Applicant Guidelines

To guide applicants in designing land use and development proposals, the Adirondack Park Agency publishes an adivsory 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.

I. Introduction

II. Development Considerations - Explanation of the 37 Development Considerations listed in Section 805 of the APA Act.

III. 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.

i. Lighting
ii. Signs
iii. Historic Site Considerations
iv. Energy
v. Noise
vi. Biological Surveys
vii. Residential On-Site Wastewater Treatment
viii. Solar Power Projects

IV. Supporting Documents - Current Best Management Practices, Agency Flyers and other publications.

i. Compensatory Wetland Guidelines
ii. Freshwater Wetlands Delineation Manual
iii. Minimum Requirements for Engineering Plans for On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems
iv. Residential On-Site Wastewater Treatment
v. Site Plan Map Guidelines
vi. Visual Analysis Methodology
vii. APA Jurisdictional Chart

V. Other Resources

i. Consulting Aquatic Services in the Adirondacks
ii. Consulting Engineering Services in the Adirondacks
iii. Consulting Surveying Services in the Adirondacks
iv. Consulting Wetland Delineation Services in the Adirondacks