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Home My WebLink AboutSmith, ThorntonK JUDITH T. TERRY TOWN CLERK REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS Southold, L. 1., N. Y. 11971 TELEPHONE (516) 765-1801 August 13, 1980 Mr. Henry E. Raynor, Jr., Chairman Southold Town Planning Board Town Hall Southold, New York 11971 Dear Mr. Raynor: The Southold Town Board at a regular meeting held on August 12, 1980 adopted the following resolution: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold has inspected the property of Thornton Smith located on the north side of Route 27A, Mattituck, New York, bounded north by Treiman, Wierbicki and Chudiak; east by Chudiak and Halleck Estate; south by Sound Avenue and west by Bergen Avenue, and approves said property as being developed in the cluster concept. Very truly yours, Judith T. Terry Town Clerk , REC~IV~D BY IOVLN FBNNI[~ B~AR~ DATE HENRYE RAYNOR. Jr..C~airman FREDERICK E GORDON JAMES WALL BENNETT ORLOWSKI. Jr. GEORGE RITCHIE LATHAM. Jr. Southold, N.Y. 11971 August 5, 1980 TELEPHONE 765- 1938 Southold Town Board Town Hall Southold, New York 11971 Gentlemen: Have you reached your determination in regard to the request £or cluster zoning o£ the £ollowing two subdivisions: Thornton Smith Cove Beach Associates Yours truly, HENRY E. RA~qOR, JR., CHAIRMAN SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD By Muriel Tolman, Secretary HENRY E. RAYNOR, Jr,. Chairman FREDERICK E. GORDON JAMES WALL BENNETT ORLOWSKI, Jr. GEORGE RITCHIE LATHAM. Jr. T( D Southold, N.Y. 11971 June 5, 1980 TELEPHONE 765-1938 Southold Town Board Town Hall Southold, New York 11971 Gentlemen: The following action was taken by the Southold Town Planning Board at a regular meeting held June 2, 1980. RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board request from the Southold Town Board a resolution classifying the property of Thornton Smith located at Mattituck as being developed in the cluster concept. I enclose map of proPerty. Yours truly, HENRY E. RAYNOR, JR., CHAIRMAN SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD By Muriel Tolman, Secretary KUHN, SMITH g HARRIS. inc. BUILDING CONTRACTORS July 3~ 1979 Our 59th Year Planning Board Town of Southold Suffolk County Southold~ N.Y. 11971 Attn: Mrs. Muriel Brush Dear Mrs. Brush: In confirmation of our telephone conversation I enclose herewith six copies of a sketch plan dated May 10~ 1979~ on my property in Mattituck. board. Please keep me informed as to future meetings of the Very~truly y~urs~. Thornton E. Smith TES/tg cc w/encl: Richard F. Lark~ Esq. ~iTM 26~ ~n79 ; ain R.o': J Cutcho.~e, li,Tev~ York 11935 Dear TM ~. Lark: ~t the re~_~ular meeting of the Soutbold Town Planning Board at which you were present on April 16, 1979, Thonnton Smith discussed his property in Mattituck. One of the items he discussed was the possible acquisition of property along Sou_ndview Avenue by the Town in order to widen an~ strc~ighteu this area because of the accidents there and to provide drainage in this area. 14r. [{aTfnor agreed to discuss this matter with Mr. Dean. Mr. Raynor has reported to me that Mr. Dean is not interested in acquiring any property along this road as be has neither the manpower, equipment~or f~uds t~ improve this highway. Apparently, Mr. Smith should proceed in developing this property as is. Yours truly, Muriel Brush, Secretary March 5, 1979 Mr. Thornton E. Smith 44 Brookside Drive Plandome, New York 11030 Dear Mr. Smith: The Planning Board reviewed your subdivision at a regular meeting held February 13, 1979. The following are comments from that meeting. " ....... There should be a re-orientation of the lots which do not have to be 200 feet in depth. There should be only one entrance off Sound Avenue and no driveways coming out onto So.nd Avenue. The open space shown in themaps is not meaningful. One entrance on Bergen Avenue. Put open space to the north. Mr. Smith is to be asked if he has considered placing his farm in the Phase 2 program of the Suffolk County Farm Preservation Program." If you have any further questions, I suggest that you call and I will make an appointment for you with the Board for its next meeting which I expect will be held on March 2?th. Yours truly, Muriel Brush, Secretary Southold Town Planning Board January 5, 1979 Mr. Thornton E. Smith 44 Brookside Drive Plandome, New York ll030 Dear Mr. Smith: Mr. Henry Raynor made an inspection of your property and reported back at the regular meeting of the Planning Board which was held December 18, 1978. The Planning Board is now waiting for you to come back with a consolidation of suggestions made at the November 27, 197@ meeting. Yours truly, Mu~iel Brush, Secretary Southold Town Planning Board Box 637, Youngs Point ~ttituck, N.Y. 11952 ~ecemb~r 5, 1978 iJessers. Jonn,"lc~]sm,~ et. Soutnold Town Planning Board Southold, i~.¥. 11945 De~r Sirs, i wish to re~ister my implacable opposition to the proposal presented to you by Thornton Smith of L!sttituck November 27, 1978. The following are my chief objections: 1. ~r. Smith asserts tn~t ~e parcel's u~fulness for agriculture is runaing out. ~is assertion is absurd. With the possible exception of ~d f~rming, agricultural activity does not "wear out" l~nd if proper practices in cultivation ere follow, ed. Taus, farmland is infinitely mhd indefi~tely u~ful ss such. 2. b?r. fmit~ iadicst s that he "leans" to the clust r concept. ~e cluster concept involves msintisning ~e contiguity of open space, snd so the Sound Avenue- Eergen Avenue location is su%$msticelly in coaflict with those sims as it is part of one of the lar e~t remei~in5 open spaces in SoutholJ Town. Sout~old Town Should seek to plan for the long term, rather rhea indul~ing the petty interests of developers in rs~dom "scettershot" development. Growth in Southold is inevi:~tle, but it ~hould oroceed outward from existing villsge~, r~tner t~n on ~roperties waicn nsppen~to be svailsble for sale. Only i~ this ~;sy can the character of She town be pre~erved, ~nd the needs of growt)~ :~t. T~is me~s that the owners ~nd wo~id-be developers of ~em~i~i~g fsrmisnd .~ust ~e diss~p oi~ted, but we nave ~rrived st the point wher~ the profits of s~cific individuals c~ ~o~ be permitted to outwie~n the needs of m~e community. '~b do not need sixty-seven more lots, and we particularly do not need them on some of New York State's best f~rmlsnd. The 7~atern townshioa ought to be lesson enough in the dangers of cs~'eless ~lsnniSg. I implore yo~ to ~e~ect .r. %mlti~'s proposal out of hand, ~nd ~pprove development nearer existing ce!%ters of construction. Since~ ely, - / DouEIss Ien Sh~w cc. The iuffolk Times i I~.0 1.5C. ,/ 1t~ I I0 /0 ,, /, \ I10 !