§ 418-7. Permitted uses.

The following uses shall be permitted as-of-right within a wetland/watercourse or wetland/watercourse buffer to the extent that they are not prohibited by any other local law and to the extent that they do not constitute a pollution or erosion hazard or interfere with proper drainage, and provided that they do not require structures, grading, fill, draining or dredging except as authorized by permit:

A. 

Normal ground maintenance, including mowing, trimming of vegetation and removal of dead or diseased vegetation around a residence.

B. 

Selective cutting as defined in § 418-5.

C. 

Repair of walkways and walls.

D. 

Decorative landscaping and planting in wetland/watercourse buffers, excluding those activities regulated in § 418-8K and L.

E. 

Public health activities, orders and regulations of the Westchester County Department of Health and/or the New York State Department of Health for emergencies only.

F. 

Disposition or removal of natural products of wetlands/watercourses in the process of recreational or commercial fishing, shellfishing, aquiculture, hunting or trapping, but excluding excavation and removal of peat or timber, except as provided in Subsection B.

G. 

Agricultural activities as defined in § 418-5.