Adirondack Park Agency Jurisdictional Determination Files

18803-96, 18803-05, 18803-05A, 18803-05B, 18803-06: Chronological by year.

18803-05C, 18803-07, 18803-08, 18803-09, 18803-12, 18803-12A: Chronological by year, then numerical by determination number.

The Jurisdictional Inquiry Unit provides advice to Adirondack Park Agency (APA) staff, state and local government officials, and the general public regarding APA jurisdiction over land use and development in the Adirondack Park as stipulated in the Adirondack Park Agency Act. The unit provides written responses to inquiries from landowners seeking to determine if an agency permit is required for a new land use, development, or subdivision, or if a variance from the shoreline development restrictions enforced by the agency is required. The unit also determines whether or not proposed land use and development activities involve wetlands protected by virtue of the Freshwater Wetlands Act or river areas protected by the Wild, Scenic, and Recreational Rivers System Act.

The files in this series document the Jurisdictional Inquiry Unit's receipt of and responses to inquiries from state and local government officials and the general public regarding APA jurisdiction over land use and development in the Adirondack Park. Inquiries often address the issue of agency project review and permit jurisdiction as it pertains to the subdivision of property and construction of single-family dwellings. Inquiries also pertain to the construction of campgrounds, retail stores, and boathouses; the installation of on-site sewage disposal systems and fuel storage tanks; the placement of mobile homes; the removal of vegetation from and/or other alterations to shorelines for recreational purposes; and the sale of property.

Files contain file summary sheets listing name of person making inquiry, name of landowner, names of third parties involved, location of property, classification of property according to the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map, proximity of property to wetlands or river areas, brief description of proposed project, determination rendered (i.e. within APA jurisdiction or not), and date of response to inquiry. Files also include incoming and outgoing correspondence; memoranda; deeds; surveys; lease agreements; contracts; architectural plans, drawings, and specifications; photographs; local zoning board compliance certificates; and APA project permit applications, permits, and orders approving projects.

CD-ROMs contain scanned images of architectural plans, survey maps, tax maps, sketch maps, and topographic maps from approximately 750 jurisdictional determination files. These images were scanned from files spanning the years 1973 to 1993 and are arranged in the same manner as the files themselves. The CD-ROMs supplement and do not duplicate the files contained on the microfilm.

18803-96, 18803-98:Microfilm is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan.

18803-05, 18803-05A, 18803-05B, 18803-05C, 18803-06, 18803-07, 18803-08, 18803-09, 18803-12, 18803-12A, 18803-12B, 18803-12C:These microfilm reels are the master camera negative copies. No use copies are presently available.

Microfilm: 187 reels; 16 mm.

16573Series 16573, Adirondack Park Agency Project Files contains related records

20583Series 20583, Jurisdictional Determination Maps and Drawings, contains additional records concerning the determination of jurisdiction over projects built within the Adirondack Park.

CD-ROM content lists are available.

18803-05, 18803-06, 18803-07, 18803-08, 18803-09, 18803-12, 18803-12A: Folder list is available at the repository.

18803-05B, 18803-05C, 18803-06, 18803-07, 18803-08, 18803-09, 18803-12, 18803-12A: Microfilm roll list is available at the repository.

As transferred by the Adirondack Park Agency, microfilm containing records in this series also contains copies of Adirondack Park Agency Regulatory Programs Division Project Files (Series 16573) and Adirondack Park Agency Environmental Enforcement Files (Series 18842).

This series description was enhanced as a part of the New York State Archives Environmental History Virtual Research Collection Project, 2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for this project.

Microfilm rolls in the following accretions are master camera negative copies, with no use copies presently available: 18803-05, 18803-05A, 18803-05B, 18803-05C, 18803-06, 18803-07, 18803-08, 18803-09, 18803-12, 18803-12A.