Town of Southampton Water Protection Plan DRAFT February 2015 Prepared by the Urban Harbors Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston Town of Southampton Water Protection Plan DRAFT February 2015 Prepared on behalf of: Town of Southampton, NY Prepared by: Urban Harbors Institute University of Massachusetts, Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 617‐287‐5570 [email protected] Table of Contentsi SOUTHAMPTON WATER PROTECTION PLAN ............................................................ 1 PART ONE: ..................................................................................................................... 1 ACTION PLAN ................................................................................................................ 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 2 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN ........................................................................................................................ 2 A TOWN, STATE, FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP ......................................................................................... 3 CONTENT OF THE PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 4 SECTION 1: PROPOSED BOUNDARY .......................................................................... 7 BOUNDARY PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................ 7 CRITERIA FOR BOUNDARY DELINEATION ......................................................................................... 10 BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................. 13 A PROPOSED BOUNDARY .................................................................................................................. 15 SECTION 2: LOCAL POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES .................. 22 DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE .......................................................................................................... 24 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ........................................................................................... 34 SCENIC RESOURCES ........................................................................................................................... 46 FLOODING, EROSION, AND SEA LEVEL RISE ................................................................................... 55 WATER QUALITY ................................................................................................................................... 70 ECOSYSTEM AND NATURAL RESOURCES........................................................................................ 93 AIR QUALITY ........................................................................................................................................ 108 SOLID WASTE AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES AND WASTE ..................................................... 111 PUBLIC ACCESS AND RECREATION ................................................................................................ 114 WATER-DEPENDENT USES AND THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES .. 122 AGRICULTURE ..................................................................................................................................... 136 ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES .............................................................................................. 142 SECTION 3: PROPOSED LOCAL CONSISTENCY LAW ........................................... 145 SOUTHAMPTON CONSISTENCY REVIEW LAW ............................................................................... 145 SECTION 4: ................................................................................................................ 154 GUIDELINES FOR NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW .............................................................................. 154 PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES FOR COORDINATING NYS DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS) AND LWRP CONSISTENCY REVIEW OF FEDERAL AGENCY ACTIONS ................................................. 157 SECTION 5: A SUMMARY OF STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS LIKELY TO AFFECT PLAN IMPLEMENTA-TION ......................................................................................... 161 STATE AND FEDERAL ACTIONS LIKELY TO AFFECT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.......................... 162 DRAFT Southampton Water Protection Plan: Part 1 i PART TWO: BACKGROUND & SUPPORTING MATERIAL ....................................... 183 INVENTORY OF RESOURCES AND ANALYSIS OF ISSUES ................................... 184 INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS: A SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 184 DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE ........................................................................................................ 186 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES ......................................................................................... 193 SCENIC RESOURCES ......................................................................................................................... 200 FLOODING, EROSION, AND SEA LEVEL RISE ................................................................................. 212 WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY ..................................................................................................... 221 ECOSYSTEM AND NATURAL RESOURCES...................................................................................... 234 PUBLIC ACCESS AND RECREATION ................................................................................................ 247 WATER DEPENDENT USES AND THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF LIVING MARINE RESOURCES .. 252 AGRICULTURE ..................................................................................................................................... 266 WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES .................................................... 268 WATERSHED OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................... 270 WATER QUALITY ISSUES ................................................................................................................... 273 HARBOR PLANS ........................................................................................................ 291 JURISDICTION AND MANAGING AUTHORITIES: .............................................................................. 291 SOUTHAMPTON HARBOR MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES .............................................................. 292 MANAGEMENT OF THE HARBORS IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON ....................................... 293 HARBOR PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL EMBAYMENTS .......................................................................... 293 REEVES BAY ........................................................................................................................................ 295 FLANDERS BAY ................................................................................................................................... 300 GREAT PECONIC BAY ......................................................................................................................... 302 LITTLE PECONIC BAY ......................................................................................................................... 311 NOYAC BAY .......................................................................................................................................... 319 SAG HARBOR ....................................................................................................................................... 326 MORICHES BAY ................................................................................................................................... 327 QUANTUCK BAY .................................................................................................................................. 333 SHINNECOCK BAY .............................................................................................................................. 338 SHINNECOCK CANAL .......................................................................................................................... 347 MECOX BAY ......................................................................................................................................... 351 SAGAPONACK LAKE ........................................................................................................................... 356 DRAFT Southampton Water Protection Plan: Part 1 ii List of Figures Figure 1: Southampton Water Protection Boundary 8 Figure 2: New York Coastal Management Program Boundary 11 Figure 3: Major Surface Watersheds 16 Figure 4: Surface Watersheds 17 Figure 5: Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats 18 Figure 6: New Atlantic Ecological Marine Units 19 Figure 7: Agricultural Lands 20 Figure 8: Land Use 25 Figure 9: Land Cover from 2006 National Land Cover Database 26 Figure 10: Zoning 27 Figure 11: Hardened Shorelines on the South Shore 57 Figure 12: FEMA Flood Zones & SLOSH Zones 59 Figure 13: Major Surface Watersheds (A larger version of this map is available in Figure 3.) 71 Figure 14: Surface Watersheds (A larger version of this map is available in Figure 4.) 71 Figure 15: Land Use 187 Figure 16: Land Cover from 2006 National Land Cover Database 188 Figure 17: Zoning 191 Figure