Village of Sodus Point Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Adopted: Village of Sodus Point Board of Trustees, June 5, 2006 Approved: NYS Secretary of State Frank P. Milano, December 28, 2006 Concurred: U.S. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management, April 17, 2008 Adopted Amendment: Village of Sodus Point Board of Trustees, July 21, 2011 Approved: NYS Secretary of State Cesar A. Perales, March 9, 2012 Concurred: U.S. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, July 12, 2012 Table of Contents SECTION I ‐ WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION AREA BOUNDARY ................................................ 1 A. INLAND BOUNDARY ................................................................................................. 1 B. WATERSIDE BOUNDARY .......................................................................................... 1 SECTION II ‐ INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS .................................................................................. 1 A. REGIONAL SETTING AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS ....................................... 1 1. LOCATION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 2. POPULATION AND HOUSING ........................................................................................................... 2 3. GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................................................. 2 4. LAND USE AND ZONING ................................................................................................................... 3 5. LOCAL, COUNTY AND REGIONAL PLANS .......................................................................................... 4 6. RECENT LOCAL INITIATIVES ............................................................................................................. 5 7. RECENT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 6 B. EXISTING LAND AND WATER USES ........................................................................... 7 1. LAND USE ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2. UNDERWATER LANDS ..................................................................................................................... 9 3. ABANDONED, UNDERUTILIZED, AND DETERIORATED SITES .......................................................... 11 4. WATER‐DEPENDENT AND WATER ENHANCED USES ..................................................................... 13 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATERFRONT AND PUBLIC RECREATION ....................................................... 27 6. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................... 34 7. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SERVICES.................................................................................................... 35 C. NATURAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................ 36 1. GEOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................... 36 2. COASTAL EROSION HAZARD AREAS, SEDIMENTATION, DREDGING AND NAVIGATION ................. 38 3. WATER RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................... 43 4. FLOOD HAZARD AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS .................................................................................. 45 5. FRESHWATER WETLANDS ............................................................................................................. 45 6. SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT .................................................................... 46 7. ISSUES REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS .................................................................... 48 D. HISTORIC RESOURCES ............................................................................................ 49 1. SODUS POINT HISTORY .................................................................................................................. 49 2. ARCHEOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS ........................................................................................... 50 3. HISTORIC STRUCTURES .................................................................................................................. 51 E. SCENIC RESOURCES AND IMPORTANT VISTAS ....................................................... 52 F. GREAT SODUS BAY HARBOR MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................ 53 G. ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES ................................................................................. 55 SECTION III ‐ WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION POLICIES ............................................................ 1 DEVELOPED WATERFRONT POLICIES ................................................................................. 1 POLICY 1 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 POLICY 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 POLICY 3 ................................................................................................................................................... 17 NATURAL WATERFRONT RESOURCES ............................................................................. 19 POLICY 4 ................................................................................................................................................... 19 POLICY 5 ................................................................................................................................................... 27 POLICY 6 ................................................................................................................................................... 34 POLICY 7 ................................................................................................................................................... 38 POLICY 8 ................................................................................................................................................... 40 PUBLIC WATERFRONT POLICIES ...................................................................................... 48 POLICY 9 ................................................................................................................................................... 48 WORKING WATERFRONT POLICIES ................................................................................. 56 POLICY 10 ................................................................................................................................................. 56 POLICY 11 ................................................................................................................................................. 61 POLICY 12 ................................................................................................................................................. 62 POLICY 13 ................................................................................................................................................. 63 SECTION IV PROPOSED LAND AND WATER USES AND PROPOSED PROJECTS ..................... 1 A. PROPOSED LAND USES ............................................................................................ 1 1. UNDEVELOPED INLAND AREA ......................................................................................................... 1 2. EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS ......................................................................................................... 2 3. BAY’S SHORE AND NEAR‐BAY AREAS ............................................................................................... 2 4. RECREATION AND PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE COASTAL WATERFRONT AREA .................. 2 5. OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION AREAS ...................................................................................... 3 B. PROPOSED WATER USES .......................................................................................... 3 C. PROPOSED PROJECTS............................................................................................... 4 1. WAR OF 1812, INTERPRETIVE TRAIL ................................................................................................ 4 2. SCENIC BYWAY AND GREENWAY TRAIL/ SEAWAY TRAIL ................................................................. 5 3. WICKHAM BOULEVARD GREENWAY TRAIL ..................................................................................... 5 4. PUBLIC PIER ..................................................................................................................................... 6 5. PROMOTE THE VILLAGE OF SODUS POINT....................................................................................... 7 6. DEVELOP CAMPING FACILITIES ........................................................................................................ 8 7. HARRIMAN PARK LAUNCH IMPROVEMENTS ................................................................................... 8 8. PLANNING & DESIGN FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A PUBLIC PIER AND INFORMATION CENTER ............ 8