Exemption from land use review procedures and other requirements

§ 1730. Exemption from land use review procedures and other requirements. 1. Except for the provisions of article eight of the environmental conservation law and article fourteen of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, neither (a) the establishment or amendment of an educational facilities capital plan and actions relating to the financing thereof, nor (b) the establishment or revision of an educational facilities master plan and actions relating to the financing thereof, nor (c) the selection of sites for educational facilities pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (d) any conveyance or other grant of property or of any interest therein by the city, the city board or any other person, firm or organization to the authority or to the city board pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (e) the design, construction, reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, maintaining, furnishing, repairing, equipping or use of educational facilities by the authority, including any contracts, approvals, consents, agreements, permits or authorizations necessary to accomplish the same, which are pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan, nor (f) the reconveyance or transfer of property to the city board or to the city by the authority or any disposition of property pursuant to a five-year educational facilities capital plan, shall be subject to the provisions of any general, special or local law, city charter, administrative code, ordinance or resolution governing uniform land use review procedures, any other land use planning review and approvals, historic preservation procedures, architectural reviews, franchise approvals and other state or local review and approval procedures governing the use of land and the improvements thereon within the city. Capital projects for educational facilities to be undertaken by the authority shall not be subject to the provisions of the charter of the city relating to site selection, land use review procedures, art commission review procedures, general standards and cost limits, project scope and design procedures, or contract registration and vouchering procedures.

2. The authority shall be deemed the lead agency for purposes of the implementation of the environmental review procedures prescribed by article eight of the environmental conservation law and the rules and regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation pursuant thereto.

3. The authority shall be subject to zoning regulations to the same extent that the city board is subject to such regulations, if at all.