HomeMy WebLinkAboutPORTER & DOHERTYHENRY P. SMITH, President
JOHN M. BREDEMEYER, Vice-pres.
PHILLIP ]. 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
July 22, 1986
TELEPHONE
(516) 765-1892
Mr. Victor Lessard
Administrator, Building Dept.
Town of Southotd
Southold, New York 11971
Re: Carleton Granberry, Architect
House Construction - Fisher's Island
Dear Mr. Lessard:
Pursuant to your request for a determination on the aeed of a
Wetland Permit for the above captioned matter, please be advised
that I have personally viewed the subject premzses and determined
that the Trustees do not have jurisdiction in regard to this matter.
In considering this determination, please take further notice that
this declaration should no~ be considered a determination made for any
other department or agency which may also have an application pending
for the same or similar project.
tf the plan of construction is altered to a distance closer then
75' please contact this office, as it may be necessary to reinspect
the property again.
Board of Town Trustees
HPS:ip
cc: Thomas Doherty, J~.
Eliot H. Porter ~/
Trustees
File
7 July 1986
Building Inspector
Southold NY 11971
CARLETON
GRANBERY
ARCHITJ~CT
HOUSE FOR ELIOT H PORTER/FISHERS ISLAND
Building permit was denied 11 June on the basis of house
located too close to a bluff or bank adjacent to Long Island
Sound. This raises a question of code application to this
particular situation, and of definition and location of bluff
or bank. The bluff on Isabella Beach to the east has sub-
sequently been located and the house site moved diagonally
back north and west to clear the top of the bluff by 100'
The site is at the top of a slope which descends southward
toward lowland and beach and the water which is over 200'
away at its nearest point.
We believe (a) that the bluff is as located on the U~ited States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, Chart 13214 verified by Chandler
Palmer & King survey of 18 June 1986, (b) that when you get
around behind the bluff the ground to the south below the
proposed house location is not in the code context of a "bluff
or bank" but rather a contoured slope facing more down the
length of the beach than paralleling it and within accepted
en9ineering limits to resist erosion and safely support the
foundations (c) this slope is of a more stable soil consistency
than the sand banks facin§ Long Island Sound on the north shore
of Long Island, (d) this lot is not adjacent to Long Island
Sound. In this respect the code is specific and unequivocal.
Article 100.119.2 sub paragraph A applies only to "Lots adjacent
to Long Island Sound". This lot is nearly 2 miles from Long
Island Sound on Block Island Sound. Sub paragraph B covers
lots adjacent to tidal water bodies "other than Long Island
Sound" and r~quires a 75 foot set back. Neverth~ess the building
is set back over 200' as noted above.
For these reasons we believe this location is not
to the requirements and respectfully request that
be granted accordingly.
CARLETON GRANBERY, FAIA ~
Architect
contrary
the permit
Enclosures (8)
Mr Eliot H Porter, Mr Thomas Doherty Jr
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