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54375 State Route 25
cor. 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
MEMORANDUM
To:
Supervisor Scott Russell
Town of Southold Town Board
From: Mark Terry, Principal Planner
LWRP Coordinator
Date: June 15, 2010 (Amended)
Re:
"A Local Law to Amend the Town of Southold Water Supply Plan Map to
the Colony Pond Subdivision in Southold"
This Local Law proposes to amend the Town of Southold Water Supply Plan Map to
include an 833' extension of a distribution public water main from Bayview Avenue to
the proposed standard subdivision of Colony Pond (SCTM# 52.-5-60.3). Historically,
the Water Supply Plan Map reflects the physical changes in the water supply network
since 2000.
The Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDOH) has indicated in a May 19,
2008 letter that the water quality within test wells ddlled on-site (lots 2 and 4) does not
meet SCDOH standards. Correspondingly, H2M Labs Inc. retested the wells on May
14, 2010 and found the results of water quality impairment to be consistent with the
SCDOH findings~ The levels of manganese found in water samples on Lot 4 (in both
tests) are untreatable and therefore the SCDOH cannot issue a permit for on site wells
for the proposed subdivision.
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
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 he#tage" (Town of Southold Planning Board, 1985, p3).
This proposal is for a standard subdivision to subdivide a 13.540-acre parcel into five
lots where Lot 1 equals 35,567 sq. ft.; Lot 2 equals 336,918 sq. ft., inclusive of a 41,424
sq. ft. building envelope and 295,492 sq. ft. of subdivision open space; Lot 3 equals
30,471 sq. ft.; Lot 4 equals 30,029 sq. ft.; and Lot 5 equals 29,358 sq. ft. in the R-80
Zoning District. Sixty percent of the parcel will be preserved as open space.
The parcel is located between Colony Road and Hashamomuck Pond. The lots are
clustered adjacent to Colony Road which locates potential future development
(including sanitary systems) with the greatest separation distance possible from
Hashamomuck Pond. The lot locations minimize the adverse effects of development on
Hashamomuck Pond.
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 drinking water to existing residents and businesses in need
without precipitating 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.
Objectives
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.
The proposed action is not in conflict with the goals or objectives as stated above. Th~
property is zoned residential 80 (R-80); a total of five lots are proposed. The proposed
extension of public water will not increase density over what is permissible in the zonin,q
district for the parcel. Correspondin,ql¥ access to potable public water will protect thR
health and welfare of potential future residents of the subdivision.
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