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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSouthold Zoning Update Forum Input Southold & Peconic 2025_5_20Tuesday, May 20, 2025 77 attendees Topic Feedback from Attendees Code Enforcement No dumping on empty lots -> enforced! Community Character No parking on lawns Community Character When new houses go up, can't cut down all trees Community Character No outside clutter in front of homes. I.E. using outside for unenclosed storage. Community Character Beautify end of road access to water Community Character Designate more roads as ‘scenic byways’ Community Character Need to address height of hedges Community Character Promote walkable hamlets Community Character More street trees in the HMU or CB zones in front of commercial development wherever appropriate (I.E. Feather Hill) Community Character Save old trees Community Character Stop Airbnb! Require more than a month for rental duration Community Character Retention of open space Community Character Apartments over shops - allow them Community Character Preserve smaller hamlets by not increasing size Community Character Regulate business exteriors to maintain North Fork charm Community Character Parks and beaches are part of our community character. Also, schools and libraries. Community Character Aquaculture processing shouldn’t be in residential neighborhoods – we need co-op location (central) Community Character In hamlet business districts, parking lots should be behind businesses, not in front (like Feather Hill). Which is both dangerous & ugly. Make it easy for us to walk from business to business! Community Character Save the woods (reduce deer overpopulation that has reduced Southold Town woods to “Eco Slum” said U.S. Botanist: Rawinsk 2013 Community Character STOP AIRBNB that is devouring our apartments & houses that should be (and were) year- round rentals. Community Character Zone map lines must follow either parcel boundary lined or closes center road like (No split zone lots) Community Character 50% of trees left on lots Community Character Beautify beach road-ends Community Character Retention of more open space Community Character House size - prevent overly large houses, outdoor lighting Community Character Better enforcement of outdoor lighting to prevent light pollution Community Character Stop hotels and chain stores & Large buildings Economic Development More year-round business Economic Development Year-round occupancy of homes promotes year-round business and increase class sizes at schools experiencing lower enrollment like Southold Economic Development Beter management of tourism – Traffic, control Airbnb Economic Development Incentivize full time residency with reduced taxes for year-round residents Economic Development Residential Developments – require year-round residency (which supports year-round business) Economic Development Economic Development office to help facilitate new business openings & Existing business relocation &/or expansion Economic Development Building department cooperation & training on zoning Economic Development More commercial development on RTE 48 – less in center of Hamlet- reroute busses and add bus stops on 48 - to make traffic in hamlet center better Southold Town Zoning Update Forum - Southold & Peconic Hamlet Focus Economic Development Limit farm housing use – don’t'a llow it to be used for short term vacation rentals Economic Development No out of proportion hotel development Economic Development Tax strategies – higher rates for any proposals that would be considered overdevelopment Economic Development Keep business centralized in hamlet/bus area to maintain open space & vistas Economic Development Transitional zone expanded along HMU Business zones (creating buffer zones & expanding) Economic Development Intensive business use should have transitional zone before/between residential zone Economic Development Flexibilities for multiple uses and buildings is helpful Economic Development Strengthen tourism & marine support Economic Development Sewers Economic Development Add a fee for destruction of existing home to construct new one for part time residents - fee can go to community housing fund Economic Development Host “buy local/shop local” days in each hamlet (less shopping on Amazon) Economic Development Viability of business in Modern Agriculture & Reasonable Tourism so local business can survive Economic Development Limits on hotels Farms Existing Comprehensive Plan does not correctly address Southold as a tourist & agritainment Destination Farms Processing should be included as means of production within the Town Code Farms Acreage/Lot size re-evaluated (10-acre requirement current code) Farms Housing provision/limitations Farms Specific provisions for marijuana “processing” Farms Focus of aquaculture Farms Worker housing limits agritourism support Farms How can zoning lessen dangerous traffic due to partying business on farms Farms Need more flexible housing options, such as: Dormitory housing, Modular, Barn conversions/adaptive reuse, Seasonal/year-round employees Farms SCDHS/Waste water management limitations (get them to partner with objectives) Farms Buy local wine & produce Farms Maintain farms Farms Must have housing for employees Farms Retain farm stands roadside Farms Too many limitations for wineries Farms Let farms be creative with interesting events & activities Farms Do not let ‘farm stands’ sell more than 25% of things not from the farm! They import from southern states! Farms In addition, for farm worker housing, allow farmers to build Accessory Dwelling Units Farms Agritainment: good or bad? Is this sufficiently addressed in code? Farms Food sales on vineyard/Farms? Housing Only rent to people working in jobs needed by the community (teachers, nurses, etc.) Housing Approach to ADUs is good Housing Code enforcement is lacking currently Housing Topic is critical! Housing Community Housing Overlay cannot be fully realized without sewer districts outside of Greenport. Housing It’s too difficult to bring AHD projects to completion at present. Housing Allow 2 story ADUs Housing Tear-downs for larger houses require deposit in community housing fund Housing Allow existing large homes to become multi-family Housing Mid-income market rentals Housing Larger multi-family buildings Housing Seasonal homeowners should be eligible for ADU’s Housing Tax incentives for homeowner who builds ADU; esp. septic system or grants Housing ADU rental income needs to cover the cost of creating the ADU Housing Agree that homeowners who are not full-time residents should be able to build ADUs Housing Since a lot of work in Southold is seasonal, does occupancy of ADUs & Affordable housing have to be for 3 years? Housing ADU’s need full time/year-round owners Housing With increase of transitional zones, more affordable housing has potential Housing Legalize apartments that are currently considered illegal Housing The new accessory buildings & Apartments don’t appear to have changed much particularly Housing Affordable Housing Overlay District makes it difficult to bring proposals to fruiton Housing Who will benefit from the affordable housing? Needs to be people employed long term in job needed by the community. Natural Resources Enforcement & penalties needs to accompany codes Natural Resources What’s the ideal population size for our limited natural resources? (Comprehensive Plan address this?) Natural Resources Conservation supports natural occurring eco-systems Natural Resources Protect overlay for naturally occurring forests/eco-systems Natural Resources Consider woods clearing restrictions to promote water catchment Natural Resources Preserve native forest for clean drinking water Natural Resources % of lots should be required to remain undisturbed (Limit lawns and their irrigation & fertilization Natural Resources Groundwater recharge zones (overlay) surrounding public supply wells Natural Resources Provide education for homeowners and businesses on proper septic techniques (I/Aowts) & discharge of chemicals (NOGO) to septic Natural Resources Requirements for pump out of septic tanks – worker RV’s on farms Natural Resources Active management of wetlands to protect resource and residential character Natural Resources Is it possible to limit water use by individual parcel owners? Natural Resources NO use of lawn irrigation (EVER) – wait for rain! Natural Resources No use of fertilizer (except organic) – Round-up causes cancer Natural Resources Reduce Deer population by implementing commercial culling to prevent destruction of understory with causes more runoff & to reduce tickborne diseases Natural Resources Relax fence regulations for the owner Natural Resources No clearcutting; trees should be cut down for building footprint only Natural Resources Provide funding to homeowners near water with old septic & modernize septic’s Natural Resources There are limits to population growth because of our limited drinking water supply. Natural Resources Aquifer overlay district should require retention of naturally occurring trees to the maximum extent possible. New plantings should be of native species. Natural Resources Southold groundwater protection area between Rte. 48 and Soundview Ave. needs particular protection for native forest, vernal pools, unused geologic features and connections via vegetation to maritime freshwater (unreadable) to the north. Natural Resources Groundwater, drinking water and pollution from septic, marina uses, hotels Natural Resources Land preservation ongoing - continue to preserve land Natural Resources Southold Town is NOT protecting nor maintaining land/woods that the Town owns. The woods have become “Eco Slums” due to too many deer destroying understory & eating young trees. General Feedback Southold Main Road is getting too developed, want it pushed up to Route 48 General Feedback Support beyond local community to subsidize more advanced septic systems to protect groundwater General Feedback Possible apartments above stores at Feather Hill General Feedback How will the Town enforce all these new zoning laws?