Section 57-0109. Establishment of Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve; core preservation area and compatible growth area

1. The region  encompassing  and  distinguished  by  the  Peconic  Bay
  system,   lands  which  gather  and  transmit  precipitation  as  either
  groundwater or runoff into the Peconic Bay system,  lands  characterized
  by  the  growth  of pitch pine, dwarf pine and/or scrub oak pine barrens
  including lands currently under  the  review  and  jurisdiction  of  the
  Suffolk  county  Pine  Barrens  review  commission  and  lands  used  in
  traditional  patterns  for  agriculture,  finfishing,  shellfishing  and
  tourism  and  made  up  of  all lands and waters located in the towns of
  Riverhead, Southold, Shelter Island, Southampton and  East  Hampton  and
  the portion of the town of Brookhaven east of a north south line defined
  by  extending  County  Road  83  to  the northern most and southern most
  extension to their respective water boundaries of  Brookhaven  town  and
  the town's incorporated villages is hereby established and designated to
  be the Long Island Pine Barrens Maritime reserve.
    2. Within the reserve and within forty-five days of the effective date
  of  this  subdivision,  the  commission shall file with the secretary of
  state the  maps  of  the  Central  Pine  Barrens  area  classifying  and
  depicting  the  core  preservation  area as defined, which comprises the
  largest essentially intact areas of undeveloped  pine  barrens  ecology,
  and the compatible growth area where appropriate patterns of development
  and  regional  growth shall be permitted and shall file a certified copy
  thereof with the county clerk of Suffolk county and the  clerk  of  each
  town  or  village  whose boundaries are included within the Central Pine
  Barrens area. Notice of the filing and availability of such map shall be
  published at least twice in the paper  of  general  circulation  in  the
  county   of  Suffolk.  An  affected  property  owner  may  petition  the
  commission for precise delineation  or  adjustment  of  boundary  as  it
  applies   to   the   affected   property.   The  commission  shall  have
  discretionary powers to modify the boundaries of the  core  preservation
  area  by  up  to  three  hundred  feet  as  circumstances  warrant after
  notification to  the  affected  property  owner  or  owners,  except  no
  boundary  defined  by  a  state  or county highway or navigable waterway
  shall be modified to extend beyond such highway or waterway.