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Southold Town Planning Board ~ SCTM #: 1000-109-1-23
Town of Soulhold
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road : ~ ~' I / I~/~
P O Box 728 ~ OWNER:
Southold New York 11971 ~ PETROL STATIONS LTD '
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c~o THOUAS J OORUAN ~PPROVED BY
RE Petrol Stations P 0 BOX 1445, MATTITUCK N Y, 11952 0989
Tel fl 516~298-847~ ~ANNING BOABD
Dear Sirs: O~
Below are the calculations for rain water runoff for the asphalt parking/driveway areas , ARCHITECTS: T N OF SOUTHOLD
at the Real Estate, Architecls Office and garage Drainage calculations for lhe SAMUELS& STEELMAN ARCHITECFS ~TE~ ~ ~
subdivision road were submitted 5/23/94. 25235 MAIN ROAD
, CUTCHOGUE, NY 11935
ParklnglDrlveway sudace: 516- 734-6405
6154 sq fl of asphalt sudace X 2" rainfall ( 0 1667) X 1,0 runnoff factor =
PECONIC SURVEYORS ,
Lawn/Landscaped Area to absorb rain water runoff from asphalt sudacing= ~ LICENSE ~ LS 49618
12,500 sq ft area ' DATED 01/12/87 ' ~ .
REVISED' 08/20/93
RAIN WATER RUNOFF: ~,026 cuft
AREA TO ABSORB RUNOFF: 12,500 sq ft PARKING REQUIREMENTS: ~ ~ Z
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Analysis Rain water ~unoff is equal to an additional 1 inch of rain water over the 1 REAL ESTATE OFFICE 7 8 spaces
I~WR and landscapped areas (1 Space/lO0 SF)
780/100 = 7 8 spaces I
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us, ~T~o~ ~ ~l~ ~ ~,,~:k ~ (1 Space/100 SF)
.... ~z''/ 796/100 = 7.96 spaces
SAMUELS & STEELMAN ARCHITEGTS (1 space/1000 SF)
~ (2 spade/Dwelhng)
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PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett OHowski, Jr.
Mad( S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Terephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
March 28, 1995
Nancy Steelman
Samuels & Steelman, Architects
25235 Main Road
Cutchogue, NY 11935
Re: Proposed site plan for Petrol Stations
SCTM# 1000-109-1-23
Dear Ms. Steelman:
The following resolutions were adopted by the Southold Town Planning Board
at a meeting held on Monday, March 27, 1995:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board, acting under the
State Environmental Quality Review Act, assumes lead agency, and as lead
agency makes a determination of non-significance, and grants a Negative
Declaration.
WHEREAS, Petrol Stations Ltd. is the owner of the property known and
designated as Petrol Stations Ltd., SCTM# 1000-109-1-23, located at Main
Road in Cutchogue; and
WHEREAS, a formal application for the approval of this site plan was submitted
on May 5, 1994; and
WHEREAS, the Southold Town Planning Board, pursuant to the State
Environmental Quality Review Act, (Article 8), Part 617, declared itself lead
agency and issued a Negative Declaration on March 27, 1995; and
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Proposed site plan for Petrol Stations
March 28, 1995
WHEREAS, a special exception was granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals
on March 1, 1995; and
WHEREAS, this site plan was certified by Thomas Fisher, Senior Building
Inspector, on March 26, 1995; and
WHEREAS, all the requirements of the Site Plan Regulations of the Town of
Southold have been met; and be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board approve and authorize the
Chairman to endorse the final survey dated February 8, 1995, subject to a one
year review from date of building permit.
Enclosed please find a copy of the survey which was endorsed by the
Chairman.
Please contact this office if you have any questions regarding the above.
Sincerely,/7
icnard G/Ward
Chairman
cc: Thomas Fisher, Senior Building Inspector
Scott Russell, Chairman, Board of Assessors
enc.
Presub mission confere-~ce SITE PLAN
(within 30 days of written request}
Complete application received
(within 4 months of presub, conference}
Application reviewed at work session
(within 10 days of receipt}
Applicant advised Of necessary revisions'
(within 30 days of review}'
]; evised submission received
.'ad Agency Coordination
i;:QRA determination
I I:FERRED TO:
Zoning Board of Appeals
(written cgmments within 60 days of request}
Board of Trustees
Building Department (certification)f?/',,-//-?.2
Suffolk County Department of Planning
Department of Transportation -State
Department of Transportation - County
Suffolk County Dept. of Health
Fire Co m missioners
.,.IVED.
Received.~
Draft Covenants and Restrictions
Filed Covenants and Restrictions
Landscape plan
Lighting plan
Curb Cut approval
Health approval
Drainage plan
Reviewed by Engineer
A[i t'~val of site plan
· t'ith conditions
En,~ ,l'sement of sire'plan
Cer: 5icate of Occupancy inspection
(~ne '(:ar review
Southold, N.Y. 11971
(516) 765-1938
APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF SITE PLAN
Date of Application Filing Fee~/~.c~ Date Rec'd
New Use Change of~se Re-Use Extension of Existing' Use
Revisio~ of an Approved Site Plan~ (Date of Approval
Other Specify~
~t~nB~i~ or Si te~ ~ +~__ _ ~ ~ 7~
Address of Site, if a~ailT~able Z~ z~
Telephone 2
Applicant,s interest in site-check one: Owner of Land
~ner of Fee Title to La~ ~ Under contract to purchase
Address~~,~~ ~_~ ~ -- ~
-- ~ ~o~ "/~/~ '~ ~~ Telephone ~~= " ....
Total Land Area ~f Site_=5~z /g~.~ Sq. Ft. Zone Distr~ct ~O
Existing Use of uite ~/~<~/~--=~r ' '
- ~'~g= oposed Use of Site
Gross Floor Area of Existing Structure(s) ~ sqft.
Gross Floor Area of Proposed Structure(s) ~ , sqft.--
e cent Coverage
of Lot for Parking (where appl~able)
Percent ) sqf;
Percent of Lot for Landscaping(where applicable)
Dat~(Specify)u.S.G.S. ~ ~t~,, --
Other
Has applicant been gra~ted a variance and/or special exception by
Board of Appeals
Case N~er Name of Applicant
~)ate of Dec'ion
ExpiratiOn Date
4ill any toxic or hazardous materials, as define~ by the Suffolk Coun
~oard of Health, be stored or handled at the site?
if so, have proper permits been obtained?
q~ber and Date of permit issued
~0 ACTION (EXCAVATION OR CONSTRUCTION) ~y BE UND~T~ ~IL APPROV:
~F SITE PL~ BY~E PLYING BO~.
APPLICANT's AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
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- ~L ne is ~ ~. ~--, ana that h~ ~ ~ ~. ~_~f~ ~ poses
--~ ~ -~ ~s one OWner o~~~
(T~ of the~]~i~e ~bo!e~
~f_CorDoration) which iS hereb ....... (Spe~~
==ners~if
OWner or his he'rs, su~ = ,,=~lng application; that the
eS~ors or assigns Will, at his o
of the Code of the Town of So~thold for the area Stated %Te C?ZZ
and that there are existing Structures or improvements on the land
which are not shown on the Site Plan; that title to the entire Parcel,
install the re~ired S~te improvements in accordance wit iIino
including all ·
r~ghts-of-way, have been clearly established and are
shown on said Plan; that no part of the Plan infringes Upon any duly
filed plan which has not been abandoned both as to lots and as to
roads; that he has ex~ined all rules and regulations adopted by the
Planning Board for the filing of Site Plans and Will comply with
S~e; that the Plans SUbmitted, as approved, will
changed in any manner without the approval of the
and.that the actual physical improvements Will not be altered or
Strict ac~th the Plans submitted. Planning Board;
be installed in
Slgned~
Sworn to before me this (~ner)
~~ ~ Signed~
SEQR
617.21
I Appendix C
. State Environmental Quality Review
SHORT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM
For UNLISTED ACTIONS Only
pART i~PROJECT INFORMATION (To be completed by Applicant or Proiect sponsor)
2. pROJECT NAME
APPLICANT/SPONSOR /~'~ ~'~ ~ ~"~¢~)'~/
pROJECT LOCATION: ~.~ ~..~.~ ~ County ~~ ~ '
~A~ON (Street address and road ~nters _'~~ ~.~ f · ~1 -
5. IS pROpOSED ACTION:
[] New [] Expansion /~ Modification/alteration
DESCRIBE pROJECT BRIEFLY:
AMOUNT OF LAND AFFECTED: t~ ~.~_.~------- acres
,. WILL pROPOSED ACTION COMPLY~-~H EXISTING ZONING OR OTHER EXISTING LAND USE RESTRiCTiONS?
[~Yes [] No I! No, describe bdefly
VICINITY OF PROJECT? [] Other
g. WHAT IS pRESENT LAND USE IN ./~Commerctal /~['.Agricu[ture [] Park/Forest/Open space
_~Residentla~ [] Industrial
Describe:
DOES ACTION INVOLVE A pERMIT APPROVAL, OR FUNDING, NOW OR ULTIMATELY FROM ANY OTHLIt GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY (F~DERAL,~
11.
STATE OR LOCAL)?
[] yes //~LNo I! yes, list agency(s) and permit/approvals
DOES ANY ASPECT OF THE ACT[ON HAVE A CURRENTLY VALID PERMIT OR APPROVAL?
[] Yes /~,No If yes, fist agency name and permit/approval
12. AS A RESULT OF pROPOSED ACTION WILL EXISTING pERMIT/APPROVAL REQUIRE MODIFICAJ'ION?
[] Yes [] No
I CERTIFY THAT THE iNFORMATION pROVIDED ASOVE iS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE
App&lcantlsbonsor name:
·
~ ~ lete the--"~
be/~, and you are a state agency, comp
~ore proceeding with this assessment .__J
OVER
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PA..~R'~ II--ENVIRONMENTAL ASSE'. ENT (To be COmpleted by Agency)
A. DOES ACTION EXC~AN~ ~PE I THRESHOLD ~N 6 N~CRI -- '
· ..~ Yes ~]No CRR, PART 617 12-~ If v~.
E. WILL ~ ~ .-_ ~ .es, cOordinate the review process and use the FU
RDINATED REVIEW AS PROVIDED FO~-~NUNLiST~ AC~ ~ LL EAF.
may be superseded by another involved agency. ONS iN 6 NYCRR, FART 617.67 If No, a n~eclaratlon
[] Yes [] No
C. COULD ACTION RESULT iN ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSOCIATE~WiTH THE~---'~OLLOWING: (Answers may
potential for erosion, drainage or flooding problems? be handwritten, it legible)
Explain briefly;
C2. Aesthetic, agricultural, archaeological, historic, or other natural
or cultural resources; or COmmunity or neighborhood character? Explain briefly:
C3. Vegetation or fauna, fish, shellfish or wildlife species, s~gnificant habitats, or threatened or endangered species? Explain briefly:
C4. A community's existing plans or goals as officially adopted, or a change in use or intensity of use of ~and or Other natural resources? I
C5. Growth. SUbsequent development, or re~ated activities likely to be induced by the proposed action? Explain briefly.
C6. Long term, short term. cumulative, or Other effects not identified in Ct.CS? Explain briefly.
C7. Other impacts (inCluding changes in use of either quantity or type of energy)? Explain briefly.
D. IS THERE. OR IS THERE L~KELY TO BE, CONTROVERSy RELATED TO POTENTIAL ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL iMPACTS?
[] Yes ~J No If Yes, explain briefly
PART/II--DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE ('To be completed by Agency)
INSTRUCTIONS: For e~ch adverse effe~i identified above, determine whether it is substantial, large, important or otherwise significant.
Each effect should be assessed in connection with its (a) setting (i.e. urban or rural); (b) probability of OCCurring; {c) duration; (d)
irreverslbility; (e) geographic scope; and (f) magnitude· If necessa,,y, add attachments or reference
explanations contain sufficient detail to Show that all relevant supporting materials. Ensure that
adverse impacts have been identified and ~dequately addressed
[] Check this box if you have identified One or more potentially large or Significant adverse Impacts~hich
occuc Then proceed directly to the FULL EAF and/or prepare a positive declaration·
Check this box i,f you have determined, MAY
based on the information and analys s above and any supporting
documentation, that the proposed action WILL NOT result in any s gnificant adverse environmental impacts
AND provide on attachments as necessary, the 'reasons supporting this determination:
$'gnat~je O~lcer in Lead Agency~ ~
2
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SEQR Negative Declaration- Petrol Stations Ltd.
March 27, 1995
Reasons Supporting This Determination:
This project involves the removal and relocation of an existing
driveway and a reconfiguretion of the parking area on a 254.172 square
foot parcel containing a real estate office with an apartment above an
architect's office, and a garage. These are permitted uses in this
Residential Office and Low Density Residential R-40 zone, thus the
proposed action is consistent with zoning.
An Environmental Assessment Form has been submitted and reviewed,
and it was determined that no significant adverse effects to the
environment were likely to occur should the project be implemented
as planned.
There has not been any correspondence received from the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation in the allotted time.
Therefore, it is assumed that there are no comments or objections
from that agency.
The applicant will have to comply with the requirements of the Suffolk
County Sanitary Code (SCSC) and all relevant standards of water supply
and sewage disposal systems. Design and flow specification, subsurface
soil conditions and site plan details will have to be approved by the Suffolk
County Department of Health Services (SCDHS). This impact is not
considered significant due to the anticipated project compliance with
established requirements of the SCSC and the SCDHS and the required
relevant permits.
For Further Information:
Contact Person: Robert G. Kassner
Address: Planning Board
Telephone Number: (516) 765-1938
cc: New York State Dept. of Transportation
Judith Terry, Town Clerk
Southold Town Building Dept.
Applicant
ENB
:: REQ~4~NTS FOR SITE PLAN ELEMENT~ & CERTIFICATION
,~SECTION-BLOCK-LOT TAX ~p NU~IBERS ~-'~7
~N~E & ADDRESS OF PERSON PREPARING MAP J~
DATE, NORTH POINT AND WRITTEN & G~PHIC SCALE
~DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY & INFO~TION TO DEFINE BOUNDARIES
~LOCATIONS, N~ES & EXISTING WIDTHS OF ADJACENT STREETS & CURBS
LOCATION & O~ERS OF ALL ~JOINING LANDS, AS SHOWN ON TAX RECORDS
LOCATION & PURPOSE OF ALL EXISTING AND PROPOSED EASEMENTS
:~COMPLETE OUTLINE OF EXISTING DEED RESTRICTIONS APPLYING TO PROPERTY
~AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR STO~ WATER OVERFLOWS
WATER COURSES, ~ARSHES, WOODED AREAS, TREES 8" IN DI~ETER OR MORE
OUTDOOR LIGHTING OR PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
239K SIDEWALKS LOCATIONS WIDTHS; SIZ~F WATER AND SEWER LINES
APPEALS BOARD MEMBERS
Gerard P. Goehringer, Chairman
Serge Doyen, Jr.
James Dinizio, Jr.
Robert A. Villa
Lydia A. Tortora
Southold Town Hall~/~
53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-1823
Telephone (516) 765-1809
BOARD OF APPEALS
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
ACTION OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS /~
Appl. No. 4298-SE. ~~
Application of PETROL STATIONS LTD. Request for Special
Exception under Article VII, Section 100-7lB for approval of office
use(s) in thin Residential-Office (RO) Zone District, in conjunction with
the existing single-family dwelling unit, at premises known as 25235 Main
Road, Cutchogue, NY; County Tax Map Parcel No. 1000-109-1-23.
Subject premises consists of a total of six acres, which is located
partly in the Residential-Office (RO) Zone District and partly in the
R-40 Low-Density Residential Zone District.
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on March 1,
time persons who desired to be heard were heard and
recorded; and
1995, at which
their testimony
WHEREAS, the Board has carefully considered all testimony and
documentation submitted concerning this application; and
WHEREAS, the Board members have personally viewed and are
familiar with the premises in question, its present zoning, and the
surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, the Board made the following findings of fact:
1. By this application, applicant is requesting a Special Exception
for use of 780 sq. ft. floor area on the first floor of the existing
principal building for a real estate management office in conjunction
with the existing single-family residential use which occupies 993+- sq.
ft. of the entire building: 510 sq. ft. on the first floor including the
kitchen area and 483 sq. ft. on the second floor. No other project for
expansion or additional floor area has been filed with the Town at this
time. The two-story building which exists was built prior to 1957 and
was used continuously as a single-family dwelling since prior to 1957 and
~t until a~bout 1989_ while it was. in different owners over these years.
~e~,,~m~.~anuary or 1989 the zomng of this parcel was changed from ~
~ to "Re" Residential Office The
- - .subject real estate
management office was added around this time without the required
Special Exemption approval. Home office use is normally a permitted
accessory use by the resident of a single-family dwelling, however, a
Page 2 - Appeal No. 42]~r
Application of PETROL STATION$~ LTD.
Decision Rendered March 1, 1995
real estate office has not been designated as a permitted accessory use
as provided by the Code (p. 10028-10029).
2. The setbacks of this principal building are shown on the site
plan map prepared by Samuels & Steelman, Architects, dated February 8,
1995, to be as follows: (a) front yard at variables of 23 feet and 32
feet; (b) easterly side yard at nine feet, (c) westerly side yard at
92 feet. Also existing at the premises is shown is a building located in
the rear yard which is occupied as a professional architect's office
(converted from an antique-storage building). Also existing is a
one-car garage of 285 sq. ft. along the northerly zone district line and
a 120 sq. ft. storage shed, all in the rear yard area.
3. The subject site plan map (revised 2/8/95) has been submitted
showing a treed landscape at a point 35+- feet from the front property
line, as well as a 23 or 24 ft. wide buffer area along the westerly
property line, which shields the driveway area as relocated from view
from the west. Also on the site plan map the future parking area is
designated to be in an area centered, close to the existing one-car
garage, in the rear yard area, rather than as originally designated when
the applicant first applied to the Planning Board under a subdivision
proposal. The premises consists of a total acreage of six (6) acres.
Applicant has agreed, as part of this application, to not less than
80,000 sq. ft. of land area for the two principal uses (for a single
resideuce with office use by the owner and resident, and architect's
office in the rear building). In the event any other use is added, the
code requires an additional 40,000 sq. ft. of land area (per principal
use). At the present time the p~operty consists of six acres which is
more than adequate, however, a subdivision is pending at this time which
must provide sufficient land area for the present uses.
4. Additionally,
(a) in the event of a finalization of the pending, or other
type of subdivision of this property, there shall be a minimum land area
applied for the requested real estate management office used in
conjunction with the residence, by the owner without a separate rental or
separate tenancy or use occupancy, shall be 40,000 sq. ft., plus 40,000
sq. ft. for the use and occupancy of the rear building as an architect's
office, for a total of 80,000 sq. ft.
(b) this Beard finds that the request for the owner's office
use in conjunction with the residence of the owner is not improper, when
sufficient land area is continued; and
(c) the master plan revisions adopted on January 10, 1989
changed the zoning of the subject premises from "A-Residential" to
"Residential-Office (RO)";
Page ~ - Appeal No. 429
Application of PETROL STATIONS, LTD.
Decision Rendered March 1, 1995
(d) there has been no substantial change in the dimensions of
the property or size of the buildings since immediately prior to January
1989 which may have effected the circumstances of the present lot area or
this application;
(e) the surrounding area consists of the following:
(1) to the west, residences; (2) to the south is the Main State
Highway; (3) to the east, now or formerly residential; (4) to the
north, vacant land located in the R-40 Low-Density Zone District.
5. In considering this application, the Board also finds and
determines:
A. That the use is appropriate for this zone district and will
not prevent the orderly and reasonable use of adjacent properties or of
properties in adjacent use districts;
B. That the use will not prevent the orderiy and reasonable
use of permitted or legally established uses in the district wherein the
proposed use is to be located or of permitted or legally established uses
in adjacent use districts;
C. That the safety, health, welfare, comfort, convenience or
order of the town will not be adversely affected by the proposed use and
its location;
D. That the use is listed as an authorized Special Exception
under Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the Town of Southold as enacted in
January 1989 and this use as a real estate management office will be in
harmony with and promote the general purposes and intent thereof;
E. That the use will be compatible with its surroundings,
with the character of the neighborhood and of the community in general,
particularly with regard to visibility, scale and overall appearance;
F. That the access to the building in which the office use is
hereby authorized is accessible for fire and police protection.
G. The Board has also considered subsections A through p of
Article XII, Section 100-264 of the Zoning Code.
Accordingly, on motion by Member Villn, seconded by Member
Dirrizio, it was
RESOLVED, that permlgsion is hereby GRANTED for the addition of
a real estate management office for use by the resident of the existing
dwellir~g, as applied, and SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITION:
Page 4 - Appeal No.
Application of PETROL STATIONS~ LTD
Decision Rendered March 1, 1995
Any expansion, now or in the future, will require compliance with
the Iand area minimum requirements designated by the Zoning Code (Bulk
Schedule), i.e. 40,000 square ft. of land area per use occupancy or
tenancy.
Vote of the Boax~l: Ayes: Messrs. Dirrizio, Villa, Doyen, Tortora,
and Goehringer. This resolution was duly adopted.
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TO
SAMUELS & STEELMAN ARCHJ~CTS
25235 Main Road
CUTCHOGUE, NEW YORK 11935
(516) 734-6405
FAX (516) 734-6407
WE ARE SENDING YOU ~' Attached [] Under separate cover via the following items:
[] Shop drawings ~ Prints [] Plans [] Samples [] Specifications
,~ Copy of letter [] Change order []
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THESE ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below:
[] For approval
[] Fcr your use
~As requested
[] For review and comment
[] EDR BIDS DUE
[] Approved as submitted
[] Approved as noted
[] Returned for corrections
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copies for distribution
corrected prints
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REMARKS.
COPY TO
PLANNING; BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchle Latham. Jr.
Bennett Odowskl, Jr.
Ma~ S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
FEB - 8
Town Hall, 53095 Mal~l Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, NewYork 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
TO: Gerard p. Goehringer, Cha|rman, Board of Appeals
FROM: Richard G~ Ward, Chairman~
RE: Proposed Site Plan for
Petrol Stations, Ltd.
Main Road, Cutchogue
SCTM# 1OOO-109-1-23
DATE: February 9, 1995
As requested in your January 30, 1995 memo, following are the
Board's comments on the above referenced site' plan.
The Board h.a.s not received a copy of the 1/17/95 site
plan, the last plan this Board had commented on was dated
9/8/94. ~o~eVe~
The xero×ed portion of the 1/17/95 site plan you had
sent to us resembles the earlier plaM wlth the exceptio.
that the entrance drive and parking area has been moved
to the east. IF this arrangement is satisfactory to the
neighbor to the west, and all parties agree with this new
arrangement, the Planning Board has no objection to the
1/17/95 plan.
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett Orlowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, NewYork 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Gerard P. Goebringer, Chairman,
Richard G. Ward, Chairman~
Proposed Site Plan for
Petrol Stations, Ltd.
Main Road, Cutchogue
SCTM# 1000-109-1-23
DATE: February 9, 1995
Board of Appeals
As requested in your January 30, 1995 memo, following are the
Board's comments on the above referenced site plan.
The Board has not received a copy of the 1/17/95 site
plan, the last plan this Board had commented on was dated
9/8/94.
The xeroxed portion of the 1/17/95 site plan you had
sent to us resembles the earlier plan with the exception
that the entrance drive and parking area has been moved
to the east. If this arrangement is satisfactory to the
neighbor to the west, and all parties agree with this new
arrangement, the Planning Board has no objection to the
1/17/95 plan.
APPEALS BOARD MEMBERS
Ge-ard P. Goehringer, Chairman
Serge Doyen, Jr.
James Dinizio, Jr.
Robert A. Villa
Richard C. Wilton
BOARD OF APPEALS
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Southold Town Hall
53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-1823
Telephone (516) 765-1809
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
Planning Board Chairman and Board Members
Board of Appeals
January 30, 1995
Petrol Stations, Ltd.
RO Zone - Special Exception and Site Plan Requirements
As a coordination in the above application, please confirm whether
or not the Planning Beard will require any amendment to the new
site plan dated 1/17/95. It is noted that a new buffer area has
been added between the dwellings to the west and the subject
property, and that the access points to the parking areas will be as
shown on the 1117/95 map (rather than as previously planned).
For your convenience attached is a print of the 1/17/95 map showing
the areas under consideration for the Special Exception and site
plan.
If no response is received relative to the buffers and parking areas,
we will assume there is no further change to this plan affecting
these elements as shown.
Attachment
JAN311995
Southold mown
Board 6
eptember 12, ]994
Mr. Ward: Petrol Stations - This site plan is to remove and relocate existing
driveway and reconfigure parking area on a 5.8 acre site located on Bt. 2~ in
Cutchogue. SCTM~ !000-]09-~l-23. Is the applicant here?
Ural Talgat: Samuels and Steelman Architects. I represent Petrol Stations and
basically we've been waiting for a determination on this project. Last month we
came here waiting for something, but at the last moment there was a glitch with,
I think with the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector basically didn't
want to sign off on it -- certify it -- and he gave us reasons of square footage of
lot area and number of uses on the property. We worked that out. We too'( out
our variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals so we could move ahead with this.
And right now, last minute again (today), he's coming up with other reasons for
stopping us, basically from proceeding. The reasons that he's given I believe
have to do with the number of uses, again. What is office, what is residence,
etc. It seems to be that there is somebody, or someone, some body of government
wanting to stop this and basically we've been trying to satisfy the Planning
Board. You came up to us a couple of times and said that you need to do these
changes, and we complied, and here we are again tonight and nothing has happened.
I wish the Planning Board would take the bull by the horns and do something about
it, that's one.
Second of all, we're not intensifying the use. I think what we have to remember
what we're trying to do here which is just a parking area and a driveway, and
that's all. It has nothing to do with the back parcel, what we'r going, to do or
if we're going to do anything with the back parcel, it's just a parking area and
I think that's what we should keep in the back of our minds when we decide what
to do about this. Thank you.
Mr. Ward: Thank you. We will be discussing this and holding it open until
October ?, and by then we hope to have the determination from the Building
Inspector. We understand your problem and we were hoping we'd have it for
tonight, but we don't. Is there anyone else that would like to address the Board
on this particular project?
Mary Lou Folts: Yes I would, please. I'm Mary Lou Folts with the office of
Richard Lark, and on behalf of Barbara Harris who owns the adjoining property to
the west of the Petrol Stations property. Mrs. Harris strenuously objects to the
PlanniNg Board approving this proposed partial site plan, submitted to you by
Samuels and Steelman on behalf of Petrol. What I'll be handing up to you is a
letter specifyingMrs. Harris' concerns and objections and I ask that you review
these and seriously consider them before making any final determination on what
is before you, the partial site plan. Attached to this letter is a transcript of
the ~on~ng Board of Appeals meeting held on October ]8, 1993, at which Mrs.
Harris and Mr. Lark both sp~¢e in connection with Petrol's application for an
area variance. I understand this variance has been withdrawn, but ~t would be
helpful I think for the Board to read the transcript of how Mrs. Harris explained
'the history of the uses of the property and then Mr. I~rk tracing the zoning of
the property to show at what points the uses -- legal, ~llegal -- became
non--conforming when back it would have required special exceptions. I thin]( if
you look at that as a package, you'll understand where Mrs. Harris is coming from
and that without a special exception for the uses on this property, the Planning
Board should not even be considering approval of this partial site plan. If the
Plannln~ Board proceeds and approves the partial site plan, Mrs. Harris is going
to have no choice but to see]c her legal remedies for the illegal actions of
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the Planning Board. The Town Attorney, I think, will tell you that if you do
something ~cnowing it to be illegal that you could be held personally liable for
that. So on behalf of Mrs. Harris, I do request the Planning Board not to
approve this partial site plan of Petrol Stations and not to give special
consideration to the plan as prepared by Samuels and Steelman, Architects and
tenants of the property. I respectfully submit that the Planning Board should
not consider the application until all the illegalities surrounding the use of
the property are properly addressed and taken care of by Petrol Stations or its
agents. And I think that's what the Building Inspector is presently looking into
so we would like it if you would put this in obeyance, pending looking into that
further.
Mr. Talgat: We'd like a copy of that so we can also review it. One other point
I'd like to make. I believe at date, and I'm not sure of this, that onr
architectural office went through site plan approval. 91be Building Inspector had
to review all the buildings on the site and I believe at th~ time there was a
real estate office there because our drawings did show it. We applied for our
architectural office and there was also an apartment above that. He certified it
at that point in time, and why is it being held up now?
Mr. WarJ: I'm not the Building Inspector. We'll hopefully find out this week.
Mary Iou Folts: I'd just li~e to hand Mr. Talgat a copy of this letter. I don't
have an extra copy of the transcript, but it is on file at the Board of ~ppeals
office.
~r~ Ward: Anyone else llke to address the Board on Petrol Stat].ons? TC not this
wi]>~Co~ on the calendar for October 3. Any ether business that %{ou]~ dike to
come heb~o~e the Board at this time? We will be adjourning !nto~0r!¢session and
you certaib~l~ are welcome to join us for that. Anyone on t~0ard ii]ce to have
anything on 6he.public record? ./
James Spiess: I re. sent Mr. Charles Sit. nons. b~/Sin~nons has a subdivision
that's pending...actua]q~ approved. My purpose/f~Sr being here this eveninw is to
follow up on his request ~ a reconsiderati~fo{ the flrewell requirement
(inaudible). I've reviewed ~ file and.w/a~ n?t involved with the original
application. I've bad several t~vers,_~ion_s wi. th,Ms. Spiro a}kout this and I
understand that in ]98~. e~js.si.oners recommended a f]rewel]
and Mr. Simmons reques~nsl/~ra~i~on of that in early June by letter to the
PlanninD Board - I bel]e~ June 7~.<~The Planning Board then sent that
letter to the fire distri~ their comme~ts or recommendations, and
approxi.mately one ,month 1/a~er t~e Board of Fi~.~ommissioners adopted the
resolution that ,, re_ mmendatlons for minor
subdivisions and refuted the matter back to the Pla~ing Board. I believe they
specifically addressed Mr. Simmons s]tuatlon, k"~ere it~t~ands at this point we
don't know. /·
Mr. Ward: ~e only record we have is from the recom~nendat]on ~fOm the fire
distric/~to put the firewell in, I believe this Board would probabiF, stand !0y
tha t/~ecommenda t ion. ~ ·
Mr. Spless: Even with the subsequent resolution that was made...
RICHARD F, LARK
RICHARD F. LARK
MARY LOU FOLTS
September 12, 1994
Southold Town Planning Board
Southold Town Hall
53095 Main Road
Southold, New York 11971
RE: Proposed Site Plan Application of Petrol Stations
Main Road, Cutchogue, New York SCTM 1000-109-1-23
Gentlemen:
This office represents Barbara Haurus, an adjoining
property owner of Petrol Stations, Ltd. It has come to my
attention that Petrol Stations Ltd. has filed an Application
for Consideration of Site Plan for the above-mentioned
property dated May 4, 1994.
Be advised, Mrs. Haurus strongly objects to the
Planning Board approving the proposed site plan for the
following reasons:
1. The present uses of the property as shown on the
plan do not have proper certificates of occupancy because a
special exception has not been granted for the use of the
two story house on the premises as an apartment and real
estate office.
Attached hereto is a copy of the transcript of a
Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals hearing at which Mrs.
Haurus and Mr. Lark appeared on October 18, 1993 in
connection with Petrol Stations Ltd. 's application for an
area variance. I believe a reading of this transcript will
be helpful to the Planning Board in understanding the
history of the property and the need for a special exception
to cure the illegal uses on this property.
2. The "Partial Site Plan" dated May 2, 1994 and
revised 5/20/94 and 6/21/94 is deficient in several
aspects:
SEP 1319o
$OUTHOLD TOWN
_ PLANNINO BOARD
Southold Town Planning Board
RE: Petrol Stations, Ltd.
-2- September 12, 1994
(a) The site plan does not show the entire
property; rather it refers to "for additional site
information and site continuation see site plan" but this
site plan is not in the Planning Board's newly created file
for the May 4, 1994 application.
(b) It does not show the names and addresses of
adjoining landowners.
(c) The key map does not show the location and
owners of all adjoining lands within 500 feet of the subject
property and the distance to the nearest intersection.
(d) It does not show the existing zone lines and
dimensions.
(e) It shows existing concrete curbing for the
curb cut but does not indicate this has not been approved by
the Planning Board. In fact, work on the new proposed
driveway/ROW was stopped by the Southold Town Building
Inspector immediately after installation of the curb cut
because the owner did not have Town approval for installing
the curb cut or roadway.
(f) It does not show the location and use of all
buildings and structures, including curb cuts within 200
feet of the boundary of the subject property.
3. Although I have been told the Planning Board is
only reviewing the parking as shown on the "Partial Site
Plan" dated May 2, 1994 and revised 5/20/94 and 6/21/94,
this map shows a 16' wide proposed asphalt driveway in a
proposed 25' right-of-way and refers to "See R.O.W. plan"
and "See subdivision plan." If the Board is not to be
considering this new driveway/right-of-way, then it should
be eliminated from the Plan and the existing driveway shown
as it currently exists, not as "existing asphalt driveway to
be removed."
Besides the illegality of what has preceded this
application, Mrs. Haurus objects to the location of the
proposed driveway which will cause noise, disturbance and
loss of her privacy as well as create a safety hazard to
persons using the driveway and traveling on Main Road (State
Route 25). Mrs. Haurus' concerns about the driveway are
expressed at pages 63-66 of the enclosed transcript of the
Zoning Board of Appeals hearing held on October 18, 1993.
Southold Town Planning Board -3- September 12, 1994
On behalf of Mrs. Haurus, I request the Planning Board
not consider this application of Petrol Stations, Ltd. until
the illegalities surrounding the use of the property are
properly addressed and resolved in accordance with the law.
Very truly yours,
Mary Lou Folts
MLF/m
Enclosure
I N D E X
PUBLIC HEARING TRANSCRIPTS
October 18, 1993 - ZBA Regular Meeting
APPL. NO.
4193
4197
41~94
ApDlicant
NICK CYPRUS.
HARLEY B. ARNOLD
RACHEL VOEGELIN .
4192
4191
4196
4198
ROGER AND MADELYN STOUTENBURGH
BECKY JOHNSTON.
ALLEN OVSIANIK.
PETROL STATIONS, LTD.
DR. GEORGE KOFINAS.
Pa~e:~
3-6
7-9
10-12
13-18
19-30
31-41
42
A Hearing of October 18, 1993
pl. No. 4195 - Petrol Stations, Ltd.
Page 43
APPLICATION NO. 4195 - PETROL STATIONS~ LTD.
Request for Variance to the Zoning Ordinance, Article VII,
Section 100-72 for approval of Lot No. 4, as proposed, with more
than one principal use for this proposed 39,219+- sq. ft. parcel
of land (exclusive of right-of-way area). The premises, as
exists, contains a total lot area of 5.835 acres and is improved
with: (a) the northerly building which was converted in 1988
from a barn for the storage of antiques to an architect's office
as shown on the site plan map prepared by Samuels-Steelman,
approved by the Planning Board 12/14/87; (b) the front main
building utilized as a single residence and a real estate
office; (c) a separate garage structure; (d) a separate shed.
Location of Property: 25235 Main Road, Cutchogue; County Tax
Map Parcel No. 1000-109-1-23.
8:32 p.m. (The Chairman opened the hearing and read the Legal
Notice and application for the record.)
THE CHAIRMAN: I have a copy of the survey produced by
Peconic Surveyors, and it was originally done June 27, 1990 --
the most recent revision is August 20, 1993; and I have a copy
of the Suffolk County Tax Map indicating this and surrounding
properties in the area~
Appearance: j.
Mr. McLaughlin, you are representing?
Kevin McLaughlin, Esq.,
for the Applicant.
THE C}{AIRMAN: How are you tonight?
J. KEVIN McLAUGHLiN, ESQ.: Good. As you indicmte, we are
before you for an area variance on Lot No. 4 of a proposed
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subdivision which is pending before the Planning Board of this
Town; and I know there has been significant correspondence
between this Board and the Planning Board regarding this
particular parcel, and I know you are fairly well aware of Some
of the histor~ of this application; but just basically to review
it: Petrol Stations purchased this property back in December of
1986. In the spring of 1987 a subdivision application was filed
with the Planning Board and has gone through innumerable
revisions, at least seven or eight revisions of the map. We
were in fact in front of the Town Board --the applicant was--
several months ago, to establish the bond estimate for the
improvements when it was first discovered after lo, these many
years, that maybe there was a situation with Lot No. 4 that
needed to be rectified. So the applicant has been pursuing a
subdivision application that has been --as far as Lot No. 4 is
concerned-- has not varied a great deal for the last seven
years. Basically, lot No. 4 as it is presently proposed and
constituted and as requested by the Planning Board, is a 40,000
square-foot lot. The front 30,000 square feet of Lot No. 4 is
in the RO District; approximately 10,000 square feet is in the
R-40 District.
Ail of the present structures on the property, except one
very small COrner of the garage, are located within that RO
District, as it was drawn the district line by the Town Board.
The uses on that Lot 4 or proposed lot 4 have been the same
since approximately the spring or summer of 1987; add that is
the front one-and-a-half or two-story building on the first
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floor contains a real-estate office; the second floor contains a
very small apartment, which is enhanced and occupied for the
last five or six years by Michael Gorman, who is one of the
principals of both the owner Petrol Stations and also a partner
in the real-estate business that is operated on the first
floor.
The other frame building is --that used to be an antique
sales establishment-- I think as it's shown on the property card
for this premises, has been converted into architect's office.
A building permit was secured for that, site plan approval has
been obtained for that, and a C.O. has been issued for that
use.
The rest of the proposed subdivision would consist of three
residential building lots, one slightly in excess of one acre,
and two closer to two acres, in the R-40 zone.
The real problem here, from our vantage-point, is that
there were these three uses and have been these three uses on
this property since the spring or summer of 1987. And, at the
point when the Master Plan was adopted and new zoning ordinance,
the RO District line was drawn approximately 300 yards back from
the Main Road; and what that has done is effectively put three
uses or arguably two ,uses within that district. It was an
arbitrary drawing of the line which obviously had to be done
somewhere, and it has resulted in this problem for us. Again,
we went through years of application process with the Planning
Board without this issue ever being raised, and now we are
here.
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I believe that this Board has had other applications
regarding undersized lots in the RO District. In particular, I
believe there was an application No. 4011 by Mr. Fischetti in
which he was applying to convert a dwelling into a professional
business office on a parcel in the RO zone of 11,656 square
feet, which is basically less than a third of the required lot
size in the RO zone; and I believe that application was granted
by this Board. And as part of the decision in that application,
this Board indicated that the Town has created non-conformities
of properties and adopting new standards for uses in this new
zoning district, again speaking of the RO District.
I want to indicate to this Board that while there are
multiple uses in the front area of that property, and that the
area is contained within the RO District, they are not overly
intensive uses. We do have the architect's office. There are
two architects and one or two support staff there. There is the
real-estate business which basically is a business for Tom
Gorman and his son Michael, and Mike lives upstairs. Right now,
that is the only people that are using that; and what we are
intending to do is simply to add three residential building lots.
If you look at it from the total amount of acreage
available, which is 3.8+ acres, it is located within two zones.
One is the RO zone which requires 40,000 square footage of lot
area per use, and the R-40 zone which also requires 40,000
square feet. Here we have five, almost six acres of land. So,
conceivably, if you divided that by the required 40,000 square
feet, you could easily have fire.uses on that five to six-acre ·
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parcel of land. And that, in fact, is basically what we are
looking for. we are looking for the same uses. We understand
that because of the arbitrary division line of the RO District,
that does result in many of the nses being on the front portion
of the property, and that is why, frankly, we are before
tonight to try to get some relief.
Also if you will look at the proposed subdivision map,
becomes apparent from the fairly irregular shape, almost a
flag-lot type of situation, if you take that into consideration
along with the uses that presently exist, you see what our
dilemma is. So that is why we are here tonight. We think that
what has been done on the property has been very tastefully
done; we are trying to work something out so that we can Page
continue to have the existing uses, and also develop a portion
of the property for residential uses. I do have Mr. Gorman, Tom
Gorman, Jr., with me this evening, and we are here to answer any
questions the Board may have regarding this application.
THE CHAIRMAN: Could you just go over one thing with me?
Petrol Stations took title to this property when?
MR. McLAUGHLIN: December 30, 1986.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. And before that, their original
location Was in Mattituck, was it not, the end of Love Lane and
County Road 48?
MR. McLAUGHLIN: Correct.
THE CHAIRMAN: When did they actually move into the
building?
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MR. McLAUGHLIN: Renovations were started basically
immediately after purchase right at the beginning of 1987. I
think you have in your file a sign, a building per, it for a sign
which they got toward the middle or end of January of 1987. It
was at that time that they moved into --Petrol Stations, I don't
know if that moved in then-- but the real-estate office itself
which is called Gorman and Associates moved into the front
first-floor space at that time in the latter part of January of
1987.
THE CHAIRMAN: The only reason I say that is becanse the
Planning Board's site plan map of 1989 shows that the building
was unoccupied, and that is the reason why.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: Clearly an error.
THE CHAIRMI~N: The other issue before us is the fact that
we have a curb-cut and a roadway leading to the back property.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: There is a curb-cut and a roadway that
Starts and doesn't go very far, and will not go any further
until there is some agreement with the Town.
THE CHAIRMAN: Now, that, of Course, is going to take 25
feet away from this property, and, therefore, is not going to
be-- When I say 25 feet, in reference to total lot width.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: 'I would disagree with that. There's a
right-of-way Over the westerly -_ proposed right-of-way, if you
look at the proposed subdivision map, Over the westerly 25 feet
of Lot No. 4. We have had a determination --that was an issue
that was raised back in I believe 1991-- the Planning Board had
indicated that we may have to seek a lot width variance for Lot
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No. 4. The Planning Board and I went back to the Building
Department; and they said No, that since it was just a
right-of-way, it should be included as part of the lot width;
and I have a letter to that effect. I believe you have a copy
in. the file. I have actually in red underscored the Planning
Board's language regarding that issue, and they in fact agreed
that we would not have to seek a lot width variance.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay, we're with the understanding then as
we sit before you tonight, we are not here concerning the width
of this lot.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: That is not part of the notice of
disapproval of the Building Department; and when I went to the
Building Department, very frankly, I specifically asked them to
write up a notice of disapproval for any problems they saw with
the proposed site plan regarding any violations of the zoning
ordinance. The first time I took it to them, I will be very
honest with you, they told me there weren't any violations. I
had to go back and explain to them why I thought I might have to
be before this Board.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. What I am trying to do, let me just
give you a small analogy-- If we have an application before us
for a.front yard/side yard/ total lot width variance, whatever
the case might be, and we find out that we now exceed 20 per
cent of the lot coverage, we are going to, of course, mention
that to the applicant in general, okay. That is the reason why
I am mentioning this, okay. I want to put this total hearing to
bed, okay. I don't want something else to co~,e back; and in the
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interim, we will then further discuss that with the Building
Department because if this is an issue that has to come before
us, it should come before us in toro also.
BOARD CLERK: I was told that it was. I just want the
record to show that.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: Beg pardon?
BOARD CLERK: I spoke with the Building Inspector, and I
was told it needed a lot width variance for that, for frontage.
That is why I advertised it that way. It just -
THE CHAIRMAN: The other thing I just want to ask you is:
Are you asking for all the uses now on the 40,000 square feet?
Is that what you are asking for in the nature of this
application?
MR. McLAUGHLIN: That is the way it is presently
constituted before the plans before the Planning Board.
also?
THE CHAIRMAN: Is that the way you are coming before us
MR. McLAUGHLIN: That's the way it is coming before you,
but if the Board has some other thought in mind about how much
lot area should be part of Lot No. 4, it would be certainly
something that the applicant would consider.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. Mr. Gorman?
THoMAs GORMAN, JR.: Yes, if I may speak briefly?
THE CHAIRMAN: Surely.
MR. GORMAN: Thank you. Basically, I just wanted to
mention, we really want to work with the Town. Specifically, we
kind of got off on a bad footage here after, I guess, seven or
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six years of going back and forth with somewhat of a paper
jungle, so to speak. Specifically, I think we should take a
look at what has already been done to the property. I think we
should also look at specifically how large these buildings are
and also the intensity of these uses. The front building is
1700 square feet. The apartment does not have a separate
entrance, on the second floor. Basically it is a one-bedroom
L-shaped bedroom and bath. That is it. The back architect's
office is approximately 900 square feet that is occupied by a
husband-and-wife team, who runs a professional architectural
business out of that. The front is run by a family operation:
My brother, my father primarily. I work part-time
occasionally. But I guess my point here is that the three uses
are not an automotive repair, they are not a gasoline service
station, they are not these intensive uses which may have been
addressed on some of the prior applications this evening. They
are basically a low-key family business operation, and I think
that is really what is at stake here, and I just want to address
that. We have tastefully restored the front building. I have
personally been involved with standing approvals, personally
involved with bringing out the windowsills, restore that as a
1700 hist6rical house, into a tasteful office. The back office,
the antique barn which was a retail use according to the records
that I have prior to our purchase, at Christmas time it looks
like a Currier and Ives post card. We have tastefully redone
that building, and I just think that we want Some cooperation as
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opposed to what I believe is somewhat of a mass of paper, so to
speak. It is nothing personal.
THE C~AIRMAN: Right. Notwithstanding the fact that we
are, with the understanding that the roadway which you are
planning to put in, whatever way the conformity of the
subdivision occurs in the near future,
did excavate a curb-cut most recently,
approximately how close --How close is
property line?
okay, exists, that you
and this curb-cut is
this to the westerly
MR. GORMAN: Yes. That was closely by the State as well.
One reason the curb-cut was enacted promptly was I think my
brother and father was somewhat frustrated with respect to the
process of six or seven years, and they didn't want this
particular approval to once again go into limbo land, so to
speak. The other point I wanted to make --Do you have a copy of
the ordinance of 1986 when the front was zoned B-1 Business?
THE CHAIRMAN: Not before me.
MR. GOd, AN: May I give it? (Copy was submitted.)
THE CHAIRMAN: Sure.
MR. GORMAN: Also this would be section 170, Use
Regulations in B-1 District, which make reference to a variety
of uses--
MR. GORMAN: It is my understanding, Mr. Chairman, it was
made in conformity with the plans that were approved by the
Planning Board.
THE CHAIRMAN: So it is approximately 25 feet or
thereabouts from--
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THE CHAIRM/%N: Sure.
MR. GORMAN (continuing): And also the minimum lot area of
30,000 square feet, which was at the time of our purchase.
MR. GORMAN: For the record, I want to enter a copy of the
zoning map, B-1 General District which is highlighted, is now
BO. Also for the record, I want to enter Article VII, B-l,
General Business District.
THE C~AI~: Thank you.
MR. GORMAN: Thank you. I
time out to hear us.
THE CHAIR~N: No problem.
rectified here.
appreciate your taking this
We want to get this thing
MR. GORMAN: It's basically the thought that the uses are
not that intensive, that when the property was purchased, the
B-1 District was very liberal. Since then it has been downzoned
to BO, and you know I think we really ought to work out
something without going back and forth. That is the reason I
came tonight.
THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you. Mr. McLaughlin, do you have
anything you would like to add?
MR. McLAUGHLIN: Not unless there are any other questions.
THE 'CHAIRMAN: I just want to ask you another question.
The question of adding this lot width issue and amending the
application, do you have any particular problem with that?
MR. McLAUGHLIN: I don't have any particular problem, if
the Building Department in fact is going to require that and
give me a Notice of Disapproval on that. Again, it was my
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understanding that that issue had been addressed two years ago;
there was a determination made that the lot width included the
right-of-way as long as the right-of-way was not constituted as
a separate lot, but was merely part of the fee of Lot 4 subject
to the rights of others to pass over it for ingress and egress.
That is where it had been left a little over two years ago. If
there is a different determination by the Building Department,
would like the opportunity obviously to discuss that with them;
if that is the final determination, then I have no problem with
that application being considered at the same time as the
present application.
BOARD CLERK: We would also have to file new papers on
that. He would have to do separate neighbor notices, and --
THE CHAIRMAN: Just let me finish.
MR. McL~JGHLIN: Again, my problem is that I have given
paper work regarding how this issue was considered and disposed
of a couple years ago. I specifically went to the Building
Department before I brought this application and had them review
the site plan and asked them to please give me a notice of
disapproval for each and every problem they saw where this
proposed subdivision plan would be in violation of the zoning
ordinance~
THE CHAIRMAN: You are referring to -- I am just looking
for the notice of disapproval. You are referring to the notice
of disapproval of September 24, 19937
MR. McLAUGHLIN: September 24, 1993. Yes. And that is
all that they put on there. So, again, I aSSumed that the lot
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width question had been resolved two years ago and was not an
issue at the present time.
THE CHAIRMAN: And you are referring to the letter of
June 12, 19917
MR. McLAUGHLIN: And the fact that, there was prior
correspondence where the Planning Board additionally said, you
are going to have to go get a lot width variance from the Zoning
Board because you've got to subtract out the width of the
right-of-way. There was discussions with the Planning Board at
that time. Those discussions between the Planning Board, the
Building Department and myself resulted in that letter I just
gave you a copy of from the Planning Board saying No, you don't
have to do that because it is all part and parcel of the same
lot.
BOARD CLERK: Is there a letter from the Building
Department on that, too, withdrawing his disapproval
originally?
MR. McLAUGHLIN: I would have to check my file for that.
I am not sure.
THE CHAIRMAN: I just want you to know, in all fairness,
to everybody here, I appreciate your giving me a copy of the
letter, but in all fairness, we are not bound by this, and all I
want to do is get everything totally involved here, so that I
know exactly what is before us; and that is basically the
situation. I am not here to find fault or cause any more
disruption in ~nybody's lives, other than to know what is before
us at this particular time.
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MR. McLAUGHLIN: Perhaps I can seek this Board's help then
in getting the proper notice of disapproval from the Building
Department.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. We will certainly send them a letter
indicating that it is something that should have been added. No
question about it. Thank you, Kevin.
MR. GORMAN: Thank you. Basically, I want to indicate on
what you are calling the right-of-way, I think maybe if we
understood it as an access easement, so to speak?
THE CHAIRMAN: Right.
MR. GORMAN: That it probably would still be held in fee
simple title and that the fee simple area will exceed the 40,000
square feet. The front Lot No. 4 will in effect have an access
easement given to the property owners utilizing the adjacent
lots, that in effect the lot would and I think that is Mr.
McLaughlin straightened out that before, around I thought
approximately June 1991, we expected that, and the Department at
that time did agree. Finally, I do have one other letter I want
to enter into the record, from the Planning Board Office, dated
November 27, 1990. Basically it said that an area variance from
the Zoning Board of Appeals will not be necessary. I would like
to submit'this for t~e public record.
THE CHAIRMAN: Can I ask you, Mr. Gorman, just explain
this. Petrol Stations is a business which owns real estate.
So this is the management area of where you would manage those
properties. Together with that, you have a small real-estate
business, where you have clients coming and going in the normal
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sense which, of course, we know since subsequent 1986 or
thereabouts there hasn't been a great amount of real estate that
has occurred in this Town. I understand that. You only work
for the firm part-time, is that what you are saying?
MR. GORMAN: Exactly. I am an appraiser and helped m~
brother out between 1986 and 1990 with a large contract with the
Town of Southampton in open-space preservation. I worked in
conjunction with my brother on that. However, to answer your
first question with respect to Petrol Stations, my father has
other properties in western Long Island which he basically is
now managing. Basically it is a managerial office, an
administrative office. It is a ver~ clean, low-key operation.
It is not like, you know--
THE C~AIRMAN: We noticed that from the Mattituck
operation. I saw one or two cars there most of the time, okay.
What is your father's name?
MR. GORMAN: Thomas, Sr.
THE CHAIRMAN: So you are Thomas, Jr.?
MR. GORMAN: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: All right. Just so I understand what is
involved in this building situation--
MR. ~ORMAN: And as I mentioned before, the office in the
back is basically a husband and wife. It is very innocuous,
low-key use. Like I said earlier, it is not like we are having
automotive repair uses and gas station and that type of thing.
Nothing to do with that. The name unfortunately I guess brings
up those fears, but it is basically an administrative operation.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Your brother uses the kitchen downstairs?
MR. GORMAN: Yes; there is no separate entrance, Mr.
Chairman, with respect to the second floor. It is an internal
---it would only work if it is a family operation. It would not
work if you or I wanted to make an investment and rent it out
for a second-floor apartment. It is just not do-able.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you.
MR. GORMAN: I appreciate your time. Thank you.
THE CHAIRMAN: Anything else, Kevin?
(There was no audible response.)
THE CHAIRMAN: I think that pretty much puts us where we
are at this time for the other people that are ~nvolved in this
application. Mr. Lark, you are representing someone?
Appearance: Richard F. Lark, Esq.
MR. LARK: Yes, I represent the next-door neighbor Barbara
Haurus.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. I know Mrs. Raurus personally. What
would you like to tell us, sir?
MR. LARK: First of all, they can do all these wonderful
things with the property that they have just presented to you --
I submit to you, if they had Some appreciation and understanding
of the zoning law of,the State of New York, and particularly the
zoning codes of the Town of Southold. They can't do any of what
they have proposed here without variances and special exceptions
from this Board. Nor have they been able to do anything. And
you are going to see, with my little presentation and oral
history Mrs. Haurus is going to give you since she has lived
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there for sixty years, and with the history of the zoning codes,
that what is there today, with all these businesses on this
thirty thousand square-foot portion, are self-imposed hardship,
there are no vested rights. The building permits and the CO's
are void, and we are really going to have to start from
scratch. But they have to come here; they have to meet the
standards of both use and area variances as well as your
standards for special exceptions. The code says so. I don't
say so, and the Court cases say so. So I hope we come to the
end of the administrative road with this Board for permits for
Petrol Stations, Ltd., on this particular property because after
reviewing the record very briefly, I am appalled at the
ignorance of both the Planning Board and the Building Department
in allowing this applicant since '86 when he purchased it the
end of the year, to get as far as he has gotten. A review of
your file --because you also had an area variance heariug on
this that went nowhere-- which ! will cover. The Planning Board
file indicates misleading opinions and incorrect information.
It reminds me of sorta like reading the SUFFOLK TIMES, you
know. It is more of a fiction than fact, what's in the file
here.
In fairness to the applicant, though, I am going to suggest
at the outset that the Board keep the hearing open to allow the
applicant and its tenants sufficient time to correct any
misinformation in the file and in the ZBA records, and to allow
this Board to get.its facts straight concerning the property. I
think you will want to have the applicant probably provide a
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title search and also the Town Attorney to do a zoning history
to verify what I inform you of tonight, because not to do so
--and not to have this done properly at this time-- just invites
an Article 78 proceeding; and after I submit to you after a
Court heard what is involved here, it would just remand the case
back anyway, so we may as well do it to save the Court time. I
realize that the applicant, with its activities, does have
unlimited money. The neighbors do not. (Tape ended & new tape
inserted while speaker continued talking. What follows is where
new tape starts.)
MR. LARK (continuing): --A little oral history is in
order so the ZBA can get a better perspective of what is going
on here. The reason I say this is, the variance application
sworn to on September 27, 1993, which is before you this
evening, would read at first blush to be a simple and pure area
variance application. The notice to the neighbors that was
furnished by the applicant also gives this impression as Lot 4
only has insufficient area. But when yo~ look at the past
history and what is happening both at the present, and what is
proposed to happen in the future, you get an entirely different
picture; and it is very possible that we are involved with the
use variance. Unfortunately, these other Boards and the
Building Department probably doesn't understand the difference.
But there is a tremendous difference as this Board understands
between a use variance and an area variance. In an area
variance; the applicant only has to prove practical diffi-
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culties, stay away from self-imposed, unnecessary hardships, but
the use variance requires to prove that he has --land can't use
a reasonable return and the compatibility with the neighborhood
in complying with the spirit of the ordinance. The legal notice
in the newspaper though, I did note, attempts to indicate that
this is very possibly a use variance. That was a very clear
notice and it tuned me to the fact to look further than just the
application, because there is more than one use on this
property. So at this time I would like to introduce the
next-door neighbor Barbara Haurus, who has lived immediately
adjacent, personally lived immediately adjacent to this property
for over sixty years, so that she can give you a little oral
history of it, and then I will conclude with the zoning
history. Barbara?
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BARBARA HAURUS: Good evening. My name is Barbara
Haurus. I reside at Main Road, Cutchogue, New York. I was born
in Cutchogue on January 20th, 1929, and have lived there all my
life. I am familiar with the property owned by Petrol Stations
Ltd., because I have lived next to this property all my life.
My property has been in my family for two prior generations. At
the end of World War II when we got out of the Service, I
married John Baurus oh April 28, 1945. My parents gave us the
property next door to theirs in 1947, upon which property my
husband built our house, as he was a builder. After 1947, when
we moved into the house, I can specifically remember the
property to the east being owned by Kenneth and Lydia Cadugan
(Phonetic, no spelling supplied record). The property contained
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a two-story frame house which sits near the Main Road and barn
behind the house, which is now used by Samuels and Steelman,
Architects. The house has been built many years prior, but the
barn was built between 1943 and 1944. Mr. and Mrs. Fedoogan
lived in the house and used the barn for their dealings in
antiques. It was a very low-key and casual business. From what
I can remember, Cadugans lived and ran their business on the
property until 1957. I remember because my kids were about ten
and eleven years old. Cadugans sold to Walter and Josephine
Rollin (phonetic, no spelling supplied record). As Cadugans
before them, the Rollins lived in the house, and both Mr. and
Mrs. Rollin operated an estate-antique-appraisal business. They
used the barn originally to store antiques and eventually sold
antiques from the barn, which was primarily a week-end and
summer business.
As you may recall, in the 1940's, until 1970, Cutchogue was
primarily a summer community. For example, in the wintertime,
especially in January through April, the antique store was
virtually closed, and Mr. Rollin would, as a hobby, restore
antique furniture on the property. As I said, up until the time
of their death, Mr. Rollin died on August 9th of '84; Mrs.
Rollin died on March 3rd of 1986-- They lived in the house.
know that sometime in the late 1960's and early 1970's Mr.
Rollin tried to get permission from the Town to develop portions
of the back acreage of the property but was turned down because
he did not have access to Alvah's Lane. I believe the
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properties from the corner of Alvah's Lane and Westwood,
including Sid Beebe's property was zoned B-1 Business because
C. Grathwohl operated the business out of the former house, Mr.
Rollin operated the antique business. My husband, who passed
away on August 25th of '86, operated a contracting business on
the property on which we lived, and Sid Beebe operated his
contracting business from the property on which he and his wife
lived.
It is important to note that all these people lived on
these properties and merely ran their businesses and conducted
~their occupations from their properties. The Board should
remember that in the 1940s and '50s this road was basically a
two-lane road with no shoulder. Sometime in the 1960's the road
was widened and widening to where it is at the present time.
The reason I bring this to the Board's attention is that
at the present time it is very difficult to exit my driveway.
In fact, in the summertime, in order to be safe, I can only make
right turns out of my driveway, even though I want to go left,
because of the heavy traffic on the Main Road. Due to the
constant speed of fifty-five miles per hour this has become a
very hazardous condition because you cannot see oncoming traffic
from the west. From ~he existing Rollin driveway you have a
better view because it is a little higher. I am absolutely
shocked and dismayed the Town and the State are even considering
allowing the present owner to move the driveway directly
adjacent to my property and have increased traffic trying to
exit and enter into the driveway.
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I know from my personal knowledge that in the last five
years there have been numerous accidents right in front of
Petrol Stations Ltd. property. I will predict there will be
many more if their driveway is moved next to mine. The Board
should realize that since the Samuels and Steelman architect
business has been there, the traffic has been constant
throughout the week, in and out of this property. But before,
when owned by Rollins, there was no traffic or a little traffic
and then only on weekends and when people were antique-ing.
From a personal point-of-view originally I was not opposed
to the architects having a separate'business on the property;
but I have been informed that the creation of this separate
business is illegal, and now the Planning Board is considering
allowing three additional lots in the rear and moving the
driveway for these building lots and the businesses on the
property to be adjacent to my bedroom and bathroom windows. Not
only will this cause noise, disturbance and loss of my privacy,
but it will be a safety hazard to those persons using the
driveway and traveling on the Main Road.
In addition, I am alarmed by the fact that Petrol
Stations, Ltd., seems to be so sure of getting the Town's
permission to move the driveway that in August, 1993, it had
concrete curbing installed and entry partially paved with
blacktop. Even after being warned to do nothing further on
September 30th of 1993, Petrol Stations, Ltd., had a paving
contractor and crew on the property, and I believe the Town at
that time ordered that no further work be done on the proposed
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new driveway. The driveway should remain where it is because it
is a much safer approach to any residence which may be built in
the rear. Thank you.
TBE C~AIRMAN: Thank you.
MR. LARK: As Mrs. Haurus indicated, the applicant's
operations --do whatever it wants to do and then get the permits
later-- I don't think it is going to work anymore. I think they
are at the end of the string. Let's look at the record. Mrs.
Haurus stated the property now owned by the applicant Petrol
Stations, Ltd., was previously owned by Kenneth Cadugan. By
deed, Cadugan July 31st, 1957, both Kenneth and Lydia Cadugan,
sold the property to Walter P. Rollin. Walter P. Rollin owned
the property until his death in 1984, and his wife also was an
owner until she died'in March of '86. As indicated by the
applicant earlier here, the Rollins estate sold the property to
Petrol Stations, Ltd., by deed dated November 24, 1986, and I
think they closed on December 30th of '86 and recorded the deed
sometime in January. I have that date.
It is interesting to note that zoning was adopted by the
Town of $outhold on April 9th, 1957. The first zoning in
Southold was 300 feet deep just as it is today, off the Main
Road~ and it was zoned "B" Business District, which allowed at
that time, when the '57 ordinance which carried through all the
way to '72, allowed a one-family dwelling in a "B" Business
District, stores and offices. The size of the lot for "B"
Bus,ness District.at that time was 7500 square feet with a road
frontage of 50 feet. It also allowed accessory uses on the same
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land which were customarily incidental to any permitted use, the
o
main permitted use. That is how the Zoning Ordinance read.
the residential use of the house by the Rollins at the time of
zoning in '57 and the use of the barn for antiques and shed, and
the shed for storagre, as incidental or accessory uses was all
okay under the ordinance that went through in 1957. It stayed
that way -- until November 23, 1971. Then the Zoning Ordinance
in that area was amended, and the subject property along with
the adjacent properties, from Alvah's Lane down to Beebes was
zoned B-1 Business District. That allowed commercial
agriceltural operations, accessory uses for them, barn, storage
building, boarding and tourist houses, banks, retail stores and
restaurants, all of which were subject to site-plan approval, at
that point. But it did not allow, as a permitted use,
one-family dwellings, so all the one-family dwellings with the
1971, the redoing of the ordinance, became non-conforming uses.
Okay? Which people seem to forget. They are all non-conforming
uses. Therefore, in 1971, the antique shop, which was accessory
to a non-conforming use, which was a residential use, because
the Rollins lived in the house, as you heard from the history.
MR. ARNOFF: Yet the antique shop was not permitted then
either? ' Is that what you're saying--
MR. LARK: A retail store could be a permitted use--
MR. ARNOFF: I didn't know what your position was.
MR. LARK: It could be a permitted use, but it was an
accessory use to them because at the time, I know from my own
personal knowledge, that Rollin, he was an estate appraiser for
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personal property, antiques and stuff. He ran the business out
of his house, and he put the stuff back there, refinished it and
then sold it or he bought and sold antiques there and used the
shop in the back to do that. That is at the time they bought
it. Now, interestingly enough, on October 26, 1976, the
accessory use section in the H-1 use district was amended by the
Town Board to allow uses on the same lot customarily incidental
to any permitted use on the lot, but not including a separate
business. That is how the amendment in 1976 of accessory uses
was for B-1 Business District. Interesting.
THE CHAIRMAN: It is.
MR. LARK (continuing): So then the, of course the
zoning upgraded it from the old "B" zoning to 30,000 square
feet, with 150' of lot width, which was referred to here
before. This existed right up to the time the property was sold
to Petrol Stations. So when they bought, they bought with the
zoning in effect at that time as having a non-conforming use to
the house, which was a house within six, seven months prior to
the closlng because Mrs. Hollln lived there; and then they had,
at that time they had an accessory business use to that house
which was all Owned as one because Rollins had the
appraisal/antique business, and so on and so forth.
Now, obviously Someone when they bought, didn't do their
due diligence as to the non-conforming use, because as he
indicates, right afterwards --and they got a CO from the
Building Inspector dated December 31st -- I think it is part of
yOur record-- which lsa pre-CO; it calls it "non-conforming
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premises,,, but the reason that it is non-conforming, he says, is
there is an insufficient frontyard setback and an insufficient
side yard setback. Never mind the use of the house, the
residence as being non-conforming. He leaves that out.
Although he does list all the property, I mean all the
buildings. He lists a two-story one-family dwelling, a
two-story shop, one frame garage, two sheds, and he says they
are all in an "A" zone. So I submit to you, when you read that
pre-CO December 31st, 1986 Certificate, it is worthless, because
he's got the non-conformity for the wrong reason, and he's got
it all in "A" District. So I don't know what happened, but they
closed on that, closed that day, and life went on. Okay.
Now, that is a very unique situation that they had at that
time, when they bought, because the house was non-conforming,
but the barn and the antique store was a conforming as an
accessory use which was incidental to the non-conforming use
because it had pre-existed that zoning amendment. Okay. Wow.
But when you are using the zoning law terms, that is what the
status was at that point. Okay. Their deed was recorded
January 21st of 1987. Then they began to immediately renovate
the two-story dwelling while they say in their Correspondence
and they ~aid tonight, while Michael Gorman occupied the
residence, they started to.renovate. Now, but they never
applied for a building permit to renovate it at that point, nor
did they apply at that point for site plan for renovation of
this non-confor~ing nor for a special exception, because to
allow at that point in a B-1 District in 1987 when they were
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doing ~heir renovations, they would have had to have come here
to convert it, or use it or upgrade it to any type of a
residential use, they would have had to come for a special
exception or a variance and then a special exception because
that is what the Code said, at that point. They didn't do
that. They just went ahead and did it. Then they tell us that
what they did is that --and he says it tonight-- that they had,
they put a real-estate business called Gorman Associates on the
main floor and then this accessory apartment which was not
allowed at that time in 1986, until recent amendments, in a B-1
District at all, without a variance. But they went ahead and
did that.
So we now have in that, we have the Petrol which is a New
York corporation as he said, owning the property;and then
having Gorman Associates, a real-estate operation, one business,
and then the second use of the house being an apartment or a
residential-type use. Okay. Now, keep in mind, they were
admittedly changing this non-conforming use by expanding it to a
conforming real-estate use and a non-conforming apartment, all
without any types of permits. Then in the spring of '87, three
or four months later, they entered into a lease~with Thomas
Samuefs to use the b~rn which was the former antique-storage and
antique shop, as an architectural office, clearly a separate
business. Now, keep in mind that we had the B-1 Zoning at that
point. In order to do that, they had to, under the B-1 Zoning
at that point, which was a permitted use --Professional
architectural office would be a permitted use, subject to
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getting a special exception and site plan approval-- because
that is what the Code said.
Samuels read the Code that he wanted to. He applied for
site-plan approval. He also applied for a buildlng permit, but
they never came here for a special exception to create this new
business on the land, which for the first time since the history
of that barn, was now not an accessory to the people living in
the house. That is also important to remember.
THE CHAIRMAN: Now a prlmary use.
MR. LARK: Yes, but they didn't come for a special
exception, although they did get a site-plan approval. He did
get the site-plan approval for it. And in conjunction with that
site plan, if you look at the Planning Board record, they were
also applying for a mlnor subdivision in the back with two or
three lots at one point. Now it is two lots, three lots, but
they were applying for it, so they were doing things
simultaneously, and in the applicant's behalf, the Planning
Board for reasons whatever kept telling them you are going to
have to move your entrance of your right-of-way further to the
west next to the Haurus property. You are going to have to do
that; then we want all the business uses, which are three, to
use that driveway by'the Haurus property, as well as the lots in
the back. They kept telling them that, in fairness to that, but
they never came to this Board, which is where the authority
lied-- not with the Building Inspector and not with the Planning
Board. In order to validate the use of the property~ I am not
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saying you wouldn't validate the use at that time or you
wouldn't validate it now; but what is there is not proper.
Now, to make matters worse, this architect, in the midst of
this, renovates it and moves in. He didn't get a CO for about
three years later. That is the way they do things. That is the
way this whole thing goes. Okay. Now, interestingly enough, on
January 10th, 1989, the zoning on this property as well as the
adjacent pieces, the 300 feet just like it has been since '57,
is zoned RO Office District, which permits a one-family
dwelling; and that one-family dwelling is back to okay. That
was in January of '89. However, we don't have a one-family
dwelling on this property in January of '89, okay?
We got a business and an apartment Over lt. Okay. Now,
the professional and business office, which was characterized by
the architects, is allowed in a B-1 District in '89 providing
you get a special exception, and secondly the proof because that
hasn't changed, so don't need the special exception which we
don't have. Okay.
Then, for some reason --the Planning Board required it,
they say-- in August 10th, 1990, the applicant said, "The
Planning Board made me do it," files for an area variance; and
on Nove~be~ 1st, 1990~ you people have a hearing. Some of these
issues are discussed; some are not; but the interesting thing of
the hearing is --because Mr. McLaughlin is here tonight and can
defend himself-- when you asked him the question as Chairman,
"Where are your CO status?" - he said, "Oh, we got COs for
everything, we got a CO on the house, w~ got a CO oK the
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architects, office." There was no CO issued on November 1st of
1990.
Okay. January llth of 1993 the Building Inspector did
give Mr. Samuels or Petrol Stations on behalf of Mr. Samuels a
building permit for a CO --excuse me-- gave him a CO for a
building permit that had been filed on July 31st, 1987, for
alteration and conversion of a seasonal antique store to an
architects, office, so he gave him clear, independent CO.
Without a special exception. And I submit that the CO is no
good because at this point the residential office when he gave
the CO, now made it a non-conforming use again, okay. At the
time when he applied for the building permit, it was okay, but
now it is not okay. All right. So at least he had to get a
special exception to do it, and they didn't. Now what we have
now is, we have the three different uses on this 30,000
square-foot and when the ordinance got amended, both in the
--when it went to RO, it said that you are only allowed one use
for 40,000 square feet. It didn't say you could have three
uses. Now you would have to get a variance from that if you
were to go under that, which is what they are, I think,
attempting to do here.
Also, I agree with your analogy they are also going to
have to get a variance for the width of the lot because the
Planning Board --maybe not in this case, but historically--
whenever a right-of-way was created, especially now you are
using business property to go to residential property, which is
what this is all about-- they excluded the area as well as the
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width from zoning requirements. In other words, setbacks had
to go from where that right-of-way stopped, and they still do
that, because I have been involved with other applications. But
this one Mr. McLaughlin says no, they didn't tell him to do it.
We are going to include it in the area and we won't include it
in the sideyards and setbacks for the sideyards. So that is a
departure from the way they have handled all other minor
subdivisions; admittedly, they were in "A" Residential Districts
or R-40 Districts or R-80 Districts where they make out and
exclude from the computation the area of right-of-way and then
make you use the setback from the edge of the right-of-way and
not the property line. But now here he says they don't. Well,
they got to be consistent.
THE C~AIRMAN: In fairness, I just want to tell you that
we have to take a short break for about two or three minutes.
MR. LARK: Okay.
THE CHAIRMAN: I just want to mention two things: The
most recent situation that occurred and I thought was a very
good situation -- that this Board has been chastised for-- is
the request to determine who has jurisdiction over these
matters, as initial jurisdiction, as an opinion, okay, and we
were asked that by the ~own Board; and we then said that ~he
Building Department has jurisdiction of where these applications
come initially, okay, and we said that and, of course, we were
chastised for doing it. But that i~ediately puts these two
letters from the Planning Board concerning whatever they did,
okay, in suspect because the application went to them first.
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Then after making that determination, we then had a meeting with
the Chairman of the Planning Board, and it was at that
particular time the Assistant Town Attorney and myself and a
member or the Chairman of the Planning Board, and that is what
outlined these three uses and the amount of acreage that was
required for the three uses, which then precipitated this
application. Okay. Just so you are aware of how we got to this
particular point, that is how we got here. And it was somewhat
of a tough, hard road, but we are here now, and we are still
dealing with this application, and the chronological order is
absolutely impeccable, Mr. Lark, as by the way, we always get
from you. In fact, we haven't seen you in such a long time
(jokingly). With everybody's indulgence, could we just take a
two or three-minute recess. I need a resolution, gentlemen.
MEMBER VILLA: I so move.
(Seconded and carried.)
9:35 p.m. Hearing resumed. Same presences as indicated
on title page, except Town Attorney Arnoff was no longer
present.)
THE CHAIRMAN: I am not cutting your presentation short;
but you are going to tell us what your opinion is on what this
applicant should have or what should exist or should be before
us?
MR. LARK: Yes. He has got to present a --it is a mixed
bag here, both an area and a use variance, and he is going to
have to prove the.practical difficulties te~t, so he doesn't end
up with this what he has got here now, this ad hoc planning of
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this particular piece of property with the aid and abetment of
the Planning Board and the Building Inspector. But, more
important. No matter of whether you deal with the RO Code or
you deal with the old B-1 Code, which he had, he has to get in
here for a special exception. Here is where he is going to
have problems, have problems in particular with Mrs. Haurus. As
you know, your Code --and it has the time and memorial laid out
in conditions, "special exceptions" is a bad word --It should
be a special permit--
MR. LARK (continuing): Which is really what this is. In
Riverhead they call it a special permit; but he has got to show
how substantial the variation is in relationship with the
requirement. The requirement calls for one use per 40,000
feet. He is trying to get three on 30,000. He has that hurdle
to overcome. He has got to get over the variances allowed, the
increased population density, which isn't, I submit, a great
deal here; and then whether a substantial change will he
produced in the character of the neighborhood, and whether there
will be any detriment to the adjoining properties. Mrs. Haurus
claims the way they are putting the right-of-way, the driveway,
if you would, not only for this three businesses but for the
three houses in the ~ack-- they are putting it right across her,
next to her property, which her house sits about 5 feet off the
line because it didn't require any zoning back in '46 when she
built it, '47 when she built it-- and this driveway then would
be virtually right on her house. There is a cure for that. If
they are going to have access to go in and go out, and if the
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Board is going to give them a special exception, they could as
part of the consideration --as you know you have done in the
past-- and there is no reason and it would also prevent any
further expansion whatsoever if you are going to grant the
variances and the special exception, to leave the driveway right
where it is. If you talk to the architect, he would just as
soon have it where it is. It is a much safer ingress and egress
there. And you can service both his business and go right by
his barn where he has his architects' store, and go right to the
rear of the property where that proposed cul-de-sac would be.
That would give her relief, and he wouldn't have to get over the
substantial detriment to adjoining properties.
I could have come in here with appraisals and shown what
that right-of-way is going to do of valuation to her land and so
forth, as opposed to the way it is now, as opposed to the way it
would be proposed. So if you get into a special exception
hearing, he has got to address that issue. Also--
THE CHAIRMAN: That is the reason why I raised the issue
of why putting in the curb-cut now. That I couldn't understand
that.
MR. LARK: Nor could Mrs. Haurus either. The Planning
Board, as he said, had kept telling him that is what it is going
to be, over there, over there; so, without a permit --well, he
got a State permit, I understand-- but he never got clearance
from the Town on it yet. So here is where we are.
THE CHAIRMAN: Excuse me. Go ahead.
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MR. LARK: And then~ as I said, ~hether his difficulties
can be obviated by some other method, both the difficulties of
locating --see, he has got some history going for him with the
types of uses on the property. Legally they are not the same as
they were since the '57 zoning; but, nevertheless, there were
some uses. It is not like, you know, brand new. They are just
separate uses now, as opposed to having the one use as an
accessory use. He has got to show whether he can obviate it by
some other method, and I submit her big complaint, of course, is
with the driveway; but his big problem is whether to get the
area variances, whether in view of the manner in which the
difficulty arose, considering all the factors which I have given
you, the interests of justice will be served, which the Board
has to take into consideration the adjoining property owners. I
know there is some other ones that have some reservations, but I
told them that the application for the residential lots is not
before this Board. They can talk all they want, but it is not
relevant to this issue; what is only relevant to this issue is
in effect an area variance which I submit crosscuts somewhat
into a use area also, as well as the special exceptions.
Now, in the special exception standards, he has to show
that the use will no~ prevent the orderly and reasonable use of
adjacent properties in the adjacent use districts. Where he has
got his driveway, which is part of the consideration that you
have to take into when you do your special exception --you know,
how are you going to get your ingress and egress. He has to
show that he is not going to cause her any problems. She is
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going to have difficulty unless he moves that because experts,
appraisers and real-estate people will destroy him on that
issue, so he is going to have to show that.
THE CHAIRMAN: Let me just ask you a question. You are
going to continue to represent this lady?
MR. LARK: Mrs. Haurus, yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: So that during the continuation of this
hearing, if there is not a lack of movement, you will then como
in with this data that is required?
MR. LARK: Uh-huh (affirmative sound).
THE CHAIRMAN: I am not requiring--
MR. LARK (continuing): You only get into the
dollars-and-cents proof later on in the area of use thing, but
it carries over what you are doing to adjoining properties, you
know, when you read the decisions on that. Okay. Plus you have
to make, the problem with the special exception is, you have to
make damn specific findings on every one of those things in the
statute. That is the problem with it. I don't know how you get
around that, unless he can show some alleviation, okay?
The other thing, and then it goes into the general ones,
the health and safety and general welfare and harmony and so on
and so forth, and the use will be compatible with the
surroundings and character of the neighborhood. As Mrs. Haurus
said to you, she is really not opposed to him because what
everybody misunderstands here is what goes on there today is
very nice, because they are nice people, it is low-key. The
zoning runs with the land, so you've got to be particularly
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careful when you grant a variance and special exception --since
they run with the property, forever, until changed by some
reason, or become non-conforming with the change in zone, but
they still stay there just like a zone change-- is that you have
to be concerned just what is going to be used or not going to be
used there. Like she really has no personal objections they
are running the real-estate office, and one of the people living
there. It doesn't have to be them. They could rent it out to
anybody they want. But she doesn't want all that traffic going
next to her property. She has really no objection although she
has testified that there is a significant difference in traffic
now from when the Rollins had it as an accessory antique shop,
to a full-blown architect. Because, don't forget, he has got
--What is going to kill him is the traffic study. He has got
two or three employees there. They have two or three people, so
if you even take two or three trips a day, you are going to be
up to fifteen, twenty trips a day any business day coming in and
out of there. You know, when you take YOUr residential uses, if
you do the traffic-study people, they will come up with two cars
in the house and then you end up with four trips a day minimum,
you know, in that business, plus he has a couple employees, plus
Mr. Samuels and his w~fe are in there. They have separate
vehicles. They come and go. Never mind their business traffic
that comes in and out of there. You know, their clients that
come in and out of there. So she is absolutely right when she
says that the traffic is much, much greater than it ever was.
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That is going to be his biggest problem. The State apparently
just doesn't care where they put a curb cut because--
THE CHAIRMAN: They knew that one had to go, so if that is
where they chose to put it, that was it.
MR. LARK (continuing): Because what nobody has said here
for reasons best known to somebody, and I am not an advocate of
lower speed, but the speed limit really is 55 miles an hour.
When you study the signs, as you go by the applicant's property,
Mrs. Haurus's property, you are legal at 55. As soon as you get
by it, you got to start slowing down because there is a sign 50,
and then they slow you down as you go into Cutchogue; so you are
pulling out at 55 mph (tape is turned over) --
and it is just a little too much, you know, the way the thing is
set up, especially concentrate: Her driveway and this driveway
literally next to one another coming in and out. This is
absurd, so the traffic is her biggest concern; she is not
against them trying to run some type of, you know, professional
business office over there, which is really what they have,
real-estate professional office in the main building, and then
the professional architects, office in the back building. They
have done a nice job constructionwise. She has no complaint
against that, you know, but she just doesn't want that traffic
and it is a big concern; and the problem with them, the
applicant is --I realize you only have appellate jurisdiction in
the area of variances, and you have some legislative
jurisdiction with the special exceptions because you are allowed
a bit more latitude there-- but if someone decided to take the
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applicant to Supreme Court and void out all these permits, they
are not going to lose. And the point of it is, we would be back
to Square One. So I am advising just let us not waste the
money, let's see if we can get it all straightened out because
nobody wants to see them tear down their businesses, nobody
wants any of that, you know, that is not the issue here. But
you just can't continue to get frustrated with the process and
get improper advice from the Building Inspector and the Planning
Board, the same as you just said or let me put in the curb-cut
and see what happens. That will get some activity. Well, it
did get some activity.
THE CHAIRMAN:
newspapers.
I got three calls in Hauppauge from the
MR. LARK: Okay (laughter), so it did get some activity.
So here's where we are, so, yes, Mrs. Haurus would be glad to
work with them, but she just wants that driveway moved and she
won't stop until it is.
THE CHAIRMAN: What is her setback from the road?
MR. LARK: Her house?
THE CHAIRMAN: Yes.
MR. LARK: Fifty or sixty feet, something like that, I
think. That is set back fairly decent. Almost parallel with
the barn, the architects, building, somewhere in there.
THE CHAIRMAN: It was my understanding that she was mainly
concerned with the road running as close to her hous~ as
possible. She was not necessarily --and I am not speaking for
her, I am only hearing other people that have mentioned this tc
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me, okay? She was not as concerned with the position of the
ingress and the ingress at 25 feet from her property line.
MR. LARK: That is true from a selfish point of view, but
from a good neighbor point of view, she is saying it is a
dangerous spot to be because that is where her driveway is and
it is dangerous because you can't see.
THE CHAIRMAN: Right.
MR. LARK (continuing):
trying to get out.
THE CHAIRMAN: Because
that--
And that is the problem with it,
I am only going with the premise
MR. LARK: Her house per se is 97 feet back from the
road.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay.
exists there?
Is the road wider than what actually
MR. LARK: Yeah, so it is actually, probably been widened
out about 20 or 30 feet, so she is probably within, you would
have --this is a '67 survey-- so there has been one widening
since that. So I would say conservatively she is probably in
the neighborhood of eighty feet there. So she wasn't too far
wrong, when she said Sixty. Her mother's house, which is
immediately adjacent, is a little farther forward of that, so
that could be 40 or 50 feet off the road, something like that.
THE CHAIRMAN: The reason why I asked you the question
and, of Course, I am mystified at this point of where we are
going from here --okay?~- only, as you heard me say to Mr.
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McLaughlin, that I would like to take everything in toto
we can clean this entire situation up, okay. The only reason
why I asked that question about the access --or the ingress and
egress-- is because I was wondering if the road could not be
bent over toward the two businesses and remain in its present
location, if that had to be the access.
MR. LARK: I am not opposed to that.
THE CHAIRMAN: Do you know what I am saying?
MR. LARK: I do. I do. To the east as you come in.
THE CHAIRMAN: So that may be a possibility, okay. So
where we are. at this particular point, I assume, is --and
correct me if I am wrong, and this is both attorneys-- We are
going to correct the notice of disapproval to include the lot
width for the right-of-way or the ingress and egress or going to
the back of the property. We are going to discuss the
possibility that a special exception or a special permit as the
case might be, may be in order concerning the use of this
particular back building as it concerns--
MR. LARK (interposing): And the main building.
THE CHAIRMAN: And the main building? Okay.
MR. LARK: Because the accessory apartment requires
special'exception. It~ is not illegal, just needs a special
exception.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay.
plus lA and B or a total of
And so we are basically talking four
--well, let's basically mention--
and then we are talking the area aspects of each one of these
which were mentioned here. So we have all ~'our, so we are
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really only talking the special exception as you are indicating
on those two buildings, so we have 5A and B, total of five.
Okay. All right, so we will endeavor to make the Building
Department aware-- we will give you plenty of time, Kevin-- what
occurred at this hearing. We will see what develops after that,
and then we will keep you apprised of the correspondence and
reconvene the hearing based upon what the applicant wants to do
or what he does not want to do. The reason why I asked you that
question concerning your continued --I don't mean to belabor
thls, ladies and gentlemen, I apologize-- and I am referring to
Mr. Lark now, your continued representation of this applicant
(sic), but I assume, and I want to reaffirm this, that if you
are unhappy with the way this thing goes, then any decision by
this Board will be the nature of an Article 78, which I would
think and, as you know, I would try to do anything to alleviate
that at this particular point, because I see this particular
applicant going since '86 now, we are talking seven years. We
could go nine or ten. Some of us could not be on this Board at
that time conceivably, you know, and there is no question about
it.
MR. LARK: The point I made too, what you end up getting,
the Appellate Divisi®n sends it right back here anyway. I have
learned that from experience. So try to work it out here. You
go all the way up to prove your point, and they send you back.
We don't have jurisdiction to tell you where to put your
driveway. They do. That is what the Court would say. Okay.
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THE CHAIRMAN: So, in other words, what you are saying is
if they spent twenty-five hundred dollars, you spent twenty-five
hundred dollars, we spent twenty-five hundred dollars, and we
are only going to be back here in 1995 or 1996 anyway. Mr.
McLaughlin?
MR. McLAUGHLIN: I don't want so much to rebut what Mr.
Lark had to say really. I just want to give it a slightly
different flavor for this Board --and I am sure you probably
appreciate that. I think to a certain degree we were made out
to be the bad guys in the presentation. I want to submit to
this Board, we are not the bad guys here. We have been doing
what we have been told by the various Boards and Departments of
this Town for the last slx or seven years; whether that be the
right thing or the wrong thing, except for the putting in of the
curb-cut itself, I think we have been relatively justified in
the actions that we have taken in accordance with the
determinations that we have had from the Building Department and
the Planning Board in the past. We are ~ertainly ready and
willing to sit down with anyone and everyone involved to try to
work this out so that we do end up with a decision out of this
Board that is comprehensive and all-inclusive of all the
problems ~nd will reshlt in a decision that everybody can live
with because of all the factors that, you know, have been
presented. We have no interest in prolonging with an Article
78. I am not saying we wouldn't if we were displeased with the
decision, but we would hope to be able to work it out along some
lines that everyone can live with, and we would like to get it
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all finalized so that some day maybe we can even get the
subdivision finalized. But I don't want the Board to be sitting
there and those people who may not be as familiar as others,
thinking that we have sat here and tried to devise a plan as to
how we get around this Board. That has never been our
intention. We have been, if you will, diverted by other Boards
from having to come here and specifically told that we didn't
need to come here.
THE CHAIRMAN: Kevin, I never thought that in the
beginning. You know, to be honest with you, and certainly I
don't think it is something you really have to worry about. I
just want to ask something of our Clerk, and I will be right
back to you.
(Off the record inaudibly to Board Clerk.)
THE CHAIRMAN: We are only concerned with how we are going
to concisely present this material to the Building Department
and I just think maybe the better way to do it, rather than have
the entire --this hearing, for everybody's benefit, of course,
is going to be typed and made part of a permanent record, but it
is going to take us a little while to do that. A more concise
method would be just to have Mr. Lark outline what he said, plus
I will afford you a copy of it, and we will zip that over to the
Building Department and explain to them this is what happened
during this hearing concerning the next-door neighbor's attorney
as it was presented, and let them review it and see if they want
to do anything or if they don't want. Certainly the issue of
what width is going to exist, okay. As for the special
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exception portions of it, that is for us to make the
determination; but certainly since the Building Department, the
new Building Department, okay, as it exists with the two
gentlemen that are in there, they are the ones who are going to
have to be apprised of what actually went on; and that is the
reason why I think that is probably the most expeditious way of
dealing with it.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: I have no problem with that, as long as I
am afforded an opportunity to review and comment on what is
submitted.
THE CHAIRMAN: Could you do that for us, Mr. Lark?
MR. LARK: Sure.
THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. Is there anybody here tonight--
MR. LARK: I would be willing to meet with Kevln with the
now Head Building Inspector because I don't see, if he has the
codes in front of him, how he can read it any other way.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: I don't have a problem with that.
MR. LARK: Then we can try to straighten it out.
THE CHAIRMAN: Why don't you do that? And then we will
all meet back here. Do you want to meet back here in Novembdr
or do you want to wait for the December meeting?
· MR. LARK: It'is up to Kevin.
MR. McLAUGHLIN: I would just as soon move it along.
MR. LARK: I won't impede it. It's going to go anyway.
THE CHAIRMAN: You guys can do that in the next two or
three weeks?
BOTH COUNSELLORS: Yes, sir.
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BOARD CLERK: Our next meeting is November 8th so--
THE CHAIRMAN: Again, is there anybody --We thank
everybody here for your courtesy. Is there anybody here that
would like to say anything, that may not be here for the
November 8th meeting?
no hands--
MEMBER DINIZIO:
make a statement.
Page
I know most of it has been said. Seeing
I'd like to make a comment.
I'd like to
THE CHAIRMAN: It is so rare that you make a statement,
Mr. Dinizio.
MEMBER DINIZIO: Well,' it's maybe even an apology, Jerry.
There was a letter, a memo written about this with this
particular map attached to it at one time, and I read it and
said to myself "Gerry has to be crazy." I couldn't understand
what he was trying to say. And, Mr. Lark, you made it so
crystal clear to me tonight that I have to apologize to Jerry
for thinking what I thought.
statement.
THE CHAIRMAN: This is
I just wanted to make that
a first! (jokingly)
MEMBER DINIZIO: I want to thank you very much for making
that clear to me. I really find it extremely hard to believe
that an applicant could walk into the Town Hall and actually go
through what this applicant has gone through and not be any
further than sketch --he is at step one as far as anybody is
concerned.
THE CHAIRMAN: That is because of the re-routing aspects
that occurred prior to our determination. I applaud the Town
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Board for asking for that determination. And, as I said, we
were Chastised by other Boards for coming up with that
determination; but the buck has to stop somewhere, and it has to
start somewhere, and that is the whole purpose of it. And this
re-routing aspect only cost people time, and money.
MEMBER DINIZIO: The decision was made --I may be getting
into trouble but-- decision was made that our opinion, with the
hopes that a competent person would be making those decisions,
and maybe the "Town" goofed in this one. That's all I have to
say. Thank you very much, Dick. It was a great presentation.
THE CHAIRMAN: Thank you again for your courtesy. I will
make a motion recessing the hearing to the next regularly
scheduled meeting.
(Seconded and carried; see Board Clerk's minutes.)
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SUBMISSION WITHOUT COVER LETTER
SENDER:
SUBJECT:
SCTM~: 10ft
CO~ENTS:
' SOUTHOLD TOWN
' I~.ANNING BOARD J'
APPEALS BOARD MEMBERS
Gerard P. Goehringer, Chairman
Serge Doyen, Jr.
James Dinizio, Jr.
Robert A. Villa
Richard C. Wilton
BOARD OF APPEALS
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Southold Town Halt
53095 Main Road
P,O, Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-1823
Telephone (516) 765-1809
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
ChAi~.man, planning Beard
Chairman, Beard of Appeals
August 22, 1994
Petrel Stations - Preposed Subdivision Road
New Site plan Application (1994)
Would you please coordinate the above project with our Department.
The preject apparently is now appearing on your board's calendar.
We were just this afternoon contacted with an inquiry on the layout
on the map, and found that this map was not coordinated either
under SEQRA or through normA! precedures. The Board of
Appeals would like to review the map before it it given final
appreval.
Thank you.
AUG 2 3 1994
SOUTHOLD TOWN
PLANNING BOARD
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett Orlowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
Town Hall, 53095 Main Read
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
TO:
FROM:
RE:
Gera~d P. Goehringer, Chal~...an, Board of Appeals
Richard G. Ward, Chairman ~
Proposed Site Plan for Petrol Stations
Main Road, Cutchogue
SCTM9 1000-109-1-23
DATE: August 24, 1994
As requested in your memo of August 22, 1994, attached is the
site plan for the proposed relocation and reconfiguring of the
parking lot for the above referenced project.
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett Orlowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southo~, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
1994
Matthew Martin, Secretary
Cutchogue Fire District
New Suffolk Lane
Cutchogue, NY 11935
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specify whether shallow wells or electric wells will be needed.
Please reply by ~ , 1994.
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Chock or MO. No,; :.,
Pem~tllee: Estimaled Cost of Work Performed In tho Sl~te Right-of. Way S:
I'~ ~ ~,~ :. ,',i ~,q,' , i !u ChargoabJe to Bond No.:
~;~ I'i'~ [ ~Vt~ ~ i~RI orUndodakingonFil(~:
-0270
Under the provlsi,3ns of tho Highway Law or Vehicle & Traffic Law porn'4sslon Is hereby granted to the pefmlllee to;
THE PERMI~TEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ]ME MAINTEHANCE AND PROTECTION OF TRAFFfC. IN AODITION, ANYBoDy WORKING
~IE RIGltT OF WAY IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A HARD HAT AND A ~BFLECTIV~ SAFETY VEST, ANYONE WORKING WITHIN
R O.W. WILL WEAR HIGH VISIBILI~ APPAREL (ORANGE~ELLO~ AND HARD HAT.
County M~tf ,~1 g Municipality- ,~,~;rH~;~l i Rouie ~-
as set fodh and resposentod in tho aEached a~pl!cation at the pa~lcular location or area, or over tho routes ~s stated therein, i~ required;
pursuant to the conditions and tabulations whether, general or special, and methods of peflormmg work, If am/ all of which are set fo~h
application and form of this permit
m ..... I~PORTA
[This permit, with application .nd drawl.~,~?,r co?es thereoO aUached shall N t ,,,
be placed in the ~ands of the cor~tractor b~fore any work
NOTICE: Before work la staded and ppon tS co~p et on the erin tree abeo ut m notl~t~he ~ea sept Ep~i~eqr.
MPON COMPLETION OF WORK AUIHOItlZEB, THE FOLLOWfNG WILL BE COMPLE'I~D AND SIGNIZD BY THE PERMI~EE Ai
DELIVERED %0 THE RESIDENT ENGINEER.
Work auth~rizo¢ by th~8 Per~lt wa9 co.plated on
Rofu2d of desposll or return of bond or rodu¢llop of amount charged aga~st bond or deposit on file for ii, is permll whichever is
~eque~ted.
Upon acceptance of work podormod as s~[isfaclorily completed, tho Resident Engineer will sign the following and fo~ard to the Reglo~
Office.
Work authorized by Ihls Permit has boon satisfactorily compleled and is accepted (Reverse aide of this form must be c0mpieted}.
~o Rogicna~ O~ce wdl forward this form to ibc Main Office with the appropriate box checked.
10: HIGHWAy PERMITSECT~ON: I .~ . ,~ ~ U
iii-- :~ LONG ISLAND. REGII 10 '
,~ ,',"' -- TRAFFIC ENGINEERING & SAFETr
__. FAX: (5161 360-60£9
NUMBER
OF PAGES [NCLUO{NO
FHIS ONE ~
lC:
HIGHWAy PERMIT SECTION:
(~ nofund nf Del)O~il on this Permit is authorized.
Ul Return of Bond furnished for this Pe~nllI t~ authorized,
U ArHoun c ~ ged ~ga nsf I3'ankot Bofld roi Ihis permit may be cancelled.
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett OHowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, NewYork 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
3TO~ ~homas Fisher, Building
Inspector In Charge
FROM: Robert G. Kassner, Site Plan Reviewer~
RE: Proposed Site Plan for Petrol Stations Ltd.
Main Road, Cutchogue
SCTM9 1000-109-1-23
9ATE: July 27, 1994
Please review the attached for certification.
The Board is not requiring Health Department approval, as this
site plan is for relocating and reconfiguring the parking lot
only.
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchia Latham, Jr.
Bennett Odowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, NewYork 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
July 12, 1994
Nancy Steelman
Samuels & Steelman, Architects
25235 Main Rd.
Cutchogue, NY 11935
Proposed site plan for
Petrol Stations
Main Rd., Cutchogue
SCTM# 1000-109-1-23
Dear Ms. Steelman:
The following resolution was duly adopted by the Southold Town Planning Board at a
meeting held on Monday, July 11, 1994:
BE 1T RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board, acting under the State
Environmental Quality Review Act, start the coordination process on fids unlisted
action.
Please contact this office if you have any questions regarding the above.
Sincerely//'
//t
~Rii:h~ard G. Ward Chairm~
TO
SAMUELS & STEELMAN ARCJi[ITECTS
25235 Main Road t
CUTCHOGUE, NEW YORK 1~]~5
(5],6) 734-6405
FAX (516) 734-6407
WE ARE SENDING YOU /~Attached [] Under separate cover via
[] Shop drawings ~.~Prints [] Plans
[~ Copy of letter [] Change order []
[] Samples
the following items:
[] Specifications
COPIES I) TE NO. DESCRIPTION
THESE ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below:
/~For approval
[] For your use
/¢~.. As requested
[] FDr review and comment
[] FOR BIDS DUE
[] Approved as submitted [] Resubmit
[] Approved as noted [] Submit__
[] Returned for corrections [] Return
[]
copies for approval
.copies for distribution
corrected prints
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__. [] PRINTS RETURNED AFTER LOAN TO US
REMARKS
SOUIHOLB IOW~I
PLANNING BOARD
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett Orlowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
June 21, 1994
Samuels & Steelman,
57125 Main Road
Southold, NY 11935
Architects
RE:
Proposed Site Plan for
Petrol Stations
Zoning District: Residential Office
SCTM# 1000-109-1-23
(RO)
Dear Ms. Steelman,
The Board has reviewed the above referenced site plan dated May
2, 1994.
The following changes/additions are required before the Board
can proceed with its review:
· Drainage calculations must be shown on the site
plan.
If you have any questions, or require assistance, please contact
this office.
Chairman
cc: Thomas Fisher, Senior Building Inspector in Charge
S A M U E L S &
S T E E L M A N
June 13, 1994
Southold Town Planning Board
Town of Southold
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P,O, Box 728
Southold New York 11971
RE: Petrol Stations
Dear' Sirs:
Below are the calculations for rain water runoff for the asphalt parkJng/d~ ,ew;~y
at the Real Estate, Architects Office and garage. Drainage calculations f=,' the
subdivision road were submitted 5123194.
Parking/Driveway surface:
6154 sq ft of asphalt surface X 2" rainfall (0,1667) X 1.0 runnoff faclor:
1,026 cuft rain water
Lawn/Landscaped Area to absorb rain water runoff from asphalt surfac ' ~:
1..2..,,~.00 sq ft area
RAIN WATER RUNOFF: 1,026 cu ft
AREA TO ABSORB RUNOFF: t2,500 sq ft
Analysis:
Rain water runoff is equal to an additional 1 inch of rain wa.~;r cver
lawn and landscapped areas
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us.
Sincerely.
SAMUELS & STEELMAN ARCHITECTS
Principal Architect
CC: Thomas J. German
AI~C HITECTS
25235 MAIN
CL~T,,.'H(,)GUE, NEW YORK 11935
JUN i 4 1994
PI.MINING BOARD
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett Orlowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, NewYork 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Telephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
June 10~ 1994
Samuels & Steelman.
57125 Main Road
$outhold, NY 11935
Architects
RE:
Proposed Site Plan for
Petrol Stations
Zoning District: Residential Office
SCTM$ 1000-109-1-23
(RO)
Dear Ms. Steelman,
The Board has reviewed the above referenced site plan dated May
2~ 1994.
The following changes/additions are required before the Board
can proceed with its review:
· Drainage calculations must be provided.
If you have any questions or require assistance please contact
this office.
inc/~e lv., '
Chairman
cc: Thomas Fisher, Senior Building Inspector in Charge
SAMUELS & ST££LMAH
25235 Main Road
CUTCHOGUE, NEW YORKt'~935
(516) 734-6405
FAX (516) 734-6407
TO
WE ARE SENDING YOU ~ Attached [] Under separate cover via the following items:
[] .<;hop drawings //~Prints [] Plans [] Samples [] Specifications
[] Copy of letter [] Change order []
COPIES DATE NO. DESCRIPTION
~ /
THESE ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below:
/~For approval
[] For your use
[] As requested
[] For review and comment
[] FOR BIDS DUE
[] Approved as submitted
[] Approved as noted
[] Returned for corrections
[]
19
[] Resubmit.__
[] Submit
[] Return
copies for approval
copies for distribution
corrected prints
__ [] PRINTS RETURNED AFTER LOAN TO US
REMARKS
coPY TO
PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Richard G. Ward, Chairman
George Ritchie Latham, Jr.
Bennett Orlowski, Jr.
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L. Edwards
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P. O. Box 1179
Southold, NewYork 11971
Fax (516) 765-3136
Terephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
~ay 17, 1994
Samuels & Steelman, Architects
57125 Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
RE:
Petrol Stations Ltd.
Main Road, Cutchogue
Zoning District: Residential Office (RO)
SCTM# 1000-109-1-23
Dear Mr. Samuels,
The Planning Board has received your letter of May 5, 1994.
The following changes/additions must be made before the Board
can proceed:
1. Show spot elevations for drainage review.
2. Indicate phase 1 and phase 2 of the proposed project.
3. Show drainage calculations and/or method of drainage
disbursement.
The curb cut permit in the Board's file does not indicate any
drainage requirements for the cut and driveway, please indicate
drainage treatment of this area.
If you have any questions, or require further information,
please contact this office.
Chairman
cc: Thomas Fisher, Senior Building Inspector In Charge
SUBMISSION WITHOUT COVER LETTER
DATE:
SENDER:
SUBJECT:
SCTM#:
COMMENTS:
SUBMISSION WITHOUT COVER LETTER
s~c~.- /~rrol ~
SCTM#: I d)~ ' / - ~-~
7
MAIN F~OAD
(N.y. STATE FIOUTE 25).
inch of ~:a~n Water over the
US.
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SITE PLAN DATA
SCTM #: 100i):109-1-23
PETROL STATIONS LTD.
CIO THOMAS J. GERMAN
P.O. BOX 1445, MATTITUCK N.Y., 11952-098g
Tel. # ' 519-298-6474
ARCHITECTS:
SAMUELS & STEELMAN ARCHITECTS
25235 MAIN ROAD
CUTCHOGUE, NY 11935
516- 734-6405
SITE PLAN TAKEN FROM SURVEY~REPARED BY:
PECONIC SURVEYORS
REVISED: 08/20/9,3
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
1. REAL ESTATE OFFICE 7,8 spaces
79611
7.96
spaces
t ' ~ ' ~ TOTAL SPACE'REQUIRED 17 SPACES
'l ~ ~ ~ :~ ' TOTALSPACES~NDBA~ED
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(lUa~Medv/eoeds~)
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June 13,1994
Southold Town Planning Board
Town of Southold
Town Halt, 53095 Main Road
P.O Box 728
Southold New York 11971
RE: Petrol Stations
Dear Sirs:
Below are the calculations for rain water r~noff for the asphalt parking/driveway areas
at lhe Real Estate, Architect~ Office and garage. Drainage calculations for the
subdivision road were submitted 5~23~94.
ParklnglDrlveway surface:
6154 sq ff of asphalt sudace X 2" rainfall (0.1667) X 1 0 runnoff factor =
1,026 Cuft rain water
Lawn/Landscaped Area to absorb rain water runoff from asphalt surfacing=
12,600 sq fl area
RAIN WATER RUNOFF: 1,026 cuft
AREA TO ABSORB RUNOFF: 12,S00 sq ft
Analysts:
Rain water runoff is equal to an additional I inch of rain water over the
lawn and landscapped areas.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us.
Sincerely,
SAMUELS & STEELMAN ARCHITEOTS
SFTE PLAN DATA
OWNER:
PETROL STATIONS L, TD.
CIO THOMAS J. GERMAN
P.O. BOX 1445, MATTiTUCK NY., 11952-0989
Tel. #: 516-298-8478
ARCHITECTS:
SAMUEL~ & STEELMAN ARCHITECTS
25235 MAIN ROAD
CUT~HOGUE, NY 11935
516- 734~8405
SITE PLAN TAKEN I~ROM SURVEY PREPARED BY:
PECONIC SURVEYORS
LICENSE # LS 49618
DATED: 01/12/87
REVISED: {38/20193
PARKING REQUIREMENTS:
1, REAL ESTATE OFFICE
(1 Space/100 SF)
780/100 = 7 8 spaces
2. ARCHITECTS OFFICE '
(1 Space/lO0 SF)
7961100 = 7,96 spaces
7.8 spaces
7,9 spaces
(1 space/1000 SF)
373 SFI100~)',~ 0.3
APARTMEN~T 1 space
(1 space/Apt,rtment}
TOTAL"SPACES REQUIRED 17 SPACES
TOTAL SPACES PROVIDED 10 SPACES
TOTAL SPACE8 ~ND BANKED
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Project No:
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Sheet Title:
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RIGHT OF WAY ~
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LOT I
CASE NO. 93-5
PLAN
SCALE. 1" = 60'
PROFILE
TYPICAL CROSS SECTION
ROAD WA Y
SCALE:
VERT.
HORIZ
' compacled fh/ckness $Ione blend or crushed co~Tcrele bose
60'
,DRA~IVA~E CALCULA T~ONS
PAVEMENT ~ t2~6~$q, fib
0 THER = 4 ?4E sq. ft.
A = AREA
R = 2' RUNQEF
C ~ COEFFICENT RUNOFF
]2,56~x O J7 x 1.0 = ~136 cu. It.
474~ x 0.17 x 0.3 = ~4~
~378
~378~8.4 = 35, V.F.
PROVIDE 3 L.P.s I0~1~' DEEP
PLAN & PROFILE
25' RIGHT OF WA Y
PETROL STATIONS LTD.
A T CUTCHOGUE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N Y.
~000 - 109- 01- 23
JAN
41~1193 (revisions)
71[~19~ ( revisions
MAIN
SOUTHOLD~
LIC. NO. 49E1~
N.Y. 11971
86-650D