HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/16/2010Southold Town Landmarks Preservation Commission
March 2010
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March 16, 2010
2:00 PM
Executive Conference Room, Town Hall Annex, Southold, NY
Jim Grathwohl, Jamie Garreteon, Larry Jungblut, Ron Rossi, and Barbara Schnitzler. Doug
Constant and Mel Phaff were absent. Leslie Tasca attended as Admin. Assistant and Jennifer
Andaloro, Asst. Town Attorney attended for part of the meeting.
The February minutes were reviewed and approved.
Jim mentioned that Doug Constant and Mel Phaff will need to be re-appointed by the Town Board as their term
expires on March 31, 2010 and those recommendations of additional SPLIA listed properties should be
considered for Southold Town Landmarks.
A workshop on Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits has been rescheduled to April 6 at Riverhead Town Hall and
all commissioners are invited to attend if possible.
A review of accomplishments and future goals was postponed to a future meeting as well as the float for the
July 4th parade.
Jamie did not give an update on the CLG as it was decided at the February to put it on hold due to the present
economic situation.
Ron is still waiting for addition state information and action on the Ben Franklin markers.
A lengthy discussion took place on various procedures for conducting Public Hearings as well as preliminary
workshop with Jennifer. Additional discussion items were on exactly what constitutes a quorum for a public
meeting and for public hearings as well as the necessary number of votes needed for action and other articles
of the Landmark Preservation Code.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 to prepare for the 4:00 PM Public Hearing at Town Hall for the Ramone
application.
Next Meeting -April 20,, 2010 at 2:00 PM with a public hearing for the Ramone property at 4:00 PM.
This is a summary of the Ramone Public Hearing held on March 16, 2010. It is not intended to be a word
by word transcript but summarizes the major items of discussion.
The hearing started at 4 PM at the Southold Town Hall Meeting Room.
Attendees:
LPC-Commissioners--Jim Grathwohl,Jamie Garretson, Larry Jungblut, Ron Rossi and Barbara
Schnitzler.
LPC-Administrative Assistant-Leslie Tasca
Southold Town--Asst.Attorney-Jennifer Andaloro and Code Enforcement Officer-Damon Rallis.
Julien and Claudia Ramone
Mark Schwartz (Architect for Mr.and Mrs. Ramone)
Jim opened the hearing with a welcome to all and introduced the LPC Commissioners.
He then read the Legal Notice of Hearing as printed in the Suffolk Times, followed by an overview of
Chapter 170,Landmarks Preservation,of the Southold Town Code.
Jim then went onto describe the need for a Building Permit and Certificate of Appropriateness for
Landmarked property,a review of the hearing procedure,a review of criteria for alteration of
facades and a review of the process timeline.
The Ramone's presented an overview of their process starting with preliminary consultations with
an LPC Barbara) member in May 2007. Then they met with the LPC in 2008 with a proposed plan
drafted by Gordon Price. They stated that the LPC had favorable comments on Mr. Price's sketch
and as such,they proceeded with the design process. Mark Schwartz was brought in as the
architect as Mr.Price was no longer available and met with the LPC several times during 2009. The
LPC was favorable to the design,however,asked for several changes which Mr.Schwartz made.
The Ramone's mentioned that the LPC recently was not in favor of the changes (which they-the
Ramone's-thought were previously acceptable.)
After the Mrs. Ramone gave her personal history of events, Barbara said she wanted to make a
correction for the record. Barbara said she had been out to visit the property as a buddy and we
discussed adding to the back.
The Ramone's presented a Home Inspection Report conducted by First Quality Home Inspections
on June 3, 2006 in which the Ramone's said contained several items which made the building a
safety hazard-such as the electrical system,the structural integrity,the plumbing,and other items.
Ron asked the architect(Mark Schwartz) if the walls could handle the load of the additional story
and then asked him if the foundation was satisfactory and he said no.then Ron asked what they
planned to do about that and Mark said they need to demolish the building. At that time Ron said
this is a moot hearing as we are dealing with the demolition of a landmark and not an alteration of a
landmark. Several members of the commission didn't agree but the town attorney stated that she
believed that we needed a new hearing dealing with the demolition.
Jim mentioned that if they are seeking a demolition,they(Ramone's)would need to go to a formal
hearing for a demolition permit under the LPC Town Code.
The hearing was then closed without any public input(none present.)