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(cot. Main Rd. & Youngs Ave.)
Southold, NY 11971
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P.O. Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
Telephone: 631 765-1938
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LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD J~C~]V~D
MEMORANDUM
MAY 3 2010
$o~tM~] Town Cln~t
To: Supervisor Scott Russell
/
Town of Southold Town Board
From: Mark Terry, Principal Planner
LWRP Coordinator
2010
Date: April 19, 2010
Re:
"A Local Law to Amend the Town of Southold Water Supply Plan Map
Extendin.q a Water Transmission Main to the Browns Hills Subdivision in
Orient"
This Local Law proposes to amend the Town of Southold Water Supply Plan Map to
include the extension of a water transmission main to the Browns Hills Subdivision.
Historically, the Water Supply Plan Map reflects the physical changes in the water
supply network since 2000. The Suffolk County Water Authority and Suffolk County
Department of Health Services have represented to the Town that the groundwater
quality of existing wells supplying the Browns Hills area are inadequate and pose a
significant concern that requires the extension of public water to the area. The
extension of the transmission main is intended to supply existing development only and
is not intended to result in additional development pressure in the area.
The proposed local law has been reviewed to Chapter 268, Waterfront Consistency
Review of the Town of Southold Town Code and the Local Waterfront Revitalization
Program (LWRP) Policy Standards. Based upon the information provided to this
department as well as the records available to me, it is my recommendation that the
proposed action is CONSISTENT with the below listed LWRP Policy Standards and
therefore is CONSISTENT with the LWRP.
Policy 1
Foster a pattern of development in the Town of Southold that
enhances community character, preserves open space, makes
efficient use of infrastructure, makes beneficial use of a coastal
location, and minimizes adverse effects of development.
The longstanding planning goals of the Town of Southold "reflect the interest in
preserving and enhancing the natural and built environment and providing opportunities
for a level of growth and expansion of the economic base that is compatible with the
existing scale of development, availability of water, existing sensitive environment of the
Town and its historic heritage" (Town of Southold Planning Board, 1985, p3). The
future pattern of land use proposed in the "Master Plan Update" encouraged
residential development to locate in and around existing hamlets "in order to preserve
and enhance the historic and cultural centers of the community, to Support existing
commercial centers, to provide locations for moderately priced housing and to
encourage efficient and effective provision of community facilities and services" (Town
of Southold Planning Board, 1985, p6) and for commercial development to locate in
hamlet centers.
The proposed action will not result in new development.
Policy 5
Protect and improve water quality and supply in the Town of
Southold.
The purpose of this policy is to protect the quality and quantity of water in the Town of
Southold. Quality considerations include both point source and non-point source
pollution management so that existing and potential sources of groundwater
contamination are either removed or reduced significantly. The primary quantity
consideration is the maintenance of an adequate supply of potable water in the Town to
supply the projected demand from residential and agricultural uses.
The Town of Southold's Water Supply Management & Watershed Protection Strategy.
was endorsed by the Town Board in June of 2000, and its goals and objectives are
incorporated by reference into Southold's Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. The
Goals and Objectives are listed below:
Goals
1) To protect and preserve a healthful drinking water supply Sufficient to serve
the existing future residents of the Town, while maintaining and enhancing the
natural resources and quality of life in the town.
2) To provide public drinkinq water to existing residents and businesses in need
without precipitatin.q uncontrolled growth.
3) To manage future growth to ensure a sustainable drinking water supply from
the Southold Township sole source aquifer.
4) To preserve the town's farming blocks in order to protect farming operations,
limit the need for additional drinking water in these areas, and provide,
through agricultural best management practices, a continual improvement to
the groundwater quality in the area.
5) To conserve drinking water supplies by reducing wasteful water use.
6) To integrate land conservation, agricultural activities, and development
control to preserve a sustainable balance between water recharge and
drinking water use.
7) To constructively protect the Town's sole source aquifer from contamination
by inappropriate land use practices.
Obiectives
1) Develop land management and zoning strategies:
· To prevent inappropriate land uses or practices from occurring within
designated groundwater protection areas;
To guild development in order to minimize its impact on the
groundwater aquifer;
To scale development to a level which respects the limitations of water
supply.
2) Develop strategies to mitigate or remove existing threats to designated
groundwater protection areas, or mitigate possible deterioration to drinking
water quality, especially in private wells.
3) Promote and guild compact, orderly growth into areas where sustainable
drinking water supplies exist.
4) Preserve and protect groundwater recharge areas in and around existing and
planned drinking water supply well-heads.
5) Accommodate growth and change within the Town which: respects the
geographical and geological limitations to the drinking water supply; does not
damage the groundwater aquifer; does not, by cumulative impact, destroy the
fundamental economic base, environmental character and unique way of life
which make up the quality of life in the Township of Southold.
(Source: Town of Southold Water Supply Management & Watershed Protection
Strategy. Charles J. Voorhis, Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC and Valerie Scopaz, Town
of Southold Planning Board/Department, June 2000, p.3, Section 1.4)
The proposed action will improve water quality and supply in the Town of Southold
(Orient) to existing residences and businesses.
Pursuant to Chapter 268, the Town Board shall consider this recommendation in
preparing its written determination regarding the consistency of the proposed action.
Cc: Martin Finnegan, Town Attorney
Jennifer Andaloro, Assistant Town Attorney