HomeMy WebLinkAboutAHD Amendment 2001 ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1500
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OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 379 OF 2002
WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
ON JUNE 3, 2002:
WHEREAS there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County, New York, on the 3rd day of June, 2002 an amended Local Law entitled, "Local Law
in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing District", now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that this Local Law be referred to the Southold Town Planning Deoartment for
recommendations and reports, all in accordance with the Southold Town Code and the Suffolk
County Charter.
This proposed "Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable
Housing District ", which reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO.
2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Housing (AHD) District [Added 7-1-1986 by L.L. No.6-1986;
amended 11-16-1986 by L.L. No.14-1986; 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a
building shall be erected or altered which is an'anged, intended or designed to be used, in whole
or in part, for any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accessory aoartment as set forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-31C(1),
(3), (4), (6) and (7) of this chapter.
C. Accessory Aoartment.
One (1) accessory aoartment is oermitted in an existing one-family dwelling,
subject to the followin~ requirements:
(a) The accessory aoartment shall be located in the orincioal building
and said orincioal building must have been constructed after January
1~ 2002.
(b) The owner of the I~rincioal dwelling shall occuov one (1) of the
dwelling units as the owner's orincioal residence. The other dwelling
unit shall be leased for year-round occuoanc¥, evidenced by a written
lease for a term of one (1) or more years.
(c) The one-family dwellinl~ shall contain not less than one thousand two
hundred and fifty (1,250) square feet of livable floor area.
(d) The accessory aoartment shall contain not less than four hundred
fifty (450) square feet of livable floor area.
(e) The accessory aoartmcnt shall not exceed forty 0ercent (40%) of the
livable floor area of the existing dwelling unit.
(f) A minimum of three (3) off-street oarkin~ soaces shall be orovided.
(g) Not more than one (1) accessory apartment shall be oermitted on a
lot~
(h) The accessory a0artment shall contain one bedroom, a kitchen, a
bathroom and one common room.
(i) The exterior entry to the accessory aoartment shall, to the maximum
extent oossible, retain the existing exterior aooearance of a one-family
dwelling.
(j) All exterior alterations to the existing building, exceot for access to the
aoartment, shall be made on thc existln~ foundation.
(k) The certificate of com01iance shall terminate uoon the transfer of title
by the owner or uoon the owner ceasing to occuov one (1) of the
dwelling units as the owner's orinci0al residence. In the event of an
owner's demise, the occuoant of an accessory aoartment may continue
in occuoancv until a new owner shall occuo¥ the balance of the
dwellin~ or one (1) year from date of said demise, whichever shall first
occur. [Amended 5-20-1993 by L.L. No.6-1993]
(1) All accessory aoartments shall be subject to the audit of the
Community Develooment Office. Certificate of renewals shall be
renewed annually with insoections oerformed annually by the Town
Code Enforcement Officer. Failure to maintain and renew a
certificate of eligibility will result in the loss and revocation of the
certificate of occuoaucy for the accessory aoartment.
(m) The building, which is converted to oermit an accessory aoartment
shall be in existence and have a valid certificate of occuoancv issued
after to January 1, 2002, or oroof of occuoanc¥ orior to that date.
(n) The existing buildinu, together with the accessory aoartment, shall
comolv with all other requirements of Chaoter 100 of the Town Code
of the Town of Southold and thc New York State Uniform Fire and
Buildin~ Code.
(o) Notwithstandinu the orovisions of §100-31B hereof, no site olan
aooroval by the Planning Board shall be required for the
establishment of an accessory aoartment.
(P)
(q)
(r)
(s)
Aooroval by the Suffolk County Deoartment of Health Services of the
water suoolv and sewaRe disoosal systems shall be required.
No bed-and-breakfast facilities, as authorized by ~ 100-31B(14)
hereof, shah be oermitted in or on oremises for which an accessory
aoartment is authorized or exists. [Added 3-14-1989 by L.L. No. 3-
1989i
Home occuoations are not 0ermitted to be ooerated in or on the
oremises fcr w~:'c~ of the accessory aoartment, is authorized or exists.
Accessory aoartments oermitted oursuant to this section shall remain
affordable as defined by Director standards for the our0ose of rentin~
said accessory aoartment, for at least twenty five (25) years from the
date of the initial certificate of eli~ibilitv.
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
RESOLUTION JUNE 3, 2002 V- 379
WHEREAS there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County, New York, on the 3rd day of June, 2002 an amended Local Law entitled, "Local Law
in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing District", noxv, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that this Local Law be referred to the Southold Tmvn Plannin~ Del)artment for
recommendations and reports, all in accordance with the Southold Town Code and the Suffolk
County Charter.
This proposed "Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Aflbrdable Housing
District ", which reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO.
2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Housing (AHD) District [Added 7-1-1986 by L.L. No.6-1986;
amended 11-16-1986 by L.L. No.14-1986; 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a
building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole
or in part, for any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accessory apartment as set forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-3 lC(l),
(3), (4), (6) and (7) of this chapter.
C. Accessory Apartment.
One (1) accessory apartment is permitted in an existing one-family dwelling,
subject to the following requirements:
(a) The accessory apartment shall be located in the principal building.
(b) The owner of the existing dwelling shall occupy one (1) of the dwelling
units as the owner's principal residence. The other dwelling unit shall
be leased for year- round occupancy, evidenced by a written lease for
a term of one (1) or more years.
(c) The one-family dwelling shall contain not less than one thousand two
hundred and fifty (1,250) square feet of livable floor area.
(d) The accessory apartment shall contain not less than four hundred
fifty (450) square feet of livable floor area.
(e) The accessory apartment shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the
livable floor area of the existing dwelling unit.
(f) A minimum of three (2) two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be
provided for the one-family dweilin~ with an avl)roved accessory
al) artment.
(g)
(h)
(i)
(k)
(1)
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
Not more than one (1) accessory apartment shall be permitted on a
lot.
The accessory apartment shall contain one bedroom, a kitchen, a
bathroom and one common room.
The exterior entry to the accessory apartment shall, to the maximum
extent possible, retain the existing exterior appearance of a one-family
dwelling.
All exterior alterations to the existing building, except for access to the
apartment, shall be made on the existing foundation.
The certificate of compliance shall terminate upon the transfer of title
by the owner or upon the owner ceasing to occupy one (1) of the
dwelling units as the owner's principal residence. In the event of an
owner's demise, the occupant of an accessory apartment may continue
in occupancy until a new owner shall occupy the balance of the
dwelling or one (1) year from date of said demise, whichever shall first
occur. IAmended 5-20-1993 by L.L. No.6-1993]
All accessory apartments shall be subject to the audit of the
Community Development Office. Certificate of renewals shall be
renewed annually with inspections ~erformed annually by the Town
Code Enforcement Officer. Failure to maintain and renew a
certificate of eligibility will result in thc loss and revocation of the
certificate of occupancy for the accessory apartment.
The building, which is converted to permit au accessory apartment
shall be in existence and have a valid certificate of occupancy issued
after to January 1, 2002, or proof of occupancy prior to that date.
The existing building, together with the accessory apartment, shall
comply with all other requirements of Chapter 100 of the Town Code
of the Town of Southold and the New York State Uniform Fire and
Building Code.
Notwithstanding the provisions o6 100-3lB hereof, no site plan
approval by the Planning Board shall be required for the
establishment of an accessory apartment.
Approval by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services of the
water supply and sewage disposal systems shall be required.
No bed-and-breakfast facilities, as authorized by § 100-31B(14)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which an accessory
apartment is authorized or exists. [Added 3-14-1989 by L.L. No.3-
1989]
Home occupations are not permitted to be operated in or on the
premises fzr w~.e~ of the accessory apartment, is authorized or exists.
Accessory apartments permitted pursuant to this section shall remain
affordable as defined by Director standards for the purpose of rentine
said accessory apartment, for at least twenty five (25) years from the
date of the initial certificate of elieibilitv.
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
BENNETT ORLOWSKI, JR.
Chairmm~
WILLIAM d. CREMERS
KENNETH k EDWARDS
GEORGE RITCHIE LATHAM, ,IR.
RICHARD CAGGIANO
P.O. Box 1179
Town Hall, 53095 State Route 25
Southold, New York 11971-0959
Telephone (631) 765-1938
Fax (631) 765-3136
Memorandum
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
To: Joshua Y. Herren, Supervisor and
Town Board Members
From: Valerie Scopaz, AICP, Town Planner
Re: Proposed Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District
Date: July 31~, 2002
The Town Board referred the attached proposed amendment to the Planning Board and staff for
review and comment.
The proposed amendment would permit (as of right) the construction of accessory apartments in
all homes that were built in the Affordable Housing District from January 2002 onward. Presently
the Code does not permit accessory apartments in this zoning district.
Since the legislative intent of this proposed amendment is not stated, these comments are based
on the following assumptions, which may or may not be correct. The purposes of the
amendment are:
4. to allow for greater diversity of dwelling unit types within the Affordable Housing District
and
4° to encourage the creation of small apartments which would remain affordable for a
period of twenty, five years.
If the proposed amendment is adopted, the following will apply:
The principal dwelling must contain at least 1,250 square feet in floor area, of
which the apartment must incorporate no less than 450 square feet. The
amendment places no restrictions on the maximum square footage of either a
principal building or an accessory apartment up to the 20% lot coverage limit.
The accessory apartment may not exceed 40 % of the livable floor area. The
term livable floor area is defined as meaning:
a. All spaces within the exterior walls of a dwelling unit, exclusive of garages,
breezeways, unheated porches, cellars, heater rooms and approved
basements having a window area of less than ten percent (10%) of the
square foot area of the room. Usable floor area shall include all spaces not
otherwise excluded above, such as principal rooms, utility rooms, bathrooms,
all closets and hallways opening directly into any rooms within the dwelling
unit.
The accessory apartment must remain affordable for25 years. However, there is
nothing to prohibit the owner of the principal dwelling from living in the apartment
and renting out the principal dwelling (at whatever the market will bear), thus
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potentially negating the intent of the amendment- to create affordable
apadments.
Every principal dwelling, whether affordable or not, may have an accessory
apartment. And, it appears that every accessory apartment must abide by the
proposed guidelines, but this is not clear.
A home occupation may not be operated in (or out of) an accessory apartment,
but a home occupation will continue to be permitted within the principal dwelling.
The determination of an affordable rate for the apartment rent will be made solely
by the Community Development Director, when it might be better to have the
Town Board control that decision.
Three separate certificates (compliance, eligibility and occupancy) will be
required, but it is not clear who will be responsible for issuing and tracking these
certificates.
The wording restricts the apartment to the following: one bedroom, a kitchen, a
bathroom and one common room, thus implying that additional rooms would not
be permitted. (If the intent is to limit the size of the apartment, this wording is
appropriate.)
The principal dwelling with its accessory apartment could be sold at market
pdces after the 7th year. The proposed amendment will guarantee only that the
accessory apartment remains affordable for a period of 25 years.
The Bulk Schedule for the Affordable Housing District, Section 100-54., does not
indicate whether a principal dwelling with an accessory apartment will be
considered a Single-Family, a Two-Family or a Multiple dwelling. Accordingly, it
is not clear which set of bulk, area and parking schedules will apply. A separate
column is needed for a single family dwelling with an accessory apartment.
Subsections (k) and (q) were copied from Section 100-31 of the Town Code
which was amended in 1989 and 1993. Since this proposed amendment is to
add new accessory apartment language to 100-53, the amendment provisions
noted in subsections (k) and (q) are not applicable, thus should be deleted.
The Planning Board supports the creation of apartments as part of the overall strategy of
creating different housing types at a mix of affordable prices. While the proposed
amendment could be an effective tool to help achieve this type of structural and financial
diversity, it does not deal with an aspect of the existing code to which this Board has
expressed strong objections: namely the provision that allows affordable housing created
within the AHD to be sold on the open market after 7 years. The current code allows for
a doubling or a quadrupling of the allowable density in return for which the developer
must sell or rent only half of the units at affordable prices. After 7 years, these units are
allowed to be sold or rented at the market rate. As a result, after 7 years, the Town will
face new petitions to double or quadruple the permitted zoning density, in order to meet
the need for affordable housing. Given the Town's goal of maintaining a rural and
diverse community, the tactic of doubling or quadrupling density in order to provide what
may amount to temporary housing for a specified socio-economic group is questionable.
When the Town creates an Affordable Housing District, it provides substantial public
(taxpayer-funded) subsidies in the form of: increased density, waiver of all Park and
Playground fees (instead of for just the affordable 1ors), reduced public infrastructure (e.g.
road specifications), reduced taxes for the 7 year period on the affordable lots. The
program is structured to give the developer incentives and cash subsidies to provide new
housing at lower cost to the consumer. The program does not provide incentives to local
residents to acquire or renovate existing housing for their purposes. The Ptanning Board
recommends a different and more comprehensive approach to affordable housing
whereby the actual need is tracked and the appropriate opportunities provided to
qualified buyers to purchase or renovate existing homes.
PUBLIC HEARiNG
OCTOBER 9, 2001
5:00 P.M.
ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO ~100, AFFORDABLE HOUSiNG DISTRICT, ACCESSORY
APARTMENTS.
Present:
Supervisor Jean W. Cochran
Justice Louisa P. Evans
Councilman William D. Moore
Councilman John M. Romanelli
Councilman Brian G. Murphy
Councilman Craig A. Richter
Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville
Town Attorney Gregory F. Yakaboski
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Councilman Richter will read the public notice.
COUNCILMAN RICHTER: "NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been presented to the
Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 28th day of August, 2001 a
Local La~v entitled, "Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Itousing
District", now, therefore, be it
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a l~ublic
hearin~ on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New
York, on the 9th day of October, 2001 at 5:00 I*.m. at which time all interested l~ersons will be Riven
an opportunity to be heard.
This proposed" Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District ", which reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Housing (AHD) District [Added 7-1-1986 by L.L. No.6-1986; amended
11-16-1986 by L.L. No.14-1986; 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a
building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in
part, for any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accessory apartment as set forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-31C(1),
(3), (4), (6) and (7) of this chapter.
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C. Accessory Apartment.
One (1) accessory apartment is permitted in an existing one-family dwelling,
subject to the following requirements:
(a) The accessory apartment shall be located in the principal building.
(b) The owner of the existing dwelling shall occupy one (1) of the dwelling units
as the owner's principal residence. The other dwelling unit shall be leased
for year- round occupancy, evidenced by a written lease for a term of one
(1) or more years.
(c) The one-family dwelling shall contain not less than one thousand twq
hundred and fifty (1,250) square feet of livable floor area.
(d) The accessory apartment shall contain not less than four hundred fifty
(450) square feet of livable floor area.
(e) The accessory apartment shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the livable
floor area of the existing dwelling unit.
(f) A minimum of *.~rec (2) two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided
for the one-family dwellin~ with an a~l~roved accessor~ al~artment.
(g)Not more than one (1) accessory apartment shall be permitted on a lot.
(h) The accessory apartment shall contain one bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom
and one common room.
(i) The exterior entry to the accessory apartment shall, to the maximum extent
possible, retain the existing exterior appearance of a one-family dwelling.
(j) All exterior alterations to the existing building, except for access to the
apartment, shall be made on the existing foundation.
(k) The certificate of compliance shall terminate upon the transfer of title by
the owner or upon the owner ceasing to occupy one (1) of the dwelling units
as the owner's principal residence. In the event of an owner's demise, the
occupant of an accessory apartment may continue in occupancy until a new
owner shall occupy the balance of the dwelling or one (1) year from date of
said demise, whichever shall first occur. [Amended 5-20-1993 by L.L. No.6-
19931
(1) All accessory apartments shall be subject to the audit of the Community
Development Office. Certificate of renewals shall be renewed annually with
insoections oerformed annually by the Town Code Enforcement Officer.
Failure to maintain and renew a certificate of eligibility will result in the
loss and revocation of the certificate of occupancy for the accessory
apartment.
(m) The building, which is converted to permit an accessory apartment shall be
in existence and have a valid certificate of occupancy issued after to
January 1, 2002, or proof of occupancy prior to that date.
(n) The existing building, together with the accessory apartment, shall comply
with all other requirements of Chapter 100 of the Town Code of the Town
of Southold and the New York State Uniform Fire and Building Code.
(o) Notwithstanding the provisions of§ 100-3lB hereof, no site plan approval
by the Planning Board shall be required for the establishment of an
accessory apartment.
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(p) Approval by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services of the
water supply and sewage disposal systems shall be required.
(q) No bed-and-breakfast facilities, as authorized by § 100-31B(14) hereof, shall
be permitted in or on premises for which an accessory apartment is
authorized or exists. [Added 3-14-1989 by L.L. No.3-1989]
(r) Home occupations are not permitted to be operated in or on the premises
for w~'~c~ of the accessory apartment, is authorized or exists.
(s) Accessory apartments permitted pursuant to this section shall remain
affordable as defined by Director standards for the purpose of renting said
accessory apartment, for at least twenty five (25} years from the date of the
initial certificate of eligibility.
By order of the Southold Town Board of the Town of Southold, August 28, 2001. Elizabeth A.
Neville, Southold Town Clerk." There is correspondence from the Planning Department, Suffolk
County Plarming Department, Southold Town Planning Department. It has been posted on the Bulletin
Board and in the local paper.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: You have heard the reading of the public notice at this time in relation to
a zone change in the Affordable Housing District. This is in relation to accessory apartments in the
Affordable Housing zone. Anyone like to speak in favor or opposed to this zone change in the
Affordable Housing Zone.
JIM DINIZIO: Jim Dinizio. One thing that I did read that in order to qualify it looked to me like any
affordable housing really could qualify for that, the way that is read. I was wondering if you changed. I
don't have the law. I didn't realize the meeting was at 4:30. I thought it was at 7:00.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Greg, are you familiar with that?
TOWN ATTORNEY YAKABOSKI: Jim, what your question is you were speaking in favor of that.
J1M DINIZIO: I was speaking in favor of it.
TOWN ATTORNEY YAKABOSKI: M currently reads, the building, which is converted to permit an
accessory apartment shall be in existence and have a valid certificate of occupancy issued after January
1, 2002, or proof of occupancy prior to that date.
JIM D1NIZIO: Okay, prior to that date. So, if you occupy affordable housing prior to the date that
you just said would you qualify to have an apartment? I would be opposed to that.
TOWN ATTORNY YAKABOSKI: What you are saying is if it was from today, if the building was
built before that, but if it was a building that was built prior to today you would be opposed to that.
JIM DINIZIO: Right. The ramifications are unbelievable in my mind. But, I did watch a show on
channel 71 with Mr. McMahan, and you know, he convinced me it wouldn't make it affordable to have
an apartment, you know, getting loans, and having qualified for loans, and the added value. I think that
more than offsets the one or two people that could fit in these houses if they are indeed the ones that
built now. Okay? I would be against if you could take that line out, that prior date line, then I think it
makes a lot more sense. Then we know what we are dealing with. We could control it. There would be
problems with enfomement. I don't know how you can enforce that. It would be very d'ffficult.
Certainly if Mr. McMahon is that person, and if you hand him a list, and say, okay, go out and inspect
these, or how does it get done, or how does the public know that it is being done? I see that as a
problem. I think it would be much more appropriate for what you are going to accomplish. Do you
want to go further, allow the houses? That is fine. Thank you very much.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Anyone else like to speak? Josh?
JOSHUA HORTON: I am Josh Horton from Greenport. I would like to speak in favor of accessory
apartments in affordable housing projects. It is a positive move for working people, and homeowners
as welk I, also, speak just a little bit to Jim's statement. The ramifications I believe we can levy those
ramifications by noting the rental market, and the need for rentals as it stands now, and that the influx
of people, I don't believe there will be an influx of people moving into Southold Town as a result of
accessory apartments. I think they should be reserved for people who are living in the commtmity.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: As far as this affordable house zone is concerned you must work and live
in the Town of Southold. That is the first qualification, second is one or the other, and third is other,
and we have never gotten to the other, you know, affordable housing homes that we have provided.
JOSHUA HORTON: And the people that would move into the accessory apartments in there a
stipulation that they do live and work in the Town of Southold?
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Defirfitely.
JOSHUA HORTON: Positive move.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Anyone else like to address the Town Board in relation to accessory
apartments in affordable housing zone?
JOSHUA HORTON: The other item I want to address is the off street parking. You have two off
street parking (unintelligible.)
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Anyone else like to address the Town Board, either pro or con, in
relation to accessory apartments in the affordable housing zone?
COUNCiLMAN MURPHY: I have one comment. Jim, I didn't pick up on that to be very honest with
you. One of the things I tend to agree with you on that one in that a lot of our affordable housing
projects prior to this were mixed commtmities. When I say mixed commtmities we had affordable
houses and not affordable houses in them, and I think they were purchased on those basis. You know,
this is the way they were, so I would tend to agree that it would be from this point forward in the
affordable housing projects would be allowed. We may have problems once again, but then people
know what they are buying and what they are getting into.
JIM D1NIZIO: The reason that I say that is because of Mr. McMahon's reasons. Affordable houses that
exist already they qualify for those. They are there. The thought of doing a home today that they are
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allowed to have later on in certain area, but ones that are already there those people qualify. ! would
like to see apartments allowed more throughout the town. We need to discuss that further.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Anyone like to address the Town Board for the last time? Any Board
members?
CATHERINE STEADMAN: Catherine Steadman of Matfituck. It is my understanding that these
affordable rental do not have to be provided by the homeowners. Say a homeowner had two houses,
and one affordable rental unit. (tape change.) Do they have to have a rental apartment attached to the
house?
COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: No.
CATHERINE STEADMAN: So, then these affordable houses may not...I mean if these homeowners
decide they don't want an affordable apartment there may not be affordable apartments at all in this
particular development, right?
COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: I think it all depends on the builder, and what his development
proposal is. I think when a builder goes in and does something for affordable housing to build
something he comes in with a plan for the homes.
CATHERINE STEADMAN: So then the homeowner then say, okay, I don't want the apartment, then
make them switch and have an apartment or not have an apartment? Who decides if you have an
apartment or doesn't have an apartment?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: I understand your question. I think part of it, it may be a perceived
problem, but the reality is I think and Jim Dinizio commented on it, you have a situation now where
the cost of getting a house there is a disconnect between getting the applicant, and what they are
earning, and getting into that house. The purpose of the rental is to give them the income to hop up and
get into that house in the first place. I think in reality they would be hard pressed to turn around and
say, you know what? I have the house. I don't want to rent it anymore. Unless they are going to cut
back to macaroni and cheese, and eat twice a week they can't carry what it takes to get in the house in
the first place. I tmderstand the question as you presented it. I don't know it is a real problem, because
the person has to bridge the gap. If the cost of housing exceeds the mortgagability of the applicant, and
so this a tool that applicant needs for the house. I don't think that gotten that money in their pocket,
they consider before giving it up.
CATHERINE STEADMAN: I don't want just don't want this done under the guise that it is going to
be a house with an affordable rental unit attached to it, and the people think it is all nice and wonderful,
and then these people turn around, and say, no, we don't want an apartment attached to a house.
COUNCILMAN MOORE: What I am getting at, as the reality is I don't think those people are going
to be able to afford the house without the apartment. That is really crux of it I think. That is the fiscal
theory, but Jim McMahon would be happy to...he knows the qualifications of the people that are
coming, and just how badly they need this extra income. It is another form of income to help them
meet the mortgage obligation. If he were to tell us this is going to work then maybe we have to rethink
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that. The presumption is they need the rental income to get into the house. If the presumption is in
error then we have to rethink this.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Excuse me. We record everything, so if we could we would love to have
your comments at the mike.
JERILYN WOODHOUSE: Jerilyn Woodhouse from Orient. I just have a couple of questions. What
you are proposing is that if there is an existing affordable housing unit now, or it is only for ones that
are going to be built in the future?
COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: The way it is written, the way it is right now you can put it into an
existing affordable house in an affordable housing district. I think what Jim brought up was good point,
so that is what is written. I think what our mindset is to put more into new homes, new construction of
affordable housing. Put apartments in those homes, not in existing homes.
JERILYN WOODHOUSE: How much of a mindset are you in going in that direction? Is that
something that you are in agreement on?
COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: I think we are. Actually I thought that was why it was proposed, and
you know, Jim actually called me on the phone during the week, and pointed that out to me also. So, I
believe that is how we all decided.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: It makes sense because the project, I hate that term project, I hate the
term affordable housing, but our first development was done back, oh golly, maybe fifteen years ago,
and the first one was Herb Mandel up on Boisseau Avenue, and Rich Israel, and they chose, I mean it
is their property and they are doing the project. They are coming in under our zone, the affordable
housing zone, and they felt very strongly that they could make it work in a mixed context. So, they
sold half of the lots for affordable, and half to regular buyers, and it is a lovely, lovely neighborhood.
The second one we did is over here across the way from Dave Defriest, if you drive in Jasmine Lane.
One of the things with affordable housing we found, and perhaps you have to...maybe there is a ten or
fifteen year cycle to this problem. It was back in the eighties when the land costs went sky high we had
kids that were working in Southold, and providing services for us that needed a place to live, so this is
how we got involved there. That is plumbers over there, and they work for the cement company, and it
goes on, and on, and on, and these are mostly blue-collar workers, and providing services to the
community. They have never moved, nor have the people from up at High Point, because they stayed
in the house, and built their equity. I was Chairman of the first Affordable Housing Committee many
years ago, and we thought they would build their equity, and then they would move on to a larger
house as they were having children, and so forth, and continue to maybe rebuild their equity. Every
one of them have been very happy to stay where they are, but they have built up their equity. They
have put on a garage. They have finished up the upstairs. A few, those that can afford it, do have a
swimming pool so it is another lovely neighborhood in Southold. Elijah's Lane, the same way.
JERILYN WOODHOUSE: Do you want me to tell you what my concern is, and I am glad to hear that
you are moving in the direction that you are. It is my understanding that some of the affordable
housing homes are owned by people who do not live in them, who have bought them, and who have
rented them, and they have rented them for long periods of time. There is one on the market right now
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I understand for $250,000. My concern would be if you have an affordable housing home that is
owned by an absentee landlord, who has been renting it all these years, and you allow them to add
another apartment to it you are just creating another opportunity for someone to make more money,
and not make that unit affordable. That is just my concem that I would ask you to look at carefully as
you look at what affordable housing is.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Ged, we had one due to divorce that was turned over, and I believe one
that a father bought for his daughter, so he doesn't live there. You can check with Jim McMahon, but
these are the only two I am aware of that have not maintained with the people that have moved in. I
agree. These people had the opportunity to get affordable housing, get a $25,000 grant from the State,
and $15,000 from the home program, so they have a decrease of $40,000, and they have to be able to
qualify for a mortgage, and like I say, live and work. If you read the Affordable Housing Law there are
many stipulations, but I would not like to see the people already in affordable houses have the
opportunity to put in an apartment. I just don't think the two go together. I think from this date on it is
built as an apartment then I don't have a problem with it.
JERILYN WOODHOUSE: Thank you.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: You are welcome. Anyone else like to address the Town Board in
relation to accessory apartments in the AHD Zone? (No response.) If not, I will close the hearing.
Southold Town Clerk
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hail, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 14, 2001
$o~thold Town Clerk
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 2001 on the enclosed proposed Local Law
entitled "A Local law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District".
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in the enclosed self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Thank you.
Southold Town Clerk
Attachments
cc: Suffolk County Department of Planning
Long Island State Park Commission
Village of Greenport
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhead
Town of Southampton
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Southold Town Building Department
Signature, Received By
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
lkIARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 14, 2001
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2001 on the enclosed proposed Local Law
entitled "A Local law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District".
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in the enclosed self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Thank you.
Neville
Southold Town Clerk
Attachments
CC:
Date
Suffolk County Department of Planning
Long Island State Park Commission
Village of Greenport
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhead
Town of Somhampton
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Southold Town Building Department
' Sigffature, Retell/ed By
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hail, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
RECEIVED
$outhold Town tier[
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 14, 2001
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2001 on the enclosed proposed Local Law
entitled "A Local law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District".
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in thc enclosed self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Thank you.
Neville t
Southold Town Clerk
Attachments
Suffolk County Depm'hnent of Planning
Long Island State Park Commission
Village of Greenport
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhead
Town of Southampton
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Southold Town Building Department
Date
ignature, eceived By
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTR, AR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
RECEIVED
SEP ] 8
S~utho?d Town Clad
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 14, 2001
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2001 on the enclosed proposed Local Law
entitled "A Local law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District".
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in the enclosed self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Thank you.
Southold Town Clerk
Attachments
Suffolk County Department of Planning
Long Island State Park Commission
Village of Greenport
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhead
Town of Southampton
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Southold Town Bmlding Department
Date
Signature,~eceived B~
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
RECEIVED
Soulhold Town Cled:
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 14, 2001
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2001 on the enclosed proposed Local Law
entitled "A Local law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District".
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in the enclosed self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Thank you.
Neville
Southold Town Clerk
Attachments
cc~
Suffolk County Department of Planning
Long Island State Park Commission
Village of Crreenport
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhead
Town of Southampton
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Southold Town Building Department
Date
Signature, Received By
RECEIVED
,SEP 17 2001
Southold Town Cle~
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
c%
,q-FY OF SUFFOLK
ROBERT J. OAFFNEY
SUFFOLK COUN I~ EXECLrFIVE
THOHAS ISLES, AICP
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
September 12, 2001
Town of Southold
Zoning Board of Appeals
Applicant:
Town of Southold
Zoning Action:
Amendment to Section 100-53 of the Town Zoning
Code
Public Hearing Date: 10/9/01
S.C.P.D. File No.: SD-01-02
Pursuant to the requirements of Sections A 14-14 to 23 of the Suffolk County Administrative
Code, the above referenced application which has been submitted to the Suffolk County Planning
Commission is considered to be a matter for local determination as there is no apparent significant
county-wide or inter-community impact(s). A decision of local determination should not be
construed as either an approval or disapproval.
Very truly yours,
Thomas Isles
Director of Planning
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S/s Gerald G. Newman
Chief Planner
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ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
RI~iGISTIL~R OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
R~]CORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765~6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF TIlE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTttOLD
September 14 2001
Thomas Isles, Director
Department of Planning
County of Suffolk
Post Office Box 6100
Hauppauge, New York 11788-0099
Dear Mr. Isles:
Transmitted is the Southold Town Planning Board's report and recommendations on the
proposed Local Law in Relation Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing Distr/ct
received today.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Elizabeth A, Neville
Southold Town Clerk
Enclosures (1)
cc: Town Board
Town Attorney
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
BENNETT ORLOWSKI, JR.
Chairman
WILLIAM J. CREMERS
KENNETH L. EDWARDS
GEORGE RITCH1E LATHAM, JR.
RICI~kRD CAGGIA-NO
RECEIVED
2001
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 State Route 25
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971-0959
Telephone (631) 765-1938
Fax (631) 765-3136
Southold Town Clerl,.
Memorandum
To:
From:
Date:
Elizabeth Neville, Town Clerk
Valerie Scopaz, AICP, Town Planner
September 13, 2001
Re:
Proposed Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V,
Affordable Housing District
The Planning Board has reviewed the proposed legislation and finds the
following:
The minimum required number of off-street parking spaces that must
be provided for the one-family dwelling with an approved accessory
apartment should be left at three spaces in order to provide for two
spaces for the principal residence and one space for the apartment.
The Board feels that adequate off-site parking should be required in
order to facilitate the maintenance and plowing of the street.
2. There are typographical errors:
The word "a" should precede the phrase "one-family dwelling,
subject to the following requirements:" at the beginning of
Subsection C.
Subsection (s) should be corrected by adding punctuation and/or
words after the word "Director", as the current text does not make
sense.
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 14, 2001
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2001 on the enclosed proposed Local Law
entitled "A Local law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District".
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in the enclosed self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Thank you.
El(z~beth A. Neville (/
Southold Town Clerk
Attachments
cc~
Suffolk County Department of Planning
Long Island State Park Commission
Village of Greenport
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhead
Town of Southampton
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Southold Town Building Department
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLF. RK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O, Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 14, 2001
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 9, 2001 on the enclosed proposed Local Law
entitled "A Local law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing
District".
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in the enclosed self-addressed,
stamped envelope. Thank you.
Southold Town Clerk
Attachments
Suffolk County Department of Planning
Long Island State Park Commission
Village of Greenport
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhcad
Town of Southampton
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Southold Town Building Department
Date Signature, Received By
ELIZABETH A, NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT Tile FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 616 OF 2001
WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
ON AUGUST 28, 2001:
WHEREAS there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
Suffolk County, New York, on the 28~ day of August, 2001 a Local Law entitled, "Local Law
in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing District", now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED that this Local Law be referred to the Southold Town Planning Deoartment
and the Suffolk County Planning Commission for recommendations and reports, all in
accordance with the Southold Town Code and the Suffolk County Charter.
This prOposed "Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable
Housing District ", which reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO.
2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Housing (AItD) District [Added 7-1 - t 986 by L.L. No. 6-1986;
amended 11-16-1986 by L.L. No. 14-1986; 1-10-1989 by L,L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or pan ora
building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole
or in part, for any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accessory apartment as set forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-3 lC(l),
(3), (4), (6) and (7) of this chapter.
C. Accessory Apartment.
One (1) accessory apartment is permitted in an cxisting one-family dwelling,
subjcct to the following requirements:
(a) The accessory apartment shall be located in the principal building.
(b) The owner of the existing dwelling shall occupy one (1) of the dwelling
units as the owner's principal residence. The other dwelling unit shall
be leased for year- round occupancy, evidenced by a written lease for
a term of one (1) or more years.
(c) The one-family dwelling shall contain not less than one thousand
hundred and fifty (1,250) square feet of livable floor area.
(d) The accessory apartment shall contain not less than four hundred
fifty (450) square feet of livable floor area.
(e) The accessory apartment shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the
livable floor area of the existing dwelling unit.
(0 A minimum of ~rec (~) two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be
provided for the one-family dwelling, with an al~l~roved accessory
a0artment.
(g) Not more than one (1) accessory apartment shall be permitted on a
lot.
(h) The accessory apartment shall contain one bedroom, a kitchen, a
bathroom and one common room.
(i) The exterior entry to the accessory apartment shall, to the maximum
extent possible, retain the existing exterior appearance of a one-family
dwelling.
(j) All exterior alterations to the existing building, except for access to the
apartment, shall be made on the existing foundation.
(k) The certificate of compliance shall terminate upon the transfer of title
by the owner or upon the owner ceasing to occupy one (1) of the
dwelling units as the owner's principal residence. In the event of an
owner's demise, the occupant of an accessory apartment may continue
in occupancy until a new owner shall occupy the balance of the
dwelling or one (1) year from date of said demise, whichever shall first
occur. [Amended 5-20-1993 by I~L. No.6-1993]
(1) All accessory apartments shall be subject to the audit of the
Community Development Office. Certificate of renewals shall be
renewed annually with insoections oerformed annually bv the Town
Code Enforcement Officer. Failure to maintain and renew a
certificate of eligibility will result in the loss and revocation of the
certificate of occupancy for the accessory apartment.
(m) The building which is converted to permit an accessory apartment
shall be in existence and have a valid certificate of occupancy issued
after to January 1, 2002, or proof of occupancy prior to that date.
(n) The existing building, together with the accessory apartment, shall
comply with all other requirements of Chapter 100 of the Town Code
of the Town of Southold and the New York State Uniform Fire and
Building Code.
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS 1VIA~AGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFOtLMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 7, 2001
Bennett Oflowski, Jr., Chairman
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Hall
Southold, New York 11971
Gentlemen:
Transmitted is proposed Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V,
Affordable Housing District. Please prepare an official report defining the Planning Board's
recommendations with regard to this proposed change of zone and forward same to me.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
Enclosure
cc: Town Board
Town Attorney
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTIkkR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town HMi, 53095Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax(631) 765-6145
Telephone(631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 7, 2001
Thomas Isles, Director
Department of Planning
County of Suffolk
Post Office Box 6100
Hauppauge, New York 11788-0099
Dear Mr. Isles:
Transmitted is proposed Local Law in Relation Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V,
Affordable Housing District. I have also referred it to the Southold Town Planning Board for
their report and recommendations. I will send you a copy of their report as soon as I receive it
from them.
Please review and prepare an official report defin/ng your department's recommendations
with regard to this proposed local law and forward same to me.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
Enclosures (1)
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
there has been presented to the
Town Board of the Town of
Southold, Suffolk County, New York,
on the 28lh day of August, 2001 a
Local Law entitled, "Lneni Law in
relation to Zoning, Chapter 100,
Article V, Affordable Housing
District", now, therefore, be it
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN
that the Town Board of the Town of
Southold will bold a public hearing
on the aforesaid Local Law at the
Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main
Road, Southold, New York, on the
9th day of October, 2001 at 5:00 p.m.
at which time all interested persons
will be given an opportunity to be
heard.
This proposed "LOCal Law in reis.
lion to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article
V, Affordable Housing District",
which reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town
Board of the Town of Southold as
follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. -- 2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Homll~
(AHD) District [Added 7-1-1986 by
L.L No.6-1986; amended 11-16-1986
by L.L. No.14-1986; 1-10.1989 by
L.L No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building
or premises shall be used and no
building or part of a building shall be
erected or altered which is arranged,
intended or designed to be used, in
whole or in part, for any use except
the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached
dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accemory apartment m set
forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses
as set forth in and regulated by § 100-
31C(1), (3), (4), (6) and (7) of this
chapter.
C. Aec~sory Apartment.
One (1) accessory apartment is
permRted in a.~ ::.~'.'..:.~ oDe-family
dwelling, subject to the following
requirements:
(al The acc~ory apartment shall
he Ineated in the principal building.
fbi The owner of the ewlati~g
dwelling units as the owner's orind-
mil residence. In the event of an
one (1) year from ,~*o of Rid d~mi~
5-20-1993 bv L.L. No. 6-19931
b~ subject to the audit of the
CommunBv Development Of Bce.
I'ellev~d apmzally with Inngeclions
~4ioihliity will rtsuR in the loss and
revocation of the certificate of occu-
to Je~' -tv 1. ~0.~ or proof of occu-
Chatter 100 of the Town Code of tile
Town of Southold and the New York
State Uniform Fire and Buliding
(ol Nniwithst~nding the provisiom
of ~ 100.31B he~eof, no site plan
he r~nired for the e~t~hlishment of
(u)Ar--- . by ,Ih* Suffnik County
'dl]--h' ~ervim of the
(at No bed.and-br~l~fast facilit~.
a~ authorizJ~ by § 100.31B{14) hert-
l~ authoriztd or p.zl~.~ [Added
1989 by L.L. No.3-19891
Crl Hemt oc~.~aons art not Der-
DpmJ~es .'~.Z ~-.~ Of ~ acce~orv
at ~ tw~W five ¢2$/ years from
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD OF
THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD,
AUGUST 28, 2001.
I~LIZABETH A. NEVILLE
SOUTHOLD TOWN CLBRK
STATE OF NEW YORK)
)SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
~'~ ~[~-.L(('3~L~ of Mattituck, in said
county~ingtduly sworn, says that he/she is Principal
clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a weekly newspaper, pub-
fished at Mattituck, in the Town of Southold, County of
Suffolk and State of New York, and that the Notice of which
the annexed is a printed copy, has been regularly pub-
lished in said Newspaper once each week
for I weeks succes/si_.vely, commencing
on the v.~ day
Swom to before m9 this ~Q
dayof ~-c,~ ~ ~- 20OJ
LEGAL NOTICE
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been presented to the Town Board of the
Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 28th day of August, 2001 a Local
Law entitled, "Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable
Housing District", now, therefore, be it
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will
hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main
Road, Southold, New York, on the 9th day of October, 2001 at 5:00 l~.m. at which time
all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.
This proposed" Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable
Housing District ", which reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of $outhold as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO.
2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Housing (AHD) District [Added 7-I-1986 by L.L. No.6-
1986; amended 11-16-1986 by L.L. No. 14-1986; 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part ora
building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in
whole or in part, for any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accessory apartment as set forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-31C(1),
(3), (4), (6) and (7) of this chapter.
C. Accessory Apartment.
One (1) accessory apartment is permitted in an existing one-family
dwelling, subject to the following requirements:
(a) The accessory apartment shall be located in the principal
building.
(b) The owner of the existing dwelling shall occupy one (1) of the
dwelling units as the owner's principal residence. The other
dwelling unit shall be leased for year- round occupancy,
evidenced by a written lease for a term of one (1) or more
years.
(c) The one-family dwelling shall contain not less than one
thousand hundred and fifty (1,250} square feet of livable floor
area.
(d) The accessory apartment shall contain not less than four
hundred fifty (450) square feet of livable floor area.
(e) The accessory apartment shall not exceed forty percent (40%)
of the livable floor area of the existing dwelling unit.
(f) A minimum of t~rec (3) two {2) off-street parking spaces shall
be provided for the one-family dwellin~ with an approved
accessory apartment.
(g) Not more than one (1) accessory apartment shall be permitted
on a lot.
(h) The accessory apartment shall contain one bedroom, a kitchen,
a bathroom and one common room.
(i) The exterior entry to the accessory apartment shall, to the
maximum extent possible, retain the existing exterior
appearance of a one-family dwelling.
(j) All exterior alterations to the existing building, except for
access to the apartment, shall be made on the existing
foundation.
(k)
(l)
(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
The certificate of compliance shall terminate upon the transfer
of title by the owner or upon the owner ceasing to occupy one
(1) of the dwelling units as the owner's principal residence. In
the event of an owner's demise, the occupant of an accessory
apartment may continue in occupancy until a new owner shall
occupy the balance of the dwelling or one (1) year from date of
said demise, whichever shall first occur. [Amended 5-20-1993
by L.L. No.6-1993]
All accessory apartments shall be subject to the audit of the
Community Development Office. Certificate of renewals shall
be renewed annually with insoections oerformed annually by
the Town Code Enforcement Officer. Failure to maintain and
renew a certificate of eligibility will result in the loss and
revocation of the certificate of occupancy for the accessory
apartment.
The building which is converted to permit an accessory
apartment shall be in existence and have a valid certificate of
occupancy issued after to January 1, 2002, or proof of
occupancy prior to that date.
The existing building, together with the accessory apartment,
shall comply with all other requirements of Chapter 100 of the
Town Code of the Town of Southold and the New York State
Uniform Fire and Building Code.
Notwithstanding the provisions of§ 100-3lB hereof, no site
plan approval by the Planning Board shall be required for the
establishment of an accessory apartment.
Approval by the Suffolk County Department of Health
Services of the water supply and sewage disposal systems shall
be required.
No bed-and-breakfast facilities, as authorized by § 100-31B(14)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which an
accessory apartment is authorized or exists. [Added 3-14-1989
by L.L. No.3-1989]
Home occupations are not permitted to be operated in or on
the premises far '.'.'~c~ of the accessory apartment, is
authorizcd or exists.
Accessory aoartments oermitted oursuant to this section shall
remain affordable as defined by Director standards for the
0uroose of rentim/said accessory aoartment, for at least
twenty five (25) years from the date of the initial certificate of
eligibility.
BY ORDER OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF
SOUTHOLD, AUGUST 28, 2001.
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK
PLEASE PUBLISH ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2001, AND FORWARD ONE (1)
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION TO ELIZABETH NEVILLE, TOWN CLERK,
TOWN HALL, PO BOX 1179, SOUTHOLD, NY 11971.
Copies to the following:
The Suffolk Times
Town Board Members
Town Attorney
Building Department
Zoning Board of Appeals
Planning board
Assessors
Town Clerk's Bulletin Board
STATE OF NEW YORK )
SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE, Town Clerk of the Town of Southold, New York being
dulyswom, says that on the ~'rt4 dayof~ ,2001, she affixed a
notice of which the annexed printed notice is a true copy, in a proper and substantial
manner, in a most public place in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, to
wit: Town Clerk's Bulletin Board, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: Amendment to Affordable Housing District
ville/
Southold Town Clerk
Sworn before me this ~ day
of. ~5~;t-~a~~ ,2001.
I.YNDA M. BOHN
NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York
No. 01BO6020932
Qualified in Suffolk COLmtV
Term Fxoir¢~' ~," ~" ' O~
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hail, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
$outhold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 616 OF 2001
WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
ON AUGUST 28, 2001:
WHEREAS there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
Suffolk County, New York, on the 28th day of August, 2001 a Local Law entitled, "Local Law
in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing District", now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED that this Local Law be referred to the Southold Town Plannin~ Deoartment
and the Suffolk County Plannin~ Commission for recommendations and reports, all in
accordance with the Southold Town Code and the Suffolk County Charter.
This proposed" Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable
Housing District ", which reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO.
2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Housing (AHD) District [Added 7-1-1986 by L.L. No.6-1986;
amended 11-16-1986 by L.L. No. 14-1986; 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a
building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole
or in part, for any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accessory apartment as set forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-3 lC(l),
(3), (4), (6) and (7) of this chapter.
C. Accessory Apartment.
One (1) accessory apartment is permitted in an existing one-family dwelling,
subject to the following requirements:
(a) The accessory apartment shall be located in the principal building.
(b) The owner of the existing dwelling shall occupy one (1) of the dwelling
units as the owner's principal residence. The other dwelling unit shall
be leased for year- round occupancy, evidenced by a written lease for
a term of one (1) or more years.
(c) The one-family dwelling shall contain not less than one thousand
hundred and fifty (1,250) square feet of livable floor area.
(d) The accessory apartment shall contain not less than four hundred
fifty (450) square feet of livable floor area.
(e) The accessory apartment shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the
livable floor area of the existing dwelling unit.
(f) A minimum of ~ree (~) two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be
provided for the one-family dwelline with an aooroved accessory
aoartment.
(g) Not more than one (1) accessory apartment shall be permitted on a
lot.
(h) The accessory apartment shall contain one bedroom, a kitchen, a
bathroom and one common room.
(i) The exterior entry to the accessory apartment shall, to the maximum
extent possible, retain the existing exterior appearance of a one-family
dwelling.
(j) All exterior alterations to the existing building, except for access to the
apartment, shall be made on the existing foundation.
(k) The certificate of compliance shall terminate upon the transfer of title
by the owner or upon the owner ceasing to occupy one (1) of the
dwelling units as the owner's principal residence. In the event of an
owner's demise, the occupant of an accessory apartment may continue
in occupancy until a new owner shall occupy the balance of the
dwelling or one (1) year from date of said demise, whichever shall first
occur. [Amended 5-20-1993 by L.L. No.6-1993]
(1) All accessory apartments shall be subject to the audit of the
Community Development Office. Certificate of renewals shall be
renewed annually with insoections oerformed annually by the Town
Code Enforcement Officer. Failure to maintain and renew a
certificate of eligibility will result in the loss and revocation of the
certificate of occupancy for the accessory apartment.
(m) The building which is converted to permit an accessory apartment
shall be in existence and have a valid certificate of occupancy issued
after to January 1, 2002, or proof of occupancy prior to that date.
(n) The existing building, together with the accessory apartment, shall
comply with all other requirements of Chapter 100 of the Town Code
of the Town of Southold and the New York State Uniform Fire and
Building Code.
(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
Notwithstanding the provisions of§ 100-3lB hereof, no site plan
approval by the Planning Board shall be required for the
establishment of an accessory apartment.
Approval by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services of the
water supply and sewage disposal systems shall be required.
No bed-and-breakfast facilities, as authorized by § 100-31B(14)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which an accessory
apartment is authorized or exists. [Added 3-14-1989 by L.L. No.3-
1989]
Home occupations are not permitted to be operated in or on the
premises f~r w~c~ of the accessory apartment, is authorized or cxlsts.
Accessory aoartments oermitted oursuant to this section shall remain
affordable as defined by Director standards for the ouroose of rentine
said accessory aoartment, for at least twenty five (25} years from the
date of the initial certificate of eligibility.
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTP~X~R OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hail, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 586 OF 2001
WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
ON AUGUST 28, 2001:
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby en~aRes the orofessional
services of Nelson, Poise & Voorhis to I>erform the SEQRA review for I~rOl~osed
amendments to Article V, Affordable Housine (AItD) District of the Code of the Town of
Southold.
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTILMI OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765-1800
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 615 OF 2001
WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
ON AUGUST 28, 2001:
WHEREAS there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold,
Suffolk County, New York, on the 28th day of August, 2001 a Local Law entitled, "Local Law
in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable Housing District", now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the
aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, on the
9th day of October, 2001 at 5:00 o.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an
opportunity to be heard.
This proposed" Local Law in relation to Zoning, Chapter 100, Article V, Affordable
Housing District ", which reads as follows:
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO.
2001
ARTICLE V, Affordable Housing (AHD) District [Added 7-1-1986 by L.L. No.6-1986;
amended 11-16-1986 by L.L. No.14-1986; 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989EN]
§ 100-53. Use regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or prenf~ses shall be used and no building or part of a
building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole
or in part, for any use except the following:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) One-family detached dwellings.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
(4) One Accessory apartment as set forth in section (C) below.
B. Accessory uses. Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by § 100-31C(1),
(3), (4), (6) and (7) of this chapter.
C. Accessory Apartment.
One (1) accessory apartment is permitted in an existing one-family dwelling,
subject to the following requirements:
(a) The accessory apartment shall be located in the principal building.
(b) The owner of the existing dwelling shall occupy one (1) of the dwelling
units as the owner's principal residence. The other dwelling unit shall
be leased for year- round occupancy, evidenced by a written lease for
a term of one (1) or more years.
(c) The one-family dwelling shall contain not less than one thousand
hundred and fifty (1,250) square feet of livable floor area.
(d) The accessory apartment shall contain not less than four hundred
fifty (450) square feet of livable floor area.
(e) The accessory apartment shall not exceed forty percent (40%) of the
livable floor area of the existing dwelling unit.
(1) A minimum of three (~) two ~2) off-street parking spaces shall be
provided for the one-family dwellin~ with an al~proved accessory
apartment.
(g) Not more than one (1) accessory apartment shall be permitted on a
lot.
(h) The accessory apartment shall contain one bedroom, a kitchen, a
bathroom and one common room.
(i) The exterior entry to the accessory apartment shall, to the maximum
extent possible, retain the existing exterior appearance of a one-family
dwelling.
(j) All exterior alterations to the existing building, except for access to the
apartment, shall be made on the existing foundation.
(k) The certificate of compliance shall terminate upon the transfer of title
by the owner or upon the owner ceasing to occupy one (1) of the
dwelling units as the owner's principal residence. In the event of an
owner's demise, the occupant of an accessory apartment may continue
in occupancy until a new owner shall occupy the balance of the
dwelling or one (1) year from date of said demise, whichever shall first
occur. IAmended 5-20-1993 by L.L. No.6-1993]
(l) All accessory apartments shall be subject to the audit of the
Community Development Office. Certificate of renewals shall be
renewed annually with insl~ections performed annually bv the Town
Code Enforcement Officer. Failure to maintain and renew a
certificate of eligibility will result in the loss and revocation of the
certificate of occupancy for the accessory apartment.
(m) The building which is converted to permit an accessory apartment
shall be in existence and have a valid certificate of occupancy issued
after to January 1, 2002, or proof of occupancy prior to that date.
(n) The existing building, together with the accessory apartment, shall
comply with all other requirements of Chapter 100 of the Town Code
of the Town of Southold and the New York State Uniform Fire and
Building Code.
(o)
(P)
(q)
(r)
(s)
Notwithstanding the provisions o~ 100-3lB hereof, no site plan
approval by the Planning Board shall be required for the
establishment of an accessory apartment.
Approval by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services of the
water supply and sewage disposal systems shall be required.
No bed-and-breakfast facilities, as authorized by § 100-31B(14)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which an accessory
apartment is authorized or exists. [Added 3-14-1989 by L.L. No.3-
19891
Home occupations are not permitted to be operated in or on the
premises f~r w~:,c~ of the accessory apartment, is authorized or exists,
Accessory aoartments oermitted oursuant to this section shall remain
affordable as defined by Director standards for the ouroose of renting
said accessory aoartment, for at least twenty five (25) years from the
date of the initial certificate of eligibility.
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk