Section 57-0107. Definitions

As used in this title, the following terms shall mean and include:
    1.  "Council" shall mean the Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve
  council created by section 57-0111 of this title.
    2. "Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve" shall mean the  reserve
  created pursuant to section 57-0109 of this title.
    3.  "Long Island Pine Barrens preserve" or "preserve" shall mean lands
  within the Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime reserve that  are  critical
  to the protection of the hydrologic and ecologic integrity of the region
  including  land  characterized  by  the growth of pitch pine, dwarf pine
  and/or scrub oak pine barrens which are  dedicated  for  protection  and
  beneficial  public  use pursuant to section 57-0117 of this title. Lands
  which are not deemed critical  may  be  dedicated  pursuant  to  section
  57-0117 of this title as a protective or buffer zone for other dedicated
  lands, or to otherwise support the management of the preserve.
    4. "Peconic Bay system" shall mean the series of interconnected bodies
  of  surface  waters,  including  Flanders Bay, Great Peconic Bay, Little
  Peconic Bay, Noyack Bay, Shelter Island Sound, Southold  Bay,  Northwest
  Harbor,  Orient  Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Napeague Bay, Fort Pond Bay, the
  western portion of Block Island  Sound,  other  semi-enclosed  bays  and
  harbors  contiguous  thereto, and all of the tidal creeks and freshwater
  streams that discharge into these interconnected basins.
    5.  "Plan"  shall  mean  the  comprehensive  management  plan  created
  pursuant to section 57-0115 of this title.
    6.  "Reserve"  shall  mean a region in which there is a combination of
  publicly and privately owned lands and land uses, within a defined  area
  where  there  are  traditional  cultural patterns including agriculture,
  finfishing, shellfishing and tourism, which due  to  their  pattern  and
  configuration,  and because of the need for sustained productivity could
  best be protected and managed through the development of a comprehensive
  management plan around a preserve of  protected,  publicly  owned  lands
  and/or privately owned land dedicated for such purposes.
    7.  "Land  use plan" shall mean the comprehensive Central Pine Barrens
  land use plan pursuant to section 57-0121 of this title,  including  the
  generic environmental impact statement thereon.
    8. "Commission" shall mean the Central Pine Barrens Joint Planning and
  Policy Commission established pursuant to section 57-0119 of this title.
    9.  "Advisory  committee" shall mean the Central Pine Barrens advisory
  committee to the commission established pursuant to subdivision nine  of
  section 57-0119 of this title.
    10.  "Central  Pine  Barrens  area"  shall mean the contiguous area as
  described and bounded as follows:
  Beginning at a point where the southerly side of  Route  25A  intersects
  the  easterly  side  of  Miller  Place  Road; thence southward along the
  easterly boundary of Miller Place Road to Helme Avenue; thence southward
  along the easterly boundary  of  Helme  Avenue  to  Miller  Place-Middle
  Island  Road;  thence  southward  along  the easterly boundary of Miller
  Place-Middle Island Road to Whiskey  Road;  thence  westward  along  the
  southerly  boundary  of  Whiskey  Road to Mount Sinai-Coram Road; thence
  southward along the easterly  boundary  of  Mount  Sinai-Coram  Road  to
  Middle  Country  Road  (Route  25);  thence westward along the southerly
  boundary of Route 25 to Patchogue-Mount Sinai Road  (County  Route  83);
  thence  southward  along  the  easterly  boundary  of County Route 83 to
  Bicycle Path Drive; thence southeastward  along  the  easterly  side  of
  Bicycle  Path  Drive  to Mt. McKinley Avenue; thence southward along the
  easterly  boundary  of  Mt.  McKinley  Avenue  to  Granny  Road;  thence
  northeastward  along  the  northerly  boundary  of  Granny  Road to Port
  Jefferson-Patchogue  Road  (Route  112);  thence  southward  along   the

  easterly  boundary  of  Route 112 to Horse Block Road (County Route 16);
  thence eastward along the northerly boundary of County Route 16 to Maine
  Avenue; thence northward along the westerly boundary of Maine Avenue  to
  Fire Avenue; thence eastward along the northerly boundary of Fire Avenue
  to  John  Roe Smith Avenue; thence southward along the easterly boundary
  of John Roe Smith Avenue to  Jeff  Street;  thence  eastward  along  the
  northerly  boundary  of Jeff Street to Hagerman Avenue; thence southward
  along the easterly boundary  of  Hagerman  Avenue  to  the  Long  Island
  Expressway  (Route 495); thence eastward along the northerly boundary of
  Route 495 to Southaven County Park; thence southward along the  westerly
  boundary of Southaven County Park to Gerard Road; thence southward along
  the  easterly boundary of Gerard Road to Route 27; thence eastward along
  the northerly boundary of Route 27 to a point where the west bank of the
  Carmans River passes under Route 27; thence south under Route 27 to  the
  lands  owned  by  the  United States known as Wertheim National Wildlife
  Refuge (the "Refuge"); thence generally westerly and  southerly  to  the
  waters  of  Bellport  Bay;  thence generally easterly across the Bay and
  northerly along the easterly boundary of the Refuge, including all lands
  currently part of the Refuge and any lands which may become part of  the
  Refuge  in the future; excluding, however any private property or rights
  thereof  which  may  fall  within  the  Refuge  assemblage;   continuing
  northerly  to  the  point  where  the  eastern bank of the Carmans River
  travels under Route 27 and Victory Avenue to the southerly  boundary  of
  Southaven  County Park; continuing easterly along the southerly boundary
  of Southaven County Park; thence northward along the  easterly  boundary
  of  Southaven  County  Park  to  Route  495;  thence  eastward along the
  northerly boundary of Route 495 to the  William  Floyd  Parkway  (County
  Route  46); thence southward along the easterly boundary of County Route
  46 to the Long Island  Rail  Road  tracks;  thence  eastward  along  the
  northerly  boundary  of  the  Long  Island  Rail Road tracks 7,500 feet;
  thence southward 500 feet; thence eastward 525 feet to the  intersection
  of  North  Street  and  Manor-Yaphank  Road;  thence southward along the
  easterly boundary of Manor-Yaphank Road to Moriches-Middle Island  Road;
  thence  eastward  along the northerly boundary of Moriches-Middle Island
  Road to Sunrise Highway (Route 27); thence eastward along the  northerly
  boundary  of  Route  27  to  an  old  railroad  grade  (unpaved); thence
  southeastward along the northerly boundary of  the  old  railroad  grade
  (unpaved)  to  Old  Country  Road  (Route 71); thence eastward along the
  northerly boundary of Route 71 to the  Long  Island  Rail  Road  tracks;
  thence  eastward  along  the  northerly boundary of the Long Island Rail
  Road tracks to Montauk Highway;  thence  eastward  along  the  northerly
  boundary  of  Montauk  Highway  to  Route 24; thence northward along the
  westerly boundary of Route 24 to  Sunrise  Highway  (Route  27);  thence
  eastward  along  the  northerly boundary of Route 27 to Squiretown Road;
  thence northward along the westerly boundary of Squiretown Road to Upper
  Red Creek Road; thence westward along the southern boundary of Upper Red
  Creek to Lower Red Creek  Road;  thence  southward  along  the  easterly
  boundary of Lower Red Creek Road to Hubbard County Park; thence westward
  along  the northern boundary of Hubbard County Park to Riverhead-Hampton
  Bays Road (Route 24); thence westward along the  southerly  boundary  of
  Route 24 to Peconic Avenue; thence northward along the westerly boundary
  of  Peconic  Avenue to the Riverhead-Southampton border; thence westward
  along the  Riverhead-Southampton  border  and  the  Riverhead-Brookhaven
  border  to  the  Forge  Road Bridge; thence northward along the westerly
  boundary of the Forge Road Bridge to Forge  Road;  thence  northwestward
  along the westerly boundary of Forge Road to the railroad tracks; thence
  northward  along  the  westerly  boundary of Forge Road (unpaved) to the
  intersection of Route 25 and  River  Road;  thence  westward  along  the

  southerly  boundary  of  River  Road to Edwards Avenue; thence northward
  along the  westerly  boundary  of  Edwards  Avenue  3,800  feet;  thence
  westward  4,400 feet to an unnamed, unpaved road; thence northward along
  the  westerly  boundary  of  the  unnamed, unpaved road 150 feet; thence
  westward and northwestward along the  eastern  boundary  of  the  United
  States  Navy/Grumman  Aerospace  Corporation property (as of 1982) up to
  its intersection with Middle Country Road (Route  25);  thence  westward
  along the southerly boundary of Route 25 to the intersection of Route 25
  and  25A;  thence  northeastward,  westward, and southwestward along the
  eastern  and  northern  boundary  of  the  United  States   Navy/Grumman
  Aerospace Corporation (as of 1982, and located immediately east of Route
  25A,  to  its  intersection  with  Route  25A; thence westward along the
  southerly boundary of Route 25A to the point or place of beginning.
    11. "Core preservation area" shall mean the core preservation area  of
  the Central Pine Barrens area which comprise the largest intact areas of
  undeveloped pine barrens as described and bounded as follows:
  Beginning at a point where the northwestern corner of the New York State
  Rocky  Point  Natural  Resource  Management  Area  (the "NYS Rocky Point
  Land") intersects the southerly side of NYS Route 25A; thence  generally
  southward  and  eastward  along  the  generally  westerly  and southerly
  boundaries of the NYS Rocky Point Land (including the Currans Road  Pond
  State  Wildlife  Management Area, all adjacent or contiguous undeveloped
  Town of Brookhaven parks,  preserves,  open  space  areas,  or  reserved
  areas,  and  the  crossings  of  the undeveloped Suffolk County property
  known as the Port Jefferson - Westhampton road  right  of  way,  Whiskey
  Road,  County  Route  21,  and  Currans Road) to the point where the NYS
  Rocky Point Land meets the  northerly  side  of  NYS  Route  25  (Middle
  Country Road); thence eastward along the northerly boundary of NYS Route
  25  to  the  southeastern  corner of that property west of Woodlots Road
  which is identified as District 200, Section  349,  Block  2,  Lot  1.3;
  thence  northward  along  the  easterly boundary of that property to the
  Suffolk  County  Pine  Trail  Nature  Preserve;  thence   eastward   and
  southeastward  along  the  southerly boundary of the Suffolk County Pine
  Trail Nature Preserve  where  the  Preserve  is  adjacent  to  developed
  parcels or parcels in agricultural or horticultural use, or along a line
  parallel to, and 100 (one hundred) feet south of, the Preserve where the
  Preserve  is  adjacent  to  parcels  which are undeveloped as of June 1,
  1993, to County Route 46; thence southward along the  easterly  boundary
  County  Route  46  to  NYS Route 25; thence eastward along the southerly
  boundary of NYS Route  25  to  the  Suffolk  County  Pine  Trail  Nature
  Preserve;  thence  southward  along the westerly boundary of the Suffolk
  County Pine Trail Nature Preserve where  the  Preserve  is  adjacent  to
  developed  parcels,  or  along a line parallel to, and 100 (one hundred)
  feet west of, the Preserve where the Preserve  is  adjacent  to  parcels
  which  are  undeveloped  as of June 1, 1993, to the northern boundary of
  the United States land known as Brookhaven National  Laboratory;  thence
  generally  westward  along the northerly boundary of Brookhaven National
  Laboratory to County Route 46 (William Floyd Parkway); thence  generally
  northwestward  on  a straight line to the intersection of Sally Lane and
  Pond Lane; thence westward along the southerly side of Pond Lane to Ruth
  Lane; thence northward along the westerly side of Ruth Lane to NYS Route
  25; thence westward along the northerly side of  NYS  Route  25  to  the
  southeast   corner  of  the  NYS  Middle  Island  State  Game  Farm  and
  Environmental  Education  Center;  thence   northward,   westward,   and
  southward  along the easterly, northerly, and westerly boundaries of the
  NYS Middle Island State Game Farm and Environmental Education Center  to
  NYS  Route 25; thence westward along the southerly side of NYS Route 25,
  excluding all parcels abutting that road which are developed as of  June

  1,  1993, to Giant Oak Road; thence southward along the easterly side of
  Giant  Oak  Road  to  Medford  Road;  thence  southwestward  along   the
  southeasterly side of Medford Road to Smith Road; thence southward along
  the  easterly side of Smith Road to Longwood Road; thence eastward along
  the southerly side of Longwood Road  to  the  northwest  corner  of  the
  property  identified  as  District  200,  Section 504, Block 1, Lot 7.2;
  thence southward and eastward along the generally westerly  boundary  of
  that parcel to the eastern end of Rugby Lane (also known as Rugby Avenue
  or Rugby Road), a paper street shown on Suffolk County tax maps District
  200,  Sections  500,  502,  and 503; thence westward along the northerly
  boundary of Rugby Lane to County  Route  21  (Yaphank  -  Middle  Island
  Road);  thence  southward along the westerly boundary of County Route 21
  to the northeastern corner of the parcel  identified  as  District  200,