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ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
TOWN CLERK
PO Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
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FINAL
AGENDA
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
July 31, 2007
7:30 PM
Attendee Name Present Absent Late Arrival
Councilman Albert Krupski Jr.
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Councilman William P. Edwards
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Councilman Daniel C. Ross
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Councilman Thomas H. Wickham
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Justice Louisa P. Evans
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Supervisor Scott Russell
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Town Clerk Elizabeth A Neville
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Town Attorney Patricia A Finnegan
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POLICY:
At scheduled Town Board meetings, the attending public is encouraged to briefly
address the Town Board relating to agenda resolutions prior to their enactment; the public will
also be given time at the conclusion of the regularly scheduled business agenda to address the
Board on any given topic.
Call to Order.
Pledge of Allegiance.
I. REPORTS
1. Recreation Department
June 2007
2. Budget
June 30, 2007
3. Island Group Claim Lag Report
7/1/07 - 6/30/07 Claims
4. Board of Town Trustees
June 2007
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
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II. PUBLIC NOTICES
1. NYS DEC Notice of Complete Application
US Dept of Homeland Security - Dredge Plum Gut Harbor, Plum Island Dock/Ferry Harbor
2. Board of Appeals
June 2007
3. Renewal of NYS Liquor Licenses
Michelangelo Restaurant & Pizzeria, 10095 Route 25, Mattituck
Agia Varvara Inc. d/b/a Delicious, 24375 Rt 25, Orient
Pepi's - Cherry Way Restaurant, 400 Old Main Dr., Southold
American Legion Post 1045, Crescent Ave., Fishers Island
Laurel Lake Vineyards, 3165 Main Rd., Laurel
Farmer Bar, 4805 Depot Ln., Cutchogue
4. NYSOGS Notice of Application
Grebe, Jr., Alfred
5. Draft Peconic Estuary Nitrogen Total Maximum Daily Load
Info Mtg: August 2, 2007 at 1pm,
Cornell Cooperative Extension Education Center,
1st Floor Conference Rm
423 Griffing Ave., Suite 100
Riverhead NY
III. COMMUNICATIONS
IV. DISCUSSION
1. 9:00 Am - Chapter 275 - Wetland Code
Trustees
Revisions to be considered for public hearing
2. Cell Tower Moratorium
Potential Wavier issues, Plan, task force, appointments
Councilman Edwards
3. Sign Code Permitted Uses
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
Page 3
Councilman Edwards
4. 10:00 Am - Dredging Committee
Eugene Berger, Rob Lehnert
5. Local Law No Parking - Greenport
6. Mooring & Anchoring In Town Creeks
7. Local Law Peddlers, Solicitors & Transient Retail Merchants
8. Ethics Vacancies & Code Description
9. Sewer System Study In Mattituck
Supervisor Russell
10. Agricultural Planned Development District
11. 12:30 P.M. - Executive Session - Property Acquisition
Melissa Spiro, and LPC
12. Executive Session - Personnel
13. Helicopter Noise Nuisance
Councilman Edwards
OPENING STATEMENTS
V. RESOLUTIONS
2007-640
CATEGORY: Audit
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Approve Audit Dated 7/31/07
RESOLVED approves the audit dated
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
July 31, 2007.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-640
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
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2007-641
CATEGORY: Set Meeting
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Next Meeting 8/8/07 Fishers Island
RESOLVED
that the Fishers Island Annual Town Board Meeting of the Southold Town Board
be held, Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at Fishers Island, New York at 1:30 P. M..
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-641
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-642
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Trustees
Rescind 2007-615
RESOLVED rescinds resolution 2007-
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
615, adopted at the July 17, 2007 regular Town Board meeting, which read as follows:
RESOLVED
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends resolution 2007-598
adopted at the July 3, 2007 regular Town Board meeting to read as follows:
RESOLVED
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints the following
individuals to the position of part-time, seasonal Pump Out Boat operators for Fishers Island,
July 18,
under the jurisdiction of the Southold Town Board of Trustees, effective July 7, 2007
2007October 18, 2007
through October 7, 2007, , at a rate of $12.00 per hour:
Michael Conroy George Peabody George Cook
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Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-642
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-643
CATEGORY: Committee Resignation
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Accepts the Resignation of Frederick A. Ross, As a Member of the Board of Ethics
RESOLVEDaccepts, with regret, the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
resignation of Frederick A. Ross, as a member of the Board of Ethics,
effectiveimmediately.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-643
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-644
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
Appoint John Helf to Public Safety Dispatcher I
RESOLVEDappoints John Helf to the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
position of a Public Safety Dispatcher I
for the Southold Town Police Department, effective
August 2, 2007, at a rate of $41,856.02 annually.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-644
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-645
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
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DEPARTMENT: Accounting
Hire Adeline Witherspoon As Student Intern
RESOLVEDappoints Adeline
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Witherspoon to the position of a Student Intern
for the Town Historians’ Office, effective
August 1, 2007, at a rate of $11.27 per hour.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-645
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-646
CATEGORY: Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
Establish Capital Budget for Aerial Photos
RESOLVED
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the establishment
of the following Capital Project in the 2007 Capital Budget:
Capital Project Name: Digital Aerial Photos
Financing Method: Transfer from General Fund Whole Town
Budget: Revenues:
H.5031.10 Interfund Transfers $14,960
Appropriations:
H.1680.2.200.100 Data Processing
Capital Outlay
Digital Aerial Photos $14,960
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-646
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
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2007-647
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Recreation
Hire Seasonal Staff
RESOLVEDappoints the following
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
individual as a beach attendant for the period August 5 - September 3, 2007:
Caiti Derenze (1st year)………………………………………….. $9.42/hour
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-647
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-648
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Patrice Conklin Resignation
RESOLVEDaccepts the resignation of
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Patrice Conklin from her position as a part-time, Clerk Typist in the Town Clerk’s office
,
effective immediately.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-648
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-649
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
2007 Shellfish Contract
RESOLVEDauthorizes and directs
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
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Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute an Agreement with Cornell Cooperative Extension
in
connection with 2007 Southold Town Shellfish Program in the amount of $18,000 for the term
January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007, all in accordance with the approval of the Town
Attorney.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-649
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-650
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
Community Development Sub recipient Agreements
RESOLVEDauthorizes and directs
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute Sub recipient Agreements
in connection with the 2007
Community Development Block Grant Program for the following programs:
North Fork Early Learning Center, Child Day Care Program $7,500
Robert Perry Child Day Care Program $7,500
North Fork Housing Alliance $5,000
Community Action Southold Town of Southold (CAST) $5,000
Dominican Sisters $5,000
all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-650
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-651
CATEGORY: Close/Use Town Roads
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
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DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
MFD 100Th Anniversary Parade
RESOLVEDgrants permission to the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Mattituck Fire Department to use the following roads for its 100th Anniversary Parade
and Celebration on Saturday, September 8, 2007 beginning at 8:00 AM
:
Love Lane from Rt 25 to Pike Street
Pike Street from Westphalia to Rt 25 (at the High School)
Wickham Avenue from Rt 25 to Rt 48
2:00 PM to until parade ends (approx. 6:00 PM) – Rt 25 from Laurel Lane to Mill Lane
provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the
Town of Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley upon receipt of notification of
the approval of this resolution to coordinate traffic control.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-651
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-652
CATEGORY: Close/Use Town Roads
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Grant Permission to the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation to Use the Following Roads for Its 6Th Annual
Bike-A-Thon on Saturday, September 29, 2007
RESOLVEDgrants permission to the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
th
Cooley’s Anemia Foundation to use the following roads for its 6 Annual Bike-A-Thon on
Saturday, September 29, 2007
beginning in Riverhead at 7:30 AM:
62 Mile Ride: Heading east, Sound Avenue at town line, Laurel to Moore’s Lane,
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Greenport to Route 25 onto 6 Street, then Wiggins Street
20 Mile Ride: Heading east, Sound Avenue at town line, Laurel to Old Sound Avenue,
Mattituck to Factory Avenue, to Route 25, then west on 25 to Riverhead
provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the
Town of Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley, upon receipt of notification
of the approval of this resolution, to coordinate traffic control.
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Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-652
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-653
CATEGORY: Close/Use Town Roads
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Close a Portion of Gabriella Court for Block Party
RESOLVEDgrants permission to the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Christine Malone, representing families of Gabriella Court, Mattituck to use the following
roads for its 10-Year Anniversary Block Party on Saturday, August 18, 2007, from 3:00
PM to 8:00 PM
:
Gabriella Court, from Tabor Road to the cul-de-sac
provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the
Town of Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley, upon notification of the
approval of this resolution, to coordinate traffic control.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-653
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-654
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
Adopt Arbitrator’s Decision Dated 7/24/07
RESOLVED accepts and adopts in its entirety the Arbitrator’s
that the Town Board hereby
decision dated July 24, 2007, denying the CSEA’s “Boiler Shutdown” and “Blackout”
(CBA Section 22.2) Compensatory Time Grievances.
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Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-654
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-655
CATEGORY: Local Law Public Hearing
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
Ph LL 8/28 7:45 Pm AgPPD
WHEREAS
there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
“A Local Law in
County, New York, on the 31st day of July, 2007 a Local Law entitled
relation to an Agricultural Planned Development District”
, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVEDpublic hearing on the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a
aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York,
th
on the 28 day of August at 7:45 p.m.
at which time all interested persons will be given an
opportunity to be heard.
“A Local Law in relation to an Agricultural Planned
The proposed Local Law entitled,
Development District”
reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2007
“A Local Law in relation to an Agricultural Planned Development
A Local Law entitled,
District”
.
BE IT ENACTED
by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Legislative Intent.
Farmland is a critical component of the Town of Southold’s rural character. Agriculture
provides the cornerstone of the land use environment valued by year-round residents as well as
visitors. Numerous planning documents and studies in the Town’s comprehensive planning over
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the past 20 years have recognized this value and have recommended strategies to preserve this
key resource. In recent years, the Town has engaged in an aggressive effort to preserve farmland
through the use of a variety of conservation tools, most notably the purchase of development
rights. The Town has joined with other governmental agencies at the Federal, State and County
levels, and with conservation groups such as the Peconic Land Trust to further its efforts.
In addition, the Town has made use of various long- and short-term funding options to purchase
interests in farmland, such as the Community Preservation Fund (CPF) transfer tax, voter-
approved bonds and grants. The Town Board recognizes that preservation efforts must continue
in accordance with the Town’s comprehensive planning efforts and initiatives. Additional funds
will be required, and if possible, leveraged, to enable the Town to continue to purchase interests
in farmland and retain the Town’s rural character.
The Town Board determines that its land preservation efforts can best be accomplished
through a number of legislative initiatives. This local law creates an Agricultural Planned
Development District, a floating zone classification. The Agricultural Planned Development
District is intended to encourage the preservation and conservation of farmland, while preserving
land equity. It is intended to provide incentive to Landowners dedicated to the preservation and
conservation of farmland. New York State Town Law Sections 261-a and 261-c provide the
framework to accomplish these goals.
The Town Board seeks through this legislation to provide for the incremental sale of
development rights by landowners whose property is actually used in agricultural production.
This will be accomplished by providing a source of funds to facilitate agricultural production
without requiring the sale of all development rights applicable to the property, at the same time
reducing the density potential on the property. The benefit to the Town, in addition to
facilitating agricultural production, is the assurance that the Town will have the option purchase
the remaining development rights on a parcel, excepting those that are necessary for a
conservation subdivision at the density/open space percentage as required by this legislation.
II. Chapter 280 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to create
a new Article XXX, as follows:
Sec. 280-170. Purpose.
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The Agricultural Planned Development District emphasizes the importance of agriculture as both
a vital economic base and as a land form that provides the town with much of its rural character
and scenic beauty. This program will provide the landowner with another mechanism to access
the equity in his land by providing him with development rights that can be immediately
transferred or sold, incrementally or at one time, to facilitate the preservation of farmland
without having to subdivide his property. The development rights can be sold on an incremental
basis while assuring the Town of the opportunity to purchase the remaining development rights
applicable to the property, except those that may be used to develop a conservation subdivision.
This Agricultural Planned Development District creates a mechanism whereby the property can
be rezoned upon application of the landowner.
280-171 Definition
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS -- The rights permitted to a lot, parcel, or area of land under a
zoning ordinance or local law regarding permissible use, area, density, bulk, or height of
improvements executed thereon.
280-172. Classification.
A. The Agricultural Planned Development District (AgPDD) is established as a Planned
Development District pursuant to Town Law Section 261-c.
B. The AgPDD classification may be considered on a floating zone basis. Upon rezoning to
the AgPDD classification, all principal and accessory uses, restrictions and controls listed in the
specific AgPDD shall govern the lands subject to the rezoning.
280-173. Requirements for Eligibility.
All properties meeting the standards and criteria set forth in this Article shall be deemed
eligible for rezoning as an AgPDD. In order to be considered for rezoning to AgPDD, lands in
the Town of Southold must meet all of the following criteria:
A. The lands must consist of a sub-dividable parcel of at least seven (7)acres meeting the
Town’s preservation goals and included in the Community Preservation Project Plan (CPPP),
which may consist of a lot designated as a separate tax map number, or of two or more
contiguous lots with separate tax map numbers. A landowner may also apply for the rezoning of
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a parcel contiguous to property already zoned AgPDD or already preserved, even if smaller than
seven (7) acres.
B. The parcel must be enrolled in an agricultural district or individual commitment, pursuant
to Article 25AA of New York State Agriculture and Markets Law.
C. The Town Board must find that the parcel provides an environmental, physical,
economic, aesthetic, social or cultural benefit to the Town.
280-174. Zoning Approval; Application and review procedure.
The Town Board may rezone lands from that of their underlying zoning district to the AgPDD
classification upon written application of the landowner pursuant to this Article.
A. Application. An applicant shall submit two (2) copies of the following to the Town
Board:
1. Form of Application approved by the Town Board, including the name of the owner
and/or applicant, description of current use of the property, and disclosure affidavit;
2. Deed(s) covering all lands for which application is made;
3. Survey(s) or map(s) showing all lands proposed to be rezoned to AgPDD, and any
improvements on those lands.
B. Upon receipt of a completed application, the Town Board shall review the application at
a work session and make a preliminary determination whether the Board is interested in
considering rezoning of the parcel to AgPDD. If the Town Board is interested in considering the
rezoning, it shall refer the application to the Planning Board and the Land Preservation
Committee for review and recommendation.
C Upon receipt of the application, the Land Preservation Committee shall consider the
application at its next meeting and prepare recommendations to the Town Board with a copy to
the Planning Board.
D. If the applicant seeks agricultural and/or residential structure areas, the placement shall
be agreed upon among the Land Preservation Committee, the Planning Board and the landowner.
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E. Upon recommendation of the Planning Board and the and the Land Preservation
Committee, the Land Preservation Coordinator shall commission a survey and a title search of
the property, which will be forwarded to the Planning Department upon receipt.
F. The Planning Department will calculate the yield on the parcel based on the zoning in
effect at the time of the application. Yield will be calculated as follows:
Buildable Lands ÷ Minimum Lot Area of Zoning District= Yield on Entire Parcel.
The landowner will be informed of the number of development rights available on the parcel.
Any fractional amount shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Any existing non-
agricultural production uses shall reduce the number of development rights available for sale on
a parcel.
G. Environmental Review. The Town Board shall comply with SEQRA in acting upon any
application for the rezoning of any lands to the AgPDD classification.
H. The Planning Board and other committees shall provide a report within ninety (90) days
of the date of the meeting at which the referral is received from the Town Board. No action shall
be taken by the Town Board until receipt of the Planning Board report and other Committee
reports, as applicable, or the expiration of its 60-day review period, whichever comes first. The
review period may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant, the Town Board, the
Planning Board, and the Land Preservation Committee.
I. Planning Board Report. The Planning Board may recommend approval, approval with
conditions, or disapproval of the proposed rezoning. In preparing its report, the Planning Board
shall take into account the recommendations of the Southold Town Farm and Farmland
Protection Strategy, adopted as policy by Town Board resolution of January 18, 2000 and
supporting documents, the recommendations of the Land Preservation Committee, the studies
contained in the Town’s comprehensive planning efforts and initiatives, the existing
characteristics of the property and the surrounding properties, the environmental, social,
physical, aesthetic, economic and cultural aspects of the property and its surroundings, and such
other factors as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Article and this Chapter. The
Planning Board’s report shall provide detailed reasons for its recommendation.
J. Public Hearing. Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the Planning Board report, or the
expiration of the Planning Board review period, whichever occurs first, the Town Board may
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schedule a public hearing on the application, with the same notice prescribed for zoning
amendments.
K. Town Board Action. Within thirty (30) days of the date of the closing of the public
hearing, the Town Board shall either approve or disapprove the rezoning and file its decision
with the Town Clerk, with notice to the applicant. In approving such rezoning, the Town board
shall determine, after considering the Planning Board’s recommendation, that the subject parcel
contains adequate resources, environmental quality and public facilities, including adequate
transportation, water supply, waste disposal and fire protection, and that there will be no
significant environmentally damaging consequences. If approved, the Town Board shall amend
the zoning map of the Town in accordance with the approval and forward a copy of the
resolution containing the decision to the Planning Board, the Land Preservation Committee, the
Agricultural Advisory Committee, and the applicant. Any such approval shall be subject to the
Conditions of Approval as set forth below in 280-175 of this Chapter.
280-175. Conditions of Approval.
A. The boundaries of the re-zoned property, permitted uses thereon, and number of
development rights shall become part of this Town Code and the Zoning Map shall be amended
accordingly.
B The Land Preservation department shall coordinate the closing and filing of the easement
in accordance with their normal procedures for purchase of development rights.
C Easement.
1. Following a public hearing and approval of the rezoning pursuant to Chapter 280 of
the Town Code and Chapter 247 of the General Municipal Law, the Landowner shall
sell at least one (1) development right to the Town. The landowner shall file a
Preservation Easement (the “Easement”) on the property following the sale, in the
form provided by the Town, which shall indicate that at least one (1) development
right has been sold, and shall also indicate the number of remaining development
rights available for sale or transfer from the parcel.
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a. The easement shall be in a standard form, acceptable to the Landowner and
the Town Attorney and shall be consistent with the terms of the AgPDD.
b. The easement shall be recorded in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk.
280-176 Price for Development Rights
The Town Board shall by resolution, at least annually, set a price to be paid by the Town for AgPDD
development rights sales. This price shall be the fair market value of development rights for non-
waterfront farmland of average size with an average amount of road frontage, obtained from two
independent certified appraisers.
280-177. Subsequent Development Right Sales to the Town
A. At any time, the landowner may offer to sell development rights on all or part of the parcel that
has been zoned AgPDD. The development rights may be sold to the Town or to others provided that
the landowner enters into a conservation easement on the property in a form acceptable to the Town.
The conservation easement shall list the number of development rights sold and the number
remaining, based on the yield for the parcel as set forth at the time of rezoning to AgPDD.
B. At the discretion of the Town, the Town may commission a new survey and a title search of the
property.
C. The Land Preservation Coordinator shall make a determination of the number of development
rights remaining for purchase on the parcel based on the original yield as calculated by the Planning
Department less any development rights sold, and shall so advise the Land Preservation Committee.
The Land Preservation Committee shall make a recommendation to the Town Board on the purchase
of development rights.
D. The Town Board shall hold a public hearing on the question of the purchase of development
rights from the AgPDD zoned parcel, and may adopt a resolution approving or disapproving the sale.
Any resolution shall set forth the number of development rights purchased and the number
remaining on the parcel. At the time of sale, a preservation easement as set forth above in 280-175
shall be filed indicating the additional number of development rights that have been extinguished
from the parcel, and the remaining number of development rights.
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E. Development rights may be purchased by the Town in increments of one-half (1/2) of a
development right.
F. The Town Board shall not be required to purchase development rights from a parcel zoned
AgPDD sooner than 180 (one hundred and eighty) days after the previous purchase on the same
parcel, and any refusal by the Town to do so shall not be considered an election not to purchase
pursuant to §280-180E.
G. Upon the landowner’s application, the Town shall purchase ten percent (10%) of the landowners
residual development rights, or not less than one full development right, per calendar year. Any
fractional amount shall be rounded to the nearest half of a development right. The Town may, if
requested by the landowner, purchase more or less than ten percent each year.
H. No application for sale of development rights received after November 1 of any calendar year
shall be closed until the following calendar year, unless the Town and the landowner mutually agree
to close in the same year.
I. Participation in the AgPDD shall not preclude the landowner from participation in other
preservation programs, including but not limited to, negotiating with the Town for the sale of all
development rights. If the landowner chooses to negotiate with the Town for sale of development
rights, the Town will pay for the appraisal one time. Any subsequent negotiations and application for
sale of development rights through the Land Preservation program will be permitted, however the
Town will obtain the appraisal at the expense of the landowner.
280-178. (Reserved)
280-179. Clearing House.
The Land Preservation Coordinator will maintain a log indicating the development rights sold and
remaining on any parcel zoned AgPDD. The easement executed and recorded by the landowner at
the time of each sale will indicate the number of development rights sold and the number remaining
on the parcel.
§280-180 Conditions
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A. Any reserved area for development shall be set by the Town Board and defined in the Town
Code at the time of rezoning to AgPDD. A landowner may apply to the Town Board to amend such
code if circumstances have changed since the rezoning. Any new additional reserved area will be
deducted from the available development rights on the parcel, and any reduction in the reserved area
may increase the development rights available on the parcel. Any reserved area for development
shall not exceed 20% of the buildable area of the parcel.
B. Any structure proposed on a parcel which is zoned AgPDD will require the approval of the Land
Preservation Committee prior to issuance of a building permit. The approval of the committee shall
take into account the conditions set forth in the preservation easement on the property.
C. If a residential structure exists on property zoned AgPDD, any new structure accessory to such
residence must be located within 150 feet of the existing residential structure.
D. Any structures, other than those for agricultural production, shall reduce the number of
development rights available for sale or transfer.
E. If the Town elects not to purchase 10% of development rights as set forth in 280-177G, the
landowner may pursue a Standard Subdivision as set forth in §280-181C. If there has been a
subsequent request by the landowner for purchase of development rights and an agreement by the
Town to purchase at least 10% development rights pursuant to §280-177G, the landowner is not
eligible to pursue a standard subdivision.
§280-181 Subdivision
A. If the landowner of property zoned AgPDD files for subdivision of the property, the land
Preservation Coordinator shall advise the Planning Board of the number of development rights
remaining on the parcel.
B. Any conservation subdivision of AgPDD property must accomplish preservation of eighty
percent (80%) of the parcel, and density reduction of seventy-five percent (75%) of the original
yield. If the landowner elects to pursue this Conservation Subdivision, the land preserved by sale of
development rights shall apply toward the required preservation component.
C. If the Town elects not to purchase 10% of development rights as set forth in 280-177G, the
landowner may pursue a Standard Subdivision. For a period of ten years from the date of the Town’s
election not to purchase development rights pursuant to §280-177G, the yield for the subdivision
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shall be based on the zoning in effect on the parcel at the time it was zoned AgPDD, after which the
yield shall be that of the underlying zone in effect as of the date of the subdivision. Any land
preserved by sale of development rights shall not be applied toward any preservation or subdivision
open space requirement. The yield calculated pursuant to §280-174F shall not be the yield for the
standard subdivision. The standard subdivision yield shall be calculated pursuant to Chapter 240 of
the Town Code.
III. SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
IV. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-655
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-656
CATEGORY: Planning
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
LL AgPPD to SCPC & STPD
RESOLVEDauthorizes and directs the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Town Clerk to forward "A Local Law in relation to an Agricultural Planned Development
District" to the Southold Town Planning Board and Suffolk County Planning for review
and comments.
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
Page 21
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-656
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-657
CATEGORY: Local Law Public Hearing
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
PH LL 8/28 7:50 Pm Peddling
WHEREAS,
there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
“A Local Law in
County, New York, on the 31st day of July, 2007 a Local Law entitled
relation to Amendments to Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Retail Merchants”
now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the
aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, on the
28th day of August, 2007 at 7:50 p.m.
at which time all interested persons will be given an
opportunity to be heard.
“A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Peddlers,
The proposed Local Law entitled,
Solicitors and Transient Retail Merchants”
reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2007
“A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Peddlers, Solicitors and
A Local Law entitled,
Transient Retail Merchants”
.
BE IT ENACTED
by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Purpose –
To update the procedures for registration and regulation of certain
peddlers, solicitors and transient retail businesses in the Town of Southold, and require that they
be located in appropriate areas.
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Page 22
II.
Chapter 197 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows:
§ 197-1. Legislative intent.
The purpose of this chapter is to prevent business practices of provide for the registration and
regulation of certain peddlers, solicitors and transient retail businesses from existing in the Town
of Southold, with certain exceptions, as otherwise provided herein, by providing for the
registration and regulation of the conduct of certain peddlers, solicitors and canvassers and
otherwise eliminateing certain practices.
§197-2. Definitions.
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PEDDLER -- A person who goes from place to place by traveling on foot or by any type of
conveyance on the streets or from house to house carrying, transporting or conveying goods,
wares, merchandise, foods, farm products or provisions, offering and exposing the same for sale
or making sales and deliveries to purchasers or who solicits orders and, as a separate transaction,
makes deliveries to purchasers. The word "peddler" shall include the words "hawker" and
"huckster."
PERSON -- Includes the singular and the plural and shall also include and mean any individual,
firm, partnership, corporation, voluntary association, incorporated association, club, society or
other organization and any officer, employee or agent thereof.
SOLICITOR and/or CANVASSER -- Any person who goes from place to place or house to
house or stands in any street or public place taking or offering to take orders for goods, wares or
merchandise, except as hereinafter exempted, or for services to be performed in the future or for
making, manufacturing or repairing any article or thing whatsoever for future delivery.
TRANSIENT RETAIL BUSINESS -- A retail or wholesale business conducted in a temporary
structure or tent; from a truck, van or trailer; on a parking lot or vacant parcel of land; on a part
of public right-of-way; or in any other place for a temporary period of time. Lack of a rental or
leasing agreement of three months' or more duration, sealed by monetary consideration, shall be
presumptive of a temporary situation. The type of merchandise being offered for sale will have
no bearing on the designation.
§197-3. License required.
It shall be unlawful for any peddler or solicitor to sell or dispose of or to offer to sell or dispose
of any goods, wares or merchandise within the Town of Southold or to solicit or act as a solicitor
from door to door within the Town of Southold, or to operate a transient retail business without
first registering with the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold as provided in this chapter and
obtaining the license prescribed.
§197-4. Exemptions.
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A. The requirements of this chapter as to the payment of a license fee (but not as to
registration) shall be held not to include the following persons, who are expressly exempt from
its application:
(1) Any person honorably discharged from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force or
Marine Corps or other components of the military forces of the United States.
(2) Persons engaged in delivering merchandise of any nature whatsoever on regular,
scheduled routes to regular costumers, including specifically but not limited to persons
delivering dairy products, bread and other merchandise over such routes; and, with respect to
persons mentioned in this subsection, they shall be exempt from all requirements of this chapter
relating to the payment of the license fee or license fees, terms and conditions.
B. This chapter shall not apply to any of the following: [Amended 3-24-1992 by L.L. No. 8-
1992]
(1) Sales conducted pursuant to statute.
(2) Sales conducted pursuant to the order by any court.
(3) Any person selling personal property at wholesale to dealers in such articles.
(4) The sale of fruits and vegetables raised on the property where being sold.
(5) Persons soliciting, collecting or operating a sale on behalf of any local bona fide
charitable, religious, patriotic or other organization of worthy cause deemed to be in the public
interest and which organization is represented locally by a Town resident.
(6) Any person selling personal property at a garage sale held at his residence.
(7) The sale of newspapers.
(8) Any merchant having an established place of business within the Town of
Southold.
§197-5. Permitted activities.
A. The following activities shall be the only activities which can be licensed pursuant to this
chapter:
(1) The sale of ice cream, milk and other dairy products.
(2) The sale of hot dogs, soda and other items customarily found on hot dog vending trucks.
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(3) The operation of coffee trucks and the sale of goods ordinarily associated therewith.
B. All other businesses hereinabove defined as transient retail businesses
shall be illegal in the Town of Southold.
§197-6. Application for license.
Any person desiring a license under this chapter shall first register with the Town Clerk of the
Town of Southold and shall file with said Town Clerk an application, in writing, containing the
following information:
A. The name of the applicant.
B. The applicant’s permanent home residence.
C. The name, address and telephone number of the person from whom goods making up the
stock, if any, were or are to be purchased.
D. Three bona fide business references.
E. The place or places of residence of the applicant for the next preceding three years.
F. Two recent photographs of the applicant, approximately 2 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches in
size, together with a complete set of fingerprints.
G. A description of the goods, wares or merchandise to be sold and offered for sale and/or
the purpose of his proposed canvassing or solicitation.
H. For transient retail business, the location where the business will be conducted and a
survey showing the proposed location.
H.I. The length of time for which the license is required and registration is to be effective.
I.J. Details of any arrests or convictions for misdemeanors and crimes, including the nature
of the offense for which arrested or convicted, the date of conviction and the place where said
conviction was had.
J.K. To said application and as a part thereof, there shall be attached a letter from the firm or
corporation for which the applicant works, authorizing the applicant to act as its representative.
K.L. A statement by a reputable physician, dated not more than 10 days prior to the
submission of the application, certifying the applicant to be free of contagious infections or
contagious diseases.
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L.M. An authorization certification from the New York Sales Tax Bureau.
§197-7. Investigation of applicant. Application referral.
A. Each application shall be referred to the Police Department, which shall,
without delay, institute such an investigation of the applicant's business and moral character as it
deems necessary for the protection of the public good and complete the same within a reasonable
time. No license shall be issued until the application shall have been approved by the Police
Department. The approval or rejection shall be endorsed on the application by the Chief of Police
or officer in charge.
B. Transient Retail Business Applications shall be referred to the Building
Department for review of compliance with zoning and site plan requirements.
§197-8. Issuance of license; records; possession.
A. The license shall be issued on forms drawn in accordance with this chapter. They shall be
consecutively numbered and shall contain spaces for the insertion of the name, location of the
business and amount of fee paid.
B. There shall be kept in the office of the Town Clerk the necessary books for recording the
time the application was received, showing whether it is an application for a new or renewal
license, the name of the license, the date of approval by the Town Clerk, the amount of fee
received therefor and the date when the license was issued.
C. Every person holding a license under this chapter shall be required to have in his
possession the license at all times while actually engaged in peddling.
§197-9. Fees; expiration of license.
A. The nonrefundable fee for each license application pursuant to this chapter shall be $200
per year or $50 per day or fraction thereof.
B. Licenses shall be issued on an annual basis and shall expire on December 31 of the year
of issuance.
§197-10. Restrictions.
A. A hawker, peddler or solicitor shall:
A.1. Not engage in such business at any time between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
B.2. Not willfully misstate the quantity or quality of any article offered for sale.
C.3. Not offer for sale any unwholesome, tainted, deleterious or diseased provisions or
merchandise.
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D.4. Keep the vehicles and receptacles used by him in a clean and sanitary condition and the
foodstuffs and edibles offered for sale well covered and protected from dirt, dust and insects.
E.5. Not call attention to his goods by blowing a horn, by ringing a bell other than a house
doorbell, by shouting or crying out or by any loud or unusual noise.
F.6. Not stand or permit the vehicles used by him to stand in one place in any public place or
street for more than 10 minutes or in front of any premises for any time if the owner or any
lessee of the premises objects.
G.7. Not create or maintain any booth or stand or place any barrels, boxes, crates or other
obstructions upon any street or public place for the purpose of selling or exposing for sale any
goods, wares or merchandise.
H.8. Not engage in such business within 500 feet of any school between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m. on school days.
I.9. Not sell or peddle prepared foods of any kind, including ice cream, confectionery,
beverages, prepackaged snack foods, hot dogs, hamburgers and other sandwiches, on any Town
beach upon which is located a concession stand operated under an agreement with the Town or
on any parking area adjacent thereto.
10. Not peddle or solicit in any congested place or area when or where such activity may
impede, endanger or inconvenience the public or add to the congestion of such place or area. For
the purposes of this subsection, the judgment of any peace officer, code enforcement officer of
the Town of Southold or police officer, exercised in good faith, shall be deemed conclusive as to
the existence of congestions and as to whether the public is impeded, endangered or
inconvenienced.
B. A transient retail business shall be:
1. Located on a property in a zoning district where retail is permitted.
2. Subject to site plan review by the Planning Board for adequate ingress/egress and
parking.
§197-11. Revocation of license; hearing.
A license may be revoked by the Town Clerk or the Chief of Police by reason of violation or the
terms of the license, the violation of any Town ordinance or state or federal statute or
falsification or fraud in applying for the license. The licensed person may, upon making
application to the Town Clerk, in writing, request a hearing by the Town Board upon the
revocation or suspension of the aforesaid license.
§ 197-12. Signs.
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Page 27
Appropriate signs, as the Town Board of the Town of Southold shall deem necessary, shall be
erected by the Highway Department of the Town of Southold at such places within the Town of
Southold as the Town Board directs, advising of the existence of this chapter.
Any signs associated with sales and business conducted pursuant to this Chapter shall be subject
to Chapter 280, Zoning, Article XIX, Signs, of this Town Code.
§ 197-13. Penalties for offenses.
Any person required by this chapter to procure a license who violates its terms or who violates
any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay not less than
$500 or more than $2,500 for the first offense and no less than $1,000 or more than $5,000 for
the second or any subsequent offense.
III. SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
IV. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-657
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-658
CATEGORY: Planning
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
Peddlers LL to SCPC & STPD
RESOLVEDauthorizes and directs the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Town Clerk to forward "A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Chapter 197-
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Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Retail Merchants" to the Southold Town Planning
Board and Suffolk County Planning for review and comments.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-658
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
? ? ? ?
Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
????????
Louisa P. Evans
????????
Scott Russell
2007-659
CATEGORY: Committee Appointment
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Appoint Brian J. Hughes to Bd of Ethics
RESOLVEDappoints Brian J. Hughes
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
to the Southold Town Board of Ethics
to fill the unexpired term of Frederick A. Ross, effective
immediately through March 31, 2010.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-659
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
????????
Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-660
CATEGORY: Public Service
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Waive 30 Day Notification for Liquor License Renewal for Farmer Bar
RESOLVED waives the 30 Day
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
notification for the renewal of a liquor license to Farmer Bar
, 4805 Depot Lane, Cutchogue,
New York.
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
Page 29
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-660
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-661
CATEGORY: Committee Appointment
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Appoint Chris R. Showalter to the Dredging Advisory Committee
RESOLVEDappoints Chris R.
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Showalter to the Dredging Advisory Committee
effective immediately through March 31,
2009.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-661
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
? ? ? ?
Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
????????
Louisa P. Evans
????????
Scott Russell
2007-662
CATEGORY: Close/Use Town Roads
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Waive Parking Regulations Along Roadside At 10550 Nassau Point Rd., Cutchogue
RESOLVEDwaives the “No Parking”
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
regulations along the roadside by 10550 Nassau Point Road, Cutchogue on Saturday,
August 4, 2007
, to accommodate guest parking for a memorial service.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-662
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
Southold Town Meeting Agenda - July 31, 2007
Page 30
2007-663
CATEGORY: Planning
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
Dredging Projects - Town Co-Permittee
RESOLVEDthat the Town will act
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold determines
as co-permittee with Suffolk County on dredging projects within the Town, and authorizes
Supervisor Russell to execute any necessary documents relating to dredging permit
applications.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-663
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-664
CATEGORY: Seqra
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
LL No Parking Oak and Maple Streets Type II SEQRA
RESOLVEDfinds that the adoption of
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
the local law entitled “A Local Law in relation to No Parking area on Oak Street and
Maple Street in Greenport During School Hours” is classified as a Type II Action pursuant
to SEQRA Rules and Regulations
, 6 NYCRR Section 617.5, is not subject to review under
SEQRA, and is exempt from review under Chapter 268 of the Town Code of the Town of
Southold, Waterfront Consistency Review.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-664
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
? ? ? ?
Albert Krupski Jr.
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Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
????????
Louisa P. Evans
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Scott Russell
2007-636
Tabled 7/17/2007 4:30 PM
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Page 31
CATEGORY: Enact Local Law
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Enact LL #16 Cell Towers
WHEREAS
there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,
“Temporary Moratorium on
New York, on the 19th day of June, 2007, a Local Law entitled,
the Processing, Review of, and making Decisions on applications for Building Permits, Site
Plans and Special Exception Use Permits for Wireless Communication Facilities in the
Town of Southold”
; and
WHEREAS
the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid
Local Law on July 17, 2007, at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be
heard, now therefore be it
RESOLVEDENACTS
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby the proposed
“Temporary Moratorium on the Processing, Review of, and making
Local Law entitled,
Decisions on applications for Building Permits, Site Plans and Special Exception Use
Permits for Wireless Communication Facilities in the Town of Southold”
reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. _16_of 2007
Temporary Moratorium on the Processing, Review of, and making Decisions on
applications for Building Permits, Site Plans and Special Exception Use Permits for Wireless
Communication Facilities in the Town of Southold.
BE IT ENACTED BY the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
Section 1. PURPOSE AND INTENT
The Town Board is considering the important implications of the recent proliferation of
wireless communication facilities projects within the Town, including already constructed cell
towers, towers currently under Town review and proposed cell tower projects. The Town Board
believes that a haphazard, piecemeal approach to the proliferation of such towers could be
detrimental to the character of the Town, including its active farmland, open spaces, scenic
byways and vistas, all of which the Town has expended substantial resources to preserve,
cultivate and maintain. The Town Board recognizes that the existing Zoning Code is inadequate
to deal with the inherent conflict between the need for cell towers, for emergency and other
communication purposes, and the Town’s other planning goals.
The size and scale of the Town, the scale of its agricultural and rural history, and the
long-range goals of the Town (as set forth in the recently adopted Hamlet Study and other past
planning studies) dictate that wireless communication facilities should be placed in a strategic
manner so as to coexist as peacefully as possible with the Town’s historical, agricultural and
rural culture. Regulations on the size, location and appearance of wireless communication
facilities are necessary to address the problems these structures create.
It is critical that the issues be handled in a comprehensive manner, crucial legislative
decisions made and those decisions implemented. The Town is establishing a Wireless
Communication Facility Task Force to work with the Planning Board, Planning Department and
the Town Attorney to review the locations, size and appearance of cell towers, to update and
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create new legislation that will comprehensively meet the long-range goals of the Town. The
Town Board finds that it is reasonable and in the public interest to temporarily suspend the
application process for wireless communication facilities so that it has adequate time to examine,
assess and address these uses that would otherwise be detrimental to the community.
For the reasons stated above and to permit the Town Board to decide on and enact needed
legislation, this moratorium is necessary.
Section 2. ENACTMENT OF TEMPORARY MORATORIUM
For a period of One Hundred Eighty (180) Days following the effective date of this Local
Law after which date this Local Law shall lapse and be without further force and effect and
subject to any other Local Law adopted by the Town Board during the One Hundred Eighty
(180) Day period:
1) the Planning Board shall not accept for review, continue review, hold a hearing
or make any decision upon any application for a site plan containing a
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY, whether submitted prior to or
after the effective date of this law, and shall not be subject to the time periods
specified in Town Law §274-a and Article XXV of the Southold Town Code,
including without limitation, provisions relating to the processing, reviewing,
holding of hearings and the rendering of decisions. The statutory and locally-
enacted time periods for processing and making decisions on all aspects of said
site plan applications are suspended and stayed while this Local Law is in
effect. All terms used in this Local Law are as defined in §280-4 of the Code
of the Town of Southold.
2) The Zoning Board of Appeals shall not accept for review, continue review,
hold a hearing on, continue a hearing or make any decision upon any
application for a special exception use permit containing a WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION FACILITY, whether submitted prior to or after the
effective date of this law, and shall not be subject to the time periods specified
in Town Law §274-b and Chapter 280 of the Southold Town Code, including
without limitation, provisions relating to the processing, reviewing, holding of
hearings and the rendering of decisions. The statutory and locally-enacted time
periods for processing and making decisions on all aspects of said special
exception use permits are suspended and stayed while this Local Law is in
effect. All terms used in this Local Law are as defined in §280-4 of the Code
of the Town of Southold.
3) The Building Inspector shall not accept for review, continue review or make
any determination upon any application for a building permit proposing a
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY, whether submitted prior to or
after the effective date of this law, and shall not be subject to the time periods
specified in Town Law §274-a, Chapter 280 and Article XXV of the Southold
Town Code, including without limitation, provisions relating to the processing,
reviewing and the rendering of determinations. The statutory and locally-
enacted time periods for processing and making determinations on all aspects
of said building permit applications are suspended and stayed while this Local
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Law is in effect. All terms used in this Local Law are as defined in §280-4 of
the Code of the Town of Southold.
Section 3. APPLICATION
This Local Law shall apply to ALL [new or pending] applications for site plans or special
exception use permits for WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITIES in the Town of
Southold.
Section 4. EXCLUSIONS
This Local Law shall not apply to:
1) Site plans for which final or conditional final approval was granted by the Planning
Board prior to the effective date of this Local Law.
2) Applications for co-location of wireless telecommunication facilities inside a
permitted tower, with no component parts visible from the exterior.
Section 5. CONFLICT WITH STATE STATUTES AND AUTHORITY TO SUPERSEDE
To the extent that any provisions of this Local Law are in conflict with or are construed
as inconsistent with the provisions of New York State Town Law, this Local Law supersedes,
amends and takes precedence over NYS Town Law pursuant to the Town’s municipal home rule
powers, pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law §10(1)(ii)(d)(3); §10(1)(ii)(a)(14) and §22 to
supersede any inconsistent authority.
In particular, to the extent and degree any provisions of this Local Law are construed as
being inconsistent with the provisions of Town Law §274-a, §274-b and the provisions and
requirements set forth in Chapter 280 of the Southold Town Code, which require that the
Planning Board or Zoning Board of Appeals process, review, hold hearings on, and act upon
applications for site plans and special exception use permits within specified time periods, this
Local Law suspends and stays the running of time periods for processing, review, holding
hearings on, making decisions, and taking action on such applications provided for in those laws
and is intended to supersede and amend any said inconsistent authority.
Section 6. APPEAL PROCEDURES
a. The Town Board shall have the authority to vary or waive the application of any
provision of this Local Law if, in its legislative discretion, upon its determination, the variance or
waiver is required to alleviate an extraordinary hardship affecting a parcel of property. To grant
such request, the Town Board must find that a variance or waiver will not adversely affect the
purpose of this Local Law, the health, safety or welfare of the Town of Southold, or any
comprehensive planning efforts being undertaken in the Town. The Town Board shall take into
account the existing land use in the immediate vicinity of the property, the range of business
opportunities in the vicinity of the property and the surrounding hamlet, the rural, cultural,
historic and business character of the hamlet, and the impact of the variance or waiver on the
open and recreational space, and transportation infrastructure of the Town. The application must
comply with all other applicable provisions of the Southold Town Code.
b. Any request for a variance or waiver shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall
include a fee of two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars for the processing of such application, along
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with copies of the site development plan and any related information required in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Chapter 280 of the Southold Town Code.
c. All such applications shall, within five (5) days of filing with the Town Clerk be
referred to the Planning Board, which shall have ten (10) days following receipt to make a
recommendation to approve or disapprove a variance or waiver of this Local Law. The
application and recommendation shall be transmitted to the Town Board. The Town Board may
conduct a public hearing and make a final decision on the application, with or without
conditions. Final approval is reserved to the absolute legislative discretion of the Town Board
Section 7. SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law
as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 8. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-636
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
? ? ? ?
Albert Krupski Jr.
?
Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
??
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
??
Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
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Withdrawn
????????
Louisa P. Evans
????????
Scott Russell
2007-638
Tabled 7/17/2007 4:30 PM
CATEGORY: Enact Local Law
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Enact LL Sign Regulations
WHEREAS
there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
th
“A Local Law in Relation
County, New York on the 5 day of June, 2007, a Local Law entitled
to Amendments to the Sign Regulations”,
AND
WHEREAS
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid
Local Law at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, now
therefor be it
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RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the proposed
“Local Law in Relation to Amendments to the Sign Regulations”,
which reads as follows:
Local Law No. _18_ of 2007
Section 1. Purpose
. The purpose of this Local Law is to allow for the removal of signs located
on public property without notice to the beneficiary of the sign, and to establish a monetary
penalty for violations.
Section 2. Code Amendment
. Chapter 280 Zoning of the Code of the Town of Southold is
hereby amended as follows:
§ 280-88. Unsafe, abandoned and unlawful signs.
A. The ownerbeneficiary of a sign and the owner of the premises on which such sign is
located shall be jointly liable to maintain such sign, including its illumination sources, in a neat
and orderly condition and good working order at all times and to prevent the development of any
rust, corrosion, rotting or other deterioration in the physical appearance or safety of such sign.
B. If the Building Inspector shall find determinesthat any sign regulated herein is unsafe,
insecure, damaged, deteriorated, or a menace to the public is an immediate peril to person or
,
propertyor has been erectedon property other than private property or in violation of the
provisions of this chapter, he shall give written notice by certified mail to the owner of the
premises on which such sign is located, as shown on the latest Town assessment roll. Said sign
and all appurtenances shall be taken down and removed by the owner, agent or person having the
beneficial use of the building or structure upon which such sign may be found within 30 days
after written notification from the Building Inspector. Upon the failure to comply with such
notice within the time specified therein, the Building Inspector is authorized to remove or cause
the removal of such sign at the expense of the person or persons named in such notice. such sign
.
may be removed and disposed of by the Town without prior noticeUpon such removal, all costs
and expenses incurred by the Town for the removal and storage of such sign shall be assessed
against the land on which such sign was located the responsibility of the owner or beneficiary of
such sign. The Town may pursue any and all remedies available at law to recover any unpaid
costs associated with removal of any sign, including filing a statementand a statement of such
expenses shall be presented to the owner of the land. If such statement is not paid within 30 days
after its presentment, the Building Inspector may file a statement with the Town Assessors,
identifying the property in connection with which such expenses were incurred and the owner
thereof as shown on the latest assessment roll of the Town. The Assessors, in the preparation of
the next assessment roll, shall assess such amount upon such property. Such amount shall be
included in the levy against such property, shall constitute a lien and shall be collected and
enforced in the same manner, by the same proceedings, at the same time and under the same
penalty as is provided by law for the collection and enforcement of real property taxes in the
Town of Southold. The owner of the sign removed by the Building Inspector as hereinbefore
provided shall not be permitted to redeem such sign until all expenses of removal and storage
have been paid.
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C. If, in the determination of the Building Inspector, a sign is an immediate peril to persons
or property, he may cause such sign to be removed summarily and without notice. The cost of
such removal shall be paid by the Town, and such amount shall be and become a lien upon the
premises in question and shall be levied and collected in the same manner and under the same
penalties as an assessment of a public improvement.
C. At the discretion of the Building Inspector, a sign may be stored by the Town and notice
given by certified mail or personal service to the owner and/or beneficiary of the sign. Such sign
may be redeemed by the owner or beneficiary upon payment of the removal and storage costs.
Any sign stored by the Town and not redeemed within 30 days of the date of mailing may be
disposed of without additional notice.
D. The owner of property upon which a sign is located, or any person that erects, installs or
maintains a sign in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense
punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. per sign, or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or
both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3. Severability
. If any section or subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase or provision of
this law shall be adjudged to be invalid or held unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, any judgment made thereby shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any
part thereof other than the part or provision so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. Effective Date
. This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the
Secretary of State.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-638
?
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
? ? ? ?
Albert Krupski Jr.
?
Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
??
Adopted as Amended
??
Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
??
Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
??
Withdrawn
????????
Louisa P. Evans
????????
Scott Russell
2007-533
Tabled 6/5/2007 7:30 PM
CATEGORY: Enact Local Law
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Enact a Local Law In Relation to No Parking Area on Oak Street and Maple Street In Greenport During
School Hours
WHEREAS,
there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
th
“A Local Law in relation
County, New York, on the 8 day of May, 2007 a Local Law entitled
to No Parking area on Oak Street and Maple Street in Greenport During School Hours”
and
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WHEREAS
the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid
th
5 day of
Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, on the
June, 2007 at 7:50 p.m.
at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be
heard, now therefore be it
RESOLVED
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the proposed
“A Local Law in relation to No Parking area on Oak Street and Maple
Local Law entitled,
Street In Greenport During School Hours”
that reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 19 of 2007
“A Local Law in relation to No Parking area on Oak Street
A Local Law entitled,
and Maple Street in Greenport During School Hours”
.
BE IT ENACTED
by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
V. Purpose -
In order to provide for the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of
the Town of Southold, the Town Board finds it necessary to enact these limited parking
restrictions in this school zone.
VI.
Chapter 92 of the Vehicle and Traffic Code of the Town of Southold is hereby
amended as follows:
§ 92-42. Parking Prohibited during certain hours.
The parking of vehicles is hereby prohibited between the hours indicated in any of
the following locations:
Name of Street Side Between the Location
Hours of
Oak Street Both 9:00 a.m. and In Greenport,
3:00 p.m., from the intersection of Sixth
Mondays through Avenue and Oak Street to
Fridays from and the terminus of Oak Street
including Sep-
tember through
and including
June
Maple Street Both 9:00 a.m. and In Greenport,
3:00 p.m., from the intersection of Sixth
Mondays through Avenue and Maple Street to
Fridays from and the terminus of Maple Street
including Septem-
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ber through and
including June
VII. SEVERABILITY
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be
adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall
not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part
so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.
VIII. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of
State as provided by law.
Vote Record - Resolution RES-2007-533
?
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
? ? ? ?
Albert Krupski Jr.
?
Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards
??
Adopted as Amended
??
Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross
??
Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham
??
Withdrawn
????????
Louisa P. Evans
????????
Scott Russell
CLOSING STATEMENTS
29. Motion To:
Adjourn Town Board Meeting
COMMENTS - Current Meeting:
RESOLVED
that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared adjourned at
__________ P.M.
* * * * *
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk