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                                   4608
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to preserving  ecological
   integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack park
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and statement of purpose. When enacted
 in nineteen hundred seventy-three, the  Adirondack  park  land  use  and
 development   plan   represented  an  historic  application  of  natural
 resource-based land use control and economic opportunity for the  park's
 residents  and communities. For over forty years, the plan has sought to
 insure optimum overall conservation, protection, preservation,  develop-
 ment  and  use  of the unique scenic, aesthetic, wildlife, recreational,
 open space, historic, ecological and natural resources of this cherished
 area and the essential interdependence of economic and  community  needs
 through balanced apportionment of land use within the park.
   Conservation  science  and  land use planning techniques have advanced
 since the enactment of the plan.  It is now recognized that the  spatial
 pattern  of development is fully, if not more, as ecologically important
 as its overall density.
   Subdivision of land into large  residential  lots,  or  rural  sprawl,
 impairs  ecosystem  function, decreases biotic integrity, alters species
 behavior and composition, increases human-wildlife conflicts,  fragments
 ownership,  impairs  cohesive land management, undermines the open space
 character of the park, and threatens its agricultural and forestry work-
 ing landscapes.
   Conservation development is an approach to  the  design,  construction
 and  stewardship  of  development that achieves functional protection of
 natural resources, while providing social and economic benefits to human
 communities. It requires a process that  ensures  thorough  analysis  of
 ecological  systems  and  environmental  conditions before the developer
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 actually designs the project. This saves  the  preparation  of  detailed
 subdivision  plans, the most expensive part of design, to the end of the
 planning process. The process provides for  smaller  initial  costs  and
 allows for agency and public input before design funds are exhausted and
 ensures  that  the  developer  is  not committed to a design that is not
 supported by ecological and environmental conditions.
   The purpose of this act is to strengthen the land use and  development
 plan  and its administration by incorporating modern conservation design
 principles therein and to curtail rural sprawl. It is acknowledged  that
 each  property  is  unique  and  that  subdivision  should be pursued in
 accordance  with  ecologically-sound  principles  including  appropriate
 dedication  and preservation of substantial open space areas in further-
 ance of environmental protection goals and working landscapes.
   § 2. Section 802 of the executive law is amended  by  adding  six  new
 subdivisions 17-b, 18-a, 18-b, 18-c, 43-a and 52-a to read as follows:
   17-B.  "CONSERVATION  SUBDIVISION"  MEANS THE DIVISION OF ANY TRACT OF
 LAND INTO A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION OF TWENTY-FIVE OR MORE LOTS, PARCELS
 OR SITES IN LOW INTENSITY USE AREAS, TEN OR MORE LOTS, PARCELS OR  SITES
 IN  RURAL USE AREAS, AND FIVE OR MORE LOTS, PARCELS OR SITES IN RESOURCE
 MANAGEMENT AREAS. A SUBDIVISION INVOLVING SOLELY LAWFULLY EXISTING PRIN-
 CIPAL BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE  SHALL  NOT  BE  DEEMED  A
 CONSERVATION  SUBDIVISION. A SUBDIVISION CREATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH C
 OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED ELEVEN OF  THIS  ARTICLE  IS
 NOT A CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION.
   18-A.  "DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPE" MEANS THE AREA OF LAND WITHIN A RESIDEN-
 TIAL LOT, PARCEL OR SITE WITHIN WHICH  ALL  PRINCIPAL  BUILDINGS,  GUEST
 COTTAGES, ROADS, DRIVEWAYS, AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND INFRASTRUCTURE MUST
 BE  LOCATED.  ROADS AND TRAILS ASSOCIATED WITH FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE AND
 OPEN SPACE RECREATION ARE ALLOWED OUTSIDE OF  THE  DEVELOPMENT  ENVELOPE
 PURSUANT TO THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP PLAN.
   18-B.  "ECOLOGICAL  IMPACT  ZONE"  MEANS  THAT  AREA OF A PROJECT SITE
 EXTENDING SIX HUNDRED SIXTY FEET BEYOND  THE  DEVELOPMENT  ENVELOPE  FOR
 EACH DEVELOPMENT SITE AND ANY CONTIGUOUS DEVELOPED SITES.
   18-C.  "ECOLOGICAL  SITE ANALYSIS" MEANS AN ANALYSIS OF A PROJECT SITE
 THAT IDENTIFIES IMPORTANT  ECOLOGICAL  SYSTEMS,  NATURAL  RESOURCES  AND
 HABITAT ON AND ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT SITE AND IDENTIFIES AREAS DESERV-
 ING PROTECTION AND POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS FOR HOUSE LOTS, ROADS AND
 ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
   43-A.  "OPEN  SPACE  MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP PLAN" MEANS A PLAN FOR
 THE OWNERSHIP,  CONFIGURATION,  PERMANENT  LEGAL  PROTECTION,  FORESTRY,
 AGRICULTURE  AND  RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE USES, AND MANAGEMENT OF DESIG-
 NATED OPEN SPACES.   OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT  AND  STEWARDSHIP  PLAN  ALSO
 MEANS  A  PLAN  FOR  THE OWNERSHIP, CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF OPEN
 SPACES PROVIDING PERMANENT LEGAL PROTECTION OF OPEN SPACES WHILE  ALLOW-
 ING FOR FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE AND RECREATION OPEN SPACES.
   52-A.  "PROJECT  SITE" MEANS THE LAND INCLUDED IN A PROJECT UPON WHICH
 THE APPLICABLE OVERALL INTENSITY GUIDELINE  IS  CALCULATED  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  C  OF  SUBDIVISION  TEN OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED NINE OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   § 3. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph f of subdivision 3 of section 805  of
 the  executive  law,  as  amended by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (2) Purposes, policies and objectives. The basic purpose and objective
 of rural use areas is to provide for and encourage those rural land uses
 that are consistent and compatible with the relatively low tolerance  of
 the  areas'  natural  resources  and the preservation of the open spaces
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 that are essential and basic to the unique character of the park. Anoth-
 er objective of rural use areas is to prevent  strip  development  along
 major  travel  corridors  in order to enhance the aesthetic and economic
 benefit derived from a park atmosphere along these corridors.
   Residential  development and related development and uses should occur
 [on large lots or] in relatively small clusters  on  carefully  selected
 and  well  designed  sites.  This  will provide for further diversity in
 residential and related development opportunities in the park.
   § 4. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph g of subdivision 3 of section 805  of
 the  executive  law,  as  amended by chapter 348 of the laws of 1973, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (2) Purposes, policies and objectives. The basic purposes  and  objec-
 tives  of resource management areas are to protect the delicate physical
 and biological resources, encourage proper and  economic  management  of
 forest,  agricultural  and  recreational resources and preserve the open
 spaces that are essential and basic to the unique character of the park.
 Another objective of these areas is to prevent strip  development  along
 major  travel  corridors  in order to enhance the aesthetic and economic
 benefits derived from a park atmosphere along these corridors.
   [Finally, resource management areas will allow for residential]  RESI-
 DENTIAL development [on substantial acreages or] AND RELATED DEVELOPMENT
 AND USES SHOULD OCCUR in RELATIVELY small clusters on carefully selected
 and well designed sites.
   §  5.  Section  809  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 11-a to read as follows:
   11-A. ALL CONSERVATION SUBDIVISIONS SHALL BE REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION. A. (1) THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT TO THE AGENCY:
   (I)  AN  INITIAL  ECOLOGICAL  SITE  ANALYSIS  REVIEWING  THE   NATURAL
 RESOURCES  OF  THE  PROJECT  SITE  AND ADJACENT LANDS, UTILIZING CURRENT
 LOCAL AND REGIONAL DATA AND RESEARCH CONCLUSIONS, INCLUDING  IDENTIFICA-
 TION AND MAPPING OF IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL AREAS;
   (II)  PRELIMINARY  ON-SITE  ANALYSIS  TO IDENTIFY IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL
 AREAS AND OTHER SITE FEATURES  RELEVANT  TO  THE  DEVELOPMENT  CONSIDER-
 ATIONS; AND
   (III)  A  CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PROJECT, BASED ON THE DATA SPECIFIED IN
 CLAUSES (I) AND (II) OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH THAT MINIMIZES THE AREA OF THE
 PROJECT SUBJECT TO ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE, PROTECTS IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL
 AREAS, PROMOTES CLUSTERING SUCH THAT ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ZONES  ARE  OVER-
 LAPPED  AS  MUCH AS POSSIBLE, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT EXISTING OPEN SPACE AND
 ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ZONES ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND IDENTIFIES AREAS  FOR
 DEVELOPMENT THAT HAVE APPROPRIATE SOILS AND SLOPES.
   (2) THE AGENCY SHALL UNDERTAKE AN INITIAL SITE VISIT TO ACCESS NATURAL
 RESOURCES AND SITE FEATURES.
   (3)  THE  AGENCY  SHALL PROVIDE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND HOLD A
 PUBLIC MEETING ON PUBLIC NOTICE, REGARDING THE INITIAL DATA AND  CONCEPT
 PLAN.
   (4)  THE AGENCY SHALL SPECIFY TO THE APPLICANT ANY ADDITIONAL STUDY OF
 THE PROJECT SITE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A FINAL ECOLOGICAL SITE  ANALYSIS
 AND  SPECIFY ANY OTHER INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS RELEVANT TO THE DEVELOP-
 MENT CONSIDERATIONS. THE ECOLOGICAL SITE ANALYSIS, AS DETAILED IN  PARA-
 GRAPH  B  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED TO THE AGENCY FOR
 APPROVAL.
   (5) THE APPLICANT SHALL THEREAFTER PREPARE THE SUBDIVISION PLAN, WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE PARCEL BOUNDARIES AND DEVELOPMENT ENVELOPES,  LOCATION  OF
 OPEN SPACE AND THE DRAFT OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP PLAN. ALL
 PLANS  SHALL  BE  BASED  UPON  THE APPROVED ECOLOGICAL SITE ANALYSIS AND
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 OTHER SITE RESOURCES RELEVANT TO THE  DEVELOPMENT  CONSIDERATIONS.  UPON
 SUBMISSION  OF  THESE  PLANS, AS ACCEPTED BY THE AGENCY, THE APPLICATION
 REVIEW PROCESS GOVERNED BY SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE  AND  SIX
 OF THIS SECTION SHALL COMMENCE. THE AGENCY MAY REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFOR-
 MATION  REGARDING  THE  PROPOSED  SUBDIVISION  PLAN  AND  THE OPEN SPACE
 MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP PLAN AND MAY REQUIRE REVISIONS TO  THE  PLANS
 BEFORE DEEMING THE APPLICATION COMPLETE.
   (6) NO CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION SHALL BE APPROVED UNLESS (I) THE FIND-
 INGS  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION  TEN  OF THIS SECTION ARE MADE, AND (II)
 OWNERSHIP, CONFIGURATION, PROTECTION, COMPATIBLE USES AND MANAGEMENT  OF
 THE  DESIGNATED OPEN SPACE IS BASED ON THE ECOLOGICAL SITE ANALYSIS, AND
 IS INCLUDED IN THE OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP PLAN AND INCOR-
 PORATED IN PERMIT CONDITIONS.
   (7) THE AGENCY MAY PROVIDE BY REGULATION FOR A VARIANCE FROM  SPECIFIC
 CONSERVATION   DEVELOPMENT  REQUIREMENTS  IF  IT  DETERMINES  THAT  SUCH
 REQUIREMENTS WOULD CAUSE AN UNDUE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND ARE NOT REQUIRED
 TO PROTECT THE ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE PROJECT SITE.
   (8) THE AGENCY SHALL HAVE A STANDING TO ENFORCE BY  APPROPRIATE  CIVIL
 ACTION  ANY  PERMIT  CONDITION,  DEED RESTRICTION, COVENANT, EASEMENT OR
 OTHER PERMANENT MEANS OF PROTECTING OPEN SPACE.
   B. THE ECOLOGICAL SITE ANALYSIS SHALL ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING  CONSIDER-
 ATIONS:
   (1)  IDENTIFICATION OF IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL AND SENSITIVE AREAS OF THE
 PROJECT SITE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  HABITAT,  WETLANDS,  FLOOD-
 PLAINS, NATURAL DRAINAGE WAYS AND STEEP SLOPE AREAS;
   (2)  THE  TERRESTRIAL  AND  AQUATIC  WILDLIFE INHABITING, BREEDING ON,
 MIGRATING ACROSS, TRAVERSING OR OTHERWISE USING THE PROJECT SITE;
   (3) CORRIDORS, INCLUDING  RIDGELINES  AND  RIPARIAN  ZONES,  PROVIDING
 MEANS  BY  WHICH  WILDLIFE  MAY  TRAVEL  TO ADJACENT OR CONTIGUOUS AREAS
 PROVIDING HABITAT, BREEDING OR SPAWNING AREAS OR MEETING OTHER NEEDS;
   (4) VEGETATIVE BUFFERS ON THE SHORELINES OF LAKES, PONDS,  RIVERS  AND
 STREAMS  AND  PROTECTION  AND  PRESERVATION OF VERNAL POOLS AND RIPARIAN
 AREAS;
   (5) LARGE INTACT FOREST TRACTS FOR PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE HABITAT  AND
 BIODIVERSITY,  ESPECIALLY  FOR PROTECTION OF SPECIES NATIVE TO OR OTHER-
 WISE REQUIRING SUCH TRACTS; FOR WATERSHED  PRESERVATION  AND  FOR  MITI-
 GATION  OF  CLIMATE  CHANGE,  WHILE  ALLOWING  FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE AND
 RECREATION USES;
   (6) MINIMIZING THE CREATION OF MAN-MADE  AND  HARDENED  EDGES  BETWEEN
 FORESTED  TRACTS, ROADS AND OTHER OPEN AREAS AND THE LENGTH OF ROADS AND
 DRIVEWAYS;
   (7) THE SIZE, CONFIGURATION AND PROPOSED USES OF THE PROJECT  SITE  TO
 BE  PRESERVED  BY  PERMANENT LEGAL MEANS, WHILE ALLOWING FOR RECREATION,
 FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE USES ON DEDICATED OPEN SPACES.
   C. DESIGNATED OPEN SPACE SHALL BE, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE:
   (1) LOCATED OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF ALL LOTS, PARCELS OR  SITES  FOR
 THE  DEVELOPMENT  AND  DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE ECOLOGY AND OPEN SPACE OF
 THE PARK; AND
   (2) CONFIGURED APPLYING THESE DESIGN FACTORS:
   (I) INCLUDE THE IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL AREAS OF THE PROPERTY,  BASED  ON
 THE APPROVED ECOLOGICAL SITE ANALYSIS;
   (II)  PROVIDE  CONNECTIVITY  TO  ANY  NEIGHBORING AREAS OF OPEN SPACE,
 OTHER PROTECTED AREAS, WORKING FORESTS AND AGRICULTURE;
   (III) NOT BE DIVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ROADS, DRIVEWAYS OR  OTHER  PERMA-
 NENT MAN-MADE FRAGMENTING FEATURES;
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   (IV)  CREATE  ONE LARGE, CONTIGUOUS AREA RATHER THAN MANY SMALL AREAS.
 IF LARGE AREAS ARE NOT FEASIBLE, THAN A FEW SMALLER, IMPORTANT  ECOLOGI-
 CAL  AREAS  OF  THE  SITE  MAY  BE  PROTECTED  IF CONNECTED BY CORRIDORS
 COMPRISED OF NATURAL LANDCOVER WITH WIDTHS OF NO LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED
 THIRTY FEET; AND
   (V)  MINIMIZE  EDGE-TO-AREA  RATIO  OF  THE  OPEN SPACE AND MAKE IT AS
 UNIFORM AS POSSIBLE.
   D. (1) THE MINIMUM OPEN SPACE REQUIRED IN A  CONSERVATION  SUBDIVISION
 IS:
   (I)  IN LOW INTENSITY USE AREAS, FORTY PERCENT OF THE PROJECT SITE. IF
 THE OPEN SPACE DESIGN REACHES SIXTY PERCENT, THERE MAY BE ALLOWED A  TEN
 PERCENT  DENSITY  BONUS.  IF  IT  REACHES  SEVENTY PERCENT, THERE MAY BE
 ALLOWED A TWENTY PERCENT DENSITY BONUS.
   (II) IN RURAL USE AREAS, FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE  PROJECT  SITE.  IF
 THE  OPEN  SPACE  DESIGN REACHES SEVENTY PERCENT, THERE MAY BE ALLOWED A
 TEN PERCENT DENSITY BONUS. IF IT REACHES EIGHTY PERCENT,  THERE  MAY  BE
 ALLOWED A TWENTY PERCENT DENSITY BONUS.
   (III)  IN  RESOURCE  MANAGEMENT  AREAS,  SEVENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF THE
 PROJECT SITE. IF THE OPEN  SPACE  DESIGN  REACHES  EIGHTY-FIVE  PERCENT,
 THERE  MAY  BE ALLOWED A TEN PERCENT DENSITY BONUS. IF IT REACHES NINETY
 PERCENT, THERE MAY BE ALLOWED A TWENTY PERCENT DENSITY BONUS.
   (2) UTILIZATION OF THE CALCULATED DENSITY BONUS IS NOT GUARANTEED  AND
 IS  SUBJECT  TO AGENCY REVIEW. THE ADDITIONAL PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS MAY BE
 SITUATED ON THE PROJECT SITE, OR WITHIN  THE  SAME  DIRECTLY  CONTIGUOUS
 LAND  USE  AREA,  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  C  OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS
 SECTION. THE ADDITIONAL PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS MAY BE ALLOWED  FOR  USE  IN
 THE  SAME,  BUT  NON-CONTIGUOUS  LAND USE AREA, IF WITHIN THE SAME TOWN.
 THIS DENSITY BONUS CANNOT BE UTILIZED IN ANY  MANNER  EXCEPT  BY  AGENCY
 PERMIT  AND ONLY IF ALL THE REQUIRED FINDINGS OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS
 SECTION ARE MADE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS  AND  OTHER  INFRAS-
 TRUCTURE.
   §  6.  Section 809 of the executive law is amended by adding three new
 subdivisions 16, 17 and 18 to read as follows:
   16. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED TO PREVENT THE AGENCY FROM
 REQUIRING ANY JURISDICTIONAL PROJECT PURSUANT TO SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED
 TEN OF THIS ARTICLE TO BE DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ECOLOGICAL SITE
 ANALYSIS  AND  DEVELOPED  PURSUANT  TO  AN  ECOLOGICAL  PRESERVATION AND
 STEWARDSHIP PLAN AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF A PORTION OF THE
 PROJECT SITE IN OPEN SPACE BY DEED RESTRICTION, EASEMENT OR OTHER  LEGAL
 MEANS.
   17.  IN  DETERMINING  WHETHER  A  CONSERVATION  SUBDIVISION  PERMIT IS
 REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, THE AGENCY  SHALL  NOT  CONSIDER  ANY
 LOTS  LAWFULLY  CREATED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
 NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL AFFECT THE ABILITY OF THE  AGENCY,  BY
 PERMIT  OR  BY  ANY  EXTENSION THEREOF, TO DETERMINE A PERIOD OF TIME BY
 WHICH A PERMITTED SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED "IN EXISTENCE" AS  DEFINED
 IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FIVE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
   18. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE THE AGENCY
 TO  REQUIRE  THAT ANY INTEREST IN LAND COMPRISING PART OF A CONSERVATION
 SUBDIVISION BE CONVEYED TO A PUBLIC BODY  OR  ANY  OTHER  LEGAL  ENTITY,
 UNLESS THE APPLICANT SO PROPOSES AND THE OTHER LEGAL ENTITY AGREES.
   §  7. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 810 of
 the executive law, as added by chapter 348  of  the  laws  of  1973,  is
 amended to read as follows:
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   (3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land involv-
 ing  [twenty] TEN or more residential lots, parcels or sites or residen-
 tial units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or transient use.
   §  8. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 810 of
 the executive law, as added by chapter 348  of  the  laws  of  1973,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (3) All land uses and development and all subdivisions of land involv-
 ing [thirty-five] TWENTY-FIVE or more residential lots, parcels or sites
 or  residential units, whether designed for permanent, seasonal or tran-
 sient use.
   § 9. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b and subparagraph 1 of  paragraph  c
 of  subdivision 2 of section 810 of the executive law, as added by chap-
 ter 348 of the laws of 1973, are amended to read as follows:
   (1) Subdivisions of land (and all land uses  and  development  related
 thereto)  involving [ten] FIVE or more but less than [thirty-five] TWEN-
 TY-FIVE lots, parcels or sites, other than subdivisions of land  involv-
 ing mobile homes.
   (1)  Subdivisions  of  land (and all land uses and development related
 thereto) involving five or more but less than [twenty] TEN lots, parcels
 or sites, other than subdivisions of land involving mobile homes.
   § 10. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the  Adiron-
 dack park agency to require that any interest in land comprising part of
 a  conservation  subdivision  be  conveyed to a public body or any other
 legal entity.
   § 11. This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  eightieth  day
 after it shall have become a law.