Applicant Guidelines

I.

Development Guidelines in the Adirondack Park

To guide applicants in designing land use and development proposals, the Adirondack Park Agency publishes an advisory document called Development in the Adirondack Park. All of the document's components are broken out below in PDF format. Agency staff continually revise and update this document.

1. Introduction
2. Development Considerations - Explanation of the 37 Development Considerations listed in Section 805 of the APA Act.
3. Project Guidelines - Guidance to identify the resources that may be impacted by proposed projects and development considerations to use to avoid adverse impacts to these resources.
   1. Lighting
   2. Signs
   3. Historic Site Considerations
   4. Energy
   5. Noise
   6. Biological Surveys
   7. Residential On-Site Wastewater Treatment
   8. Solar Power Projects

II. Other Guidelines and Requirements

1. Compensatory Wetland Guidelines
2. Freshwater Wetlands Delineation Manual
3. Minimum Requirements for Engineering Plans for On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems
4. Site Plan Map Guidelines
5. Visual Analysis Methodology
   

III. Jurisdictional Chart and Explanations

1. APA Jurisdictional Chart
2. Jurisdiction Explanations

IV. Consulting Services

1. Consulting Aquatic Services in the Adirondacks
2. Consulting Engineering Services in the Adirondacks
3. Consulting Surveying Services in the Adirondacks
4. Consulting Wetland Delineation Services in the Adirondacks