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Areas with marsh-like vegetation are DEC wetlands. Curving light blue areas are DEC checkzones.
See http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/wetlands.htm and http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/checkZone.htm
from http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/wetlands.htm
These maps are for informational purposes only and are intended to be used as a guide for landowners and project
sponsors. If you are in, or near a wetland as shown on these maps, you should contact your regional DEC office for
more information about how to proceed with your project.
These maps show only those wetlands that are currently mapped or officially proposed for addition to the
wetland maps and currently regulated under the New York State Freshwater Wetlands Act. They do not show ALL
wetlands that may be present in an area. There may be additional wetlands on a site that may be protected under
local or federal law. This map information is also available as paper maps or as digital data.
DEC occasionally amends the regulatory maps to correct errors, such as inaccurate boundaries or wetlands that
are missing from the maps. These amendments are conducted through a formal process that includes public notice
and an opportunity to comment on the accuracy of the amendment. When official notice of the amendment has
been placed, the area proposed for addition becomes regulated and the proposed amendment changes will be
included on the website. When new maps are completed, they are filed in the offices of local government clerks. At
that time, the boundaries on this website are also updated.
Around every state-protected wetland is an adjacent area that is also subject to regulation in order to help
better protect the wetland against surrounding disturbance. This adjacent area is a minimum of 100 feet, but has
been extended for a limited number of particularly sensitive wetlands.
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Wetland classifications: Wetlands are classified from Class I (which provide the most benefits) to Class IV (which
provide fewer benefits). The classification is based on the work that wetlands do, such as storing flood water and
providing wildlife habitat. The system for classifying wetlands is contained in the Freshwater Wetlands Mapping and
Classification Regulations. Information about how any individual wetland was classified is contained in program files
at the regional DEC office in which the wetland is located.
from http://www.dec.ny.gov/imsmaps/ERM/checkZone.htm
New York's freshwater wetlands maps only show the approximate location of the actual wetland boundary. They
are not precise, regardless of how closely you zoom in on the map. The "check zone" is an area around the mapped
wetland in which the actual wetland may occur. If you are proposing a project that may encroach into this area, you
should check with your regional DEC office to make sure where the actual wetland boundary is. If necessary, they
may have a biologist come out and perform a field delineation for you to help you avoid impacts in the wetland or
the regulated 100-foot buffer zone.
The map of the Country Overlay Area illustrates the open spaces that
remain and that are important to be considered in the preservation of
city character. In a general way, the Country Overlay Area depicts a nearly
contiguous greenbelt around the urban core which defines and shapes
the Country in the City in the Country vision of this comprehensive
plan. The map illustrates the diverse open space resources that
collectively convey a sense of the traditional settlement pattern a dense
urban core with a distinct edge surrounded by open lands that
characterizes the historic settlement pattern of Saratoga Springs.
From the Saratoga Springs 2001 Comprehensive Plan, p. 44
[Section 4.3: Establishment of Country Overlay Area]
The Open Space Project prepared a map of the Country Overlay Area in April 2000.
This became Figure 1 of the 2001 Comprehensive Plan.
The text of the 2001 Comp Plan added two additional areas: the tracks and the Route 50 arterial heading out to Exit 15.
These additional areas have been included in the 2014 digital representations of the Country Overlay Area.
The Greenbelt of Saratoga Springs: the Country Overlay Area (with wetlands, checkzones, & watershed)
Saratoga Springs: Future Land Use Map (Comp Plan draft, May 27, 2014)
The Greenbelt of Saratoga Springs: the Country Overlay Area (with Future Land Use map)
The Comprehensive Plan lays out future land uses in broad terms.
The Zoning Ordinance translates those into more detailed, parcel-specific terms.
The 2001 Comp Plan designated much of the 'country' as Conservation
Development District. For the most part, the Zoning Ordinance classified those
areas as Rural Residential 1 (RR-1).
The table below summarizes uses in RR-1 from the current Zoning Ordinance.
COMP PLAN
2001
2014
Comp Plan
Land Use
Map
Principal
Permitted
Uses And
Structures
Uses Permitted
With
Site Plan
Approval
Uses Permitted
With
Special Use
Permit And Site
Plan Approval
Permitted
Accessory Uses
And Structures
Rural
Residential
(RR-1)
Agriculture,
Single Family
Residences
None
Animal Kennel,
Farms, Riding
Stable, Nurseries,
Golf Course &
Clubhouse,
Private/Civic Clubs,
Religious
Institutions,
Cemeteries,
Heliport, Marinas &
Docks,
Neighborhood Bed
& Breakfast,
Neighborhood
Rooming House
Conservation Conservation
Development Development
District (CDD) District (CDD)