The Caroline Town Board will hold a community meeting to describe and then answer questions about the draft Moratorium Local Law at 7 PM on Wednesday February 1 at the Caroline Center Church, 719 Buffalo Road, Brooktondale.

To View FAQs about the moratorium click here

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At the January 10, 2012 meeting of the Town Board, the DRAFT Local Law ” to effect a a Moratorium and Prohibition Within The Town of Caroline regarding Natural Gas And Petroleum Exploration And Extraction Activities, Underground Storage Of Natural Gas, And Disposal Of Natural Gas Or Petroleum Extraction, Exploration, And Production Wastes” was introduced.

A public information meeting (Q & A) to learn more about the law, is scheduled for February 1, 7:00 pm, at the Caroline Center Church, 719 Buffalo Rd, Brooktondale.

The purpose of the DRAFT Moratorium is to provide the Town of Caroline with a period of time to consider, and if appropriate to draft and to enact, one or more local laws to

• establish industrial site plan review,
• identify and designate critical environmental areas,
• develop aquifer protection legislation,
• develop a road use policy,
• and/or prohibit the activities described in Section 4 of the Local Law.

At this time, it appears to the Town Board that a moratorium of one (1) year duration, coupled with a mechanism for a ‘hardship exemption’ procedure, will achieve an appropriate balancing of interests between (on the one hand) the public need to safeguard the character and other resources of the Town and the health, safety and general welfare of its residents, and (on the other) the rights of individual property owners or businesses desiring to conduct such activities during such period.

To view the DRAFT Moratorium, click here. (PDF)

To view Frequently Asked Questions about the proposed Moratorium, click here.