HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB-09/09/1991PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS
Bennett Orlowski. Jr., Chairman
George Ritchie Latham. Jr.
Richard G. Ward
Mark S. McDonald
Kenneth L_ Edwards
Telephone (516) 765-1938
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
SCOTT L. HARRIS
Supervisor
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold. New York l 1971
Fax (516~ 765-1823
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
Present were:
Bennett Orlowski Jr., Chairman
G. Richie Latham
Kenneth Edwards
Richard Ward
Mark McDonald
Valerie Scopaz, Town Planner
Melissa Spire, Planner
Holly Perrone, Secretary
Mr. Orlowski: Good evening, I would like to call this meeting
to order. First order of business is the setting of the next
Planning Board Meeting. Board to set Monday, September 30, 1991
at 7:30 p.m. at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold as
the time and place for the next regular Planning Board Meeting.
Mr. Ward: So moved.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Subdivisions - Final:
Mr. Orlowski: Harry Hohn This minor subdivision is for
three lots on 7.368 acres located on the southwest corner of
Aborn Lane and Nassau Point Road in Cutchogue.
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SCTM ~ 1008-%18-6-1. We have proof of publication in both the
local papers and everything is in order for a final hearing I
will~a~if there are any objections to this subdivision? '
George Burrell: Yes, I have an objection. I have written on
three occasions in connection with it and I don~t know to what
extent they have been met by any consideration. However, I do
think that the matter should be postponed at the present time.
As of ten o'clock this morning when I appeared at the Planning
Board office, there was still documentation that had not been
supplied~ There still was a declaration that had not been
completely revised although I was told it was going to be
revised and I would assume that it has been by this time. But I
have not seen, as of this moment, any such revisions on those
declarations, it seems to me and the objections which I voiced
in my letters previously ..... It is known to you if you haVe
read my letters and I think they are pertinent and I think that
they should be considered or I should be given an opportunity to
adjust them.more realistically after I have seen all of the
documentation. For example~ wate~ supply system, the
declaration, the sketch or final map that has been submitted
seems to be filled full of certain discrepanciesw nothing else.
There certainly is a lot of material in there which is pertinent
to the particular review by the Planning. They seem to have
been taken out on one occasion, but not fully on the second
occasion so that these things ~have been tQld and have been
presented and yet as of this moment, they have no~ been
addressed as far as I am concerned. It seems~ to me that on the
basis of that and on the basis of what has yet to be read into
the record and I haven't seen them and I think I am entitled to
it, there should be a short adjournment so that we can respond
to it. I don't even know that I do have any objections to that
as yet, but certainly I should like to have the opportunity to
do so and I addressed this in my letter on August 16th, August
26th, and again in a letter dated yesterday. On all occasions
I addressed just that particular point of view and as of now, I
have not had any of the documentation that I think is pertinent
to a final determination. I think that there should be a short
postponement in order to give me an opportunity, and give the
board a opportunity to address the letter that I sent in which I
personally delivered at 10 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Orlowski: O.K., any other objections to this subdivision?
Mr. George Burrell: May I ask that the record include the
letters that I have filed with you and the objections that I
have made.
Mr. Orlowski: Yes, they will be in the record.
Mr. Burrell: And that there should be some documentation as
to the extent of the Planning Board determination here. For
example, you address in the declaration, as I have seen it
certain lots which belong to me and yet they seem to be part of
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the subdivision° You put in other declarations for
delineations, for what ever it is designations on property
again, which is on my property and yet its not in there, yet it
seems to have a stamp of approval of the Planning Board. Now, I
do note from my first letter that when I did make that objection
previously, they did take out some of the things that were on my
property leaving certain other matters to be, I don't know, for
the future to be determined or whether it is to have the stamp
of approval of the Planning Board. This is something that is
very pertinent and which I addressed in my letter and I think
deserves consideration for a postponement so that we can present
just that kind of thing.
Mr. Orlowski: Well, nothing has a stamp of approval on it yet.
Mr. Burrell: I appreciate that, that is why I am asking for a
postponement so that we could go into the matter so that we
could get a final dete~ination and get this done for once and
for all. I don't like this appearing and objecting to these
things anymore then anybody else does. I don~t like to waste my
time especially at this moment, I have other things on my mind
right now and I just don't feel that this should be rushed
through on the basis of a last minute, I don't know,
corrections, revisions or what have you and they certainly
don't. And the things I have seen don't conform to the matters
which have been set forth by the water resources and by the
declarations themselveS. That does not conform and they should
be reviewed.
Mr. Orlowski: O.K., any other objections? Hearing none, are
there any endorsements of this subdivision?
Mr. John Wagner: Good evening, I'm with Esseks, ~efter, and
Angel, Riverheadt New York for the applicant. We are here this
evening requesting that this Board grant approval to this
subdivision. Conditional approval if you will tonight.
Response to Mr. Burrell, there have been numerous documents
supplied in on-going dialogue with the Planning Board as to
provisions to the maps. Tonight, in fact, I have to hand up to
the Board a copy of the latest plat wi'th the latest changes
agreed to by all sides which has been endorsed with the approval
of tbs Health Department, pursuant to its own review and
pursuant to the Health Departments Board of Review
determinations and the sample approval endorsed on the Map is
dated September 5th, so we did not have an occasion to bring
it to you before today. I also have with me tonight, and I have
an extra copy for Mr. Burrell if he would like to see it, the
latest revision of the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions
required by this Board with the advise of the Suffolk County
Planning Commission. This contains the latest changes which
were agreed to this morning and its a clean copy. I also have
for your review, a copy of the reported declaration of covenants
and restrictions that were put on record for the ~ealth
Department pursuant to their
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approval. I would like to hand out these documents to the Board
and Mr. Burrell I have a copy for you as well.
Mr. Burrell: This is what I mean. I don't know how there is
any response that can be made to something that is not even
handed up to the Board yet much less myself. This is why I am
asking for that short postponement, it may very well be that it
can be clarified very easilybut certainly there should be some
considerationJgiven to some documents which I have not as yet
seen as of the final meeting, so called. As I understand it
there is something from water resources also being handed up.
Mr. Orlowski:
Mr. Burrell:
Mr. Orlowski:
I don't want to have an argument ~ere.
I'm addressing you sir.
We are listening tonight and we will take
everything under consideration before we make any approval but
we don't want to go back and forth because we could do that all
night long. We have your correspondence and we will take a look
at it and will make our decision based on a lot of things.
Mr. Burrell: Very good.
Mr. Wagner: Let me just say a few more things. To protect you
from matters that are shown on the plat, everything that is
shown on the plat has been in accordance with surveying
practices.. Also, with this specific request and approval of
the Planning Board over time there are elements shown, I
believe, on Aborn Lane and properties to the north. These
elements are not part of the subdivision, the subdivision is on
the property to be owned by the clients. The purpose of showing
Aborn Lane and the lots to the north is really for reference
purposes and also to indicate what is a street shown on two
filed maps of Nassau Point. It is to show access to lot ~3, he
also had to show some of the filed map numbers from the old
filed maps in particular lot ~93 because a portion of that
filed map lot overlays a portion of our property and must be
abandoned currently with the filing of this subdivision so it's
all with the aim of illustrating where we are and not with the
aim of taking over anyone else's property. There is no intent
of that. The subdivision covers what is within the bounds of
the lots described on it.
Mr. Burrell: A famous English judge once said, "if it doesn't
mean what it says, it should say so." If it doesn't mean, the
language which is contained in here, which refers to the lots,
they numerated on the map are not applicable then somebody
should say that they are not applicable instead of putting all
the lots down, which is extraneous to the subdivision and yet
expect somebody to pass upon it to spite the fact that it is not
included in the subdivision. If we can get a response to that
effect or a letter to that effect saying that all of the lots
and anything outside the subdivision is not applicable to the
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subdivision, that should settle it. But when words drawn by an
attorney appear in such loose fashion, then I certainly must
voice an objection to it. Take for example, the gallon per
minute. They put down five gallons per minute when I understand
from a decision that the maximum is ten. They don't put the
maximum down they only put a minimum down. This is kind of, I
would almost say devious, but that is my objection and that is
why I want to be heard on it while I want the consideration
given to it. But, to tell you at this time, that it doesn't
apply and all of this stuff that he put in this thing does not
apply, that is not satisfactory as far as I'm concerned. If it
does not comply, it shouldn't be there.
Mr. Orlowski: Is your concern Aborn Lane?
Mr. Burrell: Sorry.
Mr. Orlowski: Is your concern Aborn Lane?
Mr. Burrell: No, it is not my concern Aborn Lane. It's my
property. The lots that he puts in there. He puts five of my
lots in there and designates them and yet the language says,
that there should be nothing done in connection with my lots
although I am not involved in this subdivision and that is in my
letter. He puts down a right- of- wayor a way, a fifteen foot
way, that is not in the subdivision and yet it is in the map.
Now, why should that be in the map? If it is on my property and
has nothing to do with the subdivision, he limitsthe
subdivision to three lots south of Aborn Lane and that is the
way it should be. Aborn Lane should be the demarcation. Why
go beyond that? This is my objection. He took out a lot of
things there but left those two things in here which leads me to
suspect that those were left in for a specific purpose and its
that specific purpose that I think should be addressed. It's
unnecessary, I've been told by everybody that it is unnecessary
to have all of this other material. Yet every time I object to
it, it still goes in and that sounds to me to be devious.
Mr. Orlowski: Well, let me assure you that all the Planning
Board is looking~at is what is within the boundaries of the
property owned by the applicant.
Mr. Burrell: Sir, if you would put that in for the
determination and make it certain that there is no ambiguity
-about what is put in there and that it is addressed merely to
that, I will be content.
~r. Wagner: Let me add one thing. The covenants and
restrictions required by this Board and by the Health
Departments are in the documents that were given to you. They
both contain a schedule which gives a meets and bounds
description of the property affected. That schedule and meets
and bounds therein pertain only to the property to be owned by
my client. The meets and bounds cut off any property outside
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that area. There is absolutely no intent to impose the
covenants on other lands.
Mr. Burrell: But that is not what the language says.
Mr. Orlowski: The property shown on ~he map and described by
the meets and bounds is all that this Planning Board is looking
at or will approve or disapprove at some point.
Mr. Burrell: Then, there will be a change in this language.
There will be no further subdivision in perpetuity. Any lots,
shown on said subdivision map. Well, the subdivision map that
they have includes areas that are outside the subdivision.
Mr. Orlowski: But the meets and bounds description explicitly
holds it within those limits. Anything shown on the outside has
no effect by any determination of this Board.
Mr. Burrell:
that we are talking about has been ch
been made most by accretion. For exa
lines which are designated on the dee
120 feet. There shown on the map as
what has happened there and so I have
the objection to it. But, this is th
have here and all I am seeking is to
what we have and incidentally, it is
down here because this man has now be
connection with his clearing and othe
Unfortunately, the meets and bounds description
· nged since the deeds have
mple, there are certain
is to the McKnights as
[43 feet. I can understand
referred to it but I make
kind of ambiguity that we
ie it down so that we know
mportant that we tie it
~n warned~three times in
things like that and
there has been no respect shown to any particular agency as Fir.
Trambone says, this man comes in and does what he wants and
then has to answer to it at a later date.
Mr. Orlowski: Let me just assure you that our approval will
only cover what the applicant owns and in those meets and
bounds. We can word that probably to your satisfaction in any
motion made by this Board.
Mr. Burrell: Very good, I'm content wi~h that.
Mr. Orlowski: O.K.
Mr. Wagner: I would just like to say in conclusion that we
spent a long time on this map and there has been a lot of
thought given to it. We're applying for three lots which are
much under the density provided for by the code. We had a lot
of talk about it. We plan, as proposed, to allow fgr
preservation for large trees, to allow for no clearing along
Nassau Point Road. It is an environmentally sensitive plan that
has come about after great thought and it is probably one of the
better plans that you will ever see for a property of this
size. I would urge its approval. To my knOWledge there are no
outstanding matters that could not be resolved by conditional
approval and resolved to the Board's satisfaction within the
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next
two or three weeks. We are in a position now where we have
reached some ~final agreement on the language of the declarations
which Mr. Burrell now has a copy of and I am prepared to send
that off to the current owners of the property for execution and
filing. We have some what of a time restrain ourselves. I
understand that we would like to begin construction on lot ~1
before the winter sets in. I am sure you can understand that
the foundation should go in before the ground freezes up and the
house should be enclosed before it is exposed to the wind and
winter conditions. In view of that, I am asking the Boards
indulgence that they work with us to move this application
forward and I respect the request that we have a conditional
final approval tonight which would list all the conditions
outstanding which we will meet to the Boards satisfaction before
presenting the final map for signature.
Mr. Orlowski: O.K., are there any other endorsements of this
subdivision? Hearing none, is there anyone out there that is
neither pro nor con but may have information pertaining to this
subdivision that would be of interest to the Board°
Mr. Burrell: May I ask, that since there seems to be some
request for further meeting with the Board in connection with
this matter. If any such meeting occurs, is there any
possibility of my meeting with them on the occasion tomake
certain that we don't have any further argument or contention .
Please believe me, I am not contentious but there is a
difficulty here that is beyond the Boards ken. We have to be
very careful here to protect Our interests and this is exactly
the thing that is happening here. We are getting snowed under
with all of these beautiful treachers and yet at the same time
we find these little digs going in there which is going to be
very detrimental to us and that is why I insist upon objecting
to what we have here tonight.
Mr° Orlowski: O.K..
Mr. Wagner: May I just say one more thing. There has been some
sort of taking offense here, some allegations are being made.
There has been no intent to include anybody's property on the
subdivision. There has been no intent to do anything under the
rug. The purpose of showing the adjacent properties is well
established particularly in this area where we are doing lots
with abuting roads, and the Board:, in sound planning practices,
is entitled to know what Aborn Lane is and what properties
abut it and what takes access off of it. That is all we are
trying to do. We are trying to assist this Board and not do
anything ulterior.
Mr. Burrell: No where is there any designation that the
property adjourning is my property. Merely, just lot lines and
other rights of way or other things that they put in but nowhere
does, although they mention Trambone's name on the other side,
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my name is not mentioned. This is why I believe there is some
purpose to this extraneous material that is being put in.
Mr. Orlowski: O,K., any questions from the Board?
Board: No questions.
Mr. Orlowski: Hearing no further co~uL~ents or questions, I'll
entertain a motion to close this hearing.
Mr. Ward: So moved.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? Ail those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. McDonald~ Mr. Latham,
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Harvey Bagshaw and Parviz Farnazad -
This proposed lot line change is to subtract 2.326 acres from a
4.686 acre parcel and add it to a 1.92 acre parcel on the north
side of State Road 25 in Mattituck.
SCTM ~ 1000-122-6-31.
We have proof of publication in the local papers and at this
time everything is in order for a final hearing. I'll ask if
there are any objections to this lot line change? Hearing none,
are there any endorsements of this lot line change?
Henry Raynor: Mr. Chairman, I represent the applicant.
Unfortunately, I don't have any beautiful speeches for you
tonight. Basically, the lot line change is in conformance with
Section 106A of the subdivision regulations. I believe the
Board has all the documentation necessary and I would request
the Board approve this proposed lot line change. Thank you.
Mr. Orlowski: Any other endorsements of this subdivision?
Hearing none, is there anyone out there neither pro nor con but
may have information pertaining, to this subdivision that may be
of interest to the Board? Hearing none, anyquestions from the
Board?
Board: No questions.
Mr. Orlowski: Being no further questions, I'll entertain a
motion to close.
Mr. McDonald: I move to close this hearing and to offer the
following resolution.
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WHEREAS, Harvey Bagshaw and Parvis Faranzad are the
owners of the property known and designated as
SCTM ~ 1000-122-6-31 and 35.6, located at the north side of
Route 25 in Mattituck; and
WHEREAS, this lot-line change, to be known as Lot Line
Change for Harvey Bagshaw and Parviz Faranzad, is for a
lot line change subtracting 2.326 acres from a 4.686 acre parcel
and adding it to' a 1.92 acre parcel; and
WHEREAS, the Southotd 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
August 12, 1991; and
WHEREAS, a final public hearing was closed on said lot-line
amendment application at the Town Hall, Southotd, New York on
September 9, 1991; and
WHEREASt all the requirements of the Subdivision
Regulations of the Town of Southold have been met; and
be it therefore,
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board grant
conditional final approval on the surveys received by the Board
on July 2, 1991, and authorize the Chairman to endorse the final
surveys subject to fulfillment of the following condition. This
condition must be met within six (6) months of the date of this
resolution.
A corrected survey submitted to the Planning
Board showing lot three (3) and date of original
survey and revisions.
The filing of the deed pertaining to the merger
of Lots two (2) and three (3) (ParvizFaranzad).
A copy of the deed must be submitted to the Planning
Board office.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any ~eestions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Edwardst Mr. McDonald,
Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Hearings Held Over From Previous Meetings:
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Mr. Orlowski: Eleanor $ievernich - This minor subdivision
is for two lots on 3.748 acres located on the east side of Cox
Neck Lane in Mattituck. SCTM ~ 1000-113-8-5. No one has any
comment and we will entertain a motion to keep it open since
there is a Article 78 proceeding against us.
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? Ail those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Ward,
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
MAJOR AND MINOR SUBDIVISIONS, LOT LINE CHANGES AND SET OFF
APPLICATIONS
Final Determinations:
Mr. Orlowski: Orient Park Estates (formerly George & Irving
Newman) This minor subdivision is for four lots on 16.1073
acres located on the south side of Main Road inOrient.
SCTM ~ 1000-19-1-15.
Mr. Ward: Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer the following
resolution.
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board authorize
the Chairman to endorse the final surveys dated June 12, 1990
and the final road and drainage plan dated June 12, 1990. this
subdivision received conditional final approval on April 9,
1990, and at this time, all Conditions of the approval have been
fulfilled.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Edwards, Mr. McDonald,
Mr. Ward, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered. (Chairman endorsed maps)
Setting of Final Hearings:
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Mr. Orlowski: Mattituck Creek Estates (James Cohill) - This
major subdivision is for nine lots on 19.1220 acres located on
the southwest corner of Mill Road and Grand Avenue in
Mattituck. SCTM ~1000-197-1-2.
Mr. Edwards: Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer the following
resolution.
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board set Monday,
September 30, 1991 at 7:30 p.m. for a final public hearing on
the maps dated August 13, 1990.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. EdwardS, Mr. McDonald,
Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlo~ski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Baxter/Terp - This proposed lot line change
is to subtract 0.197 acres ~rom a 2.779 acre parcel and to add
it to a 28,550 square foot parcel located on the east side of
Griffing Avenue and State Road 25 in Cutchoque.
SCTM ~ 1000-102-5-9.3.
Mr. McDonald: Mr. Chairman~ I would like to offer the following
motion:
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board, acting
under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, do an
uncoordinated review of thi~ unlisted action. The Planning
Board assumes lead agency s~atus and in that capacity makes a
determination of non-significance and grants a Negative
Declaration.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. McDonald, Mr. Ward, Mr. Edwards,
Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. McDonald: Mr. Chairman, I would also like. to offer the
following.
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RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board set Monday,
September 30, 1991, at 7:35 p.m. for a final p~blic hearing on
the maps dated August 8, 1991.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Latham,
Mr. McDonald, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Porter J. and Mary Goss This proposed lot
line change is to subtract a o10 acre parcel from a .74 acre
parcel to add it to a .99 acre parcel on Fishers Island.
SCTM ~1000-2-1-13 & 14.
Mr. Edwards: Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer the following
resolution.
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board set Monday,
September 30, 1991 at 7:40 p.m. for a final p~hlic hearing on
the maps dated November 20, 1990.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Edwards, Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward,
Mr. McDonald, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Porter & Mary ~ossandMichael Laughlin -
This proposed lot line change is to subtract a °66 acre parcel
from a 5.47 acre parcel to add it to a 1.16 acre parcel on
Fishers Island.
SCTM $t000-2-1-I5.1 & 16.
Mr. Ward: Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer the following
resolution.
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board set Monday,
September 30, 1991 at 7:45 p.m. for a final public hearing on
the maps dated November 21, 1991.
Mr. Edwards: Second.
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Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded.
motion? Ail those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. War
Mr. McD
Mr. Orlowski:
Final Determin
Mr. Orlowski:
Any questions on the
~, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Latham,
Dnald, Mr. Orlowski.
Opposed? So ordered.
~tions:
Harvey BagshawandParvis Faranzad-
SCTM % 1000-122-6-31 (Already Done)
Sketch Determinations:
Mr. Orlowski: Thomas Shalvey - This set off is on a
21.782 acre parcel located at the southeast corner of Middle
Road (C.R. 48) and Bridge Lane in Cutchogue.
SC~ 91000-84-2-2.
Mr. McDonald: Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer the following
motion.
RESOLVED that the Southold'sTown Planning Board start
the coordination process on this unlisted action.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Edwards,
Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. McDonald: I would like to make another motion.
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Planning Board grant
sketch approval on the map dated July 19, 1991.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Latham,
Mr. Edwards, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
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Review of Reports: Suffolk County Planning Com,~Lission
Mr. Orlowski: Barry Savits This minor subdivision is
for three lots on 12.4 acres located on the east side of Sound
View Avenue; 932 feet north of Mill Lane in Pecor~c.
SCTM % 1000-999-2-18o
Mr. Ward: Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer the following
resolution.
RESOLVED to adopt the August 7, 1991 Suffolk County
Planning Co~mtission report with the following amendments
(numbers correspond to numbers in report):
Is to be amended to read: No lot line shall
be changed in any manner at any future date unless
authorized by the Town of Southold Planning Board.
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7. Are to remain as written.
The Planning Board is also requiring the following
covenants and restrictions:
No vegetation shall be destroyed, cut, or removed,
except as required for disease control, within the
seventy-five (75) foot buffer area adjacent to the
wetland area.
There shall be no construction of any kind within the
seventy-five (75) foot buffer area adjacent to the
wetland area.
Ce
The dwelling unit on lot %3 shall be located in a
manner so that construction of this unit and any
accessory structures such as a tennis court, swimming
pool, garage, etco, shall not necessitate intrusion
into the buffer area.
The seventy-five (75) foot buffer area adjacent to
the Wetland is to be delineated by snow fencing prior to
the development of lot %3.
Haybales are to be staked end to end adjacent to the
snow-fence and left in place until permanent
groundcover is established.
F. Ail roof runoff is to be directed into the ground by
means of gutters, downspouts and drywells.
G. The setback of the septic system for lot ~3 shall not
be less than 100 feet from the wetland line.
E ' SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 15 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Ward,
'Mr. Edwards, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Lead Agency Process:
Mr. Orlowski: Thomas Shalvey - SCTM %1000-84-2-2.
(Already done)
Determinations: Uncoordinated Review
Mr. Orlowski: Baxter/Terp - SCTM %1000-102-5-9.3.
(Already done).
APPROVAL OF PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
Mr. Orlowski: Board to approve the June 4, 1991, June 24,
1991 and the July 15, 1991 minutes.
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Edwards,
Mr. McDonald, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski:
OTHER
Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Edwards: Mr. Chairman, I would like to offer the following
resolution.
RESOLVED that the Planning Board hereby authorizes its
Chairman to re-endorse the Open Development Subdivision Plan for
the Fishers Island Development Corporation Showing East End
Lots; said plat drawn byChandler, Palmer & King in August of
Mr. Orlowski: FIDC0 - Planning Board to consider
re-endorsement of Open Development Subdivision Plan for Fishers
ISland Development Corporation.
~ ~ SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 16 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
1981. This plat had been adopted by the Planning Board in
January of 1988 and previously approved by the Suffolk County
Department of Health Services Board of Review on December 4,
1987. However, since this plat had not been filed with the
County Clerk's Office in Riverhead, this endorsement is to allow
for the filing of the map in accordance with the provisions of
New York State Town Law.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Latham,
Mro McDonald, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: We have some appointments tonight. Mr.
Bitses is here.
Mr. Bitses: In 1979 you granted a minor subdivision to
Catherine Bitses and I come before you now in effect for~ not
a new subdivision but for a lot line change. In other words,
extension to the south to increase the size of the lots from one
acre two, three, and three and one half acresin accordance with
the town plano I have been submitting covenants and
restrictions for the last five years. As each submission was
made, you asked ifor further covenants and restrictions and I
finally have come before this Board with several covenants and
restrictions which I assumed that will be acceptable to you for
this lot line change. There is one covenant that I cannot agree
to and that is the covenant granting you a scenic easement on a
ribbon of land D00 feet wide right across the front of the
property. An easement, scenic easement that is so restricted
that it would deprive futture owners of this property as a
reasonable enjoyment thereof. In other words, to give the Town
of SouthOld, the Planning Board a right toventuz'e upon this
property and inspect it and order changes in the future ~and if
in the opinio~ of the inspectors a non- compliance of your candid
scenic easement. I believe seriously, that you have
oversteped your bounds of authority, in other words, if you
ask for a scenic easement which in essence is a right of
property ownership and your powers arrive from the police powers
of this state or proper regulation. I understand that there
should be regulations, but when that regulation extends over and
disturbs ownership purposes if some regulation must under
certain circumstances the way you ask for a scenic easement that
would deprive the future owners of this property of the
reasonable residential use thereof I believe you have gone over
the line somewhat considering the property adjoining this
property (inaudible) around nine or ten acres. All I am asking
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 17 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
for is an
extension of the existing granted minor ~ubdivision so that each
lot will be not one acre but two and oneJhalf, three, three and
one half and four acres which I thought is reasonable.
Now, I purchased this property some time ago and I have
invested f~rty thousand dollars in tax money in essentially a
piece of vacant land and I was very secure in that investment
because I thought I was investing in Southold Town and that this
would be my annuity when I retired. Not|to bother you with my
concerns, but this is a very real concern that should be
considered by the Town° I have been payJ
reasonable taxes on vacant land for a
a time when I wish to subdivide it, excu~
subdivided now that I am asking for a lot
increase the size of the lots and constar
additional restrictions and additional c¢
restrictions and additional covenants th~
on most of the covenants because they ar(
ng on this property
iod of thirty years at
e me, it has been
. line change to
.tly faced with
~enants and
.t you demand. We agree
reasonable and I would
be the first to agree with them because we wish to maintain
certain standards in this town. But the~e are certain covenants
that I can't agree to, the one being the~granting of the scenic
easement right across the front of this property 100 feet in
extent given ~he right to re-enter at an~ime in the future and
to order changes at will. The other is ~nd I will read it. No
lot Sba!l] be subdivided nor its lot line,changed in any manner.
or at any future date unless authorized DY appropriate authority
of the Town of Southold in the manner according!to law. That is
a standard clause and somewhere along th~ line someone suggested
the word in perpetuity and a deformation of a right in the
easement shall be imposed on ion other than those
imposed'by the laws Of the Town of County of Suffolk,
State of New York and the United States ¢ ica. This is
what ' citizen is entitled too Ther(fore, I respectfully
yougive honest this, my final
declaration of covenants and re I can get on with
the prospect of possibly setting some of lots or as in for
my annuity. This is why I have been investing the tax money in
this town for the last thirty years. This property amounts to
my annuity at the time of my retirement, I don't think I am
being unreasonable, if I am please explain to me how I am being
unreasonable in requesting that I be abl~ to use this property
as a residential property without hinderance, particularly
considering that my right next door adjoining my parCel has a
end zone. Is there any comment from the Board on this?
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 18 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
Mr, Orlowski: Are you discussing the fifty foot scenic
easement?
Mro Bitses: Fifty foot, seventy-five, hundred foot, doesn't
matter. If it is a scenic easement across the front of the
property it deprives the owners of the reasonable use of the
most valuable part of that property.
Mr. Orlowski: Well you can't do anything within seventy-five
foot of it anyway.
Mr. Bitses: Well you see, the easement that you have
suggested to me would give you the right in the future.
Mro McDonald: It is in the rear yard, you're talking about an
easement in the rear yard.
Mr. Bitses: The creek, in the rear yard. Along the creek
line.
Mr. McDonald: Not in the front, in the rear.
Mr. Bitses: What ever you want to call it. Well anyway, the
problem is, that in the future we do have the right to come in
and intervene and interrupt the lawful use of this property by
residential holders.
Mr. Orlowski: But you are not going to be able to do anything
in this area anyway. What are you going to do in this area?
Mr. Bitses: Extend the four lots with a lot line Change.
Mr. Orlowski: Are you going to build your house there too?
Mr. Bitses: I would like to buld my house there.
Mr. Orlowski: Within that scenic easement?
Mr. Bitses: No, not within the scenic easement. In fact, I
would like to keep people out of the area that would be the
scenic easement. But I can't grant the scenic easement under
the terms you have suggested. You have suggested terms that
would allow the Planning Board or other appropriate authorities
to enter this property in the future if you thought there was a
violation of the scenic easement. Now, when people buy these
parcels, the first thing they are going to do is plant lawns.
That is forbidden by the scenic easement, within fifty or
one-hundred feet of the water. This is a inappropriate use,
inappropriate restriction for residential use.
Mr. McDonald: We're discussing four lot line changes, is that
correct?
Mr. Bitses: That is right.
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 19 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
Mr. McDonald: Do we have maps for the four lot line changes?
Mr. Bitses: I believe I submitted them.
Mr. McDonald: It is being treated as a subdivision.
Mr. Orlowski: We weren't sure what to do with it so we
decided to do it that way.
Mr. McDonald: Is there a Trustee determination on this?
Mr. Orlowski: It is within seventy-five feet.
Mr. McDonald: Has he been to the Trustee~s? Has he got a
Trustee permit?
Ms. Spiro: I believe he has been to the Trustees.
Mr. McDonald: What are the conditions of the Trustee permits?
Mr. Bitses: To do what?
Mr. McDonald: You have wetlands on your property?
Mr. Bitses: There is a fringe along the waterfront. We can
always get Trustee approval, but right now I am hung up with the
covenants and restrictions. Here is the original subdivision.
We want to extend these lots down to the water.~ It is a lot
line change, not a subdivision. This is the one that was
granted in 1979 along the road and the maps that you have show
these four lots being extended down to the water. It isa lot
line change.
Mr. McDonald: One of the things that is confusing me is the
numbers you are using as the size of the finished lots are not
the same numbers that are showing for the acreage on these
lots.
Mr. Bitses: Let's take a look. This is 2.6 acres, where it
was one acre over there. This is 2.5 and this is 3.1. There is
a four acre lot here.
Mr. McDonald: So this map is not correct even as it stands,
correct?
Mr. Bitses: I thought I had submitted the superseded map.
Mr. McDonald: I'll be honest with you, I am not interested in
addressing this until I see what the Trustee's have said about
this property. You know, they are going to have a lot to say
about the area. I would like to hear what they are going to say.
Mr. 0rlowski: Mark, we're installing the standard scenic
easement that we usually do on the waterfront. On the bay side
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 20 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
it is seventy-five feet~ We put it into a scenic easement to
offer more protection and it is a standard policy of practice of
this Board. What you are asking now is You want to do something
down there and if you are going to do anything you are going to
have to go to the (cut off by Mr. Bit,es).
Mr. Bitses: I want to mow the lawn down there. But according
to your scenic easement, I can't do thatl
Mr. McDonald: You may well not be able to have any lawn at
all.
Mr. Bitses: It's six feet above the ~e~n high water mark.
Mr. McDonald: That's why I would like to send it to the
Trustees.
Mr. Bitses: Alright, I'll start a dialogue with the TrUStees
rather than submit any writing to you now. Let me talk to the
TrUstees, then I'll come back and talk to you.
Not the next meeting, I'll talk to tbs Trustees first and try to
get things organize~ there and then we'll eventually set up
another hearing. I appreciate the fact that you put me On as a
add on tonight.
Mr. Orlowski: O.K., good night.
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Mr. Or!owski: O.K., next we have an appointment with the
Cooper family who have scheduled an appointment to talk to us
about their property in Mattituck.
Mr. Cooper: I guess basically, what e are interested in doing
is splitting up the property that wil~ enable us to divide it up
by my father's will. I think I have a letter from my lawyer,
Dan Ross, I think'it came from the Planning Board. Basically it
says that they are against breaking it
they the file of a declaration of cove
stating that there shall be no furtheI
in perpetuity. Just what exactly does
~r. Orlowski: Well, I think the Board
what you are doingwith ~he whole parc
in cluster and still allow farming on
full density now instead of going thrc
up the way it is unless,
·ants and restrictions
subdivision of any lots
that refer to?
wants to know exactly
el so maybe we could do it
this piece and get you
[gh a subdivision that is
still going to take time and money. I meanou could do
everything right now in letting us kncw whatyycu want or what
you are trying to achieve and if you want to keep farming, you
can use the open space for that and get your density in the lots
that you want to create or have and we could work together on
this to do that instead of just backing it into three large
pieces and not knowing what further subdivision is going to do
to you. You may end up having to cut a huge road through all of
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 21 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
this and I am sure you wouldn't want to go through all of that
expense.
Mr. Cooper: The problem is that this is the property the way it
was willed to us and I am farming it right now. What my
brothers want to do in the future, or at any particular time, I
don't know. The best farmland is basically this section here.
Up to about here. (A lot of discussion). A road comes off the
subdivision on the other side and cluster building in here on
both sides which really chews up the best piece of farmland.
It's really, as far as we're concerned, not too acceptable.
Mr. Cooper: Another problem is that this brother if he wants to
sell or subdivide in the future and even though I can still farm
this, to tie everything into one subdivision at this time in
cluster zone it where you want to cluster zone in here would
make it difficult.
Mr. Ward: What you would have to do is you would have to go
back to what we know, as the Planning Board, as one parcel. As
of right now there is no approval for this subdivision. Also by
code, we are up against a restriction here is that the Planning
Board has mandated to cluster in .this particular zone with this
amountof acreage. So I certainly feel that the Planning Board
would certainly look to cluster. Being that you are farming
this piece that our initial thought was here because we saw the
development but if in fact this is the best soiland everything
else I see no problem with putting the density, here but it would
mean the three of you in a sense have to get together, come
together as one map and present it.
Mr. Cooper: Well, the problem that we've run into is everybody
has their own ideas as to what they want, and my older brother
Dave is not in the best financial shape, he wants to take a
mortgage out on his part.
Mr. McDonald: Once the lots are there you can portion the lots
out and sell them just as well. Really, as from our standpoint
its only one parcel. The three of you own it but you have got
to get together and work.
Mr. Cooper: What we would definitely like is to have it the way
it was willed.
Mr. Cooper: You can't split it up like this and if it was to be
subdivided in the future just have a short road in each one of
these and have three or four lots on each one.
Ms. Scopaz: There is one other thing that you should think
about, if you want to stay in farming. You really don't want to
drop your farm lot down below ten acres because then you are no
longer eligible for agricultural district exemption. If you do
a cluster, you preserve that option.
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 22 SEt~TEbIBER 9, 1991
Mr. McDonald: One of your brothers needs money and is looking
for it as quickly as possible, I get that impression that that
is an issue. Maybe not a number one issue, but it is an issue.
They might be ~hle to do something for you. It doesn't cost you
a nickle to talk to these people at all but if they can do
something for you, they can do something for you, if they can't
help you then you certainly are no worse off. They might be
able to do something for you that would get you moving along a
lot faster because they know ways to get around people, like the
Health Department and us.
Mr. Cooper: Talk to who?
Mr. McDonald: Peconic Land Trust. They just opened an office
in Peconic by the tracks. Walk in and talk to them. Take the
map and walk in. Do what you please, it is your property. It
might be a help and it is free.
Mr. Orlowski: If you are going to do something now, I really
don't want to see you go through all of this expense and then
later on do it again and then it will cost you much more. If
you know what you are looking for or what density being the
family is so large and you know each one needs so many lots
maybe we could put them off to one side so it's a equitable
position for everybody and preserve the rest so it can stay in
agriculture forever, the whole farm and we might be able to do
it with flag lots and other ways in here if we come to an
agreement. It would save you a lot of moneyon the road because
at two hundred dollars a foot it takes a lot of the equity away.
Mr. Ward: This fellow here knows how to handle it too. He can
be of help to you because he has done a lot of clusters in
subdivisions.
Mr. McDonald: You can go to the land trust and they will talk
to you for nothing. Howie is a really good guy but he doesn't
work for nothing.
Mr. Cooper: With Paul Freidberg's property back here which is
in the process of being subdivided, I don't know if that was
finalized or not.
Mr. Orlowski: Not yet.
Mr. Cooper: From a farmers point of view, which is mine, my
impression is that it's going to be clustered on the north end
which is up here.
Mr. Orlowski: On both ends.
Mr. Cooper: Well, the best farm land .......
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 23 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
Mr. Orlowski: They have the biggest hole in Mattituck right
in the middle of it but we couldn't put the houses in the
drainage area.
Mr. Cooper: Well, they could be built around that.
Mr. Orlowski: Talking to John, he does a lot of this, lays
this out and so family wise and estate wise you might find it a
lot more equitable than making a mistake now and doing this. tt
is worth a shot.
Cooper: This top little piece up in here is a little knoll.
A lot of discussion among the Board members.
Mr. Latham: Row many acres is this whole thing?
Mr. Cooper: About twenty-eight.
Mr. McDonald: 26.8.
Mr. Latham: I think it is a good idea for him to go down and
see John Halsey or who ever is down in the office.
Mr. Cooper: You don't think it would be feasible to split it up
into different parcels? The reason that to me is the simplest.
If Dave wants to sell off any of his because he has several kids
that he will probably want to leave some to. Cluster building
means everybody gets so many lots but you have to invest the
money into roads.
Mr. Orlowski: If you do it all together and you lay it out
the right way there may be no road costs. If we can come to an
agreement here on what density you are really looking for and
how many kids you have to get lots for and we have a give and
take on both, we can probably do it with flag lots. Then they
will be there forever and your equity is there and it is all
figured out and the farmland will be there forever. It would
also be one separate lot. Peconic Land Trust has a lot of good
ideas along those lines and it is worth talking to them.
Mr. Cooper: That is John Halsey?
Ms. Spiro: If you come in tomorrow, I~ll give you his number.
Mr. Cooper: O.K., thank you very much.
Mr. Orlowski: Our next appointment is with Tom Samuels and
Nancy Steetman.
Mr. Tom Samuels: This is Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pellegrini and
they own the vineyard in Cutchogue which is Island Vineyards
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 24 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
plus their gazebo and we are talking about doing a new winery on
the front side, meaning on the street side of that. A total of
about thirty six acres. We're basically' just interested in
showing you a very preliminary site plan drawing that we have
and hoping that maybe you have some interesting co~,~lents or
advice for us. We will obviously be going through a lot more
processing with you but in the mean time we.thought this would
be a good way to introduce you to our clients. The basic notion
of the project, which this is obviously just a small portion of
the entire site°
Mrs. Steelman: This is an old map, small barns and houses
existed at that point, this is 1963. I don't know when this was
actually torn down.
Mr. McDonald: The proposed winery and the vineyard are one
contiguous piece of property?
Mrs. Stee!man: Yes, thirty-six acres.
Mr. McDonald: Is this going to be the majority production of
grapes for the wine you are about to make?
Mr. Samuels: Yes, this would be an entire facility and it would
be production and sales within the limits allowed by the special
exception that we would seek bythe Zoning Board of Appeals.
It's an AC zone.
Mrs. Steelman: There would probably be a small building
further into the site which would be just for equipment.
would be production.
This
Mr. Samuels: So basically this is the site with the design as
it stands scamatically. Whatever is white is building area.
The pink area is a kind of paved court. The little building in
the front is a tasting sales area. The long building which is
essentially a potato barn, it's eight feet down, eight feet
above grade. That is, your basic production area. Bottle
storage would be in this portion in a pass through in a sense to
a terrace and whatever happens beyond.
Mrs. Steelman: Then functionally there would be a crushing
pad doWn on the lower level, down the eight foot elevation which
would have access back into the fermatation and barrel storage.
Mr. McDonald: Where is the gazebo rightnow? Would that show
on this?
Mrs. Steelman: It is probably pretty much dead center.
Mr. Samuels: It's about a acre and a half cleared area.
Mrs. Steelman: We are not encroaching any further into that,
these lines that are showing are the existing grapes.
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 25 SEPTEMBER 9~ 1991
McDonald: This building would be back how far from the road?
Mrs. Steelman: 60 feet.
Mr. McDonald: Do you have a loading zone?
Mr. Samuels: That would be here. It shows now actually as a
parking space but we need to clarify that and find another place
for that car.
Mr. Orlowski: Twenty-two, is that the minimum parking?
Mrs. Steelman: Well, we need to study that. There is a lot
of storage area and a lot of production to find out which is
production and which is storage area. That is pretty close to
whatwe have calculated.
~r. Ward: What actually gets put on this pad out here?
Everyone talking at once4
Mr. Samuels: Hopefully, we can get it down to the grade or the
level of the floor of the winery.
Mr. Ward: You are saying it's that far below?
Mr. Samuels: Our intention is to have this building visible
from the road which is about thirty feet by ninety or something
of that scale so it is not imposing to get it below. Like a
potato barn so it's extends only above grade.
Mrs. Steelman: We need about sixteen feet clear in that space
for the tanks.
Everyone talking.
Mr. Orlowski: What type of architecture are you going to use
in this? You don't have any elevations yet do you?
~r. Samuels: No, we haven't invested in going that far because
we wanted to make sure there was no inherent problem here.
Mr. Pellegrini: Our intention is to create a building which
has argriculture flavor but also enough style to signal that
its a facility to invite the public to come in and tour and have
some wines.
Mrs. Steelman: I believe it is important to keep it similar
to what is out here.
Mr. Samuels: That is our intention.
Mrs. Steelman: We don't want to do anything right out of
California.
SOUTHOLD TOWN PLANNING BOARD 26 SEPTEMBER 9, 1991
Mr. Samuels: Not like Pindar, nothing against Pindar but
it's not going to look like that. I like Lenz.
Mr. Ward: The only comment I would have in terms of the
circulationmight be that if you got a bus in there it might be a
little difficult to get him around.
Mr. Samuels: The issue of circulation has been difficult for us
even at this time because we don't want to remove wine grapes
that are already planted there and there is a acre and a half
and the building to go with it and we feel architecturally that
we would like to do that so we will have to work harder to get
the onsight circulation.
Mr. Pellegrini: It makes this whole area look like a big mass
because this would all be open. This looks structural here but
it's not.
Mr. McDonald: Are the trees you are sho~ing proposed or are
they existing?
Mrs. Steeiman: Some are existing.
Mr. McDonald: Pretty thin trees up there?
Mr. Samuels: There are some nice maples along this edge, most
of the rest are locust, poplar types that have just gotten
huge. There are some nice ones and we're going to make an
effort to save the ones that are saveable and also on this
edge.
Mr. Pellegrini: The gazebo, hopefully we'll find a new for it.
Everyone talking.
Mr. Smmuels: Our intention is to totally work with the Town to
not only make appropriate in terms of the rules and regulations
that regard such things.
Mr. ortowski:
Mr. Samuels:
Conceptually it looks fine to me.
Thank you for your time.
Mr. Orlowski: Mr. DanoWski has scheduled an appointment.
Mr. Danowski: Mr. Terry really wants to give his daughter a
one acre lot that used to exist at less than an acre probably
two thirds or maybe less than that and unfortunately, it became
merged by the Town. We dated it back and the line got erased, and
I~ve got a map that Mary-Ellen and I just discussed and Mr.
VanTuyl has proposed a one acre lot. It is on the Main Road,
SOUTHOLD TOm PLANNING BOARD 27 SETEMB~ 9, 1991
it shows a fifty foot potential area for the future access to
the remainder of the thirty-three acre parcel. We're showing a
lot line that I've just taken a solid black pen on and said
perhaps we should change that line a little bit beca~e we show
a lot line separating two buildings by a very short distance and
as I understand it needs a ten foot setback from a building
lot. The reason Mr. Terry, however, wanted that line is that he
very clearly wants his son Fred who fa~i~,s it to have all the
farm buildings and the farm and not Mary Ellen. She gets the
house and the garage and that is it so he wanted that line drawn
there very specifically for a purpose and he doesn't want to
take his farm buildings down right now either. I agreed to all
of that so I don't have the liberty really with his permission
to draw the line there. There is a little green house in the
back and there is a little building that used to house chemicals
and I suppose we could probably exchange distances ~nd put the
solid line in the back to create the ten foot distance and
subtract it however, because we don't want any more land being
taken up by Mary Ellen away from this building lot. I would
think, unless I'm mistaken and haven't been present at early
discussions or anything years ago, if no one would have a major
objection to doing this.
Mr. Orlowski: This is in a R-80 right?
~Ir. Danowski: It's an R-80, I'm saying it is a cluster and I
can't imagine there would be a lot of opposition to. it because
there is plenty of land in the back. Just a little history, the
DEC taking a line in the back and picked off the back parcel.
Mr. McDonald: That lot is one acre?
Mr. Danowski: Yes.
Mr. McDonald: It's R-80 presently right? So you would be
prepared to say somehow or another that one acre and the rest is
not in the yield. It would solve some of the problems you've
been having with this all along.
Mr. Danowski: Right.
Mr. Orlowski: Does anyone have any problems with this?
Board: No problems.
~ir. Danowski: O.K., thanks.
Mr. McDonald: When you say ten foot, is that the rear yard?
Mr. Danowski: Setbacks of buildings from properties go by
size of lot in R-80, I just read it and it said if I had a
20,000 square foot lOt I could have three foot.
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Mr. McDonald: If this were an R-40, what would the setback be
because you are creating a one acre lot. The other thing that
we could do and I'm not saying we want to do this but if we put
a building envelope on this and show that building we could
violate the setback. I'm not saying that we should do that but
we would have that option.
MrQ Danowski: There is an existing house there now°
Mr. McDonald: No, I'm talking About the building, the original
line that he wants and you are saying that it is too close. I'm
saying if we put a building envelope on there that includes that
building even though it is closer than a ten foot line we could
do that. We could move the building envelope to allow that to
happen.
Mr. Ward: So you should show the building envelope is what we
are talking about.
Mr. McDonald: Show the building envelope with the line he likes
with that building inside the building envelope.
Ms. Scopaz: In other words, it would be like granting a
variance but the Board would do the final approval.
Mr. Danowski: We have fruit trees over here floating around
and I think his big deal was really to argue the property
rights. Thanks a lot.
Mr. Orlowski: Any other questions or comments? We signed the
FIDCO map for you tonight. Do you think you can get someone
over there to file it now, that's the third time.
Mr. Ray Edwards: We'll see what happens.
Mr. Orlowski: Any other questions or co~:~ents?
Mr. Latham: I move that we adjourn.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Ail those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Edwards, Mr~ McDonald, Mr. Ward,
Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Being there was no further business to be brought before the
Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
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Jan~ Rousseau, Secretary
RECEIVED AND FILED BY
THE $OUTHOLD 'rOWl, l CLERK