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Home My WebLink AboutLP-06/17/2025 LAND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING Minutes & Discussion Notes from Meeting held Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. This Regular Meeting was held in the Annex Executive Board Room, located on the 2nd floor at Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375 Route 25(Main Road), Southold, New York. The public had access to view and listen to the meeting as it was happening via Zoom. If an attendee did not have access to a computer or smartphone, there was an option to listen in via telephone. Comments from the public may not be solicited nor received without an appointment. It is expected that the Committee will enter into Executive Session*at some point after opening the Regular Meeting for the purpose of discussing applications regarding proposed acquisitions of real property where publicity would substantially affect the value thereof. The public is not allowed to attend, view, or listen to Executive Session. 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Committee Minutes and Administration • Acceptance of LPC meeting minutes from May 20, 2025 MOTION made by Sam McCullough, seconded by Anne Murray, to accept the May 20, 2025 LPC meeting minutes as revised after discussion. Motion carried: 5/0 • Acceptance of LPC meeting minutes from June 3, 2025 MOTION made by Sam McCullough, seconded by Anne Murray, to accept the June 3, 2025 LPC meeting minutes as revised after discussion. Motion carried: 4/0 • Next LPC Meeting Date: July 1, 2025 • Welcome, Carol! The Committee welcomed Carol. Doris expressed concern that the Committee is further balanced toward farmers, with 5 farmers and 2 non-farmers. General Preservation • Review of Agriculture-Related Definitions and Use Regulations in the Proposed Zoning Code Lilly brought the Committee up to speed on where the zoning update process is and where Committee members and the public at large can review the proposed zoning code, including the Zoning Resource Center located in the Town Hall Annex. The Committee then reviewed the proposed definitions and regulations of agriculture-related terms and uses in the public review draft. The Committee reviewed draft definitions, regulations, and how they align with the Committee's February comments, covering "covering agricultural processing," "agricultural processing building," "agricultural product," "agricultural product, processed," "agricultural production," "agricultural production building," "agritourism activities," "aquaculture," "composting," "farm winery/cidery/disti Ile ry/brewery," "farmhouse," and "farm operation." The Committee's discussion focused on regulations related to "agritourism activities" and "farm operation." The Committee discussed the need to scale agritourism activities to that operation's agricultural production and questioned whether the regulations as drafted accomplish this goal. The draft regulations allow up to 49% of farm operation income to come from agritourism activities, but Committee members noted that the land area used for these activities is limited and easier to enforce than income requirements. The Committee considered whether any entertainment unrelated to agriculture should be permitted in agritourism areas. On the one hand, wholesaling is no longer the primary income generator for farm operations, and entertainment unrelated to farming helps keeps customers on the farm and purchasing that operation's products. On the other hand, agritourism burdens already stressed infrastructure and neighbors. The Committee also discussed the threshold requirements for qualifying as a bona fide farm operation. Members noted that there are many new farmers who would not qualify as a start-up farm under the proposed regulations but ultimately decided that no change was necessary where income thresholds were achievable. Committee members also pointed out that the proposed regulation for farm operations with less than 7 acres in Southold Town would allow farm operation with no land in production in Southold Town to qualify as bona fide farm operations as drafted. The Committee paused its discussion and intends to review the remaining definitions and regulations at the next meeting. Inquiries/Applications for Uses or Structures on Preserved Property • James E. Cross Trust SCTM#1000-109.-1-8.8 Request to Construct Employee Apartments (As Built) [Continued from 6/3] Lilly briefly updated the Committee to confirm that she found no Town records indicating the barn in question was used as farm labor housing at the time of development rights sale, and that the landowner has not yet followed up. Stewardship and Management • None Land Preservation Applications & Potential Applications -OPEN SESSION • None Adjournment: MOTION made by Anne Murray, seconded by Sam McCullough, to adjourn this meeting. Motion carried: 6/0 The meeting ended at 8:51 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Cathy Kreshon, Land Preservation Committee Secretary