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LOCAL LAW NO.~6,_,
A Local Law to make provision for
Affordable Housing for moderate income families
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Section 100-20 (District Designations) of Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the
Code of the Town of Southold is amended by adding thereto the following
new district designation:
F. AHD - Affordable Housing District
II. Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the Code of the Town of Southold is amended
by adding thereto a new article, to be Article V A, to provide as
follows:
ARTICLE VA
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISTRICT
Section 100-55.1. Purpose.
The purpose of the Affordable Housing District is to' provide the opportunity
within certain areas of the Town for the development of high density housing
for families of moderate income.
Section 100-55.2. Definitions.
For the purpose of this Article, the following terms, phrases and words shall
have the following meaning: '-
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - The Consumer Price Index as published by
the LLnited States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for
the New York Metropolitan area.
DIRECTOR - The Director of Community Development for the Town of
Southold.
MODERATE INCOME FAMILY - A family whose aggregate annual income,
including the total of all current annual income of all family members
(excluding the earnings of working family members under age 21) from
any source whatsoever at the time of application for the purchase or
lease of an affordable housing unit or the purchase of an unimproved
affordable lot, does not exceed $39,000.00, which annual income shall be
revised each year on January 31st to conform to the previous year's
change in the consumer price index.
MODERATE INCOME FAMILY DWELLING UNIT- A dwelling unit resecved
for rent or sale to a moderate income family and for which the
maximum monthly rent (excluding utilities) or the maximum initial sales
price does not exceed the maximum rent or maximum sales price set forth
in Section I00-55.7E hereof.
MODERATE INCOME FAMILY UNIMPROVED LOT An unimproved lot
reserved for sale to a moderate income family, and for which the
maximum initial sales price, inclusive of the cost of providing public
water and/o~ public sewer service to the lot, does not exceed the maximum
sales price set forth in Section 100-55.7E hereof.
PERMANENT FIXED IMPROVEMENT - An improvement to a lot or a
moderate income family dwelling unit which cannot be removed without
substantial damage to premises or total loss of value of said
improvements.
Section 100-55.3. Applicability.
AHD Districts shall be established by application to~*,he Town Board pursuant to
the procedures' hereinafter specified, on parcels of land located within the
following areas:
Ao
Land within a one-half (½) mile radius of the post offices located in
the hamlets of Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic and Southold~
B. Land within one-quarl~er (¼) mile radius of the post offices located in
the hamlets of East Marion and Orient.
Ce
Land within one-quarter (¼) mile of the boundaries of the Incorporated
Village of Greenport.
Land in such other areas as shall be designated by Town Board
resolution after a public hearing thereon, upon ten (10) days notice
thereof by publication in the official Town newspapers.
Section 100-55.4. Use Regulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used, and no building
or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended
or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any use except the
followlng:
A. Permitted uses.
1. One-family detached dwelling
2. Two-family c]~ellin
3. Multiple dwellings.
B. Accessory uses.
Accessory uses as set forth in and regulated by Section I00-30C (1),
(2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) of this Chapter.
Section 100-55.5. Bulk Area & Parking Requirements.
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part thereof shall
be erected or altered in the AHD District unless the same conforms to the
following Bulk, Area & Parking Schedule.
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BULK, AREA & PARKING SCHEDULE
Minimum
Requirements
Single Family Two-Family Multiple
Dwellings Dwellinqs Dwellings
Tol~al lot area (sq. ft.) 10,000
Lot Width (ft.) 80
Lot Depth (ft.) 100
Front Yard (ft.) 35
One side yard (ft.) 15
Both side yards (ft.) 25
Rear yard (ft.) 35
Livable floor area (sq.ft. per dwg) 850
Off-street parking spaces (per dwg) 2
Land area (sq.ft.) per dwg. unit 10,000
Ma~<imum Permitted Dimensions
Lot coverage (percent)
Buiilding height
Nulmber of stories
20,000 40,000
100 150
140 200
35 45
15 20
30 40
35 45
600 600
2 2
10,000 10,000
20 25 25
35 35 35
2½ 2½ 2½
Section 100-55.6 Application Procedure
A. Application Procedure.
The procedure for planning and zoning approval of any future proposed
development in an AHD District shall involve a two-stage review process
as follows:
(1)
(2)
Approval of a preliminary development eoncept plan and the zoning
reclassification of a specific parcel or parcels of land for
development in accordance with that plan by the Town Board; and
Al~proval of a final, detailed site plan, and subdivision plat
approval, if required, by the Planning Board.
B. Application to the Town Board for rezoning approval.
Four (4) copies of the application for the establishment of an AHD
District shall be filed with the Town Clerk who shall submit a copy to
the Town Board at its next regular scheduled meeting. The application
shall contain at least the following information:
(~)
The names and addresses of the property owners, and all other
persons having an interest in the property; the name and address
of the applicant (if not the owner); the names and addresses of
any planners, engineers, architects; surveyors, and all other
persons or firms engaged or proposed to be engaged to perform
work and/or ~ervices with respect to the project described in the
application.
(2)
If the applicant is not the owner of the property, written
authorization of the owner or owners authorizing the applicant to
submit the application on behalf of the owner or owners.
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(3)
A written statement describing the nature of the proposed project,
and how it will be designed to fullfill the purposes of this Article
(including its consistency with the Town Master plan); an analysis of
the site's relationship to adjoining properties and the surrounding
neighborhood; the availability and adequacy of community facilities
and utilities, including public water and public sewer systems, to
serve the needs of the project and the residents therein; the safety
and capacity of the street system in the area in relation to the
anticipated traffic generated, and such other information as deemed
necessary by the Town Board and/or the Planning Board to enable
them to properly review and act upon the application.
(4)
(5)
A written statement describing the proposed method of ownership,
operation and maintenance of all proposed common utilities, including
public water and sewer facilities, and open land located within the
proposed development.
A preliminary development concept plan for the Proposed project,
drawn to a convenient scale, and including the following information:
(a) The total area of the property in acres and square feet.
(b) A map of existing terrain conditions, including topography with
a vertical contour interval of no more than two (2) feet,
indentification of soil types (including wetlands), existing
drainage features, major rock outcroppings, the extent of
existing wooded areas and other significant vegetation, and
other significant features of the property.
(c) A site location sketch indicating the location of the property
with respect to neighboring streets and properties, including
the names of all owners of property within five hundred (500)
feet therefrom, as shown on the last completed town assessment
roll. Such sketch shall also show the existing zoning of the
property and the location of all zoning district boundaries in
the ~urrounding neighborhood.
(d) A preliminary site development plan indicating the approximate
location, height and design of all 'buildings, the arrangement of
parking areas and access drives and the general nature and
location of all other proposed site improvements, including
- recreational facilities, landscaping and screening, the storm
drainage system, water and sewer connections, etc.
(e)
A plan showing the number, type and location of all proposed
dwelling units and unimproved lots to be reserved for sale or
lease to moderate income families, and the ratio of the same to
all proposed dwelling units and lots in the development.
(g)
A generalized time schedule for the staging and completion of the
proposed project.
An application fee in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.) for
each proposed dwelling unit or five hundred ($500.) dollars,
whichever is greater.
C. Referral to Planning Board.
Upon the receipt of a properly completed application for the establishment
of a new AHD District, one copy of the application shall be referred to
the Planning Board for its review and report, and one copy shall be
referred to the Suffolk County Planning Commission for its review and
recommendation, if required by the provisions of the Suffolk County
Charter. Within sixty (60) days from the date of the Planning Board
meeting at which such referral is received, the Planning Board shall
report its recommendations to the Town Board. No action shall be taken
by the Town Board until receipt of the Planning Board report or the
expiration of the Planning Board review period, whichever first occurs.
Said review period may be extended by mutual consent of the Planning
Board and the applicant.
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D. Planning Board Report.
The Planning Board, in its report to the Town Board w may recommend
either approval of the application for the establishment of the AHD
District, with or without modifications, or disapproval of said
application. In the event that the Planning Board recommends disapproval
of said application, it shall state in its report the reasons for such
disapproval. In preparing its report and recommendations, the Planning
Board shall give consideration to the Town Master Plan, the existing and
permitted land uses in the area, the relationship of the proposed design
and !ocation of buildings on the site, traffic circulation, both on and off
the site, the adequacy and availability of community facilities and
utilities, including public water and public sewer systems, to service the
proposed development, compliance of the proposed development with the
standards and requirements' of this Article, the then- current need for
such housing, and such other factors as may be related to the purposes
of this Article.
E. Town Board Public Hearing.
Within forty-five (45) days from the date of the Town Board's receipt ~-
the Planning Board's report and recommendation, or the expiration of the
Planning Board review period, whichever first occurs, the Town Board
shall hold a public hearing on the matter of establishing an AHD District
on the property described in the application. Such hearing shall be held
upon the same notice as required by law for amendments to the town
Zoning Map and/or Zoning Code.
F. Town Board Action.
(1) Within forty-five (45) days after the date of the close of the public
hearing, the Town Board shall act either to approve, approve with
modifications, or disapprove the preliminary development concept
plan and the approval or disapproval of the establishment of the
AHD District applied for. Approval or approval with modifications
shall be deemed as authority for the applicant to proceed with the
detailed design of the proposed development in accordance with such
concept plan and the procedures and requirements of this Article. A
copy of the Town Board's determination shall be filed with the
Planning Board and a copy mailed to tt~e applicant. A copy shall also
be filed in the Town Clerk's Office. If such determination approves
the establishment of a new AHD District, the Town Clerk shall cause
~he official Zoning Map to be amended accordingly.
(2) Approval of the establishment of an AHD District shall expire twelve
(12) months after the date of Town Board Approval thereof if the
applicant has not received site development plan approval and final
subdivision plat approval of at least the first section of the planned
development within such twelve (12) months period. Approval of the
establishment of an AHD District shall expire eighteen (18) months
after said Town Board approval thereof if work on the site has not
commenced or the same is not being prosecuted to conclusion with
reasonable diligence. Tha Town Board, upon application of the
applicant, and upon good cause being shown, may in the exercise of
its discretion, extend both of the above time periods for not more
than two (2) additional periods of not more than six (6) months
each. In the event of the expiration of approval as herein provided,
the AHD District shall be deemed revoked and the zoning
classification of the property affected thereby shall revert to its
zoning classification that existed on the property immediately prior to
the establishment of the AHD District thereon, and the Town Clerk
shall cause the official Zoning Map to be amended accordingly.
G. Site Plan And Subdivision Plat Approval by the Planning Board.
(1) No earthwork, site work, land clearing, construction or development
activities shall take place on any property within an AHD District
except in accordance with a site plan approved by the Planning
Board in accordance with the provisions of this Article and in
accordance with the procedures and standards for site plan approval
as set forth in Articla Xlll of this Chapter.
(2)
Where a proposed development involves the subdivision or
resubdivision of land, no development shall proceed until the
in
Planning Board has granted final subdivision plat approval
accordance with the provisions of Chapter Al06 of the Town Code.
Section 100-55.7 General Rec~ulations and Re~uirements.~
A. Sewer and Water.
In an AHD District, public water supply systemsar~cl/or public sewer
disposal systems shall be provided to serve all 'dwelling units located
therein.
B. Covenants and Restrictions.
In approving a preliminary development concept plan and/or the
establishment of an AHD District, the Town Board shall have the right to
require the applicant and/or the owner and all persons having an interest
in the premises to execute an agreement,' in recordable form, containing
such restrictions, covenants~ terms and conditions as it deems neces~v"/
to accomplish the intent and purposes of this Article.
C. Provision For Moderate Income Family Dwelling Units And Unimproved Lots.
(1) On land within an AHD District containing ten (10) acres or less of
land, not less than forty (40%) percent of the dwelling units and/or
unimproved lots located therein shall be reserved for sale or lease to
moderate income families.
(2)
On land within an AHD District containing more than ten (10) acreso~
land, not less than fifty (50%) percent of the dwelling units and/or
unimproved lots therein shall be reserved for sale or lease to moderate
income families.
D. Eligibility.
In each AHD District,
for moderate income
reserved for sale to moderate income families shall
_priority basis, in the following order:
the sale or lease of dwelling units reserved
families, and the sale of unimproved lots
be allocated on a
(a) First to eligible applicants employed in'the Town of Southold.
(b) Second to eligible applicants who reside in the Town
Southold, in the order of length of residence in the Town.
(c) Third to all other eligible applicants.
of
E. Maximum Sales Price And Monthly Rent.
(1) In an AHD District, the maximum initial sales price of a dwelling unit
or unimproved lot reserved for sale to moderate income families shall
be as follows:
(a) Unimproved lot containing an area of 10,000 sq.ft. - $25,000.
(b) Attached dwelling unit - $60,000.
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(c) Single-family detached dwelling unit - $75,000.
(2)
The maximum initial monthly rent (exclusive of utilities for a dwelling unit
reserved for moderate income families in the AHD District shall be as
follows:
(a) Studio Apartment - $300.
(b) One bedroom dwelling unit - $400.
(c) Two bedroom dwelling unit - $500.
(d)
The provisions of this Section 100.55.7E(2) shall remain in effect as
to each dwelling unit for a period of fifteen (15) years from the date
of the initial lease thereof.
(3)
The maximum sales prices and monthly rents set forth in Section
100-55.7(1) and (2) hereof shall be revised each year on January 31st to
conform to the previous year's change in the consumer price index. :_:
F. Resale Price of Dwelling Units and Unimproved Lots.
(~)
Dwelling units in an AHD District reserved for moderate income families
may be resold to moderate income families, provided that the maximum
resale price does not exceed the purchase price plus the cost of
permanent fixed improvements, adjusted for the increase in the consumer
price index during the period of ownership of such dwelling unit and
such improvements plus reasonable and necessary resale expenses.
(2:)
Unimproved lots in a AHD District reserved for moderate income families
may be resold to moderate income families, provided that the maximum
resale price does not exceed the purchase price of such lot adjusted for
the change in the consumer price index for the period during which such
lot was owned by the resale seller, plus reasonable and necessary resale
expenses.
Where an unimproved lot in an AHD District reserved for moderate income
families is improved with a dwelling unit, 'the maximum resale price shall
be determined in the manner specified in Section 100.55.7F (1) hereof.
(4)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 100-55.7F (1), (2) and (3)
hereof, the Director may authorize the resale of a dwelling unit or
unimproved lot reserved for moderate income families at a price in excess of
the maximum resale price specified in Section 100-55.7F (1), (2) and (3)
hereof, under the following conditions:
!a)
That the owner of such dwelling unit file an application with the
Director requesting approval of such resale, setting forth in detail
the calculation for the determination of the maximum resale price, the
proposed resale price, and such other information and documentation
as the Director shall request.
(b)
That the portion of the resale price in excess of the maximum
allowable resale price shall be divided between the resale seller and
the Town in the following proportions.
Year of Resale
after purchase
Percentage
to Owner
Percentage
To Town
1st 0 100
2nd 20 80
3rd 40 60
4th 6O 40
5th 8O 2O
6th 90 I0
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(c)
All money received by the Town pursuant to the provisions of
the preceding paragraph (b) shall be deposited in separate
accounts and shall be expended only for the purposes of this
Article in such manner as shall be determined by the Town
Boa rd.
Section 100-55.8 Administration.
^. General Duties of Director.
(~,)
(2)
The Director shall be responsible for the administration of dwelliog
units and unimproved lots reserved for moderate income families in
all AHD Districts pursuant to the provisions of ~his Article~
The Director shall promulgate and maintain information and
documentation of all dwelling units and unimproved lots reserved for
moderate income families in all AHD Districts; the number thereof
available for sale or lease at all times; the sales prices and
rent for such dwelling units and lots; the names and addresses of
eligible families desiring to purchase or lease the same, together with
a priority list of such families. The Director shall maintain suc~
other records and documents as shall be required to properly
administer the provisions of this Article.
B. Interagency Cooperation.
(~)
Whenever the Town Board approves the establishment of an AHD
District, a copy of such determination shall be filed with the
Building Inspector and the Director, together with a copy of any
agreements and/or covenants relating thereto,
(2)
Whenever the Planning Board approves a subdivision plat and/or a
site plan affecting land within an AHD District, a copy thereof shall
be filed with the Building Inspector and the Director, together with
copies of any agreements and/or covenants relating thereto.
(3)
Whenever the Building Inspector shall issue a building permit, a
certificate of occupancy or any other permit or authorization
affecting dwelling units and/or unimpr.qved lots located in an AHD
District and reserved for sale of lease to moderate income families, a
copy thereof shall be filed with the Director.
C. Procedu~r~.
(1)
(2)
Whenever the Building Inspector receives an application for a
certificate of occupancy for a dwelling unit or unimproved lot located
in an AHD District and reserved for sale or lease to moderate income
families, the Building Inspector shall file a copy thereof with the
Director who shall inform the owner and/or person filing such
application of the maximum sales price or monthly rent for such
dwelling unit or lot as well as eligibility requirements for families
seeking to purchase or lease such dwelling units or lots.
No certificate of occupancy may be issued by the Building Inspector
until the Director has supplied the Building Inspector with the
information provided for in the preceding paragraph and the
Building Inspector determines that the issuance of the certificate of
occupancy will not permit a use, occupancy, sale or lease of a
dwelling unit or unimproved lot in violation of the provisions of this
Article.
(3)
The Director shall certify the eligibility of all applicants for lease or
purchase of dwelling units and unimproved lots reserved for
moderate income families. An owner of dwelling units and unimproved
lots in an AHD District which are reserved for sale or lease to
moderate income families shall not sell or lease the same to any
person who does not possess a certificate of eligibility issued by the
Director. A violation of the provisions of this paragraph shall
constitute grounds for the revocation of a certificate of occupancy.
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(4) On or before March 31 of each year, the Director shall notify the
owner or manager of dwelling units and unimproved lots reserved for
moderate income families of the monthly rent, sales price and income
eligibility requirements for such units and lots based upon data
derived from the preceding year.
(5) The owner or manager of dwelling units and unimproved lots
reserved for moderate income families shall certify in writing to the
Director on or before May 31 of each year that the sale and/or lease
of such dwelling units and lots comply with the provisions of this
Article and Chapter 100 of the Tnwn Cnde.
(6) When a dwelling unit reserved for lease to moderate income families
is to be rented, the lease for such unit shall not exceed a term of
two (2) years.
Section 100-55.9 Applicability of Town Code.
All of the Provisions of the Code of the Town of Southold not inconsis~-~
or in conflict with the provisions of this Article shall be applicalbe in the
AHD District.
111. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of
State.
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II.
Section 100-20 (District Designations) of Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the
Code of the Town of Southold is amended by adding thereto the following
new district designation:
F. AHD - Affordable Housing District
Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the Code of the Town of Southold is amended
by adding thereto a new article,' to be Article V A, to provide as
follows:
ARTICLE VA
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISTRICT
Section 100-55.1. 'Purpose.
The purpose of the Affordable Housing District is to' provide the opportunity
within certain areas of the 'Town for the development of high density housing
for families of moderate income.
Section 100-55.2. Definitions.
For the purpose of this Article, the following terms, phrases and words shall
have the following meaning;
CONSUMER. PRICE INDEX - The Consumer Price., Index as published by
the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics for
the New York Metropolitan area'.
DIRECTOR The Director of Community
Southold.
Development for the Town of
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MODERATE INCOME FAMILY - A family whose aggregate annual income,
including the total of all current annual income of all family members
(excluding the earnings of working family members under age 21) from
any source whatsoever at the time of application for the purchase or
lease of an affordable 'housing unit or the purchase of an unimproved
affordable lot, does not exceed $39,000.00, which annual income shall be
revised each year on January 31st to conform to the previous year's
change in .the consumer' price index.
MODERATE INCOME FAMILY DWELLING UNIT- A dwelling unit reserved
'for rent or sale to a moderate-' income family and for which the
maximum monthly rent (excluding utilities) or the maximum initial sales
price does not exceed the maximum rent or maximum sales price set forth
in Section 100-55.7E hereof.
MODERATE INCOME FAMILY UI~IMPROVED LOT An unimproved lot
reserved for sale"to a moderate income family, and for which the
maximum initial sales' price, inclusive of the cost of providing public
water and/o~ public sewer' service to the lot, does not exceed the maximum
sales price set forth in Section 100~55.7E hereof.
PERMANENT FIXED IMPROVEMENT An improvement to a lot or a
moderate income family dwelling unit'which cannot be 'removed without
substantial damage to premises or total loss of value of said
improvements.
Section 100-55.3. Applicability.
AHD Districts shall be 'established' by application to.~he Town Board pursuant to
the 'procedures' hereinafter specified', on parcels of land located within the
following areas:
Be
Land within a one-half (½) mile 'rad.ius of the post offices .located in
the hamlets of Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic and Southold.
Land within one--quarter (¼) mile radius of the post offices located in
the hamlets of East Marion and Orient.
C. Land within one-quarter (¼) mile of the boundaries of the Incorporated
Village of Greenport.
De
Land in such other' areas as shall be designated by Town Board
resolution after a public hearing thereon, upon ten (10) days notice
thereof by publication in the official Town newspapers,
Section 100-55.4. Use Re~lulations.
In the AHD District, no building or premises shall be used, and no building
or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended
or designed' to. be used, in whole"or in part, for any use except the
following:
A. Permitted uses.
1. One-family detached dwelling
2. Two-family dwellin ~
3. Multiple dwellings.
B. Accessory uses.
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Accessory uses as set forth-in and regulated by Section 100-30C (1),
(2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) of this Chapter'.
Section 100-55.5. Bulk Area & Parking Requirements~
No building or premises shall be used and no building or part thereof shall
be erected or altered in the AHD District unless the same conforms to the
following Bulk, Area & Parking Schedule.
BULK, ARIMA & PARKING SCHEDULE
Minimum Single Family Two-Family Multiple
Requirements Dwellings Dwellings Dwell inqs
Total lot area (sq. ft.) 10,000 20,000 40,000
Lo~ Width (ft.) 80 100 150
Lot Depth (ft.) 100 140 200
Front Yard (ft.) 35 35 45
One side yard (ft.) 15 15 20
Both side yards (ft.) 25 30 40
Rear yard (ft,) 35 35 45
Livable floor area (sq.ft. per dwg) 850 600 600
Off-street' parking spaces (per dwg) -2 2 2
Land area (sq.ft~) per-dwg, unit 10,000 10,000 10,000
Maximum Permitted Dimensions
Lot coverage. (percent)
BUilding height
Number' of stories
20 25 25
35 35 35
2½ 2½ 21
Section 100-55.6 Application Procedur~
A. Application Procedure.
The procedure for planning and zoning approval of any future proposed
development in an AHD District shall involve a two-stage review process
as follows:
(1) Approval of a preliminary development concept plan and the zoning
reclassification of a specific . parcel or parcels of land for
development in accordance, with: that plan by the Town Board; and
(2) Approval of a final, detailed' site plan, and subdivision plat
approval,~if required, by the Planning Board.
B. Application to the Town Board for rezoning approval.
Four (4) copies of the application for the establishment of an AHD
District shall be 'filed with the Town Clerk who shall submit a copy to
the Town Board at its next regular scheduled meeting. The application
shall contain at least the following information:
(1) The names and addresses of the property owners, and all other
persons having an interest in the property; the name and address
of the applicant (if not the owner); the names and addresses of
any planners, engineers, architects; surveyors, and all other
persons or firms engaged or proposed to be engaged to perform
work and/or ~ervices with respect to the project described in the
application.
If the applicant 'is not the owner of the property., written
authorization of the owner or owners authorizing the applicant to
submit the application on behalf of the owner or owners.
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(3)
A written statement describing the nature of the proposed project,
and how it will be designed to fullfHI the purposes of this Article
(including its consistency with the Town Master plan); an analysis Of
the site's relationship to adjoining properties and the surrounding
neighborhood; the availability' and adequacy of community facilities
and utilities, including public water and public sewer systems, to
serve the needs of the project and the residents therein; the safety
and capacity of the street system in the area in relation to the
anticipated traffic generated, and such other }nformation as deemed
necessary by the Town Board and/or the Planning Board to enable
them to properly review and act upon the application.
(4)
A written statement describing the 'proposed method of ownership,
operation and maintenance of all proposed common utilities, including
public water and sewer facilities, and open land located within the
proposed development.
(5) A preliminary development concept plan for the proposed project,
drawn to a convenient scale, and including the following information:
(a) The total area of the property' in acres and square feet.
(b)
A map of existing terrain conditions, including topography with
a vertical contour interval of no more than two (2) feet,
indentification of Soil types~ (including wetlands), existing
drainage features', major rock outcroppings, the extent of
existing wooded areas and other significant vegetation, and
other' significant features of the property'.
(c).
^ site Io~ation sketch indicating the location of the property
with respect to neighboring streets and properties', including
the 'names' of all owners of property within five hundred (500)
feet therefrom, as shown on the last completed' town assessment
roll. Such sketch shall also show the existing zoning of the
property' and the location of all zoning district boundaries in
the ~urrounding neighborhood.
(d) A preliminary site development plan indicating the approximate
location, height and design of all buildings, 'the arrangement of
parking areas and access drives and the general nature and
location of all other proposed site improvements, including
---~ recreational facilities', landscaping and screening, the storm
drainage system, water and sewer connections, etc.
(e)' A pi. an showing the number, type and location of all proposed
dwelling units and unimproved lots to be reserved for sale or
lease to moderate income families, and the ratio of the same to
all proposed dwelling units' and lots in the development.
(f) A generalized time schedule for the staging and completion of the
proposed project.
(g)
An applicatiOn fee in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.) for
each proposed dwelling unit or five hundred ($500.) dollars,
whichever is greater.
C. Referral to Planning Board.
Upon the receipt of a properly completed application for the establishment
of a new AHD District, one copy of the application shall be referred to
the Planning Board for its' review and report, and one copy shall be
referred to the Suffolk County Planning Commission for its review and
recommendation, if required' by the provisions of the Suffolk County
Charter. Within sixty (60) days from the date' of the Planning Board
meeting at which such referral is received, the Planning Board shall
report its- recommendations to the Town Board. No action shall be taken
by the Town Board until receipt of the Planning Board report or the
expiration of the Planning Board review period, whichever first occurs.
Said review period may be extended by mutual consent of the Planning
Board and the applicant.
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D. Planning Board Report.
The Planning Board, in its' report to the Town Board, may recommend
either approval of the application for the establishment of the AHD
District, with' or without - modifications, or disapproval of said
application. In the event that the Planning Board, recommends disapproval
of said application, it'shall state in' its' report the reasons for such
disapproval. 'In preparing its report and recommendations, the Planning
Board shall give consideration to' the Town Master Plan, the'existing and
permitted land uses in the area, the relationship of the proposed design
and lo.cation of buildings 0n the site, traffic circulation, both on and off
the site, the adequacy, and availability of community facilities and
utilities, including public water and public sewer systems, to service the
proposed development, compliance of the proposed development with~ the
standards and requirements', of this Article, the then- current need for
such housing, and such other factors as may be related to the purposes
of this Article;
E. Town Board Public Hearing.
.Within forty-five (45) days from the date of.the Town Board's receipt of
the Planning Board's report and recommendation, or the expiration of the
Planning Board review period, whichever first occurs, the Town Board
shall hold a public hearing on the matter of establishing an AHD District
on the property' described in the application. Such hearing shall be held
upon the same notice as required by"law for amendments to the town
Zoning Map and/or Zoning Code.
F. Town Board Action..
(1)
Within forty-five .(45) days after the date' of the close of the public
hearing, the Town Board shall act. either to approve, approve with
modifications, or disapprove the preliminary development concept
plan and th~ approval or disapproval of the establishment of the
AHD District applied for, Approval or approval with' modifications
shall be deemed as authority for the applicant to proceed with' the
detailed design of the proposed development in accordance with such
concept plan-and the procedures and. requirements'of this Article. A
copy of .the Town Board's determination shall be filed with' the
Planning Board and a copy mailed to'the applicant. A copy shall also
be filed in the Town Clerk's Office. If such determination approves
the establishment of a new AHD District, the Town Clerk shall cause
the official Zoning Map to' be amended accordingly.
(2)
Approval of the establishment of an AHD District shall expire twelve
(12) months after the date of Town Board Approval thereof if the
applicant has not -received site' development plan approval and final
subdivision plat approval of at least the first section of the planned
development within such' twelve (12) months period. Approval of the
establishment of an AHD District shall expire eighteen (18) months
after said Town Board approval thereof if work on the site has not
commen~:ed or the same is not being prosecuted to conclusion with
reasonable diligence. The Town Board, upon application of the
applicant, and upon good cause being shown, may in the exercise of
its discretion, extend both of the above time periods for not more
than two (2) additional periods of not more than six (6) months
each. In the event of tha expiration of approval as herein provided,
the AHD -District shall be deemed revoked and the zoning
classification of the property affected thereby shall revert to its
zoning classification that existed on the property' immediately prior to
the establishment of the AHD District thereon, and the Town Clerk
shall cause the official Zoning Map to be amended accordingly.
G. Site' Plan And Subdivision Plat Approval by the Planning Board.
(7)
No earthwork, site' work, land clearing, construction or development
activities shall take place on any property within an AHD District
except in accordance with a site plan approved by the Planning
Board in accordance with the provisions of this Article and in
accordance with the procedures and standards for site plan approval
as set forth: in Article'Xlll'of this Chapter.
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(2)
Where a proposed development involves the subdivision or
resubdivision of land, no development shall proceed until the
Planning Board has granted final subdivision plat approval in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter A106 of the Town Code.
Section 100-55.7 General Re~lulations and Requi,rements~
A. Sewer and Water.
In an AHD District, public water supply systemsar~l/or public sewer
disposa.I systems shall be provided to serve all dwelling units located
· therein.
B. Covenants and Restrictions.
In approving a preliminary development concept plan and/or the
establishment of an AHD District, the Town Board shall have the right to
require, the applicant and/or the owne~ and all persons having an interest
in the premises to execute an agreement,' in recordabIe form, containing
such restrictions, covenants~ terms and conditions as it'deems necessary
to accomplish the intent and purposes of this Article.
C. Provision For Moderate Income Family Dwelling Units And Unimproved Lots~
(1) On land within an AHD District containing ten (10) acres or less of
land, not less than forty.. (40%) percent of the dwelling units'and/or
unimproved lots' located therein shall be reserved for sale or lease to
moderate income families..
(2)
On land within an AHD District containing more than ten (10) acres
of land, the number of dwelling units and unimproved lots therein,
to' be reserved for sale or lease to' moderate income families shall be
as follows:
(a)
(b)
Not less than ten (10%) percent of the dwelling units shall be
reserved for lease to moderate income families.
Not less than ten (10%) percent of the dwelling units' shall be
attached dwelling units reserved for sale to moderate income
families.
(c-} Not less than twenty- (20%) percent of the dwelling units shall
be one-family detached dwelling units reserved for sale to
moderate income fam~ilies.
(d)
D. Eligibitity~
Not less than ten (I0%) percent of the unimproved lots therein
shall be reserved for sale to moderate income families.
In each=AHD District, the sale or lease of dwelling units reserved
for moderate' income families, and the sale of unimproved lots
reserved for sale to' moderate income families shall be allocated on a
priority' basis, in the following order:
(a) First to eligible applicants employed in 'the Town of Southold.
(b) Second to eligible applicants . who reside in the Town of
Southold; in the order of length of residence, in the Town.
(c) Third to all other eligible applicants~
E. Maximum Sales Price And Monthly Rent.
(1)
In an AHD District, the maximum initial sales price of a dwelling unit
or unimproved lot reserved for sale to moderate income families shall
be as follows:
(a) Unimproved lot containing an area of 10,000 sq.ft. - $25,000.
(b) Attached dwelling unit - $60,000.
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(2)
(c) Single-family detached dwelling unit - $75,000.
The maximum initial monthly rent (exclusive of utilities for a dwelling unit
reserved for moderate income families in the AHD District shall be as
follows:
(3)
(a) Studio Apartment - $300.
(b) One bedroom dwelling unit - $400..
(c) TWO bedroom dwelling unit ~- $500 ....
(d)
The provisions of this'Section 100. 55.'7E( 2) shall remain in effect as
to each dwelling unit 'for a period of fifteen (15)years from the date
of the initial lease thereof.
The maximum sales prices and monthly rents set forth: in Section
100-55.7(1) and (2) hereof shall be revised each year on January 31st to
conform to the previous year's change in the consumer price index.
F. Resale Price of Dwelling Units:and,Unimproved Lots;
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Dwelling units in an AHD District reserved for moderate income families
may be resold to moderate income families, provided that the maximum
resale price does not exceed the purchase' price plus the cost of
permanent fixed improvements, adjusted for the increase in the consumer
price index during the period of ownership of such dwelling unit and
such improvements'plus reasonable and necessary resale expenses,
Unimproved lots in a AHD District reserved for moderate income families
may be resold to. moderate: income families, provided that the maximum
resale price does not exceed the purchase price of such lot adjusted for
the change in the consumer price index for the period during which such
lot was owned by the resale sellero plus reasonable and necessary resale
expenses.
Where an unimproved lot in an AHD District reserved for moderate income
families is improved with: a dwelling unit, the maximum resale price shall
be determined in the manner specified in Section 100.'55.7F (1) hereof.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 100~55.7F (1), (2) and (3)
hereof, the Director may authorize the resale of a-dwelling unit or
unimproved lot reserved for moderate income families at a price in excess of
the maximum resale price specified in Section 100-55.7F (1), (2) and (3)
hereof, under ~he follow!~g conditions:
(a) That the owner of such dwelling unit .file an application with the
Director requesting approval of such resale, setting forth in detail
the calculation for the determinatio~ of the maximum resale price, the
proposed resale' price, and such other information and documentation
as the Director shall request.
(b) That the portion of the resale price in excess of the maximum
allowable resale price shall be divided between the resale seller and
the Town in the following proportions.
Year of Resale Percentage Percentage
after purchase to Owner To Town
1st 0 100
2nd 20 80
3rd 40 60
4th 60 40
5th 8O 2O
6th 90 10
All money received by the Town pursuant to the provisions of
the preceding paragraph (b) shall be deposited in separate
accounts and shall be expended only for the purposes of this
Article in such, manner as shall be determined by the Town
Board.
Section 100-55.8 Administration.
A. General Duties of Director.
(1)
(2)
The Director shall be responsible for the administration of dwelling
units and unimproved lots reserved ,for moderate income families in
all AHD Districts pursuant to the provisions of this Article~
The Director shall promulgate: and maintain information and
documentation of all dwelling units' and unimproved lots' reserved for
moderate, income families in' all AHD Districts; the number thereof
available for sale or lease ~t all times; the sales prices and monthly
rent for such dwelling units' and lots; the names and addresses of
eligible families desiring to:purchase or lease the same, together with
a priority list of such families. The Director shall maintain such
other records and documents as 'shall be required to properly
administer the provisiohs of this Article.
B. Interagency Cooperation.
(1) Whenever the Town Board approves the establishment of an AHD
District~ a copy of such determination shall be filed with' the
Building Inspector and the Director, together with a copy of any
agreements and/or covenants' relating thereto;
(2)
Whenever the Planning Board approves a subdivision plat and/or a
site plan affec~ting land within an AHD District, a copy thereof shall
be filed with the Building Inspector and the Director, together with
copies of any agreements and/or covenants' relating thereto.
(3)
Whenever the Building Inspector shall issue a building permit,'a
certificate of occupancy or any other permit or authorization
affecting dwelling unitS: and/or unimproved lots-located in an AHD
District and reserved for sale of lease to· moderate income families, a
copy thereof shall be filed with the Director.
C. Procedure.
(1)
Whenever the Building Inspector receives an application for a
certificate of occupancy, for a dwelling unit or unimproved lot located
in an AHD District and reserved for sale or lease to moderate income
families, the Building Inspector shall file a copy thereof with' the
Director who shall 'inform the owner and/or person filing such
application of the maximum sales price or monthly rent for such
dwelling unit or lot as well as ~l'igibility requirements for families
seeking, to purchase or lease sUCh dwelling units'or lots.
(2)
No certificate:of occupancy, may be issued by the Building Inspector
until the Director has supplied the Building Inspector with the
information, provided for in the preceding paragraph and the
Building Inspector determines that the issuance of the certificate:of
occupancy will not permit a use, occupancy, sale or lease of a
dwelling unit or unimproved lot in violation of the provisions of this
A rticle.
(3)
The Director shall certify the eligibility of all applicants for lease or
purchase of dwelling units and unimproved lots reserved for
moderate income families. An owner of dwelling units and unimproved
lots in an AHD District which are rese~'ved for sale or lease to
moderate income families shall not sell or lease the same to any
person who does not possess a certificate of eligibility issued by the
Director. A violation of the provisions of this paragraph shall
constitute grounds for the revocation of'a certificate of occupancy.
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(4)
On or before March 31 of each year, the Director shall notify the
owner or manager of dwelling units and unimproved lots reserved for
moderate income families of the monthly rent, sales price and income
eligibility' requirements for such units and lots based upon data
derived from the preceding year.
The owner or manager of dwelling units and unimproved lots
reserved for moderate income families shall certify in writing to the
Director on or before May 31 of each year that the sale and/or lease
of such dwelling units and lots comply with the provisions of this
Art, icle and Chapter 100 Of the Town Code.
When a dwelling unit reserved fod lease to moderate income families
is to be rented, the lease for such unit shall not exceed a term of
two (2) years,
Section 100~55.9 Applicability'. of Town Code.
All of the Provisions of the Code of the Town of Southold not inconsistent
or in conflict with: the provisions of.this Article shall be applicable in the
AHD District.
i11. This Local Law shall take effect upon .its filing with' the Secretary of
State~
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(Complete the certification in the paragraph which applies to the filing of this local law and strike out the
..matter tt~erein which is not applicable.)
(Ei'a~l adoption by local legislative body only,)
'~' I hereby certi~¥that the local law annexed hereto, designated aslocal law No ........ ~. ........ o~ ~9~ ....
~cu,, ~ Town Board
...... o~ Southold was ~y passed by t~e ..................................................................................
.................................... ' (Name o{ Legislative Body)
of the Town
July 1, ~ 19 86 in acco~ance with the applicable provisions of law.
(Passage hy local legislative body with approval or no disapproval by Elective Chief Executive Officee
or repassagc after disapproval.)
] hereby certify that the local law annexed'hereto, desi~atedas local law No ................... of 19 ........
County
City of ...................................... was duly passed by the .................................... :'""': ....... [& .............................
of the T6wn (N~,~
Village not ~sapp~ved
on ....... ~9 ........ and was approved bY the ........................................................
repassed after disapproval
and was deemed dul~ adopted on ................................................. ::..... 19 ........ , in accordance with the applicable
provisions of law.
(Final adoption by referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No ................... of 19 ..........
County
City of ' .. was duly passed by the ..................................................... ~ ...............................
of the Town (Name et Legislative Bo ¥)
Villa ge not disapproved
on ................. .19 ........ andrepassedWaS approvedafter disapprovalbY the ............................................................... Elective Chief l~xecutiv, Ofiice~ ~
on ........................................... , .......................... ].9. ........ Such local law was submitted to the people by reason of a
mandato~ referendum,and received the affirmative vote o[' a majority of the oualified electors voting
permissive
general
therecq at the special election held on .............. .19 ........ , in accordance with the applio
annual
cable provisions"of law.
(Subject to permissive referendum, and final adoption because no valid petition [ilea requesting
referendum.)
I hereby certify'that the local law annexed hereto, designated as locaI law No ................... of ].9 ..........
County
of ...................................... was duly passed by the ............................................................................... - ' (Name of Legislative Body) .. on
City
of the Town
Village not disapproved
19 ........ and was approved by the ......................................................... on
l,;loctlve chic! Executive Officer W
...................................................... repassed af~er disapproval
............ . . .19 ......... Such local law being subiect to a permissive referendum and no
valid petition requesting such referendum having been filed, said local law was deemed duly adopted on
...................................................................... 19 ........ , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
*Elective Chief Executl'~e Officer m~ans or includes the chief e~tecuti~e officer of a country elected on a county-wide bssis
or, if there be none, the chairman of the cotm~ 1 _egtshtflvo body, the mayor of a city or vi!L~?.e or the supervisor of a town,
where such oW~:er is vested with power ~o approv~ or v~to local laws or ordinances.
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(City local law concermag Charter revision proposed by petition,)
I m 'cb;' certit'¥ that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No ..................... of 19 ........
'gl. the City of .......................................................................... having been submitted to referendum pursuant to the
~r;~isions of ~ 36
37 of the Municipal tlome Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority
of the qualified electors of such city voting thereon at the special
general election held on ..................................
................ 19 ............ became operative.
(Couuty local law co?eming adoption of Charter.)
I kereby certify fhat the local law annexed hereto, designated as Local Law No ....... of 19 ...... of the
County of ......................................... State of New York, h. aving been submitted to the Electors at the
General Elect[on of November ........... 19 ........... pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of Section 33 of the Muni-
cipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the
cities of said zounty as a-unit and of a majority of the quail{led electors o[ the'towns of said county
considered as a nnit voting at said general election, be}amc operative.
(If any other authorized form o~ final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate
certification.)
~ I furt}/er certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office
and that the same is a correct transcrlpt thoretrona and of the whole of such original local law, and was
finally adopted in the manner indicated in paragraph ....... .1. ................... above.
Bate: July 2, 1986
Judith T. Terry, Town Clerk
(Seal)
(Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corpo. ation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney
or other authorized Attorney et locality.)
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF ..S...U...F...V..~..L...K. ..............................
I, the undersigned, hereby certify, that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all
proper proceedings have b~en had or taken for the enactment of the local !aw annexed hereto.
Si~n~tu~e
Bate: July 2, 1986 County
c-ici . of .......... ..s..o...u..t.h.o.j.¢ ..................................
Town
~'illage--
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PUBLIC HEARING
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
JUNE 17, 1986
8:011 P.M.
IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW ENTITLED, "A LOCAL LAW TO
MAKE PROVISION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES"
Present:
Supervisor Francis J. Murphy
Justice Raymond W. Edwards
Councilman Paul Stoutenburgh
Councilman James A. Schondebare
Councilwoman Jean W. Cochran
Councilman George L. Penny IV
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: This is the second public hearing that we have scheduled,
whicl3 is on a proposed Local Law to make provision for Affordable Housing for
Moderate Income Families, and Councilman George Penny will do the official reading
of the notice.
COUNCILMAN PENNY: "Public Notice is hereby given that there has been presented
to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 6th
day of May, 1986, a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law to make provision for Affordable
Housing for moderate income families". Notice is further given that the Town Board
of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the
Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York, on the 17th day of June, 1986,
at 8:00 o'clock P.M., at which time all interested persons will be heard." This is
quite len§thy and I will waive the reading of the entire notice if there is no objection.
(No objection. )
We have an affidavit of publication from The Long Island Traveler-Watchman.
We also have an affidavit of publication from The Suffolk Times. We have notice
from the Town Clerk that this has been posted on the Town Clerk's Bulletin Board.
We have a letter from the Suffolk County Department of Planning which says:
"Gentlemen: Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 1323 and 1332 of the Suffolk
County Charter, the above referenced application which has been submitted to the
Suffolk County Planning Commission is considered to be a matter for local determination.
A decision of local determination should not be construed as either an approval or
disapproval." And that's signed by the Chief Planner, Gerald G. Newman.
A letter from the Southold Town Planning Board: "Resolved that the Southold
Town Planlning Board concur with the memorandum from the Planning Consutants,
Szepatowski Associates, Inc. and refer same to the Town Board as recommendations
with regard to the Proposed Local Law to make Provision for Affordable Housing for
Moderate lincome Families; and the Board also recommends that Peconic and East Marion
be deleted as hamlets under the proposal since it is felt that these hamlets could not
support an affordable housing proposal. Enclosed is a copy of the memorandum from
Szepatowski Associates, Inc. for your review." And that's signed by Bennett Orlowski,
Jr., Chairman, Southold Town Planning Board.
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Affordable Housing
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: You've heard the official reading of the notice of this
proposed Local Law. Is there anyone here on the left, on my left, who would
like to speak in favor of this proposed Local Law? Yes.
BARBARA SCHRIEVI~R: Supervisor Murphy and members of the Town Board, Mrs.
Terry, and people in--I was going to say congregation--in the audience. I live in
Orient. I work at the Greenport Housing Alliance, Inc. in Greenl~ort. I'm the
Section 8 Affordable--no~ Existing Housing Rent Subsidy Program. What I see is
a very great need for affordable housing in the Town. Affordable housing for
rental purposes and other kinds of affordable housing where people can actually
buy. I have now 66 families on the waiting list I~or the Section 8 certificates. We
have now all of our certificates in use and we will have to apply for more in order
to be able to serve any of the 66 people. Every day more people apply and--and
that's 66 iincome eligible people. We have fairly strict guidelines for people for the
income--that they can't be over a certain amount, depending on the number ol~ people
in the fam~ily. Also, I'm not quite as intimately connected with the Lakeside Garden
project--tl~at's the Farmers Home Project--where 16 rental units in the Village of
Greenport are in the process of being constructed with help from the Town and
also from the Village. As I understand it, now we have over 130 applications from
people -most of whom are residents of the Township, for these 16 rental units.
There is a great need and it seems to me that the provisions in this particular
Local Law would go a long way towards helping some of these people find some
kind ,of a place where they could live in decent surroundings and at a price that
they can afford. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Barbara. Anyone else? In the back?
GEORGE WETMORE: I'm the former Vice-Chairman of the Housing Committee. Hey,
time's running out. Pretty soon you won't have any volunteer fire departments.
What do you want? I'm very concerned about volunteer fire departments. An age
group that's getting to be forty, forty-five. Keeps creeping up. Some day you're
going to need a fireman. Let's help the young people stay here so we get one. It's
a concept that is needed and it's timely. I feel Orient kind of missed tt~e boat. The
designation for Orient, you couldn't buy an acre of land for less than $100,000 in
that area. I feel the Board should review that and move it over towards the school
where it belongs, where the vacant land is. East Marion--yeah there's a little land
for affordable, contrary to what the Planning Board says. We could make one for
our fireman down there too. Thank you, gentlemen. Please speed this through.
We've worked long enough on it.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Is there anyone else on the left would like
to speak in favor of this proposed Local Law? Down in the middle, anyone like to
speak in ~avor of the proposal? Geoff?
GEOFFREY PROUD: Honorable members of the Board, I speak on behalf of Citizens
concerned about the lack of housing which people who live in our Town can afford
to buy or rent. They are a growing number and they're represented as a group
called "Citizen's Action For Affordable Housing In Southold". Before stating a
position on the proposed Law, let me first make it clear that "Citizen's Action For
Affordabl~ Housing In Southold" is not an advocate or support directly subsidies
of any kind. It is not for, nor is it against, I should add, subsidized housing.
Nor do w~ advocate any kind of a lesser quality housing that would be different
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Affordable Housing
from the types of housing Southold is accustomed to, such as trailer parks or
prefabricated houses. We don't speak for these. The aim of this organization,
which derives from the Federal Government's Department of Housing and uses
information supplied by the Federal Government, is to advise local governments
on streamlining regulations so as to reduce the cost of building a house. A
quality house. The theme of the program is stated this way: Any community
tl~at wants affordable housing can have it. We've demonstrated -that is, the
Federal Government has demonstrated, that savings of ten to twenty percent
can be achieved by streamlining outdated procedures and requirements which
effect housing costs. With respect to the proposed Law, Citizen's Action is
in support of any plan which reduces the cost of building houses, so that the
savings will be realized by the consumer and more of our local citizens with
moderate ~incomes can get into the l~ousing market. The proposed Law does
address this question seriously, although it remains to be seen whether it will
actually produce the needed housing. Citizen's Action will support the Board's
continued efforts to solve the housing problem and will assist them in fashioning
a workabl~ law so that it does produce the desired effect, which is namely housing
for people who live here and are middle income.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Geoff. Bill?
WILLIAM BEHR: Speaking as a citizen this time. I'd like to just report something,
just for the record. I am fortunate to be associated with the newly created Economic
Advisory Committee here in the Town of $outhold. I have to tell all the members of
the Board and all the people present tonight, that of all the people we're talking to,
without e×ception, in the various industries and activities in this Town, one of the
biggest problems they find to induce people to work here, who have management
capabilities and will enhance our Town, is the lack of affordable house. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Anyone else here in the middle? Sir.
WILLIAM ~IOORE: I'm a resident of Terry Lane here in Southold. I'm speaking
in favor of the proposed Local Law. A paid advertisment appeared in the June
12th edition of The Suffolk Times which set forth the question, "Can you Afford
Affordable Housing?" The advertisement, which was paid for by the Concerned
Citizens af Southold Town, proceeded to set forth the reasons why this Town
cannot afford affordable housing. The advertisement claims that affordable housing
means low,er property values, increased demand on water and sewer services, increased
traffic and subsidized housing. The ad also states that the United States Congress
does not like subsidized housing and neither should we. I think that the more
appropriate question is: "Can you afford housing in the Town of Southold?" Another
question ~o be considered is: what is affordable? Let's not get afraid of subsidized
housing and the boggey men that that carries with it. That's a very important
program. I'm not here to talk about. And your proposal is not about subsidized
housing. It's about affordable housing. Back to the definition of "affordable" .
I'd suggest that "affordable" means that which is within a person's ability to pay.
The cost of land and housing has, as we all know, increased dramatically in the last
two or three years. Have the incomes of those people living and working in the area
kept pace with these increased costs of housing? I think the answer is an obvious
no. The median income in Southold is approximately $26,000 according to a survey
published this week in Newsday. A quick telephone call to a local real estate broker
confirmed that unimproved property in the Town costs no less than $55,000, and
that a person will have little success purchasing a home for less than $135,000.
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The rising cost of land and housing have outstripped the ability of the average
Southold resident to purchase a home. The planning consultants hired by the Town
to develop the new master plan have stated that the problem of affordable housing
is a pressing one in the Town of Southold, for renters and prospective homeowners,
for young families and senior citizens, and for Iow and moderate income households.
The planners point out that there has been little construction of multi-family units
and that the cost of new single family housing has risen significantly. The Town
Building Department indicates that single family construction in 1982 cost more than
$100,000. With the presentation of the proposed Affordable Housing District, the
Town has taken a very positive step toward providing for the most basic needs of
the residents of this Town. I urge tl~e Board to adopt the proposed Local Law.
I would like to make one suggestion regarding the proposed law. It may be helpful
for the BOard to discuss the proposed sales price and rent ceilings with area real
estate br~kers, if you have not already done so, to determine if the proposed ceilings
will encoulrage applications for this zoning designation. I applaud the Board's proposal
and only hope that it will be acted upon to bring about this needed housing. One
way to increase the incentive to develop affordable housing might to be have a mix
of price ~anges and rentals. I encourage you to act upon your proposal. Housing
which is ~ffordable must be available to those who Would like to live and work in
Southold if the town is to be a place where people of all ages can live. Thank you.
SUPERVIS~OR MURPHY: Thank you. Anyone else in the middle like to address the
Town Board? Anyone on the right to speak in favor?
JOAN MAI~IN: I would like to know when I could ask a question about something
that I don't understand in the proposal?
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: You could probably ask right now.
JOAN MAI~IN: I have three questions that I don't understand. Why do you deem
that we should have these dwellings so close to town where there would be so much
congestion ?
SUPERVIS~OR MURPHY: This is from the Master Plan.
JOAN MANN: Yes. Oh, from the Master Plan?
SUPERVISIOR MURPHY: Yes.
JOAN MANN: Okay. And the second one is you said that you will have a
Director Who will be in charge of this. It's in there. There will be a Director
that will oversee---
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: That would be the Community Development Director.
JOAN MANN: But I didn't know who it was. That's why I'm asking.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Jim McMahon.
JOAN MANN: Okay. I didn't know. I had no idea. And third, I hear people
talking about the young people working here, but I don't think it says anything
about age in here, does it? I mean, it's for everybody. Right?
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COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: You can't discriminate.
JOAN MANN: That's what I'm saying. I just wanted to make that clear.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: That is correct.
JOAN MANN: Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Okay, is there anyone else over here on the
right would like to speak in favor of this proposed Local Law? Yes.
RICHARD WII-TON: My name is Richard Wilton, from Mattituck. One of the big
burdens ~fou all face in this Town and in all towns is paying real estate taxes.
The biggest portion of our real estate taxes, whether you know it or not, is for
schools to educate our children. Right now we are spending a lot of money out
of our own pockets to educate our children. We have children graduate from school
and a lot of us have to say, "Where are you going to locate? You can't afford this
town." I think this affordable housing plan, a certain percentage of the units that
would be available could be used by our youth. It would keep the youth here to
work in our marketplaces, to enhance our Town, to serve as volunteer firemen. I
would like to see the Town Board address this affordable housing problem in a
positive manner shortly. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY; Thank you. Anyone else like to speak in favor of this
proposed Local Law? Bill?
WILLIAM F. MULLEN, JR.: My name is Mullen, William F. Jr. I reside in Cutchogue.
While I'm a member of the Town Planning Board, I speak here tonight as a taxpayer.
I'm very ]pleased that the Town Board has gotten this far with this situation and I'm
sure and Ihope they'll pass it. I'd like to direct your attention to a few points if I
may howeyer. Number one, our most important commodity are our young people.
They"re leaving here. There is no place to live. If you don't believe it, pick up
the local papers and see what they're getting for not just a house, but a buildable
lot. That!s the start of it. The concerned citizens--I was very pleased to read it
until I saw what it was ail about, then I couldn't believe what I was reading. Over
40 years ago I packed my duffle bag and got on a train and enlisted in the Army.
Then I realized what it meant--the housing. I had rations and quarters. I lived in
a tent witlh 15 other guys. Sometimes it was one other guy in a puptent. Many of
you went through the same thing, and I hope and pray that you people tonight will
pass this; It isn't perfect, but nothing is. It's a start in the right direction. I'll
give you a little situation that I got from a member of the Town--an official--and also
confirmed by my son-in-law who lived out here and had to leave. He said to me, and
I quote, "Your diploma in Southold Township is your passport out of Town." Thank
you.
SUPERVIS~OR MURPHY: All right. Is there anyone else would like to address the
Town Boa~rd? John?
JOHN COSTELLO: Yes, my name is John Costello, and I live in the unincorporated
part of G~'eenport, and as you well know over the last couple of years I've been an
advocate Qf moderate income housing, affordable housing. I take a little exception
to the advertisements I've seen in the paper recently. I don't believe your affordable
housing law has any subsidies in it, and I hope it doesn't. I think private enterprise
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will survive in America. think that if there's less restrictions, then as proposed
in tl~at law, you eliminate some of the major concerns of tl~e people against affordable
housing. No one wants a slum next to them. I think if you restrict the prices, I'm
sure you can build a house for $20,000. No one wants to live next to it. We know
what it's going to be. I'd like to see the houses done that will graduate into an area
tl~at will be an asset to Southold Town. If you put too many restrictions on developers
you'll see more Cardboard Cities. I'd rather see more nice small communities around
Greenport. I'm sure there's no intent on your part, and it's none on mine to advocate
deva~uing any of the neighbor's properties. I'd like to see the opportunity exist for
the young people, for people that don't have the money to afford a second home, do
not come !out here and invest in real estate, rape it and leave. I would like to see
the community stay the best possible way. I've lived here all my life and I'm going
to continue living here. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, John. Is there anyone else would like to address
the Town I~oard in favor of this proposed Local Law? Sir?
FRANK J(~RDAN: My name is Frank Jordan. I live here in Southold. Back by us
we have mixed feelings. This is like motherhood. Nobody's going to speak against
it and I'm certainly not going to. I think we do need affordable housing, but what
I am particularly concerned about is the fact it's going to have---I think this is
pointed towards the real estate and developers. I think where you I~ave one acre
zoning and you're going to turn it into quarter acre zoning, I think there's going
to be one positive effect, and that's down the line to the davelopers and the real
estate interests. Now, cost--I mean if you can streamline the building requirements
to make a~ffordable housing within the area of the younger people, I'm all for it, but
as I said, I'm very concerned what's going to happen insofar as dividing an acre
of zoning into one quarter acre zoning. You can be sure as hell when they're selling
for $50,000 or $75,000 now, you multiply it by four. Somebody's going to be making
a hell of a lot of money.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Is there anyone else would like to speak in favor of this
proposed Local ~-aw? On the right? Center? Side? (No response.) Okay, is there
anyone Ii~e to speak in opposition to this proposed Local I-aw? Over here on the
left? Sir~
JAMES LO~UGHLIN: Gentlemen, ladies, my name is James l-oughlin and I'm a
resident of Southold, on the Main Road. l-et me begin by saying there is no
such thing as affordable housing. That's just a euphemism for some reason or
other. H~w can you build anything for less than $100,0007 This is a fraud.
There is bo such thing as affordable housing. What you really mean is subsidized
housing. Everybody says they're against it, but that's the only way you can
produce these houses. But they say we must have houses for our people. Well,
as Mayor Koch says, "Not everybody can live in Manhattan." I'd like to live on
Fifth Avenue, but I can't. Now, these are the facts of live. This is going to be
the biggest joke in the world. Let me quote from some Congressional information.
Congress !said that---"More than one-third of 1.2 million public housing units in
the country need repair, costing at least $5,000." He said the vacancies were high
and so on~ Now, that's the experience. You have to rebuild public housing every
ten years., Now, can we go into a thing like that? If you're talking about having
these peol~le living here because for some reason or other they can't afford anything
else, theni you have to subsidize them. Now, you're just playing with facts if you
think that subsidization is not the answer. The answer is subsidization. With all
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the sociological forms that that implies. I've had some connection with that problem
in the City of New York in the Housing Authority and I'll tell you that they are not
a success. Public housing has been termed, and is "instant slums". Do we want to
get into a situation like that just for a few? Now, another thing. The Southold
Savings Bank has deposits of $400,000,000. There is money here. People have
money and they have children that they should subsidize, not us, with $400,000,000
in deposits. It's a lot of money. I might say that join the club. I have to subsidize
my children if they want to buy a house. Lots of other people---everybody wants
somebody else to take care of their problems at somebody else's expense. As far
as the fire department's concerned, we run out of that we'll have to think of some-
thing else. Raise taxes, maybe, or a paid fire department. Maybe that would be
the answer, [)ut I don't think it will come to that. So I think that affordable
housing is a fraud on the public and you can't afford it. Absolutely you can't
afford it, because it means a subsidy, and God knows we're subsidizing everything
else in the Town. Our education bills are enormous. In spite of the fact that the
Board of Regents of the State of New York says todays school district of less than
1,000 is a waste, we have in our school district less than 1,000 pupils. Where is
this going to end? Some of us are old. We have saved and scrimped and done
everythin9 possible to live here in quite and peace, not have one quarter acre
subdivisiohs along side of us. I live on Main Road and a proposition was made in
that MeadOws, and it would destroy that historic district on Main Road. Some of
those houses go back to the 16th century. Gentlemen, this is a fraud. There is
no public housing unless you want to pay for yourselves, and as a taxpayer I
don't. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, sir. Anyone else on the left like to speak?
RUSSELL MANN: Yes, my name is Russell Mann. I live on the Main Road in
Southold. I have four children that were brought up in Southold Town. They
weren't born here, but they weren't very old when they got here, so I have a
great love for Southold Town, and I think the concept of being able to keep the
children here is great, but the little law that we have here says that the affordable
units are $75,000. So what young person making $6.00, $8.00, or $10.00 or $12.00
an hour can afford a $75,000 house? My children tell me that they can't afford it.
I happen to have one daughter was lucky enough to get a house before the prices
skyrocketed. Then we have several problems that are involved. First of all, we've
heard so much about open space and the rural character of the area for many, many
years, and that's when several years back we had two acre zoning, and everyone
clammored for' two acre zoning. In the beginning I was against it. Now I ended up
with two acre zoning and now we're promulgating quarter acre zoning. So what
happens When you get quarter acre zoning? You get crowding. And you get
crowding and it puts a strain on your water supply, which we've already heard so
much about tonight and for many, many months in the past. Then we also have a
sewage pdoblem which gets more difficult when you have quarter acre zoning instead
of two ac~e zoning. And as Mr. Loughlin said, there's no way in the world that
you're going to build these so-called affordable houses without subsidizing. Some
of you may like subsidizing, I don't. And I don't think most of us really want to
pay for subsidies. Land values will probably be negatively affected. I think they'll
very defir~itely be negatively affected. If you happen to own land you're going to
be concerped about it. If you don't, then you don't really care. The proposed Law
says that ,these affordable housing districts which could be established upon application
would be llocated within a half a mile of the Southold Post Office, the Cutchogue Post
Office, the Peconic Post Office, and the Mattituck Post Office. Those are the possible
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areas, plus within a quarter of a mile of the Village of Greenport, and a quarter
of a mile of the Orient and East Marion Post Office. So, conceivably, you wouldn't
have one, or two, you might have several of these units, which would mean more
quarter acre zoning and more strain on your water and your sewage and your
traffic, etcetera, etcetera. Thank you for your time.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Anyone else here on the left like to address
this Local Law? In the middle. Anyone in opposition? Please.
CYNTHIA HALSEY: My name is Cynthia Halsey, and I also live on the Main Road
in Southold, and I think you should carefully reconsider what I believe this law
to do. O~e, I think anybody that tries to override this sort of thing, which at
present wiould be, ladies and gentlemen, overriding the present Zoning Code, is
going to r~ake their personal lives a hell, because every vulture, every speculator,
everybody that wants to do something is going to descend upon you, clothed in
halos, saying "affordable housing". There is no reason to suppose they want to
do anything but come in and go out. There is no reason to suppose they would
care abouit the people here who might want affordable housing. You have no
guarantee if you do these things that the people you want to help will be helped.
In fact I think personally you'll find they're not. Also we have the difficult of,
I believe, sewers. I believe it says "public water and public sewer". I understand
for a pul~lic sewer you would have to go to a bond issue. I doubt very many people
would be willing to vote a sewer bond issue for somebody else from out of town,
for somebody else's residence, for somebody else's profit. Why should anybody do
it? Why should you even take the risk that somebody would do it? I think you
should send it back to committee. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Is there anyone else in the middle would
like to address the Town Board on this proposed Local Law? Anyone on the
right? Sir.
ROBERT PRITCHARD: Bob Pritchard, Main Road, Southol!d. There is a lot of
truth on both sides. I tend to go against it because I,don't think it's good for
the Town. As been stated I don't think the young people can afford it. I have
a daughter who makes fairly decent money who cannot afford $75,000. How else
are these~ younger people that don't make anything near that are going to be able
to make it? I think it's dangling a carrot in front of the rabbit, and what hurts
is the rabbit is going to get tired and he's going to die, because he's never going
to catch ~he carrot, because they're never going to be able to make beans at the
end, they're going to hurt, and when that dream turns into a hurt that's no good
either. Affordable housing is good if it's done properly, but the way I see it
going back and forth- what we have--quarter acre zoning, then we have two acre
zoning, iSomebody has to make up their mind what kind of zoning we're going to
have. Where is it going to be? I can't see it being put in around the towns. We're
congeste~t around the town already. What are going to do with the garbage? Who's
going to :take the garbage away? Somebody's going to have to take it away. The
taxpayers? What about the water? I mean, all these things have to be taken into
consideration and I don't think it will work. Not for this area, because it's not
that big an area to take this kind of a project on. Thank you very much.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, sir. Anyone else like to address the Town
Board on~ this proposed Local Law? Any feelings whatsoever? Over here on the
right? In the center? Bill?
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WILLIAM GRIGONIS: My name is William Grigonis. I happen to be Chairman of
the Southold Town Democratic Party, but I'm speaking here as an individual this
evening. As a parent of five children that are grown--my youngest was just 18
the other day. I have three married and a son in the service. They would love
to come I~ack to Southold and I hope some day they will, but at the present time
it's iust not affordable. But I think there's one point that we've all missed, and
I'm going to throw a smelly bomb right in the middle of the floor here. We've
talked about affordable housing. This thing's been kicked around for the last two,
three, four years. Now, if you're serious in keeping these young people here and
providing some type of affordable housing for our older people, what's wrong with
a couple iof trailer parks? If you're serious about keeping the people here. If
you're n~t, say no and let's forget all this balderdash we've been going through.
The thing is, say yes or no. We want the kids here and we want to do something,
and then we can do something. We have trailers in Riverhead by the hundreds.
Some, I agree, are not very well kept, but there are some that are beautiful parks,
they're on small parcels, very cheap, can be afforded by anyone, and some of these
are Yery beautiful units now. There could be something done with Mr. Costello's
property. Maybe we could go into something where two or three developers would
go into some type of program and the Town Board, or a committee, could pick the
best one or two. The schools now need kids. Someone said it would be expensive.
I spent 1!6 years on the school board. The biggest problem we had was declining
enrollmen!t. You have teachers teaching smaller classes. We could probably put
50 kids into any school system now and probably not even hire--maybe one teacher.
You coul~l spread her amongst the classes. You've got the building, you've got
the administrators, you've got all the expense to bus them home. It would be very
cheap. You could use these. The schools would love to have a few extra kids.
You'd have a better school system. But I think the main thing to be addressed
by all these people here: do you want it, or don't you want it? Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Are there any other comments? Sir.
FRANK JORDAN: Frank Jordan, Harbor Lights, Southold. Has any other Town
in Eastern Suffolk considering such a proposal, or has it been adopted? I mean,
has Brookhaven, Riverhead? Southampton has?
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Or East Hampton has.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: Southampton.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Southampton. Most all the towns.
FRANK JORDAN: Could you just kind of--briefly somebody fill us in. How is
it working and what did they do there? Is it being controlled properly?
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: So far it seems so. And they all seem to be the same
problem.
COUNCILMAN PENNY: Most of them were Town controlled units. The Town bought
property and did it. We opted to let private enterprise do it so we didn't get into
subsidies and other programs.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Anyone else? Sir.
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JAMES LOUGHI-IN: I iust want to make one comment. You gentlemen on the--and
ladies on the Board do not look like masocl~ists to me, but as it's been said, the
most emotional relationship in live, outside of marriage, is landlord and tenant.
Part of this has to do with renting. That means that eventually you come to the
decision where you have to put some noodnick out--as ,my native language in Brooklyn
has it--and then you'll be accused of racism, prejudice, everything. And if you
want to go into that, it'sa m~lstrom, and I wish you luck, but I hope you don't.
For your own good. For your own good.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Is there anyone else? Bill?
WILLIAM F. MULLEN, JR.: Perhaps I could help some of you people at your own
convenience. I've made a considerable study on this housing situation the last
almost three years. I have a lot of information that I've acquired and I've gotten
from other towns, such as Brookhaven, and so forth. So if anybody's interested,
please contact me through the Planning Board. And last, but not least, we are not
looking for subsidy housing.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay. Is there anyone else? Yes.
VALERIE SCOPAZ: May I speak as a neutral person?
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Certainly. Would you use the mike and identify yourself.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: I want to hear what you have to say that's neutral.
You're going to be careful.
VALERIE SCOPAZ: Okay. My name is Valerie Scopaz. I am speaking as a private
citizen. I happen to be an Assistant Planning Administrator in another town and I
would like to offer you some suggestions, as a planning professional. The concerns
that were brought to you this evening by the people, the residents of the Town, are
focused on one thing. If you look at the pictures around this room--the paintings--
I think that's what each and every one of us here are concerned about keeping. There
are, of course, many differences of opinion as to how to preserve the things that each
of us -however you want to express it--loves best about the North Fork. I would like
to suggest one thing, that you have a planning professional that you have hired to
assist you in drawing up the comprehensive plan. I think it would be wise if you
looked at tl~is proposed law in conjunction with a number of other things. One is
this: the economy of this area is based on tourism to quite an extent, and of
necessity that creates, in actuality, that creates a situation where you have tl~e
service people who live here, who are in effect service--providing the services to
the people who come out here to visit, and what we have here is a conflict of having
to keep what attracts people here, and at that the same time keeps it affordable for
the people who provide the services and serve people that come here can afford to
live here the rest of the time. And it's not an easy problem to solve. I think the
issues thlat were brought up by the previous public hearing, if I may refer to that
briefly, which deals with bed and breakfast places, a lot of people expressed concerns
about bed and breakfast places being abused, and I think that legitimate concern.
The reason why I think it's a legitimate concern is that the need for housing,
affordable housing, and I don't necessarily mean a place, a house--not everyone
who lives in Southold wants to buy and own a house where you have al! the
responsil~ilities involved. Where you have to mow the lawn and make sure the roof
shingles are in good order and so on and so forth. There are a lot of people who
live in Town don't want the responsibilities of a house, but who nevertheless need
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some sort of place to live, and I can understand the concerns from people here
who feel that well that demand is going to be met by the people who run the bed
and breakfast places. What I may suggest is that you review the bed and breakfast
law and see if you can come up with some kind of a licensing procedure. For
instance, one town that I know of has a two year special exception procedure for
business of this type, in which they outline very clearly what the requirements are
for this type of a business, and every two years this license has to be renewed--
in this particular case it's before the Town Board. It could also be before the
Board of Zoning Appeals. The advantage to this is that there's a provision in
this for a public hearing every two years and what this does is enable the residents
of the cOmmunity--if there is indeed a problem and this is being abused--it can be
brought to the attention of the board that has the authority to review it, and steps
can be taken to address the situation, and that may be something the Board would
like to consider. And the last point I want to make is, one of the axioms; of the
planning profession is that you can never look at one item in isolation. Everything
affects elverything else. Any decision that you make with regard to bed and break-
fast--you've got to have a fence, or a number of other factors, and what I would
like to suggest is even though the concerns that have been brought to your attention
have bee~n focused on very specific items, that the Board step back and take a long
perspective and do some analysis. For instance, one question that came to my mind
in listening to all of this was, if the Town passes some form of affordable housing,
that will leave, or provide, opportunity for certain people in Town who right now
must be ~either renting or living with their parents, to go out and purchase another
dwelling of their own. Now, the people who are renting, who will go out and purchase
a dwelling of their own, that means that those places that they're renting are going
to be freed up. The question is, how many of those are legal? How many of those
will indeed be used by other people are, for instance, living with their parents, to
movE; into those? I think some statistical analysis is needed, and that's what you
have a pllanning professional for. That's what you're paying him for. Get that
analysis and use that. That can give you an idea as to how to address the concerns
that were raised here, and then will give you guidelines. It will tell you how to
close some of the loopholes that may or may not be present in the law. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Is there anyone else would like to comment
on this proposed Local Law? (No response.) If not, I'll close the hearing.
Southold Town Clerk
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
LOCAL LAW NO. 6-1986
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-
EN that the Town Board of the
Town of Southold, at a regular
meeting held on July I, 1986,
adopted Local Law No, 6-1986
entitled, "A Local Law to make
provision for Affordable Hous-
ing for moderate income
families," which amend~ Sec-
tion 100-20 (District Designa-
tions) of Chapter 100 (Zoning)
of the Code of the Town of
Southold by adding Ihereto a
new district: AHD - Affordable
Housing District. The purpose
of the Affordable Housing
District is to provide the oppor-
tunity within certainareas of the
Town fm the development of
high density housing for
families o~[' moderate income.
AHD ]Districts shall be
established by application to the
Town Board .on parcels of land
located within the following
A. Land within one-half((2)
mile radius of the post offices
located in the hamlets of Mat-
tituck, Cutchogue,.Peeonic, and
Southold.
B. Land withini one-quarter
(¼) mile rz~dius of the post of-
rices located in the hamlets of
East Marion and Orient.
C. Land within'one-quarter
(~4) mile radius of the boun-
daries of the Incorporated
Village of Greenport.
D. Land in such other areas
as shall be designed by Town
Board resolution after a public
hearing thereon, upon ten(10)
days notice thereof by publics-
than in the official Town
newspapers.
In the AHD District, no
building or premises shall be us-
ed, and 11o building or part of
a building shall be egected or
altered which is arranged, in-
tended or designated to be us-
~1[ ed, ih whole or in part, for any
use e~cept the following: (1)
One-family detached dwelling.
(2) Two-family dwelling. (3)
Multiple dwellings.
Copies of said Local Law No.
6-1986 are available in the Of-
rice of the Town Clerk, Town
of Southold, Town Hall, Main
Road, Southold, New York,
11971, to any interested persons
during business hours. Copies
of the local Law include: Bulk,
Area & Parking Schedule, Ap-
plication Procedure, Applica-
tion to the Town Board for
rezoning approval, Planning
Board approvals, General
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
ss:
STATE OF NEW YORK
Patricia Wood, being duly sworn, says that she is the
Editor, of THE LONG ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN,
a public newspaper printed at Southold, in Suffolk County;
and that the notice of which the annexed is a printed copy,
has been published in said Long Island Traveler-Watchman
once each week for ..................... ./. .... weeks
successively, commencing on the //c4
day of ' , 19 °c~'d
Sworn to before me this .......... .~..&. ..... day of
......... .....
Notary Public
BARBARA FORBES
:Notary Public, State of New York
:No. 480~8~6
Qual;fi¢¢t in Suffolk County
Commission Expires ~g~
~'emmts amd reatrictiom, pro-
~;i~mna for moderate income
l~amilY,dweHin~ units'and unim-
?roved lots,: Eligibility, Max-
imum Sal~'priC~ and monthly
rent, Resale Price 'of dwell ng
unitS and unlnlprbved lots
Administration ~ ,
D^TED: j% l, i9S¢
,JUOtTH t TERRY.
SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK
IT 7/1078~(3)
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF AI)DPTI~
LOCAL LAW NO. 6 1986
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Town Board vi the Town
of Southold, at a regular meeting
held on July 1. 198t~, adopted
Local Law No. 6 1996 entitled.
"A Local Law to mak,." provision
for Affordable Housing tbr mod-
erate income lhmili,~s", which
amends Section 100 20 4)istri~'t
Designations) of Chapter 100
within the following areas:
A. Land within one ~alft~>~l mile
radius of the post offic6s 1o-
cared in the hamlets of IMat-
tituck, Cutchogue, Pe~onic
and Southold. :
B. Land within one.quarte~(~/~)
mile radius of the post o(Bces
located in the hamlets of lEast
Marion and Orient.I
C. Land within one-quartei' ~'/~)
mile of the boundaries (~f the
Incorporated Village of
Greenport.
shall ~e designed by Town
[/oard resolution after a pub-
(](Il days notice thereof by
publication in the o~cial
'in thc Al-ID District, no building
or premises shall be used, and no
building or part of a building
shall be erected or altered which
is arranged, intended or desig
noted to be used, in whole or in
part, lbr any use except the
lowing: !t/ One family detached
dwelling. (2i Two-family dwell
iilg. i3) Multiple dwellings.
t;t,pies of said Local Law No.
19~;6 ar¢~ available in the
~f the Town Clerk, Town
Southold. Town Hall, Main Road.
Southold, New York 11971, to
,~ny interested persons during
business hours. Copies of the
Local Law include: Bulk, Area &
Parking Schedule, Application
Procedure, Application to the
proval, Planning Board approv-
quirements with respect to sewer
come family dwelling units and
unimproved lots, Eligibility,
Maximum Sales price and
monthly rent, Resale Price of
dwelling units and unimproved
lots, Administration.
DATED: duly 1, 1986.
JUDITH T. TERRY
SOUTHOLI) TOWN CLERK
1TJy10-5295
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK )
Mary Ellen Kelly
of Greenport, in
said County, being duly sworn, says that he/she is
Principal Clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, e Weekly
Newspaper, published et Greenport, in the Town
of Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New
York, end that the Notice of which the annexed is
s printed copy, has been regularly published in
said Newspaper once each week for
weeks successively, commencing on the 10
day of July 1986~
P~ ¢ipel Clark
Sworn to b~f~or, m~ .t ,,s~ ~:r?_ ,~
day of ~~ 19~
M~ ~
LEGAL NOTICE
: :HOTICE IOF
: ON LOC~I~ LAW
PUBLIC NOTI~E ;$ h~by
ili~ ~, ther~ ~aS been
p~t~ ~N~of
the ~n. of fi~{h aid ~Sufful~
County, N~ ~r~ on the ~h
p~i$ion for Affot ~ble
ing for moderate income
f~, - .
N~ ~S ~ ~ER O~V-
EN that the Tow~ ] Ioard of th~
Town of Southold will hold
public h~i~ on t ~ afo~d
~ ~w at the So ;thold ~n
Hall, Main Road Southold,
N~ York~ on th~ 17th day of
Jun~ 1~, ~ $~ 'c~k P.M.,
at which time allin ~M per-
sons will ~ ~,
T~ ~ '.'1
make ~r~si~ roi AffoMable
Housing fo~ m~e ~ income
families;' am~m a, 8~etion
1~ (~mi~ ~; ~0m) of
Code of thC T~n ff ~uthold
by adding lhe~ ~ ~ ~tria;
AHD -- A~o~t I~ Horoing
Dfii~ia. ~ ~or~ ~ of the Af-
fo~bl~ 80u~in$ I qstrict i~ to
pro~M~ the op~rV tnity Within
c~n m of the' ~ for the
d~b~ent of B $~ ~nsky
housing for f~ilies of
m~ate income
AHD DiStriCt: shall
esmb~ ~a~ afion to the
Town ~,,~,~ eels of land
locat~ ~ithin th~ bll~ng
A. ~nd :within a one-half
(~) mile ~us of he post of-
ficea lo~t~ in the hmlets of
Mat~tuck, Cutcho a~ P~onic
~d $outhuld.
B. Md within me-qua~er
(~) mile ~diro of h~ ~st of-
fic~ locat~ in the hamlets of
~st M~ion and ~ dent.
C. ~d within me-q~tCr
(~) mil~ of'thC ~o toddies of
the Incorporated Villag~ of
G~t.
D. ~ in'such ~ther a~ar
aa ,ahMl ~ ~esignat ~d ~ ~wn
~ing th~n; a~ m ten' (10)
fion in ,the offf ~iul Town
In th~ ~HD Eigtfi~, no
bail~ or ~ ~all
~d, an~ no b~l~ or ~an of
a building ~all
alte~d which is ~ ~$~, in-
tended or designate
ed, in who~ or M ~ trt, for any
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
ss:
STATE OF NEW YORK
Patricia Wood, being duly sworn, says that she is the
Editor, of THE LONG ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN,
a public newspaper printed at Southold, in Suffolk County;
and that the notice of which the annexed is a printed copy,
has been published in said Long Island Traveler-Watchman
once each week for ................... ./. ...... weeks
successively, commencing on the ........ ./?. ...........
d~_'i"lg'~''~'~..~~
Sworn to before me this .......... ./..~'..7. .... day of
19. ?..g.
(1) One-fnmily detached
dwelling.
(2) l[wo-family dwelling.
(3) Multiple dwellings.
Copies of said Local Law are
available in the Office of the
Town Cl~rk to any interested
-. I~rsons during l~asiness hours.'
P~/rklfig
Schedu!e, Application Pro-
cedure, Application to the Town
Board for rezoning approval,
Planning Board approvals,
General regulations and re-
quirements with respect to sewer
and water, ~ov~nants m~d restric-
tions, provision for moderate in,
come family dwalling units and
unimproved lots, Eligibility,
M~utimum Sales prie~ and mon-
thly rent, R~ale Price of dwell-
ing units and unimproved lots,
Administration.
DATED: June 3, 1986.
JUDITH T. TERRY
SOUTHOLD TOWN CLERK
lT-6/12/gfifgm
Notary Public
BARBARA FORBES
lqotawy Public, State of New York
No. 4806846
Qualified in Suffolk County
Commission Expirea ~ ~ / 19 ~g
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF
PUllLIC HEARING
ON LOCAL LAW
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby
given that there has been pre-
sented to the Town Board of the
Town of Southold, Suffolk
County, New York, on the 6th
day of May, 1986, a Local Law
entitled, "A Local Law to make
provision for Affordable Housing
for moderate income families.'~
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN that the Town Board of
the Town of Southold will hold a
public hearing on the aforesaid
Local Law at the Southo]d Town
Hall, Main Road, Southold, New
York, on the 17th day of June,
1986, at 8:00 o'clock P.M., at
which time all interested perone
will be heard.
This proposed "Local Law to
make provision for Aflbrdable,
Housing for moderate income
families." amends Section 100-20
(District Designations) of Chap-
ter 100 (Zoning) of the Code of
the Town of Southold by adding
thereto a new district: AHD-Af-
fordable Housing District. The
purpose of the Affordable Hous-
lng District is to provide the op-
portunity within certain areas of
the Town for the development of
h~gh densWy housing for families
of moderate incume.
AHD Districts shall be estab-
lished by application to the Town
Board, on parcels of land located
within the following sreas:
A. Land within one-half (%)
mile radius of the post office lo-
catod in hamlets of Mattituck,
Cutchogne, Peconic and South-
old.
B. Land within one-quarter
(%) mile radius of the post offices
located in the hamlets of East
Marion and Orient.
C. Land within one-quarter
(%) mile of the boundaries of the
no building or pafft ora building
shall be erected .r altered which
is arranged, intended or desig-
nated to be used, in whole or in
part, for any use except the fol-
lowing: (li One-family detached
dwelling, 12) Two -family dwell-
ing. t31 Multiple dwellings.
Copies of said Local Law are
available in the Office of the
Town Clerk to any interested
persons during business hours.
Copies of said Local Law include
Bulk, Area & Parking Schedule,
Application Procedure. Applica-
tion to the Town Board for rezon-
lng approval, Planning Board ap-
provals, General regulations and
ate income family dwe]bng units
and unimpruved lots. Eligibility,
Maximum Sales price and
monthly rent, Resale Price or
dwelling units and unbnproved
lots, Administratmn
DATE[): June 3. 19~6
dUI)ITItT TERRY
SOIJTHOLD TOWN CLERK
STATE OF NEW YORK )
I SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK )
Joan Gustavson of Greenport, in
said County, being duly sworn, says that he/she is
Principal Clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a Weekly
Newspaper, published at Greanport, in the Town
of Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New
York, and that the Notice of which the annexed is
a printed copy, has been regularly published in
said Newspaper once each week for
weeks successively, commencing on the 12
day of June 19 8 6
Principal Clerk
Sworn to before me this
day of