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E~OUTHO-LD, L. I., N. Y.
PLANNING 8OARD
MEMBERS
John ~(~'ickherrt, C:heirmon
Henry Mo~sa
Alfred Grebe
Archibald Young
Williem Un]celbnch
M I N U T E $
~OUTHOT~ ~T(NN-N PLANNINGBO~
August 2, 1966
A regular meeting of the Southold Town Planning B~d was
held at 7:30 P.M.~ Tuesday, August 2, 1966, at the Town Office,
Main Road, Southold, New York.
T~e were present: Messrs: John Wickham, Chairman;
Henry Moisa, Alfred Grebe.
Absent: Messrs:' William Unkel~ach, Archibald Young, due to
illness.
Also present: Messrs: Otto Van Tuyl, Consultant; Howard
Terry, Building Inspector.
The $outhold Town Planning Board received from~theTown
Board the original petition of Harold Reese~ 855 Sunrise
Highway, Lynbrook, New York , relative to a change of zone from
"A" Residential and Agricultural District to "B" Business
District on certain real property situated at $outhold, in
the Town of Southold, Sufffolk-Coutny, New York, and more
particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the southerly line of the Main Road,
145.82 feet westerly almng said southerly line from "Dolphin Drive",
said point of~beginning being the northwesterly corner of lot 14,
as shown on "Map of Southol d Shores", filed in Suffdk County
Clerk's Office as map $3853; from saidpoint of beginning running
along said lot 14, S. 13~ 15' 00" E.-55.11 feet; thence along
a proposed canal~ shown on said map, two courses; (1) S. 76*
45' 00" W.-40.0 feet; thence !(2) S. 13~ 15' 00" E.- 700 feet,
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more or less, to ordinary high w~r mark of Peconic Bay, thence,
westerly along said high water marks 250 feet more or less, to
land ofSl~edjeski, thence along said land of ~Sledje'ski, N. 13°
15~ 00~:W.-630 feet more or less, to said southerly line of the
Main Road; thence along said southerly line, ~) N. 69° 07'
20" E.-151.91 feet; thence (2) N. 51° 37' 20" F~--154.01 feet
to-the point of'beginning.
The Board viewed the subdivision map ofSoutholdShores.
Fir. G. Nickles was present to speak for the change of zone.
He advised the Board that Mr. Reese had once talked about
putting a marina and restaurant at t~s location. The Chairman
advised that-the fresh water situation in this area is very
critical. The Chairman further advised that he would like to
look at this property and he would also like to know exactly
what the applicant intends to do with the property.
Far. and Mrs..Charles J. Kanka appeared before the Board in
regard to dredging in Eugene's Creek. They had submitted an
application to dredge to the Board of Trustees. They proposed
to dredge a canal 25 .feet wide and 75 feetlong. The Chairman
advised of the fresh water situation in the Town~ofSouthold,
and advised the applicants that-the Board would like to look-over
this situation and they.would be able to give them a decision
in a couple ofweeks. Mr. Alvah Goldsmith., Chairman of the
Board of Trustees was also present-for the discussion of the
Kanka application.
The Planning Board, Mr.. Lundberg~ Robert-W. Tasker, Esq.,
and~Alvah Goldsmith again took up disc~ussion~ on ~the dredging and
filling in dOne by Mr. William Victoria atBayview' in $outhold.
The Chairman briefly out~ined-w~at, the Situation was. The
Chairman also ~dvised~ir. Lundberg that-~the Board of TEUstees
had warned Mr. Victoria in the early stages of his work that
he was breaking the law and that he needed ~to obtain a permit
for the work-he was doing ~rom the Town Trustees. The chairman
further ~.~a~ a~visedMr.~ Lundberg that according to the Town
Trustees, Mr. Victoria refused to obtain a permit~and refused
to cease the work he was doing.
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ARTHUR LUNDBERG, ESQ,': I don't know anything about
my client getting a warning from the Trustees. That-stream
was filled up by the county.
THE CHAIRMAN: You can not make a man made .canal and
bring salt water in.
ARTHUR LUNDBERG~ ESQ.: They reopened this canal.
THE~qAIRMAN: That makes no difference. You may not
widen or deepen a stream. We are here to lay our cards on
the table and we have Mr. Tasker here for advise.
ARTHUR LUNDBERG~ ESQ.': So much money has been spentand
no~hingwas done to stop him from doing all this dredging.
HOWARD TERRY: The point is he took this fill out of this
canal and built it up on Town pxperty. The trustees tried to
stop himwhen they first-knew about it.
ARTHUR LUNDBERG,ESQ~: I didn't know about that.
ALVAH GOLDSMITH: We had had a complaint. So ~about five
mmu~ o'clock in the afternoon I went down there. I was astonished"
in the amount of fill put in the creek. I got~ahotd of'Mr.
Latham and told him to stop it. I told him you don~t' lilt
Town propertywithout a permit. I told B$11 Victoria the Same
thing. He said he was trying to get ~ rid of the mud,
told Bill he was building up land that~did not belong to him~
I told him he was making-a mistake. He said he would get
his lawyer, he has a right 'to do it. The Trustees went down
as a group and told him not to do this.
ARTHUR LUNDBERGtES~.': Bill told me that they put this
d~edge .ia on top of the land and they didn't-level itoff.
He claims it was on his land.
THE CHA/RMAN: We can not let~Mr. Victoria get ~x~' away
with t his.
ARTHUR LUNDBERG,E~.': What_will you do?
THE CHAIRMAN: If we have to have a law suit we will.
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THE-C~: ~s far as we are concemned we have a
stronger case in some ways. ~ We can say to him~ take it- out
of 'th e creek and put it back in thecanal. This would be
extreme, ~but. we could do it.
ARTHUR LUNDBERG, ESQ.: I don~tsay that my client is right.
He has done something thathas cost him alot of money. If we
could make some kind of compromise, I could approach Bill with
that.
ALVAH GO?~SMITH: The onlyway the Board of Trustees.will be
satisfied is to dredge that right back to the point of beginning.
Solutions tO the problem of'the dredging do~e by Mr. Victoria
was discussed at some ienght. Subsequentlythe Planning Board
discussed the situation with Town'Counsel, Robert Tasker. The
Chairman advisedMr. Tasker that he should advise Mr. Lundberg
of the following: That the Board will require that Mr. Victoria
restore the creek and the land to where it-was when the County
finished dredging. Mr. Victoria also shall be required to
remove whathas accummulated in front of Koke's property. The
final approval of~this Will be either up to the Town Trustees
or an enginmer appointed by the Town of'Southold.
On motion by Mr~ Moisa, seconded by Mr. Grebe,. it was
RESOLVED that the minutes'of the Southold Town Planning
Board dated July 12, 1966, be approved as submitted.
Vote of the Board: Ayes:- Mr. Wick~am, Mr. Moisa, Mr. Grebe.
The next regular'mee~ing of the~Southold TownPlanning Board
will be held at Fishers Island on August 23, 1966.
The meeting was adjourned at~:30 P.M.
RespectfUlly submitted,
Barbara C. Dittmann, Secretary
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~JOHN- WICKHAM. CMAIRMAN