization Area Upland Boundary ............................................................ 6 B. Waterfront Revitalization Area Waterside Boundary ....................................................... 6 C. Geographic Description of the Harbor Management Area ................................................ 7 Section II: Inventory and Analysis ....................................................................................... 8 A. Location and Context .................................................................................................. 8 B. Existing Land Use and Development Patterns ...............................................................10 C. Land Use ..................................................................................................................11 Residential .................................................................................................................11 Agriculture .................................................................................................................11 Vacant and Underutilized Sites .....................................................................................13 Industrial ...................................................................................................................13 New Residential Building Permits .................................................................................13 D. Existing Zoning ..........................................................................................................15 E. Demographics ...........................................................................................................17 F. Natural Resources and Environmental Features ............................................................18 Scenic Areas of Statewide Significance (SASS) ..............................................................18 Hudson River Estuary..................................................................................................19 Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitat ..................................................................19 Stream corridors and watersheds .................................................................................19 Wetlands ...................................................................................................................20 Water Quality .............................................................................................................21 Woodlands .................................................................................................................22 Open spaces ..............................................................................................................22 Topography and Steep slopes ......................................................................................23 Soil Quality ................................................................................................................24 Species Habitat ..........................................................................................................24 Natural Hazards and Climate Change ...........................................................................26 G. Historic and Cultural Resources ...................................................................................26 Native American Prehistory ..........................................................................................27 European Settlement and Early Development ................................................................27 Lattingtown Hamlet ....................................................................................................28 Marlboro Hamlet .........................................................................................................28 Milton Hamlet .............................................................................................................30 Agriculture .................................................................................................................30 Immigration ...............................................................................................................31 Tourism .....................................................................................................................31 Historic and Cultural Resources ....................................................................................32 Arts and Culture .........................................................................................................34 Archaeological Survey .................................................................................................36 Marine Archaeology ....................................................................................................36 H. 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