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1220& 1295 Sigsbee Road Mattituck,NY 11952
118-18 Union Turnpike, Apt. 12E, Kew Gardens,NY 11415 Southold Town Clerk
(516) 503-5344
July 27, 2017
Chairperson Leslie Kanes Weisman
Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals
53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold,N.Y. 11971-0959
Dear Chairperson Weisman:
I previously wrote to you last June and again in October to oppose the granting of the
variance to Sports East for the facility on Main R60-just west of Sigsbee Road. Once again, I
demand that the Zoning Board of Appeals must find that the facility is not entitled to a special
exception as an annual membership club and is not a permitted use in the ® 0 Zoning District
pursuant to the Zoning Board of Appeah Code Interpretation 06976®
I have been a summer resident of Mattituck since 1984, and am the owner of two(2)
homes on Sigsbee Road. I am also the President of the Sigsbee Road Civic Association,
representing 70 homes on the street which will be most severely affected by the proposed use.
Many of these homeowners are year round residents of Mattituck. Not a single person with
who I have spoken is in favor of this project®
The proposed facility would have devastating impact on both the nature and the safety of
Sigsbee Road. It's too big, it has too much parking and it will offer too many amenities for it to
be truly an"annual membership club,"despite the claims of the developer. Instead, it will be,
at best,the location for public events such as tournaments,and at worst,an abandoned eyesore,
since the population of the area cannot reasonably be expected to support a"membership club"
of this size. Even if the area needs a facility such as this(which I do not think it does,but that is
another issue), THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION.F OR IT. A residential area is the
wrong place for a facility like this, and the Zoning Board's duty in this instance is to deny a
special exception because the residents of the area oppose it.
While my opposition to the facility rests on the traffic, noise pollution and congestion it
will bring to our quiet residential community, what will be even worse will be the inevitable
failure of the project. The facility as proposed would need a large number of consistently paid
up members in order tot a profit, and for a summer community,that is a very tall order.
Should the business fail, we will be left with a huge empty building and land cleared of trees and
animals. The 21 acre parcel in question will go from being a beautiful part of our to to an
ugly eyesore and possible'trouble spot from which no one will, least of all the town, will benefit.
I demand that the Zoning Board do its duty and find that this facility cannot realistically
be a true membership club, in which case the proposed use does not qualify for the special
exception and the application of Sports East for a variance must therefore be denied.
Very truly yours,
Linda A. Muld
cc: Supervisor Scott Russell
Southold Town Board
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