HomeMy WebLinkAboutSouthold Zoning Update Forum Input Business Owners 2025_5_29Attendees: 63
Topic Feedback from attendees
Agriculture The zoning needs to back up the claim that it will help farms
Community Housing We need a study to say how much affordable housing we need
Community Housing
Affordable housing is a community and government responsibility, and should not be required of private
property owners
Community Housing
For Accessory Apartments (ADU's) over businesses, a survey is needed to assess the feasibility for septic
upgrades in hamlet centers
Development Standards Allow more buildings on LB & reduce size to 1 acre
Development Standards Allow more lot coverage on buildings
Development Standards Go back to original hotel sizes
General Feedback We need more hotels
General Feedback
Hold more informational and discussion meetings about this zoning update that are geared towards business
community
General Feedback Analyze each hamlet in depth with the business operations there
General Feedback The quality of life goes down as the population size goes up
General Feedback Valuable properties that will be downzoned and money will be lost - please consider
General Feedback
We need to update code in a way that enables growth, opportunity and sustainability for residents and
buisnesses
General Feedback We need a better plan - this draft contains a lot of good and a lot of bad
General Feedback Rental permits should not be required when renting to a young family.
General Feedback Tourism needs to be better managed before encouraging more tourism
Permitting Process
Special exception use permits – expedite process -These permits waiting times can cost a business owner
(especially seasonal) their business
Permitting Process
Town government organization of elected and appointed officials, departments, committees and intra-
municipal agencies & organizations should be revised for clarity, efficiency and effectiveness.
Permitting Process The draft has taken a lot of uses and added a lot of restrictions - making it harder for business owners
Permitting Process
Young people need support, schools are dying- we need to make it easier to build in commercial buildings
and leave free market to decide
Permitting Process
Even a small change of use or little upgrades takes many months, thousands of dollars, patience with Site
Plan Review - this should be streamlined
Permitting Process
Interior upgrades or changes in commercial buildings requiring site plan review discourages reuse - we need
to expand tenant improvement exemptions for non-intentsive interior updates
Permitting Process
Town code needs to be buisiness-like for the business owners- there are a lot of gray areas, we need to
remove subjectivity
Permitting Process Businesses need more rights - make the process easier
Traffic Stop increase in traffic
Zoning Map Increase Transition areas along commercial sites (upzone residential homes next to businesses)
Note that parcel specific input is found in the compilation of parcel -specific comments
Southold Town Zoning Update Business Owners Forum, May 29, 2025