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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZBA-06/07/1957-PH ~KNUTES SOLWz~HOLD TOWN BUILDING Z01~E 0t~INANCE BOARD OF APPEALS Public Hearing held June 7, 1957 A public hearing was held at 8 P.M. on June 7, 1957, at the ~attituck Fire House, Pike Street, ~attituck, upon application of Willis~ T. Riley for a special permit to construct, operate and maintain a commercial labor camp on the west side of Factory Avenue, ~attituck, ~. Y. After calling the meeting to order the Chairman of the 0card introduced the members of the board. There were present: ~Ar. R.W. Gillispie, Jr. (Chairman) Mr. H. Rosenberg ~. C. Gregonis ~. R. Bergen ~&r. S. Doyen .ALSO: Mr. Howard Terry, Building Inspector ~r. R. G. Terry, Jr., Town Co~sel Affidavits from two local newspapers, petition by ~. Riley and letter of ~ay 31st to ~. Riley were read by the chairman. A showing of hands was asked for to determine how many people wished to speak, either "for" or "against" this appeal. There being only a dozen or so ~no wished to speak, no limi$ ~s set as to the time each individual had in which to speak. ~owever, the chairman asked each individual to be as brief and to the point as possible. Chairman: "Is there anyone here who wishes to speak "for" this appeal?" William T. Riley, ~2 Riverside Drive, Riverhead: "I only want to say this; I s~ not here to defend myself. I believe the Southold Town Board of Appeals has been misinformed. It is not that I want to build a labor camp. A labor camp comprises a group of buildings and all I want to build is a barracks about 20' x 50'. There are two shacks on this piece of property, now. ~any people live in these two shacks and as there vJill be only six or so people living in the proposed ~uilding, that is about all i can say. I believe you brought out that it was a commercial labor camp. ~y understanding of that, and I maybe wrong, would mean a labor force to ~hich people could go and recruit help. This help is to be used for ~Gy personal use in the grading of potatoes and will be my group, not for hire. It is just a matter of a group living in a definite building." Chairman: "Is there anyone who wishes to speak "against" this appeal?" Southold Town Board of Appeals June 7, 1957 ~Ii~IITES, Continued Junius ~ubbard, main Road, ~attitucE: "I thi~ we should not have colored people as there is enough up there now accorGing to the Baptist church. I am not talking for the First Baptist Church of ~attituck but t was supposed to get a letter from the pastor in ~amaica and it did not come." Bill Jackowski, Factory Avenue, ~attitucE: building of a barracks on Factory Avenue. or want a labor camp here." "I am opposed to I feel we do not need William C. Ehalt, ~arine Lane, l~attituck: "I am representing 42 families on Marine Lane. We strenuously oppose this erection. We do not feel that this is a fitti~ place for SUCh an operation and feel that it should be placed somewhere else." Henry Francis, Factory Avenue, Mattituck: "We find that a lot of colored people in these camps are drunk and disorderly and we have put up with this for eleven years. We do not want any more violence. We ere really opposed to such a thing in this town." Mary Mills, Factory Avenue, Mattituck: "I live in the neighborhood where ~Lr. Riley intends to build. This is not a place for it. We have a church in the vicinity an~ we prize our church very highly and we cannot have people who will not respect the church." Mary Kelly, Sigsbee Road, Mattituck: "I am a member of the Civic Association. I am speaking for 65 families in the town and all are opposed." Florence Mahoney, Bay Avenue, ~attituck: "I feel like the rest of the neighborhood - that this type of people in our town is very undesirable. We feel they are shiftless and you cannot depend on that type. We are proud of Mattituck and would like to keep it that way. I understand Mr. Riley was refused a camp in Riverhead." Earle Templeton, Peconic Bay Boulevard, ~attituck:"Riverhead has a tremendous labor camp and it still is a labor camp. Arrangements can be made between ~. Riley and this camp to merge and leave our town the ¥~y it is." Nona Granger, ~attituck: "We are opposed to this camp because we have children and do not feel safe with a camp in this area. We would not be able to allow our children on the streets in the evenings." Gertrude Koop, ~attituck: "Why must the individual people speak?. Why can't it ~e put to a vote, such as: How many in favor and those not?" Chairman: "This is a public hearing, held in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Building Zone Ordinance and any person desiring to be heard may do so." Alfred Kaneski, ~attituck: "I am very much opposed to this camp." Edward Abitz, Reeve Avenue, mattituck: "I would like to see how many are in favor and how many not in favor of this camp." Southold Town Board of Appeals 3 June 7, 1957 ~INUTES, Continued Laura Hudson, ~orth Road, Mattituck: "I am a member of the Civic Association. We do not want a labor camp. I sM against that labor camp. Very much so." Ed Decker, Hattituck: "How can the Zoning Board agree to something that is going to downgrade the entire area? I am against this Butt Mills, Factory Avenue, Mattituck: "We do not want any colored on this end. I live right side of a camp and do not ~ant any more." Evelyn Gunther, Sigsbee Avenue, Mattituck: "I live just across from Factory Avenue and I object strenuously to this camp. There are a lot of children on our street, very close to this camp." There being no one else who wished to speak, Chairman asked Riley to take up rebuttal if he wished. Mr. Riley: "I have nothing more to say except that it is not a labor camp. It is a barracks to house a few people." Chairman: "Mr. Riley the board is permitted to ask you some questions. If this is not a labor camp, what is Mr. Riley: "It is a house or barracks to house people. I still maintain a labor camp is a big overall operation." At the request of the Chairman, Mr. Howard Terry explained that a project housing 5 or more persons was considered a labor camp. Chairman: "Is there anything else you care to say Ur. Riley?" Mr. Riley: "No." Charles Pospisil, Peconic Bay Blvd,, ~attituck: "I would like to know shy ~r. Riley chose this location. Also whether the cs~p is to house migrants?" Chairman: "I understand the reason for this particular location is because ~r. Riley's mother or aunt owns same and wanted to lease the property to ~r. Riley. The hel~ would probably be migrant." Olive Wickham, New Suffolk; "I am a social worker. I have found conditions very bad in this sort of samp. Far worse than in super- vised labor c~ps. I am strictly opposed to this camp.~ Albert Sledjeski, Hattituck: "Where are these people going to be employed? I object to these people living here and working some- where else. I strenuously object to this camp." Chairman: "I believe help is to be used in Aquebogue." Southold Town Board of Appeals June 7, 1957 ~INUTES, Continued Charles Pospisil, ~attituck: "What happens to this migrant help when farm work is over? They will just go~n town relief. I object to such a csmp." Mr. R. G. Terry, Jr., Town Counsel, then explained that a decision would not be made at this time as the minutes would have to be transcribed, but he assured everyone that a decision would be made within a short time. ~r. William F. Krause presented petitions against this camp. Total number of persons against: 456. Approximately 180 people attended the hearing. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M. Grace B. Meyer Secretary