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APPEALS BOARD MEMBERS
Gerard P Goehringer, Chairman
Serge Doyen, Jr.
James Dinizio, Jr.
Robert A. Villa
Lydia A. Tortora
BOARD OF APPEALS
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
ACTION OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS
Southold Town Hall
53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (516) 765-1823
Telephone (516) 765-1809
Appl. No. 364q as amended 2/13/96: Application of CHRISTOPHER
CONNORS~ for a variance based upon a Notice of Disapproval issued
by the Building Inspector dated 2/8196 for a building permit to
construct single-family dwelling with an insufficient front yard
setback, Article IliA, Section 100-30A.3, and subject to obtaining
approval from the Soutbold Town Trustees and other appr~)priate
agencies, concerning premises known as 350 West Drive, Southold,
NY; County Tax Map Parcel No. 1000-59-5-29.3.
WttEREAS, after due notice, a public hearing was held on
March 6, 1996, and at said hearing aH those who desired to be
beard were heard and their testimony recorded; and
WtlEREAS, the Board bas carefully considered all testimony
and documentation submitted concerning this application; and
WlIEREAS, Board Members have personally viewed and are
familiar with the premises in question, its present zoning, and the
surrounding areas; and
WIIEREAS, the Board made the following findings of fact:
1. This is an application for an "area" setback variance.
The appellant has applied to the Building Inspector for permission
to locate a proposed single-family dwelling. The application for a
building permit was disapproved on the grounds that "under Article
IIIA, Section 100-30A. 3, proposed construction will not have
sufficient front yard setback - minimum 40 ft. required."
2. The subject lot is referred to as 350 West Drive, South-
old, New York, and contains a lot width of 133.33 feet and lot area
of 20,000 square feet. This parcel was created by town approval
on March 16, 1972 under Appl. No. 1506 (Map of Druhl), and is
3. In this application, applitmnt proposes to locate a new
dwelling at 26 feet from the front property line along West Drive,
Southold pursuant to recommendations and discussions with the
Town Trustees~ personnel, and locating a smaller house as far from
the wetland area as possible. The remaining yard setbacks will be
in accordance with the code requirements applicable to a noneonform-
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Applieatien of CHRISTOPtIER CONNORS & ano.
Decision Rendered March 6, 1996
lng lot of this size (ref. Section 100-244 as amended 12/95).
4. In considering this application, the following facts
also noted:
are
(a) approval has been issued by the Suffolk County
Department of ltealth dated January 25, 1996, under HS Ref. No.
R-10-940071, in accordance with a Board of Review determination
dated December 17, 1993.
(b) by Supreme Court Order granted July 1, 1992,
Justice Thomas M. Stark, it was ordered that this property is
exempt pursuant to the Environmental Conservation Law, Section
24-1305 from having the requirement of a freshwater wetlands
permit for land uses referred to in the NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation letter dated June 25, 1992 (DEC Ref.
No. 1-4738-00560/00001-0;
(c) the Southold Town Board of Trustees have on
February 28, 1996 issued a Negative Declaration, determining
non-significance under the SEQRA regulations;
(d) under reviews by the Town Planning Board on or
about March 24, 1970, the Town Board of Appeals dated March 16,
1972, and the Building Inspector dated December 13, 1972, it was
determined that the lot was a separate lot for the purposes of
zoning and building;
(e) under Certificate of Occupancy No. Z-15292 dated
February 23, 1987, the Building Inspector certified that the vacant
lot conforms substantially to the applicable provisions of the
Zoning Code (issued to Dorothy Babson and Daniel Gurkin);
5. Further, the Board finds and determines:
(a) the circumstances are
sensitive nature, unique characteristics,
location of the property;
uniquely related to the
dimensions, contours, and
(b) there is no alternative for applicants to pursue
other than a setback variance;
(c) the variance requested will create a minimal visual
change in the character of the neighborhood along this street, and
may cause a minor visual detriment, if any, to adjoining
properties, although presently vacant, when comparing the
difference of 14 feet (the code requirement of 40 feet less the
requested 26 ft. setback, and any possible alternative to that
figure);
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Application of CIIRISTOPllER CONNORS & ano.
Decision Rendered March 6, 1996
(d) the relief requested is substantial at 14 feet, or
35%, however, the reasons fer this request are rational and
neeessary, and the variance as granted is the minimum which would
allow some benefit to the property owner within reason, and at the
same time not have an adverse effect or impact on physical or
environmental conditions in the neighorhood (also see SEQRA
Negative Declaration dated 2/28/96 by the Town Trustees);
(e) it is not uncommon for an owner to request a set
back variance in order to preserve the environmental character-
istics of the property (such as wetland grasses, etc.);
(f) the variance requested does not involve an increase
in living area or dwelling unit density;
(g) the relief requested will not cause a substantial
effect on available governmental facilities since the structure is
for single-family use in a residential zone district and
residential neighborhood;
(h) the variance will not in turn be adverse to the
safety, health, welfare, cemfort, convenience, or order of the
town, or be adverse to neighboring properties, and the benefit to
thc applicant is greater when weighed against the health, safety,
and welfare of the community;
(i) the relief requested is not serf-created by
applicant;
(j) in considering all the above factors, the interests
of justice will be served by granting the variance as noted below.
Accordingly, on motion by Member Dinizio, seconded by
Member Doyen, it was
RESOI,VED, to GRANT a Variance for the front yard setback
at 26 feet as requested ' (and shown on the Map last revised Octo-
ber 23, 1995, prepared by Peconic Surveyors~ P.C. for the
al)plican t).
Vote of the Board: Ayes: Messrs. Doyen, Goehringer and
Dinizio. Nays: Members Tortora and Villa. This resolution was
duly adopted (3-2 margin). (During a period of time in the
deliberations prior to Member Dinizio~s offering this motion, some
dissention was discussed. The Chairman asked several times if
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Applic~ltion of CHRISTOPHER CONNORS & ano.
Decision Rendered March 6, 1996
anyone would like to offer a motion for alternative relief,
however, no alternative motion was offered.)
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APPEALS BOARD MEMBERS
Gerard P. Goehfinger. Chairman
Serge Doyen, Jr.
James Dinizio, Jr.
Robert A. Villa
Lydia A. Tortora
BOARD OF APPEALS
TOVCN OF SOUTHOLD
NOTICE OF HEARINGS
Southold Town Hall
53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southotd. New York 11971
Fax (516) 765~1823
Telephone (516~ 765-i809
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant ro Section 267 of tile Town Law
and the Code of the Town of Southold, the following applications will be
held for public hearings before the SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD OF APPEALS,
ar the Southotd Town Hail. 53095 Main Road, Southold.~ New York 11971, on
WEDNESDAY~ MARCI-I 8~ 1996~ commencing ar the times specified below:
7:30 p.m. Appl. #4353 (A & B) ESTATE OF LORETTA SENKO. The
applicant has filed two applications based upon the December ll, 1995 Notice
of Disapproval issued by the Building Inspector, in which applicant was
denied a building permit to consr, ruct a one-family dwelling on vacant land
for the reason that lot is nonconfornming in lot size and has been held in
common ownership since July 1, 1983:
Application A: An area variance is requested under Section 100-25
(and 100-24) based upon a claim of practical difficulties in the event a
waiver is not granted under Section 100-26. The subject lot ls shown to be
adjoining another lot in common ownership improved with a single-family
dwelling on a 15,857 sq. ft. (See proposed Set-Off map dated Nov. 13,
1995, amended Feb. 12, 1996.) Subject parcels identified as County Tax
Map Parcels No. 1000-104-4-10 and 11 at Sterling Road, Nassau Farms,
Cutchog~ue ~ NY.
Application B: A waiver is requested under ~ection 100-26 for the
lot as created by deed dated 2/21/58 at Liber 4432 page 170, and further
deed dated 9/24/90 at Liber 11155 page 543, for parcel containing 20,297 sq.
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Regular Meeting of March 6, 1996
Southold Town Board of Appeals
ft. in area and 100.0 ft. along the south side of Sterling Road, at Nassau
Farms, Cutchogue, identified as County Tax Map #1000-104-4-10.
7:45 p.m. Amended Appl. No. 3649 - CHRISTOPHF_~R CONNORS. This is an
application for a variance based upon a disapproval issued by the Building
Inspector dated 2/8/96 for a building permit to construct single-family
dwelling with an h~sufficient front yard setback, Article IIIA, Section
100-30A.3, and subject To obtaining approval from the Southold Town
Trustees and other appropriate agencies, concerning premises known as 350
West Drive, Southold, NY; County Tax Map Parcel No. 1000-59-5-29.3.
7:55 p.m. Appi. No. 4364 - BRUNO A. KAWECKI. This is an application
for a variance based upon a disapproval issued under Article IIIA, Section
100-30A.4 (100-33) by the Building Inspector dated 2/14/96 for a building
permit To eonstruc~ one-s~ory accessory garage in a side y-ard at prermses
known as 605 Knoliwood Lane, Mattituck, NY; County Tax Map Parcel No.
t000-107-6-8. (Location in a rear yard with a 15-ft. setback is required.)
$:00 p.m. Appl. No. 4365 - JOSEPH A. POTTGEN. This is a~n application
for a variance based upon a disapproval issued under Article XXIII, Section
100-239.4B by the Building Inspector dated 2/8/96 for a building permit to
consr~ruc~ a rear deck addition within 75 feet of existing bulkhead.
Location of Proper~y 550 Blue Marlin Drive, Southold; County Tax Map
Parcel No. 1000-57-1-27.
$:10 p.m. Appl. No. 4366 - THERESA KILDUFF. This is an application for
a Waiver under Section 100-26 of the Zoning Code, based upon a disapproval
issued under Section t00-30A.2 and 100-31A(1) dated 2/15/96 for a building
permit to cons~rucz a single-family dwelling on the grounds that this is one
lot (and only one dwelling is permitted per lot). Property referred To as
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Regular Meeting of March 6, 1996
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Lot G on the "Map of Lots of Raymond T. Graham" shown on survey dated
March 27, 1957, and containing 20,000 sq. ft. in area is show*n to be in
common ownership with Lot B, also containing 20,000 square feet. Also
referred To as part of Lot Nos. 56-59 on the "Map of Nassau Farms, County
File #1179. County Tax Map Parcel ID No. 1000-104-2-3 (shown for 30+
years on separate assessment proper~y cards as 98-1-22 and 104-2-3).
The Board of Appeals will at said time and place hear any and all
persons or representatives desiring To be heard in the above applications.
Written comments may also be submitted prior to the conclusion of the
subject hearing. The above hearings will not start before the times
deaignated~ and are in addition to other hearings. It is recommended that
the file(s) be reviewed before the scheduled date of the hearing for updates
or new information. If you have questions, please also do not hesitate to
call 765-1809.
Dated:
February 16, 1996.
BY ORDER OF THE SOUTHOLD
TOWN BOARD OF APPEALS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, Chairman
By L~da Kowals~
FO~ NO. ~
TOWN OF SOUTItOLD
BUILDING DEPARTHENT
SOUTHOLD, N.Y.
NOTICE OF DISAPPROVAL
HATE: .. F~b~pp~Po..]9~P ..........
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340 Jericho Tpke
Floral Park, N.Y. ]100]
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that your application dated .~Y~Y.~, ........ 19. ~...
for permit to CONSTRUCT A N~W SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING at
Location of Property 350 WEST DRIVE SOUTHOLD. N.Y.
House No. Street Hamlet
County Tax Map No. ]000 - Section .... ~ ..... BLOCK .... ~ ...... LOT ...~ ......
Subdivision ............................... Filed Map No .......... Lot No ........
is returned herewith and disapproved on the following grounds . UNDER ARTICLE IIIA
SECTION 100-30A.3 PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION WILL NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FRONT YARD
SET BACK. - MINIMUM OF 40' REQUIRED.
ACTION REQUIRED BY T~ ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.
ALSO D.E.C. & TRUSTEES ARE REQUIRED.
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TOWN OF 50UTHOLD, NEW YORK
APPEAL FROM DECISION OF BUILDING iNSPECTOR
APPEAL NO. 3~?
TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, N Y.
:, we, .............. .........
Nome of Appellant Street and Numoer
.............. ,~ ....................................................... E..~. ................... HEREBY APPEAL ~O
Munic: ~c:lit-y State
THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FROM THE DECISION OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ON
APPLICATION FOP, PERMIT NO ..................................... DATED ......................................................
WHEREBY THE BUILDING NSPECTOR DENIED TO
o, ...... ....... ......... ....................
Street and Number Municipali~ State
() PERMIT TO USE
( ) PERMIT FOR OCCUPANCY
:. LOCATION OF THE PROPER~ ~B ~e~ B~de
O~ ack.Large, Street ./Hsmlet / Use District on Zoning Me~
D~str~:t 1ooo Section
................................................................. Current ~ner ~s~egh~
Mop No. Lot No. Prior Owner
2. PROVISION (S) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE APPEALED [Indicate the Article Section, Sub-
section and Paragraph of the Zoning Ordinance by number. Do not quote the Ordinance.)
Article ~tm, Section lOO-%o ~,%
3. TYPE OF APPEAL Appeal is made herewith for (please check appropria~:e box)
(~ A VARIANCE to the Zoning Ordinance or Zoning Mop
( ) A VARIANCE due ~o lock of access (State af New York Town Law Cha~. 62 Cons. Lows
Art. 16 Sec. 280A Subsection 3
()
4. ~'APPEAL A previous appeal (has) (has not) been mode with respect to this decision
of the Building InsuLator or with respect ro this property,
Such appeal was ( ),,~quest for a special permit
[ ~)' request for a variance ~M~,~,~dS
crud was made in Appea! No ....... .~'~...~....~. __.q ........ Dated .................... '-~,., ......................................
REASON FOR APPEAL
((V~ A Variance ro Section 280A Subsection 3
A Variance to the Zoning Ordinance
( }
is requested for the reason that
}'orca 7,131 (Continue on other side)
REASON FOR APPEAL
Continued
1. STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE would produce practical difficulties or unneces-
saw HARDSHIP because
2. The hardship created is UNIQUE and is not shared by all properties alike in the immediate
vicinity of this property and in this use district because
3. The Variance would observe the spirit of the Ordinance and WOULD NOT CHANGE THE
CHARACTER OF THE DIS1 F, iCT because
COUNTY OF
Sworn to this ................. Z ........................... day .......................... ~...~.~...:
Notary Public
Test Hole
PROPOSED CONC. RETAINING
WALL
The lace/ions of we/Is and cesspools
~hown hereon tire from fie/ti observations
anti or from t/ere obfableti from o/hers.
SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICE8
FOR APPROVAL OF ~N-~YRLICTJON ONLY
NO 77~~
eL 7.8 = proposed elevation
~ 6 = propo~ed contour
EETIMA TED FILL = 510~ cu. yds,
DATE -
APPROVED
FEMA FLOOD ZONE A7 EL /I
The Io¢ollo~s of well; oM cesspools
~hown hereon ~re from field observotioos
and or from dele able/net/ from others.
ELEVATIONS ARE R~FERENCEO TO
H.S. Ref.# R10-94~007/
SEWAGE DISPOSAl. ~YS7'~M D£TIGN
INCL L/DING WALL
JOSIEPtq F/SCHETTI~ P.E;
HOBART ROAD
SOUTHOLD, N.Y. 119~1
{516) 765-P95~
SUR VE Y FOR
CHRISTOPHER CONNERS
A T SOUTHOLD
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
SUFFOLK COUNTY, N Y.
DEPARTMENT OF HF~LT~ ~
FOR APPROVAL OF CON'5"BtUCTION ONLY
1000 - 59- O8- 29.3
Scale; 1" = 40'
Aug. 31, 1992
Nov. 3,~993 (B.O. H revisions)
July 15, 1994, ( Fill Rev/sion)
21,1995 ( Revised )
30~ 1995 (Revised)
27,1995 (~letlonds Flogs)
Oc 1995 (Revised)
~5, t995 (revisions ~ add//. )
21~ t995 (Revised)
TOTAL AREA = 20, O00sq.[l.
AREA OF' WETLANDS = 13~500sq. II-*
Prepared in accordance with lbo minimum
sfontiords for fiYe surveys os established
bt;the L.I.A.L.S. anti approved and at/opted
.r. such use by The New York Stale LaM
Title Association.
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P.O.
MAIN ROAD
SOUTHOLD~
LIC. NO. 49618
P.C.
1197/
92-245
TOWN'OF' SOUTI,IOLD PROPERTY RECORD-CARD
OWNER STREET VILLAGE DIST.' SUB. LOT
S '~' W TYPE OF BUILDING
LAND IMP. TOTAL DATE REMARKS S,b~/p L,.D{o,?~. '~',~i,P '~_,..,T'~'~O,
V~ FRONTA~ ~ R~D /~3 '
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Albert J. Krupski, President
John Holzapfel, Vice President
William G. Albertson
Martin H. Garrell
Peter Wenczel
July 29, 1994
BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall
53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Soulhold, New York 11971
Telephone (516) 765-1892
Fax (516) 765-1823
Mr. Christopher Connors
340 Jericho Tpke.
Floral Park, NY 11001
Re: SCTM #59-5-29.3
Dear Mr. Connors:
The following action was taken by the Board of Town Trustees during
its regular meeting held on Thursday, July 28, 1994 regarding the
above matter:
WHEREAS, CHRISTOPHER CONNORS applied to the Southold Town Trustees
for a permit under the provisions of the Wetland Ordinance of the
Town of Southold, original application dated May 22, 1987 and,
WHEREAS said application was referred to the Southold Town
Conservation Advisory Council for their findings and recommendations,
and,
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Town Trustees with respect
to the revised application on Thursday July 28, 1994 at which time
all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, and,
WHEREAS, the Board members have personally viewed and are familiar
with the premises in question and the surrounding area, and,
WHEREAS, the Board has considered all the testimony and documentation
submitted concerning this application, and,
WHEREAS, the subject parcel lies within flood zone A-7 as shown on
the survey of Roderick Van Tuyl, P.C., dated July 15, 1994,
WHEREAS, the subject parcel contains an area of 20,000 square feet
with a front and width of 133.33 feet and a depth on both sides of
150.79 feet,
WHEREAS, the applicant seeks to construct a single family dwelling of
2,200 square feet with on-site sanitary system, driveway, and
waterproof retaining walls, and grading all as shown on the above
mentioned survey dated July 15, 1994,
WHEREAS, the environmental assessment form submitted by the applicant
states the depth to the water table as between ten inches and 1.1
foot,
WHEREAS, the applicant's consultant, in the supplemental report to
the DEIS, admitted that 66% of the parcel is freshwater wetland and
that a large portion of the remaining parcel contains a mix of
wetland and upland vegetation,
WHEREAS, from a personal inspection of the parcel by the Board and
its consultant, it is the finding and conclusion of the Board that
"nearly all of the lot is freshwater wetlands",
WHEREAS, the only non-wetlands area on this lot was found adjacent to
West Drive and this non-wetlands area is viewed as a transitional
area (and) extends approximately forty feet from the road, (Anderson,
environmental consultant to the Board, 8/19/92),
WHEREAS, the report of Tsontakis Associates (an environmental
consulting firm that concludes from an environmental perspective, the
subject site is unbuildable), shows the freshwater wetlands to be
over 75% of the parcel,
W~EREAS, the above mentioned survey together with the applicant's
vegetative map shows the sanitary system located on freshwater
wetlands and the septic system will be required to be 2 feet above
ground water which will require the excavation and the filling of
wetlands,
WHEREAS, the septic system will require being surrounded by a minimum
of eight feet of waterproof concrete retaining wall which will extend
approximately 44 feet on the south and another 44 feet on the west
side of the septic system, all of this area resides in the freshwater
wetlands,
WHEREAS, the septic system will then have to be covered with fill to
a height of almost 6 feet and then gradually graded which will result
in the loss of an even greater amount of wetlands,
WHEREAS, the Board of Town Trustees agree with the many significant
advantages of small freshwater wetlands made in the publication,
Wildlife Benefits Associated With Selected Smaller Freshwater
Wetlands In Suffolk County prepared by Steven Sanford, a senior
Wildlife Biologist with New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation which is included with this statement,
WHEREAS, the subject site is one half acre of a freshwater wetland
system which is much larger,
WHEREAS, it concludes a stretch of land from Goldsmith's Inlet to
Kenny's Road, a distance of approximately 1/2 mile which includes
Great Pond,
WHEREAS, the small size of the parcel 20,000 square feet, which is
substantially freshwater wetlands, cannot support the proposed
project without destruction of over half of the wetland area,
WHEREAS, the applicant claims the destruction of only 3,000 square
feet,
W-~EREAS, it is the Southold Town Board of Trustees finding and
conclusion based on the project as shown on the applicant's July 15,
1994 survey that a greater area will be destroyed, and much of the
remaining wetlands and groundwater will be clearly and unequivocally
endangered by the proposed sanitary system and altered rainfall
run-off from the project,
WHEREAS, the maintenance of the proposed five pool shallow septic
system will be problematic due to the widespread boggy underlying
soils found in the area of the septic system and the seasonal and
yearly fluctuation of the groundwater elevation,
WHEREAS, the septic effluents (nitrates, detergents, etc.) will also
have an easy path into the groundwater and surface waters of the
entire surrounding area due to the fact that only two feet of sand
are required between the septic system and the groundwate~ at this
time,
WHEREAS, the subject parcel is at a very low elevation and is in very
close contact with the groundwater as stated above and occasionally
parts of this parcel contain standing water,
WHEREAS, any contamination by sanitary system malfunction on this
parcel could cause direct and immediate contamination of groundwater
in the surrounding area including Great Pond (approximately 400 feet
to the south) which is used year round as a day or residential
environmental cap by Suffolk County and whose property lies directly
adjacent to the applicant's parcel,
WHEREAS, Commissioner Thomas Jorling, New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation, in adopting the findings and conclusions
of an ALJ of that agency rendered after a full hearing involving
the applicant's permit, stated in his decision that "The Applicant's
potential for problems identified with the operation of the
Applicant's septic system make it impossible to conclude that the
project would be compatible with the public health and welfare...",
WHEREAS, the Conservation Advisory Council of the town of Southold
recommend the denial of this application on environmental principles,
WHEREAS, the Board of Town Trustees believes that a smaller single
family home could be built on the northwest corner of this parcel
with a contained or closed sanitary system or clivus multrum
(composting toilet) system that would not require the filling and
destruction of freshwater wetlands for a sanitary system,
WHEREAS, the Board of Town Trustees has compared and weighed the
adverse environmental impacts with the social and economic impacts of
this project and finds and concludes that the impacts of this project
do not outweigh the need to protect these wetlands and the general
welfare of the people of this town,
WHEREAS, The Board of Town Trustees finds that this project will
according to the standards of Chapter 97-28:
A. Adversely affect the wetlands of the Town
De
Adversely affect fish, shellfish or other beneficial marine
organisms, aquatic wildlife and vegetation or the natural
habitat thereof
I. Otherwise adversely affect the health, safety and general
welfare of the people of the Town,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees denies the application that is
currently before this Board without prejudice of C~IRISTOPHER
CONNORS to construct a single family dwelling with associated
sanitary system as per map dated November 3, 1993 and revised July
15, 1994. Located: West Drive, Southold. SCTM #59-5-29.3
Very truly yours,
Albert J. Krupski, Jr.
President, Board of Trustees
AJK/djh
cc. C.A.C.
Roy Reynolds, SCHD
Building Dept.
Zoning Board~
Town Attorney
Wickham, Wickham & Bressler, Attorneys
"'§ I00-119 SOUTHOLD CODE § 100-1i9.2
§ 100-119. Corner lots. IAmended 2-1-83 by L.L. No. 2-1983]
On a corner lot, front yards are required en both street front-
ages, and one Ill yard other than the front yards shall deemed to
be a rear yard, and the other or others, side yards. No obstruction
to vision exceeding thirty 130) inches in height above curb level
shall be erected or maintained at street intersections within the
triangle formed by the street lines of such lot and a line drawn
between points along such street lines thirty (30) feet distant from,
their point of intersection.
§ 100-119.1. Fences, walls and hedges. [Amended 5-29-73; 2-I-S3
by L.L. No. 2-1983}
Subject to the provisions of § 100-119, fences, walls, hedges or
other live plantings witkin five (5~ feet of the property lines may
be erected and maintained, subject to the following height
limitations:
· A. When located in the front yard along the front yard
property kine, the same shall not exceed four (4) feet in
height.
, B. When located along side and rear lot lines, the same shall
not exceed slx and one-half (61/2) feet in height.
"C. When located other than in the front yard area or along
side or rear lot lines, the same shall not exceed eight (8) feet
in height.
§ 100-119.2. Building setback from water bodies and wetlands.
[Added 3-26-85 by L.L. No. 4-1985]
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following
setback requirements shall apply to all buildings located on lots ad-
jacent to water bodies ~nd wetlands:
A. Lots ~tjaeent to Long Island~und.
(1) All buildings located on lots adjacent to Long Island
Sound. and upon which there exists a bluff or bank
landward of the shore or beach, shall be set back not less
10tls I z 2-, .3
100-119.2
ZONING § 100-121
than one hundred t 100) feet from the top of such bluff or
bank.
Except as ,;t!',erw~se provided in Subsection A(1} hereof.
al! b~i',dincs loot',ted on lots adjacent to Long Island
Sou::d shall i;e set bat-; not less than one hundred (100~
feet from the ordinary high-water mark of Long Island
Sound.
Al! bui'.d!ngs located on lots adjacent to tidal water bodies
other than Long Island Sot'md shal! be set back not less than
seventy-five ~75i feet front the ordinary high-water mark of
such tidal wa:er body or net !ess than seventy-five (75) feet
from. the ',andward edge of the tidal wetland, whichever !s
greater.
Al1 buildings located on lots adjacent to an:,' freshwater body
shall be set back not less than seventy-five 175) feet from the
edge of such water body or not less than seventy-five (75) feet
from the landward edge of the freshwater wetland, which-
ever is greater.
ARTICLE XII
Board of Appeals
§ 100-120. Appointment; membership.
The Town Board shall appoint a Board of Appeals consisting of
five ~5) members, as provided by the Town Law.
§ 100-121. Powers and duties.
In addition to such powers as may be conferred upon it by law,
the Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(Cont'd on page 10055)
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
JOSEPH H. SAWICKI
JAMES DINIZIO, JR.
Southold Town Board of Appeals
MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD 25 P.O. BOX 1179 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
FAX NO. (516) 765-1823,
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL MEMORANDUM
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
James A. Schondebare, Town Attorney
Southold Town Board of Appeals~/~
May 12, 1989
Designation of Edge of Freshwater Wetlands
Property Now or Formerly of Chris Connors & Ano.
Property ID: 100059-5-29.3 - West Dr., Southold
Mr. Christopher Connors today is inquiring as to the status of
his application with the Board of Appeals concerning his
variance for an insufficient setback from freshwater wetlands in
a proposal to locate a new dwelling on the above-referenced lot.
As you may recall, one of the reasons-~his matter was not
scheduled by the Board of Appeals concerning the setback
variances was that the Town Trustees, as lead agency, had
received an Environmental Impact Statement on or about Novem-
ber 21, 1988 and the SEQRA process continued for a period of
time prior to their receiving an Article 78 proceeding.
One of the areas the Board of Appeals had been concerned with
was the edge of freshwater wetlands as designated by the Town
Trustees. We have a survey in our file dated April 21, 1987
prepared by Roderick VanTuyl, P.C. was shows phragmites in
water.
You legal opinion is requested as to whether or not
(a) this is the proper time to proceed with the Town
Trustees to help to clarify the freshwater wetlands edge and
species locations;
(b) the Town has complied with the entire SEQRA process
according to law; and
(c) the Board of Appeals hearing, deliberations and
decisions in the near future is appropriate.
To:
Re:
James A. Schondebare, Town Attorney May 12, 1989
Freshwater Wetlands Locations - Matter of C. Connors
It is our understanding that although 100-119.2 of the Zoning
Code was not in effect for some time between January 10, 1989
and March 14, 1989, this variance application may be reinstated
under the Master Plan Amendment, renumbered to 100-239d.
Thank you for your guidance in this matter.
lk
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
JOSEPH H. SAWlCKI
JAMES DINIZIO, JR.
Southold Town Board of Appeals
IVtAIN ROAD- STATE~ Rr~AD 25 snuTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 1'19'7'1
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
February 3, 1989
Eric J. Bressler, Esq.
Wickham, Wickham & Bressler, P.C.
Main Road, Box 1424
Mattituck, NY 11952
Re: Zoning Appeal No. 3649 - William and Christopher Connors
Dear Eric:
Of recent date the Town is effectuating the new Master
(Zoning) Plan Update. Article XI, Section 100-119.2 was not
included in the Zoning Update and therefore this Department does
not have jurisdiction at this time under Section 100-119.2.
We are providing the Building Inspector's Office with a
copy of this letter, and suggest that you or your builder
follow-up with other departments or agencies for the appropriate
permits.
Please be aware that this position is subject to change if
you are not able to obtain your building permit and other
appropriate permits, subsequent to any additional amendments of
the zoning laws.
Yours very truly,
lk
Enclosures
cc: Building Inspector's Office
Town Trustees Office
Town Attorney's Office
Mr. Christopher Connors
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER
CHAIRM3kN
ALBERT J. KRUPSKI, JR., Vice-I:%esident
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, III
JOHN L. BEDNOSKI, JR.
HENRY P. S~ITH
BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
January 31, 1989
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1692
Mr. Robert A. Greene
Alternate Regional Permit Administrator
New York State D.E.C.
Bldg. 40, SUNY, Room 219
Stony Brook, New York 11794
Re: Christopher Connors, Wetlands Application 543,
Tax Map No. 1000-59-5-29.3
Dear Mr. Greene,
The Southold Town Trustees have concluded the SEQRA process
at the meeting on January 26, 1989. The approved resolution is
enclosed along with the hearing from November 17, 1988.
The applicant will now wait for a DEC decision.
If there should be any questions regarding this matter,
please call this office at the number listed above.
Very truly yours,
pF~easnkideA~tKujawskt.
Board of Town Trustees
FAK:jmr
cc: Christopher Connors
Wickham, Wickham & Bressler
En Consultants, Roy Haje
James Manos
Town Attorneys
C.A.C.
Board of Appeals~
Building Dept.
FRANK A. KUJAWSKI, JR., President
ALBERT J. KRUPSKI, JR., Vice-President
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, III
JOHN L. BEDNOSKI, JR.
HENRY P. SMITH
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1892
BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
January 27, 1989
WHEREAS, William Connors and Christopher Connors have submitted
an application pursuant to the Wetlands Ordinance of the Town of
Southold, Chapter 97, to construct a one family dwelling with on site
sanitary system as shown on the survey by Roderick Van Tuyl, P.C.,
dated February 22, 1988, on West Drive, Southold; more specifically
designated as Tax Map No. 1000-59-5-29.3, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees reviewed said application and,
pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, 6NYCRR 617,
requested and received an environmental assessment for with rider,
prepared by En-Consultants on behalf of the applicant and dated July
23, 1987, and,
WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees made a positive determination
that the proposed project may have a significant effect on the
environment, and did declare itself Lead Agency under SEQRA, and
revised environmental impact statement, and
a
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees did review said DEIS and
supplemental information requested and received, as well as reviewing
public comments pertaining to same and held a public hearing on the
DEIS on the 17th day of November, 1988,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Town Trustees make
the following findings and conclusions:
1. That the subject parcel lies within flood zone A-7 as shown
on the survey of Roderick Van Tuyl, P.C., dated July 6, 1987,
and amended February 22, 1988.
2. That the subject parcel contains an area of 20,000 square
feet with a front and rear width of 133.33 feet and a depth on
both sides of 150.79 feet.
3. That the applicant seeks to construct a single family
dwelling of 1,584 square feet with on site sanitary system,
driveway, and waterproof retaining walls, and grading all as
shown on the above mentioned survey dated February 22, 1988.
4. That the environmental assessment form submitted by the
applicant states the depth to the water table as 1.1 foot.
5. That the above mentioned survey shows the sanitary system 2
feet above ground water.
6. That En-Consultants, in the supplemental report to the DEIS,
admitted that 66% of the parcel is freshwater wetland and that
the remainder of the parcel contains a mix of wetland and upland
vegetation. From a personal inspection of the parcel by the
Board, it is the finding and conclusion of the Board that
greater that 66% of the parcel is freshwater wetland.
7. That, while the applicant submitted some mitigating measures
in the DEIS, for example, pilings as a foundation and pumpout
sanitary ~ystem, these measures were rejected by the applicant
based on aesthetics and economics.
8. That the small size of the parcel, 20,000 square feet, which
is substantially freshwater wetlands, cannot support the
proposed project with destruction of half of the wetland area.
The applicant concede the destruction of 3,000 square feet It
is this Board's finding and conclusion that a greater area will
be destroyed, and the remaining wetlands and groundwater will be
cleared and unequivocally endangered by the proposed sanitary
system and altered rainfall run-off from the project.
9. The Board of Town Trustees has compared and weighed the
adverse environmental impact with the social and economic impact
of the project, and finds and concludes that the preservation of
the wetland area greatly outweighs any social and economic gains
of the project, or to be gained from the project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Town
Trustees hereby determines , pursuant to SEQRA, that the alternative
of no action be declared and the project disapproved. In addition,
the Board is mindful that it could request a final environmental
impact statement; however, it is the Board's determination that to
so request would be of no value to the applicant nor to this Board
considering the project, the DEIS, and the findings and conclusions
stated therein. Motion, Frank A. Kujawski, Jr., second, John
Bredemeyer III, Vote of Board: Ayes; All. Motion to amend above
Resolution, John Bredemeyer, second Albert Krupski, Jr., Vote of
Board: Ayes; All. (Finding number 6 amended to read, ...greater
than 66% of the ..., also Finding number 8 amended to read, ...and
altered rainfall...).
JIM FITZGERALD of Proper-T Services representing Mr. Mitchell. The
DEC had the same requirements, which are acceptable to Mr. Mitchell
and myself.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Are there any other comments in support of this
application? No comments. Are there any comments in opposition to
this application? Any comments by the Board? No. We will close the
Hearing on Robert E. Mitchell.
Hearing in the matter of acceptance of DEIS of CHRISTOPHER CONNORS:
FRANK KUJAWSKI: This hearing is different because comments by DEC
and permits required, which then empowers this Board to vote on those
applications, have not been received. This hearing is in response to
the SEQRA Law, and as such it is a hearing where comments may be
given regarding the EIS, which was accepted by this Board. We have
one set of written comments, which I will read into the record, but
first, is there anyone here to speak in favor of the EIS of Mr.
Connors?
ROY HAJE, En-Consultants. I have prepared the document for you, you
will find that if you review the project that we have modified the
location of the house. We have also taken measures to limit the fill
which would be necessary for the sanitary system. We have changed
the driveway and so forth so that we feel that we have done
everything possible to develop this lot. We have gone into the
potential effects of the project given the extent of wetlands on the
property we have minimized the impact to the best of our ability. I
don't see anything further or additional that could be done.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Are there any other comments in support of this
document, or concerning this document?
CHRIS CONNORS: I am the applicant here, I understand that this
hearing is only a SEQRA hearing and it is not a Trustees hearing, for
some reason you are differentiating the two and I do not understand
the reason for this.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: I think we have explained before that under Chapter
97, this Board is not empowered to vote favorably or unfavorably
about an application until it has received the approvals of the other
agencies which are involved. We have scheduled a hearing on this to
proceed ahead so that the DEC would not be held up regarding your
application. By holding this hearing we are meeting the legal
requirements, which hopefully will speed up an answer to the
questions you ask. As soon as we have those decisions, your
applications will proceed the same as the other applications will.
CHRIS CONNORS: I read a statement sent to me by you which stated
that you will not issue a permit until all other permits have been
issued, is that correct?
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Yes, that is correct.
CHRIS CONNORS: I am looking for a commitment from you that my
application will be approved or disapproved.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: We cannot do that, it would be against the law.
JAMES SCHONDEBARE: We have gone through this before, it is the
Board's position that until the other permits are obtained, we do not
even have a complete application. We are doing a SEQRA Hearing right
now. Every agency in the Town must make a determination, initially
as to whether or not the proposed action may have a significant
effect on the environment, and we must go through the SEQRA process,
it is the law. This Board has made the determination that your
activity may have a significant effect on the environment. This is a
SEQRA hearing, you are getting away from the point.
CHRIS CONNORS: Why did you not tell me to get the DEC permit before
going through this extensive review?
FRANK KUJAWSKI: I have told you before that you need the other
permits before we issue ours. We are just following the law. We
could have put this off for several months but it is to your
advantage in dealing with the DEC, that we are proceeding ahead with
SEQRA,
JAMES SCHONDEBARE:
a SEQRA hearing.
You are getting off the subject again. This is
MR. CONNORS: I am Christopher Connors father. A few months ago, in
court, the Building Inspector did state that this is a buildable lot,
and he did issue a vacant land C.O. on this property.
JAMES SCHONDEBARE: The reactions of the Building Department are not
binding upon the Trustees. The responsibility of the Trustees here
tonight is to do the SEQRA hearing,~which we have not even started
on.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Are there any other comments on this matter?
ERIC J.BRESSLER: On behalf of the applicant, I represent Wickham,
Wickham and Bressler. I would like to make several points in
connection with the application. First, as Mr. Connors correctly
pointed out, that it is relevant, not only in a SEQRA hearing but any
hearing before this Board, to consider the circumstances by which Mr.
Connors finds himself in this position. The Board is well aware of
how he found himself in that position. Secondly, I think that Mr.
Connors question about the coordinate scheduling of the hearings is
very well taken. While the Board's point concerning their feeling to
push this forward and the alternative being to delay this hearing so
that it could be coextensive with the permit hearing, with all due
respect, I think its backwards. I think that the correct
application of the law would be to combine this hearing with the
permit hearing and thereby expedite all of the hearings which should
properly be held before this Board. It is no hardship to do that and
I do believe that any'issues to be brQpght out in a SEQRA hearing are
going to be substantially similar to those which would be heard on a
later application. I think to avoid duplicity of time and resources
that would be the preferred method. Finally, with respect to the
somewhat elusive §97-12, of the Trustees Code, the Wetlands
Ordinance, I would point out first of all the ordinance appears to be
internally inconsistent with ~97-23 which gives the Board authority
to grant permits subject to certain other things taking place, that
is other permits, and I dare say that in the case of various
agencies like the ZBA and other agencies like that, this Board has
in the past granted permits subject to, I need not go into those
instances, the Board is well aware of that. Secondly, I don't
believe that particular ordinance is sound. A perfect example of
that is Mr. Connors situation, as you well know, he is before the
zoning Board, and they won't listen to him until you do something.
You wont listen to him until the Zoning Board does something. And so
we are faced with a rather awkward situation. You are not going to
do anything until you hear from the Department of Environmental
Conservation. I would suggest to this Board that the preferable
measure is to proceed pursuant to §97-23, have your combined hearing,
make your determination, and if its subject to the receipt of
another approval then give it thereby your approval would not be
given finally until all other permits and I think you can do that
without doing violence to this application.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: For the record, the Zoning Board is not going to be
· waiting, I have spoken to Mr. Goehringer and explained our
situation. The ordinance we are operating on is different than the
other Board's. I believe that they will not hold you up and they
will proceed ahead with this application.
ERIC BRESSLER: You have heard that relatively recently?
CHRIS CONNORS: I have a letter from them from about a year ago
saying that they will not proceed until they get something in writing
from you.
JAMES SCHONDEBARE: We have discussed this and one of the Board's
moves is not a catch 22, its obvious, it is not going to be. The
other point I would bring out, that I question, is whether or not you
could have done the two hearings at the same time .
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Wouldn't we have violated the SEQRA process by a
delay of action?
JAMES SCHONDEBARE: You have to allow a ten day comment period after
this action for public comment. Suppose you wanted a supplemental to
the DEIS or suppose you wanted to do a final EIS, to have the hearing
before you have completed the SEQRA I think would have left the
applicant and the Board subject to attack. I do not think it would
be in the best interest of the applicant either to have a
simultaneous hearing because the two of you, the Board and the
applicant, would definitely be subject to a lawsuit.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Do you agree Mr. Bressler?
ERIC BRESSLER: No, I don't and I do believe that the hearings could
be coterminous but we need not get into that at this point.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: We are going to take our Attorney's advice on that.
Are there any other comments regarding the environmental impact
statement in this project? Public comments, as already have been
advertised, will be accepted by this Board until December 17, 1988.
If anyone chooses to make a comment positively or negatively about
the project, about this EIS they are welcome to do so, and the
document is available for public inspection. I have received one
written comment which I will read into the record to make our hearing
this evening complete. This comment is from James Manos and it
addressed to me, as follows:
Mr. Haje's DEIS does not comply in most respects with the
directions set down by the Trustees in the scoping session of October
6, 1987 nor with the scoping request of the Suffolk County Department
of Health Services set forth in its letter to the Trustees dated
October 20, 1987. It also fails to adhere to the basic requirement
of the DEIS which is to describe measures to minimize adverse
environmental effects by the proposed action. For example, Mr. Haje
originally recommended in his summary statement to the EAF that the
house would have the least adverse environmental impact by being
placed in the northeast quadrant of the property since it would be
the most distant from the wetlands in that location but in the
current site plan which accompanies the DEIS, the house is in the
middle of the northerly half of the parcel 50 feet from West Drive
and less than 75 feet from the wetlands and Peconic Dunes, requiring
a §97 variance. By moving the house 15' closer to West Drive, it
would be entirely in the northeast quadrant having 35' front yard
setback from West Drive, which is the distance permitted under the
zoning code, and it would also be 79' from the Peconic Dunes wetlands
satisfying the setback requirement in that regard. This would tend
to minimize the adverse environmental effects. The above change
would also free up an area behind the house of about 15' X 60', 900
sq. feet, which could be incorporated as part of the leaching area
encompassed by retaining walls. Currently shown on the site plan the
enclosed leaching area is about 2100 sq. feet, and certainly a 40%
increase is a measure to be desired. Mr. Haje does not address in a
meaningful way the health and environmental impact of the proposed
sanitary system. What is the effect of confining the lateral
movement of the effluent by waterproof walls. Isn't it logical that
it would accelerate the downward movement of the effluent into the
groundwater. Wouldn't ~his downward acceleration be many times the
normal rate since the effluent is confined laterally to a 2,190 sq.
foot wall leaching area, which is 1/15 of the normal 31,400 sq. foot
leaching area, based on a 100' minimum setback requirement. A
circular area with a radius if 100' covers 31,400 sq. feet.
Shouldn't Mr. Haje provide some sort of evaluation as requested by
the Trustees. Mr. Haje has ignored the SCDH Services request on th~
impact of the system on the Peconic Dunes Park. The sanitary systems
leaching pools, which will be only 20~ from the wetlands in the park,
will be buried in an 8' high mound of fill retained by a wall, which
itself will be in wetlands. The Park is a campsite for over 1,000
youngsters during the course of the summer. What is the health
hazard to these children? What is the potential for degradation of
the aquifer, surface and ground water and the quality of Great Pond
itself? Mr. Haje has also not complied with the SCDH Services
request for a retaining wall designed by a professional engineer or a
registered architect. Mr. Haje give short __ to the use of pilings
in building the house explaining in part that he has not seen any
houses in the area built on pilings and it is doubtful that we would
ever have the kind of storm that would warrant their use. He is
incorrect on both counts. A short distance from the proposed site a
house that was on pilings was completed last Spring, which is located
on the south side of North Sea Drive. Another house on pilings is
being constructed across the street approximately 400' from the
Sound. In a September 1954 hurricane a storm surge cut through the
dunes west of Leighton Drive, inundated the low area leeward of the
dunes including M. Connors parcel, it continued on to cut a valley
through sand dunes just to the south of my property carrying that
sand into Great Pond creating a sand bar and contaminating it with
salt water. The same storm swept several houses near McCabes Beach
into the small pond on the leeward side of North Sea Drive near
Horton's Lane. A very hard look should be given to the use of
pilings which would allow a substantial amount of the wetlands to
remain intact and represents another measure minimizing the
environmental impact. Mr. Haje's report contains numerous factual
material errors. For instances he states that the parcel is 66%
wetlands when in fact it is wetlands in its entirety. Even Mr.
VanTuyl found over 80% of the property submerged in water when he did
a survey. I suggest that the Trustees reject Mr. Haje's DEIS in
non-compliance with the standards required of the law for such
documents and under the request by the Trustees and the SCDH
Services, and frankly, for its lack of thoroughness and objectivity.
JAMES MANOS: May I make a change to the last paragraph? I didn't
know that the Trustees had accepted the DEIS so I would like to
modify the request for a rejection to a consideration as part of the
final impact statement.
JAMES SCHONDEBARE: Frank, don't change the paper itself, its on the
record, that's it. Don't change the letter, he's on the record.
JAMES MANOS: My request is that instead of rejecting it, which you
can't do because you can't reject something that you already
accepted, would you deem whatever is contained in the letter as
modifications of the DEIS to the extent that they can be modified, as
an inclusion in the FEIS, I don't know whether there is going to be
one.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: There can be if the Board so chooses.
JAMES MANOS: Well, if there is I certainly would want my comments
considered as part of the FEIS, if there Ssn' t, I would like
consideration to be given to my comments as conditions to a final
permit, if there is a permit.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Are there any other comments from anyone regarding
the DEIS? Any comments by the Board?
HENRY SMITH: Yes, I have one. The information you have contradicting
Mr. Haje's information in the DEIS, how did you determine that, was
that done by an engineer or was that done by yourself.
JAMES MANOS: Be more specific.
HENRY SMITH: The cesspools, leaching system, in particular.
JAMES MANOS: Its a matter of logic. If the ordinary minimal setback
is 100' from wetlands. If you confine something that should go into
31,400 sq. feet laterally, into an area of 2100 sq. feet, and its
all waterproofed around that area, there is only one place that the
liquid in that area will go. It won't go up, it would go down into
the groundwater. I may be wrong, I am not certain, but these are
questions that are bothering me since I own the abutting property.
That is my primary concern, the degradation of the groundwater.
HENRY SMITH: In what year was it that storm where it broke through?
JAMES M~OS: My understanding is that it was in 1954.
HENRY SMITH: I think it was 1938.
JAMES MANOS: No. The 1938 storm was devastating on the ocean side,
it was the 1954 storm that struck the Sound side.
HENRY SMITH: I don't remember.
JAMES MANOS: There is an area dubbed Hurricane Acres, it was dubbed
as such because of that storm. That's the area north of McCabes
Beach. You can see the inundation right where I live.
COLEEN CONNORS: The measures for the sanitation system, has that
been upgraded and improved since 19777
HENRY SMITH: That is the Board of Health.
COLEEN CONNORS: My comments would be that there are other houses
along that strip. Our house, that we would like to build, would have
much better conditions that any of the surrounding houses. I think
that we would be more conscious and more aware, only because we would
have to be, obviously, than the other houses that are already there.
HENRY SMITH:
standards.
The Board of Health is continuously updating their
JAMES MANOS: I have more comments regarding the DEIS. At the
scoping session a ~equest was mad~ for a plume study for the
underground water that was not done. The request was made regarding
the measures to remedy a flood condition that exists on the road next
Mr. Connors' property. I am pretty sure it will become a worse
problem after construction is completed.
ROY HAJE: Regarding the sanitary system, the enclosure of the
sanitary system with a retaining wall is a fairly recent development
and requirement by the Health Department where putting fill to the
requested slope which is 5% or one of twenty would either extend
beyond property lines or have some other adverse effect, such as
contingent upon wetlands. That's the reason why we circled it, to
minimize the amount of fill put on wetlands, that is the standard
procedure accepted by the health department. Most of the movements
in a septic system is downward anyway, the lateral gradient component
is much, much less than the vertical.
JOHI~ BREDEMEYER: As you know, I begged off the Health Department
Review. I am a Health Department employee, principally with the
County Health Department. I did not participate out of fairness to
all parties because I don't believe I should be acting in both
capacities. But it is true, I am personally familiar with a number
of studies and approximately 80% of the leaching is through the
bottom of the pool even in confined states. That is a basic fact,
but some of the other comments by Mr. Manos are well taken.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: Any other comments: Jay, (Schondebare) at this
point, we do have the option of asking for more information. I think
that there are some questions that need to be answered.
JAMES SCHONDEBARE: But you don't do it now, you will have a
transcript and you have to go over it.
FRANK KUJAWSKI: If there are no other comments from the public or
this Board we will close this~-hearing. Public comments will be
accepted until December 17, 1988.
Motion to approve on the Public Hearing of Ellen Guyton. Henry Smith
motion to APPROVE, with condition that plantings on two tiers of
retaining wall will be of an indigenous species that will not require
fertilization, and be 10' back from both sections of the retaining
wall, Second John Bednoski, Board vote, unanimous.
Motion to APPROVE on the Public Hearing of Robert E. Mitchell, Motion
Albert Krupski, Second, Henry Smith, Board vote Unanimous.
V. MOORINGS:
Approval of January mooring renewals: Moved by President Kujawski,
seconded by Henry Smith it was RESOLVED to APPROVE the January 1989
mooring renewals. Vote of Board: Ayes; All.
1. Mooring application of Fred J.Carcich, given the fact that
access is on his own private property, I do no think that there will
be a problem. Motion in favor, Albert Kr~pski, Second, John
EN-CONSULTANTS ON BEHALF OF CHRISTOPHER CONNORS
Moved by Frank Kujawski, second by Henry Smith,
WHEREAS, En-Consultants in behalf of Christopher Connors applied to
the Southold Town Trustees for a permit under the provisions of the
Wetland Ordinance of the Town of Southold, application dated
Whereas said application was referred to the Southold Town
Conservation Advisory Council for their findings and recommendations,
and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Town Trustees with respect
to the said applications on November 17, 1988, at which time all
interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, and
WHEREAS, the Board members have viewed and are personally familiar
with the premises and surrounding are, and
WHEREAS the Board has considered all of the testimony and
documentation submitted concerning this application, and
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the project as proposed needs
further information and evaluations,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT,
RESOLVED that the application request of En-Consultants on behalf of
Christopher Connors be closed.
Vote of Board: Ayes; All.
FRANK A. KUJAWSKI, JR., President
ALBERT J. KRUPSKI, JR., Vice-President
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, III
JOHN L. BEDNOSKI, JR.
HENRY P. SMITH
BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF $OUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1892
CHRISTOPHER CONNORS
Additional Comments Requested by the Board of Trustees
EN-CONSULTANTS, INC.
ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
1329 NORTH SEA ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK 11968
516-283-636O
May 25, 1988
Town of Southold
Board of Trustees
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
Post Office Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
Re: Christopher Connors
Dear Sirs:
I would like to respond to your April 22, 1988 letter
requesting additional information.
~1. The Van Tuyl survey dated 2/22/88 indicates pre-
cisely what is currently proposed and complies
with standard requirements. Areas beyond those
shown for filling and/or construction will re-
main unaltered. The work area will be outlined
with hay bales prior to any work both to prevent
machinery from straying beyond and to prevent
siltation when fill is placed.
We have had two additional test holes done by
McDonald Geoscience. As one had previously been
shown, we now comply with your request for three.
A copy of the survey showing the locations of
the two new test holes and a data sheet for each
are attached. It is interesting to note that
only a thin top layer of bog is present which
is underlain with sand.
The response to this item is contained on page
21 of the DEIS. 'To supplement, we believe that
the distance of these cesspools from Great Pond
is too great to allow any leachate to enter the
water of the pond proper. In fact, the ground-
water in this area flows generally northward
toward Long Island Sound and away from the pond
(to the south).
4.
Inquiries have been made to New York State De-
partment of Environmental Conservation and Suf-
folk County Department of Health Services re-
garding the possibility of using Great Pond as
a source of potable water. Although tentative
proposals have been sporadically put forth by
the Greenport Water District over the years,
there is no serious intention to do this. Nei-
ther is that likely to occur as to pump from
the pond could seriously deplete it and lower its
water level drastically. Surface water is only
used as a potable supply in one location in
Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and that is on Fisher's
Island where the population and demand is small
and the situation unique.
For argument's sake, however, if a surface body
were to be used as a source of potable water,
no sanitary systems could be located within a
minimum of 200' from it (Paul Ponturo, SCHD per-
sonal communication). While the Connors parcel
would meet this criteria, many other existing
houses and their systems would not.
No response called for by applicant.
Page 21 of the DEIS indicates that "... the par-
cel is roughly 66% freshwater wetlands, primarily
in the west and south." In addition, appendix
11 is a vegetative map showing the wetlands as
we interpret them. It should be noted that the
remainder of the parcel contains a mix of wet-
lands and upland types but it is our opinion
that the latter dominate and therefore should
not be considered "wetland."
Please add this letter and attachments to the DEIS
and proceed with your review.
RLH:khs
Enc.
cc: Christopher Connors
Your'~ tru.ly,~
RO~.L. Haje'
President
~outhold Town Board of Appeals
-7- March 16, 1972
After i~vestigation and inspection the Board finds that applicant
requests~rmission to locate accessory building in front or side
yard area o~a~property located on the northwest side of Westview
Drive, Mattit~ck, New York. The Board finds it preferable to
locate the acce~ssory building in the side yard area and agrees
with the reasoning~ of the applicant.
The Board finds~that strict application of the Ordinance
would produce practical difficulties or unnece~sary hardship; the
hardship created is unique an.d would not be ~iared by all properties
alike in the immediate viCinmty of this pr~e~erty and in the same
use district; and the variance will not,change the character of
the neighborhood, and will observe t~spirit of the Ordinance.
On motion by Mr. Gillispie,~s~conded by Mr. Doyen, it was
RESOLVED, Julius Juttner~ Westview Drive, Mattituck, New York,
be GRANTED permission to ~c6ate accessory building in s.ide yard
area on property located'on the northwest side of Westv~ew Drive,
Mattttuck, New York, subject to the following conditions:
That the building be no larger than 9~feet by 12 feet; that it
be at least 5 feet from the side line; that~it be no closer tha~
105 feet from Westview Drive.
Vote of the Board: Ayes:- Messrs: Gillispie, Hulse, Doyen.
PUBLIC HEARING: Appeal No. ~.~- 8:20 P.M. (E.$.T.), upon
application of Philip W. Druhl, 115 N. Fulton Avenue, Lindenhurst,
New York, for a variance in aocordance with the Zoning Ordinance,
Article III, ~ection 301, for permission to divide property and
set off lots with insufficient area. Location of property: south
side of West Drive, Southold, Ne~ York, Minor Subdivision # 22,
bounded north by West Drive and land of Lyons, east by Great Pond,
south by Suffolk County (formerly Pinecrest Dunes, Inc.), west by
Uzmann. Fee paid $15.00.
The Chairman opened the hearing by reading the application
for a variance, legal notice of hearing, affidavit sttesting to
its publication in the official newspapers, and notice to the
applicant.
THE CHAIRMAN: This is an approved Minor Subdivision. It was
approved January 22, 1970, long before the present Ordinance went
into effect.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there anyone present who wishes to speak
for this application?
MR. PHILIP W. DRUHL: I am here to speak for the application.
Southold Town Board of Appeals
-8-
March 16, 1972
THE CHAIRMAN: The proposed access is to the north.
MR. DRUHL: There is Just one access.
THE CHAIRMAN: I see you have a 50 foot private right-of-way.
MR. DRUHL: That was required by the Planning Board.
THE CHAIHMAN: I think this is really a formality but there
should be an approval on access.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there anyone present who wishes to speak
against this application?
(There was no response.)
After investigation and inspection the Board finds that
applicant requests permission to divide property and set off
lots with insufficient area on property located on the south side
of West Drive, Southold, New York. The Board finds that this is
an approved Mihor Subdivision which was approved before the
present Ordinance went into effect. The Board agrees with the
reasoning of the applicant.
The Board finds that strict application of the Ordinance
would produce practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship; the
hardship created is unique and would not be shared by all properties
alike in the immediate vicinity of this property and in the same
use district; and the variance will not change the character of
the neighborhood, and will observe the spirit of the Ordinance.
On motion by Mr. Gillispie, seconded by Mr. Doyen, it was
RESOLVED, Philip W. Druhl, 115 North Fulton Avenue, Lindenhurst,
New York, be GRANTED permission to divide property and set off
lots with insufficient area on property located on the south side
of West Drive, $outhold, New York, as applied for; and approval
of access to Lots Nos. 4 and 5.
Vote of the Board: Ayes:- Messrs: Gillispie, ~:lse, Doyen.
PUBLIC HEARING: Appeal No. 1507 - 8:30 P.M. (E.S.T.), upon
applicon. Staples, 35 N. Montgomery Avenue, Bayshore
New York, for a variance~--~-in~aecor_dance with the Zoning Ordinance, '
Article IX, Section 900, Subsectio~s~8~_l~, and bulk schedule
of Ordinance as to lot area, f~r~on_age, and side yards, for per-
mission to construct prlv~z~ one family dwelling and operate
business from same o3~Ot with-insufficient area, frontage, setback,
and sideyards iB?"Cil" General Industrial District. Location of
property: wealth'side of Cox Lane, Cutchogue, New York, bounded north
by F. J. McBride, east by Cox~s Lane, south by L. B. Glover, Jr.,
west by L. B. Glover, Jr. Fee paid $15.00.
l?I' Philio D
79 Fitchburg St
Bayshore" ~
~'~ h*~ro had many inquiries about
',.'est Driva~ Southo!d~
Pleas~ advla~ anyone intere:;tcd that ' * 4 ....... ,, ..... ,*
minor subdivision ( i,~o 22) on file with o~ Pla~img Eoard~ and bas
been approvoa by the Appoals Bor~rd (No~506) M=nrch i972 ~mor ~ur
~e~.~ ~oMing ordinance.
These are all usable g-'ingle ' ' .... '~
.!.O~S for o,~.~ ~r.!l~j ~'" ~'~ '~ ':~ ~
Mo~s truly
Bu~Z~i~g Z~s~eetor /
Southold Town Board of Appeals
-8- March 16, 1972
THE CHAIRMAN: The proposed access is to the north.
MR. DRUHL: There is just one access.
THE CHAIRMAN: I see you have a 50 foot private right-of-way.
MR. DRUHL: That was required by the Planning Board.
THE CHAIR;~N: I think this is really a formality but there
should be an approval on access.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there anyone present who wishes to speak
against this application?
(There was no response.)
After investigation and inspection the Board finds that
applicant requests permission to divide property and set off
lots with insufficient area on property located on the south side
of West Drive, $outhold, New York. The Board finds that this is
an approved Mi~or Subdivision which was approved before the
present Ordinance went into effect. The Board agrees with the
reasoning of the applicant.
The Board finds that strict application of the Ordinance
would produce practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship; the
hardship created is unique and would not be shared by all properties
alike in the immediate vicinity of this property and in the same
use district; and the variance will not change the character of
the neighborhood, and will observe the spirit of the Ordinance.
On motion by Mr. Gillispie, seconded by Mr. Doyen, it was
RESOLVED, Philip W. Druhl, 115 North Fulton Avenue, Lindenhurst,
New York, be GRANTED permission to divide property and set off
lots with insufficient area on property located on the south side
of West Drive, $outhold, New York, as applied for; and approval
of access to Lots Nos. 4 and
5'
Vote of the Board: Ayes:- Messrs: Gillispie, Hulse, Doyen.
PUBLIC HEARING: Appeal No. 1507 - 8:30 P.M. (E.S.T.), upon
application of Stuart E. Staples, 35 N. Montgomery Avenue, Bayshore,
New York, for a variance in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance,
Article IX, Section 900, Subsections 8 & 12, and bulk schedule
of Ordinance as to lot area, frontage, and side yards, for per-
mission to construct private one family dwelling and operate
business from same on lot with insufficient area, frontage, setback,
and sideyards in "C-l" General Industrial District. Location of
property: west side of Cox Lane, Cutchogue, New York, bounded north
by F. J. McBride, east by Coxts Lane~ south by L. B. Glover, Jr.,
west by L. B. Glover, Jr. Fee paid $15.00.
Southold Town Board of Appeals
MAIN ROAD- STATE RDAD 25 SDUTHDLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGON[S, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
JOSEPH H. SAWICKI
JAMES DINIZIO, JR.
TO: James A. Schondebare,
Town Attorney
FROM:
Jerry Goehringer, Chairman
Board of Appeals
DATE:
SUBJECT:
November 21, 1988
Z.B.A. Jurisdiction
Article XI, Section 100-119.2(C)
Building Setback From Water Bodies
ToWn A~torn*¥ 5ou~hc[d
Dear Jay:
As you may know, we have an application pending for an Appeal of
the Determination of the Building Inspector for the proposed
construction of a single-family dwelling as shown on the attached
survey.
Following scoping sessions, etc. through the Department of the
Town Trustees (as Lead Agency under SEQRA), there is apparently
no question that phragmites exist at the site, giving
jurisdiction to the Trustees under the Freshwater Wetlands
Section of the Code.
We must ask your legal opinion as to Board of Appeals
jurisdiction under Section 100-119.2(C) of the Zoning Code,
states:
which
...C. Ail buildings located on lots adjacent to
any freshwater body shall be set back not less than
seventy-five (75) feet from the edge of such water
body or ... from the landward edge of the freshwater
wetland, whichever is greater...
In the event you determine this Department has overlapping
jurisdiction with the Trustees, we urge that the Town Trustees
complete their overall review as to the wetland areas and confirm
for the record the closest freshwater wetland boundary line (to
the proposed construction) since they appear to be the only
Environmental Agency of the Town authorized to do so.
Thank you for your assistance.
'~a,:-, .:".. ~ ".~.:-': , :_
MAP OF MINO~"SUB-DIVIStON'-.:'L'
. · ..... - LAND OF.
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AS'SURVEY~ '' _ '}2. ""' J~.~,1970
LIC~hiSED LAND ,.~JP. VL~'YO~
CSmEF_.,NPOm ,'r, ,~.Y.
Southold Town Board of Appeals
-8- March 16, 1972
THE CHAIRMAN: The proposed access is to the north.
MR. DRUHL: There is just one access.
THE CHAIRMAN: I see you have a 50 foot private right-of-way.
MR. DRUH.L: That was required by the Planning Board.
THE CHAIRMAN: I think this is really a formality but there
should be an approval on access.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there anyone present who wishes to speak
against this application?
(There was no response.)
After investigation and inspection the Board finds that
applicant requests permission to divide property and set off
lots with insufficient area on property located on the south side
of West Drive, Southold, New York. The Board finds that this is
an approved Mi~or Subdivision which was approved before the
present Ordinance went into effect. The Board agrees with the
reasoning o~ the applicant.
The Board finds that strict application of the Ordinance
would produce practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship; the
hardship created is unique and would not be shared by all properties
alike in the immediate vicinity of this property and in the same
use district; and the variance will not change the character of
the neighborhood, and will observe the spirit of the Ordinance.
On motion by Mr. Gillispie, seconded by Mr. Doyen, it was
RESOLVED, Philip W. Druhl, 115 North Fulton Avenue, Lindenhurst,
New York, be GRANTED permission to divide property and set off
lots with insufficient area on property located on the south side
of West Drive, Southold, New York, as applied for; and approval
of access to Lots Nos. 4 and
5'
Vote of the Board: Ayes:- Messrs: Gillispie, Halse, Doyen.
PUBLIC HEARING: Appeal No. 1507 - 8:30 P.M. (E.S.T.), upon
application of Stuart E. Staples, 35 N. Montgomery Avenue, Bayshore,
New York, for a variance in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance,
Article IX, Section 900, Subsections 8 & 12, and bulk schedule
of Ordinance as to lot area, frontage, and side yards, for per-
mission to construct private one family dwelling and operate
business from same on lot with insufficient area, frontage, setback,
and sideyards in "C-l" General Industrial District. Location of
property: west side of Cox Lane, Cutchogue, New York, bounded north
by F. J. McBride, east by Coxts Lane~ south by L. B. Glover, Jr.,
west by L. B. Glover, Jr. Fee paid $15.00.
Bayshore" v
Daar
had many
!~qllli~le s about
Pleasu advisa anyone intere~;tcd ti~at .... ~ ~ = ...... ,-~ ..... -
minor subdlvis~on ( ~'~o 22) on file with our Pla~In~ Eoard~ and has
been aporovea ~,y ~hc Appeals bo~.rd (:~o1~06) ~urcn ~972 %miner cur
new zoning ordinance.
These are a].l usable single lots for one ;a~.~z.y -', =~. :- ~
Yours truly
Bui!din~ Inspector
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
for
CHRISTOPHER CONNORS
to construct a one-family house
on West Drive, Town of Southold
Lead Agency:
Board of Town Trustees
Town of Southold
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
Post Office Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
Contact
Person:
John M. Bredemeyer,
(516) 765-1892
President
Prepared by:
Roy L. Haje, President
En-Consultants, Inc.
1329 North Sea Road
Southampton, New York
11968
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary
Description of Proposed Action 4
- Purpose and Need for Project
- Location
- Design and Layout
- Construction and Operation
- Approvals
- Environmental Setting
- Mitigation Measures to Minimize
Environmental Impact
Adverse Environmental Effects that cannot 16
be Avoided if the Project is to be Imple-
mented
Alternatives 17
Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitment 18
of Resources
Growth-Inducing Aspects 19
Land Use and Zoning 20
Significant Environmental Impacts 21
Effects on the Use and Conservation of 23
Energy Resources
PAGE
1
List of Appendices
1. Certificate of Occupancy (vacant land) dated 2/23/87.
2. Notice of Violation from Southold Bay Constable
dated 5/14/87.
Notice of Disapproval from Southold Building Inspector
dated 6/5/87.
4. NYSDEC FWW map. Southold Quadrangle.
5. Hagstrom Map 23 showing location of subject parcel.
6. Roderick Van Tuyl survey & site plan dated 4/21/87
showing house centered on property.
7. Roderick Van Tuyl survey & site plan dated 2/22/88
showing house on north side of parcel.
8. Flood Insurance Rate Map of Town of Southold,
panel 78 of 120 showing subject parcel.
SEQR Long Environmental Assessment Form.
Report on environmental conditions prepared by
En-Consultants, Inc.
11. Vegetative map prepared by En-Consultants, Inc.
12. Soil Conservation Service Soil Survey of Suffolk
County, Sheet 8.
Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
for
Christopher Connors
SUMMARY:
The applicant, Christopher Connors, purchased
the subject parcel in early 1987 with the in-
tention of constructing a one-family house for
his
ing
lot.
personal use. Due to low elevation, fill-
is necessary of at least a portion of the
The obvious beneficial impact is to allow Mr.
Connors the reasonable use and enjoyment of
a single and separate, residentially-zoned
piece of property, the purchase of the land
constitues a significant financial outlay.
Unless the parcel may be used for the purpose
intended, the owner could not sustain the loss
and would have to seek legal redress.
The adverse effect is the loss of a portion of
the freshwater wetlands.
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To mitigate the adverse effect, filling will
be limited only to that portion of the par-
cel on which improvements are proposed. Roughly
half the parcel will remain in its current con-
dition.
The alternatives range from filling of the
entire lot to "no action." Within these ex-
tremes, various extents of filling, size of
house, and type of construction are possible
and will be considered.
Several permits and/or approvals are necessary
before construction may commence. This Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is being
prepared for the Town of Southold Board of
Trustees (hereinafter referred to as the ("Trus-
tees''), which has been designated as "lead agency"
under the Town's Environmental Quality Review
Act, Chapter 44 of the Town Code. A wetlands
permit must also be issued pursuant to Chapter
97.
Although the parcel did not appear on the New
York State Department of Environmental Conser-
vation's (hereinafter referred to as the "DEC")
tentative Freshwater Wetlands inventory map,
there has been a recent addition (possibly
after this project was brought to the DEC's at-
tention) to include the site. Therefore, the
applicant has been informed that a permit is
necessary pursuant to Article 24 of the Environ-
mental Conservation Law (FWW).
The Suffolk County Department of Health Services
(hereinafter referred to as "SCDH") requires
approval of the sanitary system and well.
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED ACTION:
Purpose and Need for Project --
Prior to his purchase of the property, the
applicant inquired of the Building Department
of the Town of Southold whether it was build-
albe. In response, he received a "vacant land
certificate of occupancy," a copy of which is
in the appendices. On the strength of this,
he closed title and received verbal permission
to clear and fill the lot. Shortly after com-
mencement when only (2) small (30±' x 10±')
portions of the proposed circular drive had
been filled, a complaint was filed by a party
or parties unknown. In May 1987, a notice of
violation was issued by the Bay Constable (copy
enclosed) directing the applicant to cease
all further filling and apply for a wetlands
permit from the Trustees. In June 1987, the
building inspector issued a notice of disap-
proval based upon the need for a wetlands permit
(copy enclosed).
A wetlands application to place fill and con-
struct a one-family house was promptly filed,
and the Trustees declared itself lead agency.
A positive declaration was issued requiring
the prepartaion of this DEIS. Following pre-
paration of a long Environmental Assessment
form (EAF) and request to reconsider the need
for the DEIS, the Trustees maintained their
decision to require the DEIS.
During the time of these discussions and cor-
respondence with the Trustees, the DEC was
also consulted. The maps which the DEC use
as its tentative FWW inventory, The New York
State Department of Transportation Quadrangle
Sheets, indicated only Great Pond as a DEC-
regulated freshwater wetland. It is identi-
fied as SO-5 on the Southold sheet. It was,
therefore, presumed to be outside of DEC regu-
lation. Later discussions, however, with Mr.
Paul Carella of the DEC's FWW unit, indicated
that it was an area subject to DEC jurisdiction.
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The DEC's maps were modified
date to add the subject site
to the west (see appendices).
at an undetermined
and other land
Further dis-
cussions ensued regarding the placement of
the fill and need to remove it and need for
a FWW permit. A DEC FWW application has now
been filed.
As the construction of one single family house
is not a "public" project, there is no "public
need" for it. Rather, the intention is to
provide a home for the applicant and his family.
It is a legal building lot in single and sepa-
rate ownership as attested to by the issuance
of a "vacant land certificate of occupancy" by
the Building Department.
Location --
The subject site is located on the west side
of West Drive, Town of Southold, Suffolk County,
Long Island, New York. It is identified by SCTM
No. 1000-59-5-29.3. Access to the site is via
Lake Drive and West Drive, paved Town roads.
The existing zoning is A residential-agricultural.
Design and Layout --
The parcel is trapezoidal,
direction; and 150.79' e/s.
133.33' in the n/s
Its total area
is 20,000± square feet. The original site
plan as depicted on a survey by Roderick Van
Tuyl, P.C., dated 4/21/87 and amended 7/6/87
placed the house roughly in the center of the
lot with fill throughout (see appendices).
The current plan depicted on a Van Tuyl survey
dated 2/22/88, restricts development to (roughly)
the northerly half of the lot. A 36' x 44'
house on concrete foundation is located 13.5'
south of the north property line; and 50' west
of the east property line. A circular drive
will provide vehicular access and (5) 2' high
and 8' diameter cesspools plus
will be located to the west of
house. In order to obtain the
septic tanks
the proposed
SCDH-required
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depth of fill over and around the pools with-
out encroaching on adjacent parcels, a timber
or concrete retaining wall will encircle them.
Fill will also be placed for the house and
driveway. Approximately 375 cubic yards of
clean sand and loam will be placed within the
retaining walls for the sanitary system, and
175 cubic yards will be used for the driveway
and house. As the mandated first floor ele-
vation of the house is +11' above mean sea
level (MSL) (Zone A7) (see appendices) and it
will sit on a fill pedestal of +6', approxi-
mately 5' of foundation will be exposed.
Construction and Operation --
The house will be constructed of wood, the
retaining wall will be either wood or concrete,
and the driveway will be fill topped with blue-
stone or similar pervious material.
Approvals --
As shown on the latest site plan (Van Tuyl
survey of 2/22/88), the house may require vari-
ance from the Zoning Board of Appeals from
the 75' setback from wetland if:
1.) the parcel is deemed by the Town
Trustees to be wetlands, and
2.) permission to construct is granted
by the Trustees.
No other dimensional variances will be required.
Environmental setting --
''The SEQR Handbook", a document prepared by
the NYSDEC to aid agencies in the review and
preparation of DEIS's and other SEQR documents,
directs that a DEIS is to be complete but not
"encyclopedic." Further, it urges the use
of existing reports and data where available
as a means of expediting review and minimizing
costs. Accordingly, two documents are being
included in the appendices which describe the
envirionmental setting. The first is the EAF
prepared on 7/23/87 by Eh-Consultants, Inc.,
for the lead agency, the Southold Trustees.
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The second is a report prepared on or about
that same date which accompanied the EAF.
The report is based upon a field inspection
of 7/15/87.
A vegetative map has also been prepared por-
traying the location and extent of vegetation,
wetland and otherwise, on the parcel.
The Soil Survey of Suffolk County (USDA, 1975)
sheet 8 (see appendices), identifies the sub-
ject parcel as dune land, which is described
as follows:
"Dune land is made up of mounds or small
hills of sand that have been piled up by
wind. No soil horizons have formed in this
sandy material. This land type is mainly
along the barrier beach and the large area
of dunes in the vicinity of Napeague and
Hither Hills State Park. Smaller areas are
along Long Island Sound and the bays at the
east end of the Sound. Slope ranges from
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1 to 35 percent. Vegetation is sparse in
some areas, but other areas have a thick
cover of pine. Included with this land type
in mapping are low-lying, nearly level areas
between dunes where ground water is at a
depth of 18 to 30 inches in places. Also
included are a few small, blown-out areas
along the north shore. In these places sand
dunes have migrated into the woodland sur-
rounding the blowout."
Mitigation Measures to Minimize Environmental
Impact --
Siting of the house outside of the wetland
as much as possible is the most significant
mitigation possible short of taking no action
whatsoever. An infinite number of variations
of house size, precise location, driveway con-
figuration, and extent of fill is possible.
The minimum size house permitted by zoning
is 850 square feet. It is not felt that a
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structure of this size would serve the appli-
cant's needs.
If the house were to be built on pilings, less
fill would be necessary under and around it
causing less loss of wetlands.
foundations are common in some
Island, notably on the barrier
Exposed piling
areas of Long
beaches where
flood plain regulations mandate high first
floor elevations and prohibit fill underneath
on the theory that these factors will minimize
damage during storms. The "high velocity zones"
where these regulations are in effect are classi-
fied as "V" zones by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
Conditions at the subject parcel are different.
It is located in a "A-7" flood zone which is
within the "100-year flood" area but is not
an area likely to ever be subjected to waves
of high velocity. Thus, there is no restriction
against fill. No homes in the area were observed
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to have exposed piling foundations.
Construction on pilings would cause loss of
most vegetation underneath due to shading.
Elevated houses require greater insulation
and precautions against freeze-up of pipes.
Piling foundations are more costly than spread
footing or concrete slab construction.
Fill cannot be placed only under the founda-
tion. It must be shaped out beyond the build-
ing's footprint. Thus, while vegetation directly
under a piling foundation would likely die,
that beyond (which would be under the peripheral
sloped fill) would remain.
Containment of fill for the sanitary system
by a retaining wall minimize loss of natural
vegetation, again by elimination of peripheral
sloped fill, the other possible alternative.
Mention is occasionally made of elimination
of cesspools which leach into the ground in
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favor of a sealed holding tank which is period-
ically pumped out by a scavenger. While this,
in theory, would totally eliminate any effluent,
such a system would not be approved by SCDH.
In addition to being very costly (weekly pump-
outs would probably be necessary for an average
family), SCDH fears that waste would be disposed
of improperly leading to significant health
and environmental problems.
Limitation of shrubs and lawn requiring appli-
cation of pesticides and fertilizers would
mitigate that source of pollution.
Use of bluestone or other pervious material
for the driveway would limit chan~es in drain-
age patterns.
Installation of dry wells for roof runoff would,
in the writer's opinion, have little beneficial
effect. Dry wells would have to be installed
in fill in order to operate satisfactorily,
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and the water they handle is merely rainwater
which could also be discharged on the surface.
Little cost is involved, however, so that dry
wells could be installed if so ordered.
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ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS THAT CANNOT BE
AVOIDED IF THE PROJECT IS TO BE IMPLEMENTED:
NO matter which alternative is selected, there
will be a loss of some wetland. Given the
minimal amount of wetland on the subject par-
cel relative to the overall wetland which is
located largely on County property and there-
fore not subject to development, any loss will
be very small.
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ALTERNATIVES:
Alternative construction techniques, siting
and development, have been addressed in the
"mitigation" section. The alternative of dif-
ferent land use is not practical due to the
existing zoning and nature of surrounding de-
velopment.
Acquisition of the parcel by a governmental
agency or private preservation organization
would perpetuate present environmental condi-
tions. It is not likely that public or quasi-
public ownership would lead to public use other
than by individuals interested in ecological
studies. A fair market value would have to
be paid to the owner if public acquistion is
not to be considered a "taking." "No action,"
coupled with no compensation, would create a
financial hardship to the owner and leave him
with no use for the property. He would be re-
quired to purchase another parcel or existing
house elsewhere to satisfy his need for shelter.
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IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF
RESOURES:
Wetlands which are filled and/or shaded must
be considered "lost." Although fill could
be removed and a
tice this is
is developed.
wetland loss
building demolished, in prac-
not likely to occur if the lot
As previously stated, actual
is small.
The usage of fossil fuels to power construction
equipment and workers' vehicles is irreversi-
ble as is the consumption of electrical power
by tools. The commitment of wood and other
material used in construction is essentially
irreversible.
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GROWTH-INDUCING ASPECTS:
Examination of yearly population statistics
reveals a steady growth for the Town of Southold.
According to the Nassau-Suffolk Regional Plan-
ning Board estimate for 1987, the population
is 21, 003. The addition of another household
(4 - 5 persons) is part of the trend and not
an inducement to growth. Neither would this
action require expansion of existing utilities
and services or the addition of new ones.
20 -
LAND USE AND ZONING:
The parcel is located in an A Residential-
Agricultural zone according to the Town of
Southold. The parcel to the north is entirely
filled and developed with a single family house.
Natural vegetation has been removed and replaced
with grass and landscaping. The lot to the
south belonging to Manos is undeveloped and
similar in vegetative character to the subject
parcel. Adjacent to this is a developed parcel
also owned by Manos. Many other houses are
located in the neighborhood, most built in
the 1970's, and used as summer houses.
The most recent master plan does not call for
any zone changes in the area.
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SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS:
As described in an earlier section, the parcel
is roughly 66% freshwater wetlands, primarily
in the west and south. The latest and current
development plan concentrates development on
the northerly half of the parcel. Assuming
the FWW line to be as shown in the vegetative
map, there will be approximately 3,000 square
feet of wetlands filled. Usage of the remain-
ing wetland by wildlife may be slightly dimi-
nished due to the increased human activity.
However, most species now utilizing the parcel
are expected to remain. No rare or endangered
species were detected. Ospreys which may
nest in this general area of Southold, would
in no way be threatened or be less likely to
remain as a result of this project.
Potential environmental impact of sanitary
systems center upon the effects of leachate
upon the surroundings. Cesspool leachate con-
tains nutrients (primarily nitrogen and phos-
phorus), bacteria, viruses and minor amounts
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of other constituents. Nutrients normally
are bound up by bacteria present in the soil
within short distances of the cesspool rings.
Should nutrients reach adjacent wetlands, it
is likely that they would be metabolized by
the plants much the same way that surface-
applied fertilizer would be. Of the leachate
components, least is known of the viruses.
Again, the type of installation proposed here
and the density make it unlikely that this
or any other component of the leachate would
cause damage to either the wetlands or water-
ways.
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EFFECTS ON THE USE AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
RESOURCES:
During the construction phase, energy in the
form of fossil fuels and electricity will be
consumed. The house will be heated by oil-
burning equipment. All proposed structures
will be adequately insulated to minimize ener-
gy consumption.
Existing sources of electrical energy supplied
by LILCO are adequate to service the proposed
facilities.
Studies, reports and literature used in preparation of DEIS.
Burt, William H. et al. A field guide to the mammals, 1964.
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
Darnell, R. M. et al. Impacts of construction activities
in wetlands of the J. S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1976. Corvallis, Oregon.
Long Island Regional Planning Board 1987. Population
Survey. Hauppauge.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
Freshwater Wetlands - Land Use Regulations, Article
U. S. Department of Agriculture. 1975. Soil survey of
Suffolk County, Riverhead.
24.
Application for a Wetlands Permit to place fill and construct a one-family
house within 75 feet of wetlands or water on the west side of West Orive,
Town of Southold, New York, and identified by Suffolk County Tax Map
No. 1000-59-5-29.3.
Southold Town Board of Appeals
MAIN ROAD- $TATE ROAD 25 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. Jig'7]
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
JOSEPH H. SAW~CKI
JAMES DINIZIO, JR.
TO: James A.
Schondebare, Town Attorney
FROM:
Jerry Goehringer, Chairman
Board of Appeals
DATE: November 21, 1988
SUBJECT:
Z.B.A. Jurisdiction
Article XI, Section 100-119.2(C)
Building Setback From Water Bodies
Dear Jay:
As you may know, we have an application pending for an Appeal of
the Determination of the Building Inspector for the proposed
construction of a single-family dwelling as shown on the attached
survey.
Following scoping sessions, etc. through the Department of the
Town Trustees (as Lead Agency under SEQRA), there is apparently
no question that phragmites exist at the site, giving
jurisdiction to the Trustees under the Freshwater Wetlands
Section of the Code.
We must ask your legal opinion as to Board of Appeals
jurisdiction under Section 100-119.2(C) of the Zoning Code,
states:
which
...C. Ail buildings located on lots adjacent to
any freshwater body shall be set back not less than
seventy-five (75) feet from the edge of such water
body or ... from the landward edge of the freshwater
wetland, whichever is greater...
In the event you determine this Department has overlapping
jurisdiction with the Trustees, we urge that the Town Trustees
complete their overall review as to the wetland areas and confirm
for the record the closest freshwater wetland boundary line (to
the proposed construction) since they appear to be the only
Environmental Agency of the Town authorized to do so.
Thank you for your assistance.
In the ~a~t~r'o~ ~he ~l~e~e~ ~i~lltio~
of Articles 24 & 71 of the New York State
Environmental Conservation Law, by
CHRIS CONNORS
(Suffolk County) Respondent
·
ORDER ON CONSENT
FILE NO. 1-2095
WHEREAS, Article 24 of the New York State Environmental
Conservation Law (Freshwater Wetlands Act) prohibits the
excavation and removal of any material, or the dumping or filling
of any material on or adjacent to any freshwater wetland without
having first applied for and received the requisite permit; and
WHEREAS, this Department has .alleged a violation of said
Article 24, specifically §24-0701, in that Respondent caused
and/or permitted to be caused, the placement of fill in a fresh-
water wetlands area without permit at West Drive, Southold, New
York; and
WHEREAS, Respondent has affirmatively waived his right to a
public hearing in this matter in the manner provided by law and
having consented to the entering and issuing of this Order, agrees
to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein.
NOW, having considered this matter and being duly advised,
it is
ORDERED, that with respect to the aforesaid alleged
violation, there is hereby imposed upon Respondent a penalty in
the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty ($750) Dollars, said penalty to be
suspended, provided Respondent strictly adheres to the terms and
conditions outlined in Schedule A, the compliance schedule
attached hereto and made a part hereof; and it is further
ORDERED, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as
preventing the Department from collecting regulatory fees where
applicable; and it is further
ORDERED, that in those instances in which the Respondent
desires that any of the provisions, terms or conditions of this
Order be changed, it shall make written application, setting forth
the grounds for the relief sought, to the Commissioner, c/o the
Regional Attorney, New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, Building 40, State University Campus, Stony Brook,
New York 11794; and it is further
ORDERED, that Respondent shall strictly adhere to the terms
and conditions outlined in Schedule A, the compliance schedule
attached hereto and made a part hereof; and it is further
ORDERED, that any change in this Order shall not be made or
become effective, except as specifically set forth by written
order of the Commissioner, such written order being made either
upon written application of the Respondent or upon the
Commissioner's own findings; and it is further
ORDERED, that this Order shall be deemed binding on
Respondent, its successors and assigns and all persons, firms and
corporations acting under for for them, including, but not limited
to those who may carry on any or all of the operations now being
conducted by Respondent, whether at the present location or at any
other in this State.
Dated:
Albany, New York
1988
THOMAS C. JORLING
Commissioner of Environmental Conservation
To:
By
Eric Bressler, Esq.
Wickham, Wickham & Bressler, P.C.
Main Road
Post Office Box 1424
Mattituck, New York 11952
HAROLD D. BERGER
Regional Director
CONSENT BY RESPONDENT
Respondent acknowledges the authority and jurisdiction of the
Commissioner of Environmental Conservation of the State of New
York to issue the foregoing Order, waived public hearing or other
proceedings in this matter, accepts the terms and conditions set
forth in the Order and consents to the
.~. ~ance thereof.
STATE OF NEW YOM)
COUNTY OF~K )
On the ~O~day of~ , 1988, before me personally
c~e f ~ f~NoR3 to me known,.w~ being duly sworn,
deposed and said that he resides at
that he is the individual described in a~'.~h~ execute~ the fo~-
golng instr~ent and acknowledged to me ~h t h' execut~ e.
Compliance Schedule
for
~ithin ninety (90) days of
the date of issuance of a
Commissioner,s Decision
denying Respondent's pending
application for a permit,
(regardless of any appeals
taken of said Decision).
Respondent shall have:
1) Removed all fill which
is the subject of this
Order~
2) Seeded the disturbed
area with switch grass.
FRANK A. KUJAWSKI, JR., President
ALBERT J. KRUPSKI, JR., Vice-President
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, III
JOHN L. BEDNOSKI, JR.
HENRY P. SMITH
BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
September 12, 1988
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1892
Mr. Christopher Connors
5 Viking Road
Glenwood Landing, New York
11547
Re: Wetland Application No. 543
Dear Mr. Connors:
Pursuant to ~our request for information relative to the
status of your application before this Board, please be advised
that prior to the cbmmencement of the review of the D.E.I.S. the
violation pending before the D.E.C. will have to be fully
resolved.
After the violation has been satisfied with the D.E.C. this
Board will resume the review of the D.E.I.S. and prior to taking
any action on the application a permit will have to be furnished
to this office from the D.E.C. in accordance with Article II,
97-21 (J) of the Town Code.
Your cooperation, in this matter, has been greatly
appreciated. Should you have any further questions or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact this office at the telephone
number listed above.
Very truly yours,
~'rank A./K~jawski, Jr., Pres.
Board of T~wn Trustees
FAK:ip
cc: James Manos, Esq.
Frank Panek, DEC, Stony Brook
~' Bldg. Dept.
Board of Appeals
3oseph Hall, DEC, Stony Brook - 10-88-1572
§ 97-20 SOUTHOLD CODE § 97-21
ARTICLE II
Permits
§ 97-20. Permit required. [Amended 6-5-84 by L.L. No. 6-1984;
3-26-85 by L.L. No. 6-1985]
A. Permit required. Notwithstanding any prior course of con-
duct or permission granted, no person shall conduct opera-
tions on any wetlands in the Town of Southold unless he shall
first obtain a written permit therefor issued by authority of
the Trustees as hereinafter provided and only while such
permit remains in effect.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this'sec-
tion, the Trustees may, by resolution, waive the requirement
of a permit with respect to lands immediately adjacent to wet-
lands, as defined in Subsection A(3) or B(2) of the definition of
"wetlands" in § 97-13, if the Trustees find and determine that
no operations are proposed on such lands, or that the opera-
tions proposed thereon comply with the standards set forth in
§ 97-28 of this chapter.
§ 97-21. Application. [Amended 6-5-84 by L.L. No. 6-1984]
A permit may be issued upon the written, verified application of
the person proposing to perform operations on wetlands. The
application shall be submitted to the Clerk in quadruplicate. Such
application shall contain the following information:
A. The name and address of the applicant and the source of
the applicant's right to perform such operations {e.g.,
whether applicant is the owner, lessee, licensee, contractor,
etc.). In all cases where the applicant is not the owner of
the premises where such operations are proposed to be
conducted, the consent of the owner, duly acknowledged,
must be attached to said application.
B. The purpose of the proposed operations.
C. The amount of material proposed to be removed or
deposited, and/or the type, size and location of any
proposed structure.
§ 97-21 WETLANDS § 97-21
D. A description of the area fro~ which the removal or in
which the deposit of material is proposed, or in which
structures are to be erected. The description shall be by
bearing and distance and shall be based on a local coor-
dinate system. The starting point of the description shall
be appropriately referenced to a permanent reference point
E. The depth to which the removal or the deposit of material
is proposed throughout the area of operations, and the
proposed angle of repose of all slopes. .~,
F. The manner in which the material will be removed or
deposited, or structures erected.
G. Such application shall be accompanied by a survey and
topographical map with contours at one-foot intervals,
showing the area from which the removal or in which the
deposit of materials is proposed, or in which structures are
to be erected, certified by a registered land surveyor or
registered professional engineer, licensed by the State of
New York. Such survey and topographical map shall show
the soundings of the area in which operations are proposed
to be conducted. The horizontal control of said survey shall
be based on an approved local coordinate system. The
vertical control for elevations and soundings shall be based
on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum.
H. A statement of the effect, if any, on the wetlands and tidal
waters of the town that may result by reason of such
proposed operations.
I. A statement describing any known prior operations
conducted on the premises in question and whether any
prior licenses to permits have been issued to erect
structures or to dredge or deposit fill on said premises and
whether any such permits or licenses were ever revoked or
suspended by a governmental agency. ~
J.Cocumantary proof that all other necessary permit
approvals have been obtained.
14-12-9 (?J87)--9c
~/ 617.21
Appendix G
State Environmental Quality Review
Notice of Completion of Draft ElS
and
Notice of SEQR Hearing
SEQR
Lead Agency: Southold Town Board of Trustees
Address: Southold Town Hall
53095 Main Road
Southold, N.Y. 11971
Project NumberWetland App.543
Date: Nov. 2, 1988
This notice is issued pursuant to Part 617 (and local law #Chpt.44-Loc. Law 3-1978 if any)
of the implementing regulations pertaining to Article 8 (State Environmental Quality Review Act) of
the Environmental Conservation Law.
A Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been completed and accepted for the proposed
action described below. Comments on the Draft ElS are requested and will be accepted by the
contact person until Dec. 17, 1988 . A public hearing on the Draft ElS will be
held on Nov. 17, 1988- 7:40 P.M.(date and time) at Southo]d Town Hall ~ (place).
Name of Action: Southold, N.Y.
Re: Christopher Connors - DEIS and application to build house
Description of Action:
Application for a Wetlands Permit to place fill and construct a one-family
house within 75 feet of wetlands or water on the west side of West Drive,
Town of Southold, New York, and identified by SuffQlk County Tax Map
No. 1000- 59-5-29.3.
Location: (Include street address and the.name of the municipality/county.)
350 West Drive, Southold, New York, County of Suffolk
Notice of Completion O~'raft ElS/Notice of Hearing
Page 2
Potential Environmental Impacts:
To address the value of this area as a Wildlife Habitat, and its productivity.
The impact of construction on this wetland area, neighboring wetlands, Peconic
Dunes and Great Pond.
To determine what percentage of this lot is actually wetlands and what areas
are wet all year round,also, which areas are wet seasonally.
The impact of this project on Great Pond as a fresh water source for the Town.
Purpose and need for this project, and possible mitigation measures that could
minimize adverse environmental impacts.
A Copy of the Draft ElS may be obtained from:
Contact Person: Joan Schneider, C]~erk
Southold Town Board of Trustees
Address: Town Hall
53095 Main Rd., Southold, N.Y.
Telephone Number:
(516) 765 1892
A Copy of this Notice and the Draft ElS Sent to:
*Commissioner, Department of Enviionmental Conservation, 50 Wolf Road, Albany, New York 12233-0001
*Appropriate Regional Office of the Department of Environmental Conservation
*Office of the Chief Executive Officer of the political subdivision in which the action will be principally
located.
*All other involved agencies (if any)
*Persons requesting Draft ElS
· One copy ot the Oraft Els must be sent to these [ocalions
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
REGULATORY AFFAIRS
REGION I BUILDING 40
STATE UNIVERSI FY OF N~X',r YORK
STONY BROOK, NE~V YORK 11 794
$OUTHOLD IOWN
PLANNING ROARD
Re: LEAD AGENCY COORDINATION REQUEST
Dear
The purpose of this request fs to determine under Article 8 (State
Environmental Quality Review - SEQR) of the Environmental Conservation Law
and 6 NYCRR Part 617 the following:
1. your jurisdiction in the action described below;
2. your interest in assuming the responsibilities of lead agency; and
3. issues of concern which you believe should be evaluated,
I have enclosed a copy of the permit application and a completed Environ-
mental Assessment Form to assist you in responding.
DEC Permits:
SEQR Classification: [ ] Type I [~]'"'0nlisted
DEC Contact Person:
-2-
DEC Position:
[ ] DEC has no objection to your agency assuming lead agency -status for this
action.
[ ] DEC wishes to assume lead agency status for this action.
[,~/Other. (See comments below)
The lead agency will determine the need for an environmental impact
statement (EIS) on this project. If you have an interest in being lead agency,
then please contact this office within/(/_~days of the date of this letter. If no
response is received, it will be assuin~d that your agency has no interest in
being lead agency.
Please feel free to contact this office for further informatio~ or discussion.
Sincerely,
Enclosures
cc: (attach distribution list)
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
TELEPHONE
(~6)
PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
September 19, 1988
Joseph Hall, Environmental Analyst
NYS Dept. Environmental Conservation
Regulatary Affairs
Region 1, Building 40
State University of New York
Stony Brook, New York 11794
RE:
Lead Agency Coordination
Request for DEC Project
#10-88-1572
Dear Mr. Hall:
A review of the Planning Board's files indicates that the
above referenced application lies within the minor subdivision
map of Philip Druhl. This subdivision was approved by the
Planning Board in 1970.
The Planning Board does not have jurisdiction over the
specific application before you. However, the Trustees have an
active file on this application. A copy of your September 9th
letter has been forwarded to their office for their response.
Sincerely,
Valerie Scopaz
Town Planner
cc: Planning Board
Trustees Board
jt
PIIILL~P J. GOUBEAUD
ELLEN M. LARSEN ~
BOARD OF T()WN TIII'STEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall. 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold. New York I t971
(516) 765-1892
August 31, 1987
Mr. Paul Co'rrella
New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Division of Fish and Wildlife
Bldg. 40, SUNY
Stony Brook, New York 11794
Re: Christopher Connors - Wetland Application No. 543
Dear Mr. Corrella:
Please be advised that the Southold Town Trustees would like to be
advised of your interest and concern regarding the Lead Agency status
on the above referenced application and/or jurisdiction.
Enclosed for your convenience is a copy of the long environmental
assessment form for your review.
Kindly advise this office at the earliest possible date of your interest
in being the lead agency regarding this application?
Should you have any questions or concern, please do not hesitate to
contact this office at the {elephone number listed above.
.Very truly yours,
Henry P. Smith, Pres.
Board of Town Trustees
HPS :ip
Attachment
cc: Patricia C. Moore, Attorney
James Manos
INT,,ER-OFFICE SPEED
(l~! ONLY FOR UNOFF;CIAL COR-
RESPONDENCE~
.....
DATE RETURNED:
REPLY AT BOSOM OF THIS ~
REPLY '
5 ~iking Rd.
Glenwood Landinq, NY 115~7
August 8, 1988
Board of Town Trustees
Town of Southold
Frank A. Kujawski, Jr. President
Town Hall, 53095 ~?ain Rd.
PO Bo~. 728
Sonthold, NY 11971
Dear Mr. KujaWski,
I am writing in response to your letter dated 6/24/88. It is very
obvious, the matter of settling this violation should have been
addressed a year ago when it was first issued. Why you have waited
until now to bring this up, after I have spent considerable time
and money in your application process, is a disgrace.
kD,.ev_r, in complience of year reeuest %he violation in euestion
has now been cleared, a copy is attached for your records.
At this time, I find it necessary to say, in the event a permit is
denied to me, I wi].] be hoTding the Town of Southold responsible for
their negligence in advising me this lot was suitable for building
and then giving me approval to ~repare the site for building. I
will submit all my bills incurred and ex~ect oromot reimbursement.
During the past year and a hal_f, the facts surrounding my aDp!ication
have become very clondad. I bare tried to cooperate with all the
parties involved to my fullest. Your co~]cerns with the environment
are valid and I can respect that. However, I would 3ike to make it
very clear, upon my very first visit to the building department in-
quiring if tile property was suitable for building, the answer was
most definitely yes.
This ordeal has been a tremendous hardship to me and my family.
look forward to the 8/25/88 meeting so I may finally get a long
~.~wai-ted decision on my application.
I
Sincerely,
Christopher Conners
CC:
DEC Legal Dept. Laurie Reitly
Frank Murphy, Town Supervisor
Wic]¢ham, Wickhnm & Bressler
~!ewsday - !Don Williams
Governor ~ario Cuomo
En-Consultantm - Rol~ Haje
JAMES MANOS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
August 17, 1988
Frank A. Kujawski, Jr., President
Board of Town Trustees
Town of Southold
Town Hail, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, N.Y. 11971
Re: C. Conners - Wetlands Application No. 543
Dear Mr. Kujawski:
Mr. Conners has once again presented erroneous and misleading
information to the Trustees!
The violation has not been cleared as aileged by Mr. Conners in
his August 8th letter to you. No representative of the DEC has
executed the Consent Order proferred to you by Mr. Conners as
evidence that "the violation in question has now been cleared...".
The above was confirmed today in a conversation I had with the
DEC's legal department, who further advised that the DEC still has
under consideration and review the terms and condifion§ of the con-
sent order.
It is difficult to comprehend Mr. Conners~ resistance to the removal
of the fill. At the scoping meeting of October 6, 1987, in response
to a direct question posed by Mr. Krupski, the applicant agreed
to its removal. Ten months have passed yet he has failed to do
so. This is particluarly puzzling because aimost all of the fill is
located on that portion of his parcel which, based on the revised
site plan, Mr. Conners will leave in the wetlands state. Thus he
would have to remove the fill even if the permit were granted.
Very truly yours,
cc: DEC
STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
of Articles 24 & 71 of the New York State
Environmental Conservation Law, by
CHRIS CONNORS
(Suffolk County)
Respondent
X
ORDER ON CONSENT
FILE NO. 1-2095
WHEREAS, Article 24 of the New York State Environmental
Conservation Law (Freshwater Wetlands Act) prohibits the
excavation and removal of any material, or the dumping or filling
of any material on or adjacent to any freshwater wetland without
having first applied for and received the requisite permit; and
WHEREAS, this Department hasalleged a violation of said
Article 24, specifically $24-0701, in that Respondent caused
and/or permitted to be caused, the placement of fill in a fresh-
water wetlands area without permit at West Drive, Southold, New
York; and
WHEREAS, Respondent has affirmatively waived his right to a
public hearing in this matter in the manner provided by law and
having consented to the entering and issuing of this Order, agrees
to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein.
NOW, having considered this matter and'being duly advised,
it is
ORDERED, that with respect to the aforesaid alleged
violation, there is hereby imposed upon Respondent a penalty in
the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty ($750) Dollars, said penalty to be
suspended, provided Respondent strictly adheres to the terms and
conditions outlined in Schedule A, the compliance schedule
attached hereto and made a part hereof; and it is further
ORDERED, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as
preventing the Department from collecting regulatory fees where
applicable; and it is further
ORDERED, that in those instances in which the Respondent
desires that any of the provisions, terms or conditions of this
Order be changed, it shall make written application, setting forte
the grounds for the relief sought, to the Commissioner, c/o the
Regional Attorney, New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, Building 40, State University Campus, Stony Brook,
New York 11794; and it is further
ORDERED, that Respondent shall strictly adhere to the terms
and conditions outlined in Schedule A, the compliance schedule
attached hereto and made a part hereof; and it is further
ORDERED, that any change in this Order shall not be made or
become effective, except as specifically set forth by written
order of the Commissioner, such written order being made either
upon written application of the Respondent or upon the
Commissioner's own findings; and it is further
ORDERED, that this Order shall be deemed binding on
Respondent, its successors and assigns and all persons, firms and
corporations acting under for for them, including, but not
to those who may carry on any or all of the operations now being
conducted by Respondent, whether at the present location or at
other in this State.
Dated: Albany,
New York
1988
THOMAS C. JORLING
Commissioner of Environmental Conservatioz
By
HAROLD D. BERGER
Regional Director
To:
Eric Bressler, Esq.
Wickham, Wickham & Bressler,
Main Road
Post Office Box 1424
Mattituck, New York 11952
PoCo
CONSENT BY RESPONDENT
Respondent acknowledges the authority an~ jurisdiction of the
Commissioner of Environmental Conservation of the State of New
York to issue the foregoing Order, waived public hearing or other
proceedings in this matter, accepts the terms and conditions set
forth in the Order and consents to the i~/ance thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK)
S.S:
COUNTY OF gu6~L~ )
On the }~k~day of%~,~% , 1988, before me personally
came C ~ C5~N~R3 to me known, who being .duly sworn,
deposed and sai9 thai he resides at~ ~~ t~2L~,W,~ ~}~7
thgt h? is the individual described in a~d ~'h6. execute~ the fore-
going lnstr~ent and acknowledged to me ~h~t h~execut~e.
' N~y P~B~IC '
¢
Compliance Schedule
for
Within ninety (90) days of Respondent shall have:.
the date of issuance of a
~omm~ssioner,s Decision 1) ~emoved all fill which
uenylng Respondent,s pending is the subject of this
aPPlication for a permit, Order~
(regardless of any appeals 2) Seeded the disturbed
taken of said Decision).
area with switch grass.
5 Viking Rd.
Glenwood Landing, NY 11547
Au§ust 8; 1988
9oard of Town Trustees
Town of Southold
Frank A. Kujawski, Jr. President
Town Hall, 53095 Main Rd.
PO Box 728
Southold, NY 11971
Dear Mr. Kujawski,
I am writing in response to your letter dated 6/24/88. It is very
obvious, the matter of settling this violation should have been
addressed a year ago when it was first issued. Why you have waited
until now to bring this up, after I !lave spent considerable time
and money in your application process, is a disgrace.
IIo~,.~ever, in complience of your re~mest, '~he violation in question
has now been cleared, a copy is attached for your records.
At this time, I find it necessary to say, in the event a permit is
denied to me, I will be ho]ding the Town of $outhold responsible for
their negligence in advining me this lot was snitable for building
and then giving me a~provel to prepare the site for building. I
will submit all my bills incurred and expect prompt reimbursement.
During the past year and a half, the facts surrounding my application
have become very clouded. I bare tried to cooperate with all th~
parties involvn~ to my fullest. Your concerns with the environment
are valid and I can respect that. However, I would like to make it
very clear, upon my very first visit to the building department in-
quiring if the property was suitable for building, the answer was
most definitely yes.
This ordeal has been a tremendous hardship to me and my family.
look for%~ard to the 8/25/88 meeting so I may finally get a long
~waited decision on my application.
I
Sincere]_?/,
Christopher Conners
D~.~C Legal Dept. Laurie Rei]ly
~rank Murphy, Town Sunervisor
Wickham, Wickham & ~resnler
Newsday Don WJ!].iams
Governor Nario Cuomo
En-Cnnsultantn - Roy Haje
STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
of Articles 24 & 71 of the New York State
Environmental Conservation Law, by
CHRIS CONNORS
(Suffolk County)
Respondent
X
X
ORDER ON CONSENT
FILE NO. 1-2095
WHEREAS, Article 24 of the New York State Environmental
Conservation Law (Freshwater Wetlands Act) prohibits the
excavation and removal of any material, or the dumping or filling
of any material on or adjacent to any freshwater wetland without
having first applied for and received the requisite permit; and
WHEREAS, this Department has alleged a violation of said
Article 24, specifically S24-0701, in that Respondent caused
and/or permitted to be caused, the placement of fill in a fresh-
water wetlands area without permit at West Drive, Southold, New
York; and
WHEREAS, Respondent has affirmatively waived his right to a
public hearing in this matter in the manner provided by law and
having consented to the entering and issuing of this Order, agrees
to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein.
NOW, having considered this matter and being duly advised,
it is
ORDE~R~, that with respect to the aforesaid alleged
violation, there is hereby imposed upon Respondent a penalty in
the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty ($750) Dollars, said penalty to be
suspended, provided Respondent strictly adheres to the terms and
conditions outlined in Schedule A, the compliance schedule
attached hereto and made a part hereof; and it is further
ORDERED, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as
preventing the Department from collecting regulatory fees where
applicable; and it is further
ORDERED, that in those instances in which the Respondent
desires that any of the provisions, terms or conditions of this
Order be changed, it shall make written application, setting forth
the grounds for the relief sought, to the Commissioner, c/o the
Regional Attorney, New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, Building 40, State University Campus, Stony Brook,
New York 11794; and it is further
ORDERED, that Respondent shall strictly adhere to the terms
and conditions outlined in Schedule A, the compliance schedule
attached hereto and made a part hereof; and it is further
ORDERED, that any change in this Order shall not be made or
become effective, except as specifically set forth by written
order of the Commissioner, such written order being made either
upon written application of the Respondent or upon the
Commissioner's own findings; and it is further
ORDERED, that this Order shall be deemed binding on
Respondent, its successors and assigns and all persons, firms and
corporations acting under for for them, including, but not limited
to those who may carry on any or all of the operations now being
conducted by Respondent, whether at the present location or at any
other in this State.
Dated: Albany,
New York ·
1988
THOMAS C. JORLING
Commissioner of Environmental Conservatio:
By
HAROLD D. BERGER
Regional Director
To:
Eric Bressler, Esq.
Wickham, Wickham & Bressler,
Main Road
Post Office Box 1424
Mattituck, New York 11952
PoCo
CONSENT BY RESPONDENT
Respondent acknowledges the authority and jurisdiction of the
Commissioner of Environmental Conservation of the State of New
York to issue the foregoing Order, waived public hearing or other
proceedings in this matter, accepts the terms and conditions set
forth in the Order and consents to the i~uance thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK)
COUNTY OF ~6~LK )
On the }Ok~day of,~
came C H~ C5~fl3 . to me known,
deposed and said t~at he resides at
ithat he is the individual described in a~
going instrument and acknowledged to me ~h/
\/
, 1988, before me personally
being duly sworn,
b,,execute~ the. fore-
h%execute~e.
T)~RY PUBf~I C ~
Compliance Schedule
for
Within ninety (90) days of
the date of issuance of a
Commissioner's Decision
denying Respondent's pending
application for a permit,
(regardless of any appeals
taken of said Decision).
Respondent shall have:
1) Removed all fill which
is the subject of this
Order~
2) Seeded the disturbed
area with switch grass.
HENRY P. SMITH, President
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, Vice-Pres.
PHILLIP J. GOUBEAUD
ALBERT KRUPSKI, JR.
ELLEN M. LARSEN
BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1892
OCTOBER 6, 1987
SPECIAL MEETING': 5:00 P.M.
A Special Meeting was held on October 6, 1987 at Five O'Clock at the Southold
Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York for the purpose of reviewing a
Scoping Check List for the Christopher Connors application before the Board.
President Henry P. Smith
Vice President John Bredemeyer
Trustee Phillip J. Goubeaud
Trustee Albert Krupski
Trustee Ellen M. Larsen (5:30 P.M.)
Frank Yakaboski, Special Town Attorney
Roy L. Haje, Eh-Consultants, Inc.
Mr. Christopher Connors
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Connors
Judge James Manos
Mrs. James Manos
Patricia C. Moore, Attorney
Ilene Pfifferling, Secretary
President Smith called the meeting to order.
Moved by Trustee Krupski seconded by Trustee Bredemeyer it was
RESOLVED to Approve the minutes of the August 27, 1987 meeting.
Vote of Board: Ayes: Trustee Bredemeyer, Smith, Krupski, Goubeaud
This resolution was declared duly adopted.
The Trustees discussed the application of Christopher Connors to construct a
single family residence on property located at 350 West Drive, Southold. The
Board reviewed the application and commenced with a Scoping Check List for
items which will have to be addressed in a D.E.I.S. to be submitted for review.
The Trustees will forward this Scoping Check List to other Agencies and Departments
for their review and request for any additional items that should be addressed.
Moved by Trustee Bredemeyer seconded by Trustee Krupski it was
RESOLVED to Adjourn this meeting there being no further business to come before
the Board. Meeting Adjourned at 6:30 P.M.
Vote of Board: Ayes: Ail - This resolution was declared duly adopted.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Building 40 State University of New York Stony Brook, New York 11794 .....
[i .....
November 30, 1987
Daniel Ross, Esq.
wickham, Wickham & Bressler, P.C.
Main Road
Post Office Box 1424
Mattituck, Long Island 11952
Re: Christopher Conners
Thomas C. Jorling
Commissioner
Dear Mr. Ross:
On November 9, 1987, in response to your October 30, 1987
correspondence, I issued a letter withdrawing the Notice of
violation in the above-referenced matter. I did so in reliance
on your representation as to the applicability of ~r v.
Goldber~er, 131 Misc. 2d 109; 499 N.Y.S. 2d 600 (Richmond
County, 1986) and without consulting the Regional legal staff.
Subsequent to my November 9, 1987 letter, I have been informed
by the Regional legal staff that the Wedinger case you cited
was reversed on appeal. You also belatedly advised me of this
in your November 16, 1987 correspondence.
Please be advised that the Notice of violation in this
matter was incorrectly withdrawn and is hereby reinstated.
This case has been referred to the Regional Attorney's Office
for enforcement. Any further correspondence should be directed
to that office.
In addition, any future correspondence on any matters
which concern legal issues and require legal interpre%ation
should be directed to the Regional Attorney's Office.
Sincer,ely, ~
of Natural Resources
FMP:cm
CC'
L. Riley
D. Luciano.
H. Smith, President, Southold Trustees
Christopher Connors
P.O. Box 1766
Southold, New York 11971
December 7, 1987
Mr. Henry P. Smith, President
Board of Town Trustees
Town of Southold
Town Hall, 55095 Main Road
Soufhold, New York 11971
Dear Mr. Smith,
In an attempt to satisfy all interests concerned, I am
asking the trustees to reinspect my lot. I am proposing to
move my house location to a higher elevation. Moving the site
75' north of my S/E property line will be best suited for environ-
mental protection. This was also pointed out in Mr. Haje's
report.
I have indicated my proposed site with three markers. The
first marker indicates where the 75 foot dividing line will be.
The second marker is the beginning of the proposed house. The
third marker indicates the end.
Provided this meets with your approval, I will then have
another survey prepared, which will give us exact specifications.
In summary, I am willing to compromise with any reasonable
suggestions. With this alternative, I hope an agreement will
be rcached on both sides.
Sincerely,
Christopher Connors
cmk
Daniel L. Schwaptz
Sydney L. 8chwaptz
~10 West Dpive
8outhold~ N.Y.
Boapd Of Appeals
Town of Southold
Main 8oad~ 8outhold
Rem petition of Chpistophep and William Connops fop a
vapiance to constpuct a one family home on ppopept¥ located
at 3~0 West Dpive~ Southold.
We wish to pegistep oup objection to this pequest fop a
vaPiance and that it be denied~ at least until an
enviponmental impact study can be completed. The possible
negative impact apeas about which we ape concepned have both
immediate and long tepm consequences. The immediate concepn
we have is the impact on oup watep eupply~ since the
ppoposed plan ppojects a well adjacant to oup well, We have
been advised that this may lead to ppoblems.
The long tepm concepns we have ape fop the impact on the
wetlands. These wetlands~ including the ppopepty at 350
~est dpive~ the public lands dipectly adjacent~ and the land
acposs the stpeet have a vepy active wild life population~
including the nesting of osppey. We have been advised that
the filling in of this lapps papcel of wetlands will affect
an indetepminant amount of wetlands suppounding the filled-
in land.
Until we know the deBpee of impact on the wildlife~ and on
the fpesh watep supplyv we eapnestly pequest that the
petitioneps pequest fop a vapiance to build on the
located at 350 West Dpive be denied.
Southold Town Board o£ Appeals
MAIN ROAD- ¢~TATE ROAD ~-5 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 7651809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
ROBERT J. DOUGLASS
JOSEPH H. SAWlCKI
August 7, 1987
Patricia C. Moore,
Edson and Bruer
Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
Esq.
Re: Appl. No. 3649 - William and Chris Connors (Variance)
Dear Mrs. Moore:
This letter will acknowledge receipt Df your recent
application before the Board of Appeals. The Board Members
will be conducting field inspections and environmental
reviews as may be required by State and local laws prior
to scheduling your application for a public hearing.
It is requested in the interim that you continue
proceeding with the Town Trustees under the Wetlands Code
and SEQRA regulations. Upon receipt of their written
action, your application will be scheduled for the next
available hearing calendar.
Please feel free to call at any time if you have
questions, and keep us advised regarding developments.
Yours very truly,
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER
CHAIRMAN
cc: Mr. William Connors By Linda Kowalski
Mr. Chris Connors
JAMES MANOS
(718) 7~5-45~9
(516) 765-1516
Henz%y P. Smitht ?resident
Board of Town Trustees
TQwn of Southold
~own Hall, 5.5095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Seuthold, New York 11971
July 50, 1987
Re: Christopher Conners - Wetlands Application No. 545
Dear Mr. Smith:
I'have been notified by Mr. Conners' attorney by certified mail
of his pending application before the Zoning Board of Appeals
for a variance to the Wetlands Act and have learned of his ap-
plication before the Town Trustees for a permit to conduct oper-
ations in freshwater wetlands.
I am opposed to the granting of the variance by the ZBA and the
permit by the Trustees and wish to be deemed a party-in-interest
in this proceeding.
Mr. Conners' parcel of 20,000 square feet is in its entirety
freshwater wetlands as that term is defined under the law--it
contains vegetation identified with wetlands such as button-
bush, purple loosestrife, marshmallow, phragmite, etc, and
serves as a habitat for turtles, snakes, waterfowl, and upland
birds.
Mr. Conners'~ parcel and the other wetlands adjacent to it are
submerged most of the year. Please note the comment on Mr.
'Conners' s~rvey "Phragmites in Water" applies to a delineated
area covering about 80% of his parcel (see enlarged survey,
Manos Exhibit 1). Even in dry periods the ground is neverthe-
less wet and spongy.
Mr. Conners' parcel is part of a much larger freshwater wetlands
system (see Manos Exhibit 2, photos #l to #4). This includes an
area of many acres to the west in Peconic Dunes, and a much
smaller area to the south of Mr. Conners' parcel. This latter
area of wetlands, which is owned by me, consists of a 70-75 foot
wide strip totally about lO,O00 square feet in area, located in
my parcel and running along my common plot line with Mr. Conners.
Importantly, this area has been declared to be protected wetlands
Manos 7/30/87 p. 2
by the DEC in 1977 in connection with an application for a per-
mit made by the prior o~er of my property, Mr. Peter Bogovic.
This permit, while allowing for the construction of a house up-
land of the wetlands in an area containing no wetlands features
forbids any operation in the wetlands portion of the parcel. I
enclose a copy of this permit together with a sketch survey pre-
pared by the DEC delineating the protected area (see Manos Ex-
hibit 3)-
Significantly, the DEC required Mr. Bogovic to remove fill that
he had placed in the wetlands immediately upon that agency"s
discovery of the occurrence. Local authorities who have assumed
responsibility forprocessing wetland applications must have stan-
dards, as required by article 24 of the ~etlands Act, at least
equal to those of the DEC. I strongly urge reinstatement of the
provision in the original stop order requiring Mr. Conners to re-
move the fill placed on his land (see ~'.ianos ~_~xhibit 2 photos #5
& 36). This is a continuing travesty and red, oval would mitigate
further damage to the ecology.
Mr. Conners proposes to cover the back half of his parcel with a
house, and fill averaging six feet in depth above the existing
grade. He is silent as to his plans for the front half of his
parcel--there is no provision for off street parking, or a drive-
way, or access to the house, etc. In any event, it appears that
more than half of the plot would be covered and that the place-
ment of at least 1500 cubic yards of fill is contemplated. Re-
maining wetlands, if any, after completion of the project, would
be seg~ented or isolated. A current minor flooding problem on
West Drive in front of Mr. Conners' property could become a major
one since waters would pool due to the poor drainage created by
the fill.
Mast important is Mr. Conners' p~oposal to place his septic
sysmem about 30 feet from adjacent wetlands, in Peconic Dunes
and in the Manos" property. As mentioned these wetlands are
covered with water most of the year and when not are waterlogged
and spongy. This proximity would probably result in untreated or
partially treated effluent contaminating these adjacent wetlands,
having an adverse impact on the vegetation and wildlife of the
wetlands, the groundwater, and surface waters, and most si~o-nifi-
cantl¥, pose a potential health problem to some 1,O00 young
children who are guests at ~he Peconic Dunes Camp over the
course of a su/~mer.
I wish to be given notice of all proceedings and be sent copies
Manos 7/50/87 p. 3
of reports. I also wish to have the oppertunity of e~-~mining
material submitted by experts and reasonable time to respond to
the same.
Very truly yours,
James Nanos
CC:
R.A. Greene, DEC
F. Panek, DEC
H.G. Williams, DEC
S.C. Dept. of Health
CAC
ZBA
Building Department
Highway Department
PERMIT
15273-0073
Oaklawn A~enue, Soutl~old
. .Gr_ea~t _P_og_d,__S_o~t~o_ld .....
_. _'___P3._a~ce_ 2_O_O_oa._C_s. ~o~ _f_~i~l_ .~'o_r_~the construct:pn of a ~tngle~__fa_mt_l7 dweJ~!_t_Ilg'
and)sso~Rd.septlc system
Great Pond
Suffolk
1977
fill may be placed north of Lbo lice ahown Oil thc
this Department.
s,,rw!y -n file wttl{
April 30, 1976
Stonv Brook
TO TNS C~-IlCAGG T'.TLC~
HENRY P. SMITH, President
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, Vice-Pres.
PHILLIP J. GOUBEAUD
ALBERT KRUPSKI, JR.
ELLEN M. LARSEN
BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUI'HOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
ADDENDUM
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1892
NOTICE OF SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Date: July 6, 1987
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law,
Part 617, of Title 6 of the New York State Codes, Rules and Regulations, and
Chapter 44 of the Southold Town Code, the Southold Town Trustees, as lead agency
does hereby determine that the action described below is a Type 1 Action and is
likely to have a Significant Effect on the Environment.
Applicant: Christopher Connors
DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: To construct a single family dwelling.
LOCATION: 350 West Drive, Southold, New York 11971
REASONS FOR THIS DETERMINATION:
Freshwater vegetation on the site.
Value as a wildlife habitat or productivity.
cc:
For further information contact:
Henry P. Smith, President
Board of Town Trustees
Southold Town Hall
Main Road
Southold, New York 11971
Robert A. Greene, D.E.C., Stony Brook
Commissioner Henry G. Williams, D.E.C., Albany
Stephen Mars, Army Corps of Engineers
Thomas Hart, Coastal Management
Conservation Advisory Council
Bldg. Dept.
Board of Appeals
File
Mr. Christopher Conners
Patricia C. Moore, Esq.
En-Consultants, Inc.
HENRY P. SMITH, President
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, Vice-Pres.
PHILLIP J. GOUBEAUD
ALBERT KRUPSKI, JR.
ELLEN M. LARSEN
BOARD OF TO~N TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
July 6, 1987
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1892
Mr. Roy L. Haje, President
En-Consultants, Inc.
1329 North Sea Road
Southampton, New York 11968
Re: Christopher Conners - Application No. 543
Dear Mr. Haje:
Please find enclosed a copy of the items to be addressed along with
the Long Assessment form for the above referenced.
Also enclosed is a copy of the discussion of the Scoping Meeting for
your information. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact this office. The Trustees meet on July 27, 1987, for your info.
Very truly yours,
HPS:ip
Attachments
cc: Mrs. Patricia C. Moore, Esq.
Mr. Christopher Conners
Trustees f
Board of Appeals
file
Henry P.~'Smith, President
Board of Town Trustees
SCOPING MEETING
IN THE MATTER OF
CHRISTOPHER CONNERS
A Scoping Meeting was held on July 3, 1987 at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road,
Southold at 5:30 P.M. in the matter of the application of Christopher Conners for
a Wetland Permit on certain property located on West Drive, Southold. President
Smith called the the meeting to order. The following persons Qere present:
President Henry P. Smith
Vice President John M. Bredemeyer, III
Trustee Phillip J. Goubeaud
Trustee Albert Krupsk±
Trustee Ellen M. Larsen
Patricia Moore, Esq.
Mr. & Mrs. Conners ( Bill & Mary)
Mr. Christopher Conners
Ilene Pfifferling, Clerk to Trustees
The Trustees discussed with Mrs. Moore and the applicant, the items which will
have to be addressed regarding the application as follows:
A plant survey to determine what percentage of the lot does have freshwater
plants on it.
A survey showing one foot contours to get an idea how the water is flowing
on the property.
A description of the property and the types of plants and the extent of
the wetland area. Does it connect with Great Pond? With the Peconic Dunes?
Is this an isolated area between neighboring lands and the Peconic Dunes or
is it contiguous with the wetland area?
Value as a wildlife habitat or productivity.
The present water levels (areas that are wet all year round and areas that
may be seasonal).
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 P.M.
Ilene Pfifferling, Clerk
Board of Town Trustees
Southold Town Board of Appeals
MAIN ROAD- STATE ROAD 2.5 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765 1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAiRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONI$,JR.
$[RGE DOYEN, JR.
ROBERT J. DOUGLAS$
JOSEPH H. SAWlCKI
August 7, 1987
Patricia C. Moore,
Edson and Bruer
Main Road
Southold, NY 11971
Esq.
Re: Appl. No. 3649 - William and Chris Connors (Variance)
Dear Mrs. Moore:
This letter will acknowledge receipt of your recent
application before the Board of Appeals. The Board Members
will be conducting field inspections and environmental
reviews as may be required by State and local laws prior
to scheduling your application for a public hearing.
It is requested in the interim that you continue
proceeding with the Town Trustees under the Wetlands Code
and SEQRA regulations. Upon receipt of their written
action, your application will be scheduled for the next
available hearing calendar.
Please feel free to call at any time if you have
questions, and keep us advised regarding developments.
Yours very truly,
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER
CHAIRMAN
cc: Mr. William Connors By Linda Kowalski
Mr. Chris Connors
Office of the Town Supervisor
Francis J. Murphy
tla.i~ Road
Southold, New York 11971
705 Leeton Drive
Southold, New York 11971
June 30, 1987
SUPERVISORS OFFICE
I
Dee.r ~,r. ]z~.p]-~.~ TOWNOFSOUTHOLD
My son and I have owned a s~l home at 705 Leeton Drive, Southold,
N. Y., for several years, and we have always had wonderful relations with
our neighbors and friemds. Recently, however, we have ourselves involved
in a very serious problem which developed from a conflict between ~ur
Building Department a~d your Board of Trustees.
The problem developed when we responded to a ,"For Sale", sign on
land at 350 West Drive, Southold, NY. It is land close to our home and
we thought we would be able to build a larger home for my retirement.
Before purchasing the land, my son went to the ~,tl~t~g Dept. and received
absolute assurances that the land was suitable for building a one family
home. The inspector checked maps and gave us verbal assurance and a vacant lan~
C. O. made out ~u the name of the prior land owner.
We closed on the land and shortly thereafter went to Penny Lumber
for b-~lding plans. We ordered a new survey from Mr. Van Tuyl. He had done
a prior survey in 1976 and we used the old survey at closing. We cal~ed the
~,~lding Department and asked permission to clear the land and prepare the
builMtng site. Upon receiving verbal permission, we contracted ~lth
Ed. Brush to clear the land of shrubs and add fill for a circular driveway.
Someone filed a complaint. We have no idea who filed the complaint
and the authorities refuse to tell us. We have been stopped in our tracks
from proceeding further. The Board of Trustees claims the land (may be)
wet lands because wild berries, Ivy and fragmities grow on it. Spring rains
had settled on the land because the two adjacent homeowners raised their
property levels. We are not near any body of water and the land is without
water. We have been forced to file a wet lands permit and it appears we
are in for months of hearings before anyone will make a decision.
What can we do?? Our money is now tied up in land which may be useless
to~'us without a building permit. Why did the Building Department tell us we
clearly had a good plot before bu~g the land and then have a b, tlMt~
permit denied after buy~ng the land.
Please respond and help us out of this ~tlemma which was brought
about because of wrong InFormation given by people under your control.
Thank you.
P. Se
Respectfully,
William T. Connors
I would appreciate a reply to my business address: 340 Jericho Tpke.,
Floral Park, New York 11001 phone 516-488-3330
99 Fitchburg St
Bayshore" ~'
'?e huve had many inquiries about Mcur r~,', ,~',~-- ,'-
',.'est Driva~ JO-,.-r, tho!d~ · ~,J,~.~ .~ :-u .~
Please advls~ anyone"
minor subdivision ( ~'[o 22) on rile with o~ Pla~Ing Eoard~ and has
been approves by the Aopeals bo~rd (~o1~06)
., nlng ordinance.
These are all usable single lots for one ='amily
-V-our ~ ~ruly
B~i!d=.ng Inspector /
March 25, 1970
Philip W. Druhi
551 De Mort ~tvenue
Dear ~ir,
.~-t a regular meeting of the Southold Town Planning Board
held on ~,larch 24, 1970, ~he final maps for your minor subdivision
located .~t ~,,~est ~ Lake Drive, Southold, N.Y. were presented to
the Eoara.
Enclosed please find a copy of ~he approved final map,
uigned by ~heC'.nal.man'~ on ~.~rch 24,' 1!)70, and your recelpt
for application fee in the amount of $50.00.
Sincerely yours,
John 'Jic~cham, Chairman
$outhold Town ~lanning Board
~/bn
encl
"'"' (~) COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ?.~, $OUT~IOLD y ......
JUDITH T 'TERRY
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF $OUTHOLD
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1801
TO:
July 10, 1987
Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals
FROM: Judith T. Terry, Southold Town Clerk
Transmitted herewith is Zoning Appeal No. 3649 , application of Christopher &
William Connors for a variance. Also included in notification to adjacent property
owners; Short Environmental Assessment Form; Letter relative to N.Y.S.
Tidal Wetlands Land-Use; Notice of Disapproval from the Building Department;
survey of property; and any other attachments relative to this application.
Judith T. Terry
Southold Town Clerk
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, NEW YORK
APPEAL NO. ~-v~' ~'~'
DATE ...~..;i: .~.....~....'....~... 2..
'TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, N. Y.
3,, (We).~.'...//~../.~..~'..~..,~..~..~.~.....V...'.~...~..........~...../~...'~.?..~...~...of ......-~....~'.:~ ....... C..~'...~../...C.L.~.. ......... .7-..~...~....-~. .........
Name of Appellant Street and Number
....... .~...Z.:.o..,~...~....~.. ......... ..~'.,,~..~../~. ........ ..~...~...:....//..?..e..../. ............. ..,~',..~..,. ...... HEREBY APPEAL TO
Municipalify State
THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FROM THE DECISION OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR ON
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT NO. ~.h.~<../..~'...~..~..~. .......... DATED .........~...~....,--~,..~......~]..,,~. ..................
(
(
WHEREBY THE BUILDING INSPECTOR DENIED TO
......
Name of Applicant for permit
of ............................... ........ /. ...... ,. ......................... ....... ,......, ............
Street and Number Municipality :State
) PERMIT TO USE
) PERMIT FOR OCCUPANCY
I LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY .~.._CO ~.'~:J'7' ]),~ 3"O'.t''7/r~'£Z~ ,..,~..,.~.',.
....................
District 1000 Section Block Lot 2~, ~ .
................................................................................. burren~: Owner O/~f'cy~'6/m//ZZ'
Map No. Lot No.
Pri or 0wner./)*h'~'#~v A~/~/~,~ow, ~ /)/)h',~£~'
2. PROVISION (S) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE APPEALED (Indicate the Article Section, Sub-
section and Paragraph of the Zoning Ordinance by number. Do not quote the Ordinance.)
Article )~ I Section ) aa '~ //~,Z V~/~f~'c~ A/~b~b ~ ~ ~/~7/.~
3. TYPE OF APPEAL Appeal is made herewith for (please check appropriate box)
~ A VARIANCE to the Zoning Ordi~nce or Zoning Mop
) A VARIANCE due to lock of access (Store of New York Town Low Chop. 62 Cons. Lews
Art. 16 Sec. 280A Subsection 3
)
4. PREVIOUS APPEAL A previous oppeol ~he~) ~) been made with respect to this decision
of the Building Inspector or with respect to this property.
Such appeal was ( ) request for a special permit
( ) request for o variance
and was mode in Appeal No ................................. Dated ......................................................................
REASON FOR APPEAL
) A Variance to Section 280A Subsection 3
Vi" A Variance to the Zoning Ordinance
)
~s requested for the reason that
Form ZB!
Continue on other side)
REASON FOR APPEAL
Continued
1. STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE would produce practical difficulties or unneces-
sory HARDSHIP because
The hardship created is UNIQUE and is not shared by all properties alike in the immediate
vicinity of this property and in this use district because
3. The Variance would observe the spirit of the Ordinance and WOULD NOT CHANGE THE
CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT because '7'?~/~- /~,4~'x~ /..C ~ff~ ~ ~D
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF
SS
Sworn to this / day u, .......................... ~ ............................. 19 o~' '~
Notary Pubhc
FORM NO, 3
TOWN OF SOUTItOLD
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE
SOUTIIOLD. N.Y.
NOTICE OF DISAPPROVAL
File No ................................
. .~.~..o...'~..~..~..w. ~,~,~ ....
.~ .9.~....~..~...~...~: ~.~...~.: ?.:.~.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that your applicatio,~ dated . ....~....~.....~..'~. .......... 19 .? ~
for pemfit to construct...~..~...~,~.~ i .~..~.. ~ .................... at
Location of Property ~s.e~.~:~. . . . . .~.-~ ........... .w.~,. . '$'~;e;{ ' ~'~ ...... /~3~[e~
County Tax Map No. 1000 Section . .-..~..'~...~ ..... Block .... (~ .-~. ..... Lot . .~.~ ...~ .....
Subdivision ................. Filed~Map No ................. Lot No ..................
is returned herewith and disapproved on the lbllowing gronnds .~T,~' .~...'-'~:%..~. ~...~.7 .-: ./.~. ~
. .~..'.~. ~.~.'~¢~... ~.~....~...~ .~...~.....~...~..,,..~.~ .~
Building Inspector
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
OFFICE OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
P.O. BOX 728
TOWN HALL
SOUTHOLD, N.Y. 11971
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY
TEL. 765-1802
NO Zl5292 DATE.' Feb. 23,
This CERTIFIES that the lot ....... ~ACANT
Loc ti of Property 350 WEST DRIVE
HOUSE t STREET HAMLET
County Tax Map #,'Section .... ~ ....... Block.. 5 ...Lot. ~..~
Subdivision ' Filed Map # Lot #
conforms substantially to the applicable provisions of the Zoning Code of
the Town of Southold.
The premises are located in the "A" Residential A~rieultural
Zoned District and may be used for such uses as are presently authorized
by the Zoning Code in such district subject to, however, all of the
requirements of the Zoning Code.
The certificate is issued to',D,q,~9.~?,Y,. P,A,S,S. 9.N. .~...D.A~.~.~.~.. ~.U.~.~.Z~...
(owner,
of the aforesaid lot.
Building Inspector
Rev. 7/86
~HORT £NVIRONMENTM, ~,S:';K:;S1, FORM
(a) %n order %o answer tho quoot, ion~ in thl'~ nhort E~F t~ 1~ ~ed thac tho
~roparer will usc c~rrontly available infOn~,ltion concozmlng tho project and tho
~Oly ~pact~ of tho action, I~ i~ not u~ected that adaitlo,.,l ~tudioe, rocearch
or other lnvos~igatton~ w~l bo ~dortakon,
(b) I~ any question ha= boon an~or~ld Yen the project ~ray bo nigniflcan~ and
cc~ploced Envlro~ental As~o~mon~ Fol~ t3 necessary.
(c) If all qu~otion~ have been answered No It la likely tk~ this pro,J.ct
not st~n/ftcant.
(d) ~aviro~entnl l~,~ns~ent
l. W~i project roa~ In a lar'go phyaical clmngo
to the proJoet stto or physically alter more
~han 10 acre~ of land? , , · , · · · · , Yc~~ No
2. Will ~horo b~ a ~Jor chnn$o %o any unique or
unusual land fo~ fo~d on tho ~/tu? You ,~N°
an oxls~ln~ body o~ wa~or? . . · · · _ 7c:, ~ )1, o
&. W~I proJoc~ have a po~ontially largo tmpacb on /
gro~dwa~cr quali~y? · . , . · . · . Y,m --
~. W~i proJec% ~i~iflca~ly, effuc~ dralna[o fl~,/
6. Will project affect any tl~catun.,I <>r undan~crod
-plant or anLn~l spe~ie~?. · · . · · 'lc,~--,
7. W~i proJa~t ~e~t In o ira Jot advi~r:m of feet on
air quality? . · , · . . · [c lo
8, W~i proJec~ havc'a ~Jor offoc~ cn v!mial char-
~cter or tho co~.~unity or .conic vi~= or v1:i~a~
kno~ to bo ~porta~t to cho co;m~unity? . . . --__ Yen ----~ Ilo
9, Will project adversely impact any site or
crc o~ hlotoric~ pro-historic, or Imlooncologicul
importance or any site dc.ignatnd a~ a critical ./
onvtronmcn~l area by a local agency? , , . ~ Yo~ .---
10. W~I proJoc~ have a ~Jor effect on cxlst~g or
future recreational opport~itiou? . . . ..... You~ ~o
11. Will proJcct.rosult' in major traffic problem,
12. Will pro,ut% rog~arly causu objectionable
noise, glarc~ vibration, or electrical dl:~tUrb-
anco as a ros~t of the project's operation? , Yes
13. Will project have nay impact on public health or
safety? · , · , · · · · · · · , ---- Yes ..~_._ Eo
il, WIll projoc~ A~oc~ ~ha existing co~.unl:7 by
=ion of more ~han ~ porcen~ over a cnu.-yeur
period ~ have a major negative effect un the
character of cho con.unity or nelghborho~;d':'. . Yc~ .
1~* I~ there public COBtrovoray COIIC~)I'IIIi~,i ~l:~J pr()ject? Yes
PREParER' ~
~UESTIONNAIRE TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED
WITH YOUR APPLICATIOH FORMS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS
Please complete, sign and return to the Office of the Board of Appeals
with your completed application forms. If "Yes" is answered to any
questions below, please be sure to depict these areas on your survey
(or certified sketch), to scale, and submit other supporting documenta-
tion.
1. Are there any proposals to change or alter land contours?
-.- Yes
2.a)
*b)
3.
Are there any areas which contain wetland grasses?
(Attached is a list of the wetland grasses def%ngd bY___
Iown Code, Ch. 97 for your reference.) ' ~/'~/m~ ~ NE
Are there any areas open to a waterway without bulkhead? Yes ~
Are there existing structures at or below ground level
such as patios, foundations, etc? ' Yes (~
4. Are the~e any existing or proposed fences, concrete
barriers, decks, etc?
5. If project is proposed for an accessory building or
structure, is total height at more than 18 feet above
average ground level? State total: ft.
Yes
Yes ~
If project is proposed for principal building or
structure, is total height at more than 35 feet above
average ground level? State total: 3Z-~ ft.
Yes
Are there other premises under your ownership abutting
this parcel? If.yes, please submit copy of deed.
Yes ~
Are there any building permits pending on this parcel
(or abutting land under your ownership,'if any)?
State Permit # and Nature:
Yes
10.
Do state whether or not applications are pending
concerning these premises before any other department
or agency (State, Town, County, Village, etc.):
Plannin9 Board Yes
Town Board Yes
To~.~n TrUstees (~es
County Health Department
Village of Greenport Yes
N.Y.S.D.E.C. Yes
Other Yes
Is premises pending a sale or conveyance?
If yes, please submit copy of names or purchasers
and conditions of sale.(from contract). Yes ' ~_~
ll. Is new construction proposed in the area of contours
at 5 feet or less as exists? ~- Yes
V
12~ If new construction is proposed in an area within
75 feet of wetland grasses, or land area at a~ eleva-
tion of five feet or less above mean sea level, have
13.
*Pleas
I
you made application to the Town Trustees for an
inspection for possible waiver or permit under
the requirements of Ch. 97 of the Town Code?
Please list present use or operations conducted upon the
subject property at this time
and proposed ~/~ ~/~ //~
e submit photographs for the record.
certify that the above statements are true and are being submitted
reliance by the B~;~rd of Appeals in considering my application'.
~'~,~a~.~e (P~perty Owner)(Authorized Agen:)
3/27 lk.
~ N
for
§ 97-13
WETLANDS
§ 97-13
TOWN -- The Town of Southold.
TRUSTEES -- Thc Board of Trustees of tho Town of
Southold, [Added 6-5-84 by L.L. No. 6-19841
WETLANDS [Amended 8-26-76 by L.L. No. 2-1976; 3-26-
85 by L.L, No. 6-1985]:
A. TIDAL WETLANDS:
(I) All lands generally covered or intermittently cov-
ered with, or which border on, tidal waters, or lands
lying beneath tidal waters, which at mcan Iow tide
are covered by tidal watery to a maximum depth of
five (5) feet, including but not limited t~ banks,
bogs, salt marsh, swamps, meadows, flats or other
Iow lying lands subject tn tidal action;
(2) All banks, bogs, meadows, flats anti tklal marsh
subject to such tides and upon which grows or may
groxv some or any of the following: salt hay, black
grass, saltworts, sca lavender, tall cordgrass, high
bush, cattails, groundsel, marshmallow and hr.v
march cordgrass; and/or
(3)
.All land immediately adjacent to a tidal wetland as
defined in Subsection A(2) and lying within seven-
ty-five (75) fcct londward of tile meat bmdward
edge of such a tidal wetland.
FRESIIWATER WETLANDS:
(1) "Freshwater wetlands" as defined
tlc 1, § 2,1-0107, Subdivisions l(a) to l(d) inclusive,
of thc Environmental Conservation Law of thc Sta~c
of New York: and
(2) All lam! immedh~tc]y adjacent to a"fre.~hwater wet-
land," as defined in Subsection B(1) ami lying with-
in seventy-five (75) feet landward of tile most land.
ward edge of a "freshwalcr wetland."
9705
2.25-85
WCB2
Standard N.Y.B,T.U. l:o~rn 8002 * -Bargain and Sale Deed, wi~h Covenant against Ora~s Acts--l~vidual~e C~porafion (s' g4¢ ) ~
COIqSULT YOI~B LAW¥111~ Br~ol~ $1~&IING ?NI$ INSTRUhlF. MT--TNI$ I~ISTBU~EI~IT SNOULD BE USED BY I. AI~fY$11$ ONLY.
TH~ ~DENTIJ~ made the /~7~y ot March , ~net~n h~dred ~d Eighty Seven
B~T%%~N DOROTHY BABSON, who resides at 86-10 151st Avenue, Howard
Beach, New York and,
DANIEL H. GERKEN, who resides at 84-40 153rd Avenue, Howar
Beach, New York As Tenants In Common
~rtyofthefir~ ~n. andCHRISTOPHER CONNORS, who resides
Glenwood Landing and WILLIAM CONNORS, who resides
~oad, Muttontown, New York, As Tenants In Common
at 5 Viking Road,
at 1988 Knollwood
~rty of the second part,
WITNK.q~ErH, t~t the ~Ry of the flint ~, in consideration of Ten Dollars and other val~e ~nsi~er~ti?n
paid by the ~rty of the se~nd ~R, does ~reby grant and relea~ unto the ~y o£ the secono ~, the ~rs
or succ~rs ~d ~si~s of the party of the second part for~er,
ALL t~t certain plot, p~ 1~. r~l~ lan~ ~l~a~k~k~bik'~R~R~~~sit~%
~ing~d~i~Xhe a~ ~o~nolQ, Town or~outnol~, ~oun~y or ~urro±K ano
State of~ew York, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of West Drive, distant
85.56 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of
the Westerly side of West Drive with the Southerly side of Lake
Drive; RUNNING THENCE South 44 degrees 13 minutes 10 seconds West,
150.79 feet; RUNNING THENCE North 39 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds
West, 133.33 feet; RUNNING THENCE North 44 degrees 13 minutes 10
seconds East, 150.79 feet to/the Westerly side of West Drive;
RUNNING THENCE South 39 degrges 55 minutes 00 seconds East, 133.33 fe~
to the point or place of BEGINNING.
REAL ESTAT[
MAR$
~RANSFER T~IX
SUFFOLK
COUNTY
TOGETHER with all right, title and interest, if any, of the party of the first part in and to any streets and
roads abutting the above described premises to the center lines thereof; TOGETHER wich the appurtenances
and all the estate and rights of the party of the first part in and to said premises; TO HAVE AND TO
HOLD the premises herein granted unto the party of the second part, the heirs or successors and assigns of
the party of the second part forever.
AND the party of the first part covenants that the party of the firs~ part has not done or suffered ~nythlng
whereby the said premises have been encumbered in any way whatever, except as aforesaid.
AND the party ot the first part, in compliance with Section 13 of the Lien Law, covenants that the party o~
.the first~ part will receive the consideration for this conveyance and will hold the right to receive such consid-
eration as a~ trust fnnd to be applied first for {he purpose of paying the cost of the improvement and will apply
the same first to the papment of the cost of the improvement before using any part of the total of the Sarae for
any other~ ~p~lJoS~~ ~ , .".'
The word "pa~yS a~hall be'construed as ff ~t read parhes whenever the sense of thru ~ndenture so reqmres.
IN WITNF:~5 WHEREOF, the party of the first part has duly executed this deed the day and year first above
written.
TES.2, 83 ? 134
ST NEW YORK, ,COUNTY OE '~"~'~"'~/" sS:
On me ~'7~y of March 19 87 , ~iore me
~rson~ry ~e ~ROTHY B~SON &
D~IEL H. G~.~EN
to me known to ~ the individufl d~fi~d'in and who
~ecut~ the foregoing instrument, ~d ~wledged t~t
he/she~ut~ ~e ~
NOTARY PUBLIC. State of New York
NO. 46t 09~?
Qualified in Nassau County
COmmission Expires Msrcn 30. 191~?
STATE O1~ NEW YORK, COUNTY OF ssg
On the day of 19 , before me
personally came
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he resides at No.
;
that he is the .
of
, the coq)oration described
in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal afl{xed
to said instrument is sue~ corporate seal; that it was so
affixed by order of the boMd of directors of s~d corpora-
tion, and that he si~ed h name theret? by tike order.
STATE OF NEW YOI~FCOUNTY 01~ ss:
On the day of 19 , before me
personally came
to me known to be the individual described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that
executed the same.
STATE OE NEW YORK, COUNTY Ol~ ss:
On the day of 19 , before me
personally cume
the subscribing witness to the foregoing instrument, with
whom I am personally ~cquainted, who, being by me duly
sworn, did depose and say that he resides at No.
;
that he knows
to be the individual
described in and who executed the foregoing instrument;
that he, said subscribing witness, wa~ present and saw
execute the same; and that he, said witness,
at the same time subscribed h name as witness thereto.
~atgain anb ~bale ;Beth
WIIH COVENANT AGAINS'r GRAN'IOR'S ACTS
TITLE NO. 360-S-2829 (77703-S) '".:
DOROTHY BABSON & DANIEL H. GERKEN,
AS Tenants in Common
TO
CHRISTOPHER CONNORS & WILLIAM
CONNORS, As Tenants in Common
First American Title Insurance Company
of New York
GUARDIAN LAND ABSTRACT CORE
1975 Linden Boulevard '
Elmont NY 110~33
Re~rdsd At Request of
F~t ~e~ Ti~ l~ce ~mplny ~ New Yo~k
R~TURN BY MAlL TO:
W.P. Connors. Per.& Conf.
Hood-Connors-Jackson Agency
340 Jericho Turnpike
Floral Park, New York 11001
· ~ SUFFOLK CO. HEALTH ~PT. Ar-~OVAL
..... ~1 H.S. NO.
l'-[- -J ~ :z HAP OF .... ~"~ '~ -
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. . ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ -~ ~LICANT
~ · ~ ~ ~ ~1 ~ ~ ~-' ~TF JO~ SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPT. OF HEALTH
~. ~ ~FOLK CO. TAX MAP ~SIG.AT~:
' DI~. ~CT.
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G~ i~.ON PIPE
iv °~,~ ............
l, P~EHt~5 tN ~0 ZONE ,~-'i~j::_~. ....................
~~ VAN ~, ~.C. .:
. ' ' L~ ~A~ ~~
BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
In the Matter or the Petition of :
to the Board of Appeals of the Town of Southold :
TO:
NOTICE
TO
ADJACENT
PROPERTY OWNER
YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE:
1. That Jt Js the intention of the undersigned to petition the Board of Appeals of the Town of Southold
to request a (.Varianc.e) (Special Exception) (Special Permit) (Other) [circle choice]
2. That the property which is the su_~bject of the Petition is located adiacent/~kour property and is des-
3. That the pror~erty which is the sub ect of such Petition is !ocated in the following zoning
4. That by such Petition, the undersigned will request the following relief:
district:
5. That the provisions of the Southold Town Zoning Code applicable to the relief sought by the under-
signed are ~'ticle .~ ! section /oo - //~ . z
[ ] Section 280-A, New York Town Law for approval of access over right(s)-of-way.
6. That within five days from the date hereof, a written Petition requesting the relief specified above will
be flied in the Southold Town Clerk's Office at Main Road. Southold, New York and you ma), then and there
examine the same during regular office hours. (5].6) 7(~5-[809.
7. That before the relief sought may be granted, a public hearing must be held on the matter by the
Board of Appeals; that a notice of such hearing must be published at least five days prior to the date of such
hearing in the Suffolk Times and in the Long Island Traveler-Mattituck Watchman, newspapers published in the
Town of Southold and designated for the publication of such notices; that you or your representative have the
right to appear and be heard at such hearing.
Dated: 7-- i-- d~ ·
Petitioner
Post Office Address
NAME
PROOF OF MAILING OF NOTICF
ATTACH CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPTS
ADDRESS
P 263 056 313
RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIEO MAIL
P 263 056 312
R~CEJPT FOFI CERTNHED MA~L
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
SS.:
, being duly sworn, deposes a~ says that on the /~ dayO
of ~*/ , 19 ~, deponent mailed a true copy of th~ Notice set forth on the re-
verse side hereof, directed to each of the above-named persons at the addresses set opposite thor respective
name; that the addresses set opposite the names of said persons are the addresses of said persons as shown on
the current assessment roll of the Town of Southold; that said Notices were mailed at the United States Post
rice at
(certified) (registered) mail.
Sworn to I~elfore me this
day of /k~.~ .19 ~_
No;ary PublCL~' '
; that said Notices were mailed to each of said persons by
MARY ANN CYBULSKI
NOIARY PUBLIC State of New Yor~
ReSldln£ m Suffolk County
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(This side does not have to be completed on form transmitted to adjoining
property owners.)
Phone 477-0400
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