Laws, Regulations and Standards

Some documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader. These documents are labeled with the PDF file name and file size.

Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan -- (SLMP-20120201-Web.pdf 440kb)
October, 2011 edition of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan with updated Area Descriptions, Statistical Information and Appendices

Adirondack Park Agency Act -- (apaact.pdf 294kb)

Rules and Regulations -- New 09/20/2011 (RulesRegs20110920.pdf 426kb)

Sign Standards - Appendix Q3 -- Standards for Signs Associated with projects; section of the rules and regulations (sign_stnds_appendix_q3.pdf 12kb)

Summary of Adirondack Park Agency Authority Over Land Use and Development and Subdivisions

Fast Facts

The following documents commonly meet many needs.

Citizen's Guide -- (CitizensGuide.pdf 370kb)
Adirondack Park Agency Act -- (pdf 294kb)
Rules and Regulations -- (pdf 426kb)
Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan -- (pdf 440kb)

If you're not sure where to start, start with the Citizen's Guide. It should answer many questions or direct you to sources that will.

Other sources of information from New York State include:
the State Library
the State Museum
the State Archives
the Department of Environmental Conservation