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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-05/06/1975 MAY, s � a 25 SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD MINUTES Meeting of May 6 , 1975 The Southold Town Board met at the office of Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia, 16 South Street, Greenport, New York, at 3 :00 P.M. , Tuesday, May 6 , 1975, with the following present: Supervisor Albert M. Mattocchia Councilman James H. Rich, Jr. Councilman James Homan Justice Martin Suter Justice Louis M. Demarest Highway Superintendent Raymond C. Dean Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker Town Clerk Albert W. Richmond Absent: Justice Francis T. Doyen. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Justice Demarest, it .was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Southold Town Board meeting of April 22 , 1975 be approved as submitted. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice' Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that .the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 3 :00 P.M. , Tuesday, May 27 , 1975 at the office. of Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia , 16 South Street, Greenport, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest=) On motion of Councilman Rich, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that the following bills be approved for payment.: General Fund bills in the amount of $20,425.23 ; Highway bills in the amount of $13 , 157 .62 ; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $18, 448. 90; Federal Revenue Sharing Fund. bills in the amount of $5, 549.37 ; and Special Districts bills in the amount of $7, 540. 08. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice. Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Councilman Rich, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that the reports forthe month of April from the Police. Department, Supervisor Martocchia, Justice Suter, Building Department and Town Clerk Richmond be and hereby are accepted. and placed on file. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Justice Demarest, it was RESOLVED that the Southold Town Board approves the action of the Fishers •Island Ferry District in awarding the bid for the over- hauling of the port engine of the M/V Olinda to the lowest bidder Thames Shipyard & Repair Co. in the amount of $6 ,485. 00., Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that the Supervisor be and he hereby is authorized to sign an agreement with the Board of Commissioners of the various fire districts agreeing that all Town fire permits to burn grass, leaves, brush, rubbish, refuse, buildings or other materials within the District shall be issued by the Chief and Assistant Chiefs of the fire departments in the District. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. 4" ,258 On motion of Tus.ticeii:Demarest, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia be and he hereby is authorized -to sign an agreement on behalf of the Town of Southold with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for the pur-chase of clams with an agreed request of fifty per cent reimbursement from the Federal Government under the terms of the Grant=in-Aid for the purchase price of the clams . Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia be and he hereby is authorized to place a bid for clams to be placed in Town waters. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. Moved by Councilman Rich, seconded by Justice Suter, WHEREAS the follow' li:ng local -law being proposed Local Law No. 4 - 1975 was heretofore introduced at this meeting by a member of this Board, said local law being as follows , to wit: LOCAL LAW NO. 4 - 1975 A LOCAL LAW PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Southold' as follows : The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by addiAg a new Chapter thereto, to be Chapter 50, to read as follows : 052-10. Title. This Chapter shall be known as may be cited as the "Home Improvement Contractors Law of the Town of- Southold" . 050-11. Definitions. (A). "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity. (B.)- "Place of Business" means any shop, residence, place or premises from which a home improvement business is transacted. (e) "Home improvement" means any repair, remodeling, alteration, conversion, modernization, improvement or addition to residential property; and shall include, but not be limited to alarm systems, awnings, basements, bathrooms, cabinetmakers, carpentry, central vacuum cleaning, cesspools, dormers, driveways, extensions, exterminating, fencing, flagpoles, flooring, fumigation, garages , heating, ventilating, air conditioning, kitchens, masonry, railings, roofing, septic tanks, siding, sprinklers, storms and screens, swimming pools, tennis courts, termite control, tile installers, waterproofing, and weatherproofing; but shall not include : (1) The construction of a new home or work done by a contractor in compliance with a guarantee of completion on new residential property, or (2) The sale of goods by a seller who neither arranges to perform nor performs directly or indirectly any work or . labor in connection with the installation of or application of the goods, or (3) Improvements to residences owned by or controlled by any government subdivision, or (4) The paintinTlar,� decorating of residential property, or (5) The landscaping of residential property. (D) "Home imppovement contractor" means a person who conducts or engages in a home improvement business and who performs or undertakes or agrees to perform or undertake a home improvement. (E) "Owner?.". means any owner of residential property, tenant, or any other person who orders, contracts for or purchases the services of a home improvement contractor, or the person entitled to performance of the work of a home improvement contractor pursuant to a 'home improvement contract. (F) "Residential property" means one or two family houses and property associated therewith. r - MA`{'3 6197. � (G) "Home improvement contract" means an oral or written agreement between a home improvement contractor and an owner for the performance of a home. improvement and includes all labor, services and materials to be furnished and performed thereunder. (H) "Building Inspector" means the Building Inspector of the Town of Southold or any duly appointed deputy or assistant building inspector of the Town of Southold. (I) "Licensee" means a person permitted to engage in the home improvement business under the provisions of this Chapter . §50-12. License Required. No person shall conduct or engage in any home improvement business without first obtaining and maintaining in effect at all times a license therefor issued by the Building Inspector, as hereinafter provided. §50-13. Exclusions. No license shall be required under this Chapter in the following instances: (A) By a individual who performs labor or services for a licensed home improvement contractor for wages or salary. (B) By a member or partner of a firm, partnership, or other entity which is a licensed home improvement contractor, who performs labor or services for such licensed home improvement contractor.' (C) By a stockholder or officer of a corporation which is a licensed home improvement contractor, who performs labor or services for such licensed home improvement contractor. (D) By a plumber, electrician, . arthitect, professional engineer, or any other person who is required by State or Town law to attain standards of competency or experience as a prerequisite to engaging. in such craft or profession, and who is acting exclusively within the scope of the craft or profession for which he is currently licensed. (E) Any home improvement, where the aggregate contract price for all labor, materials and other items is less than $500. 00. This exclusion does not apply _Whareethe work is only part of a larger or major operation, whethth.er undertaken by the same or different home improvement contractor, or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less than $500.00 for the purpose of evasion of this Chapter or otherwise. S50-14. Application Fee - Term or License - Use and Display of License. (A) A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) shall be paid to the Town of Southold upon the filing of each application for a license or renewal thereof for the purpose of defraying expenses incidental to the processing of said application and the enforcement of the provisions of this Chapter. (B) Any license issued hereunder shall expire one year after its date of issuance, unless revoked as hereinafter provided. (C) The issuance of a license shall not create a presumption that the licensee is in compliance with the provisions of this Chapter or that the licensess is entitled to the license. (D) No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferred or assigned to any person or used by any- person other than the licensee to whom it was issued. (E) A license issued hereunder shall not be deemed to authorize the licensee to perfcriiowmyk.work or engage in any kind of business which is reserved to qualified licensees under separate provisions of State or Town law. (F) A license issued hereunder shall, at all times be conspicuously posted in the place of business of the licensee. (G) The licensee shall within ten days after a change in the ownership, management, control, address or trade name of the licensee notify the Building Inspector thereof in writing. S50-15. Application for License. Applicants for licenses or renewals thereof shall file a written, signed and verifiedapplication with the Building Inspector. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed and verified by an officer thereof. If the- applicant is a firm, partnership or other entity, the application shall be signed and verified by a member or partner thereof. Applications shall contain the following information: 26.0 (A) The name, trade name and business address of the applicant. (B) If the applicant is an individual, his name and residence address; if the applicant is a corporation, the names and residence addresses of the officers thereof; if the applicant is a firm, partner- ship or other entity, the names and residence addresses of the members or partners thereof. (C) Whether or not there are any outstanding liens or judgments against the applicant. (D) Such other reasonable information as the Building Inspector may deem necessary or advisable to facilitate the purposes of and enforcement of this Chapter, including but. not limited. to the following: (1) The names and rddldence addresses of any employees of the applicant. (2) The names and residence addresses of the stockholders and directors of a corporate applicant. (3) Whether or not the applicant or any member, pattner, officer, stockholder or employee thereof ever engaged in a home improvement business under another name or for another person, and if so, reasonable information with respect thereto. (4) Information relating to the financial responsibility and character of the applicant. 050-16. Issuance of License. After the filing of an application for a license or renewal thereof and payment of the required fee, the Building Inspector shall exam> n:eethe application and make such investigation as he deems necessary or advisable. Upon completion of the same, the Building Inspector shall issue a license unless he finds that the applicant is unfit or undesirable to carry on such home improvement business or is incapable of properly conducting such home improvement business , in which event he shall deny the license. 050-17. Denial of License - Appeal. . The Building Inspector shall notify the applicant of his denial of an application for a license. Service of such notice shall be made personally or by certified mail, directed to the address set forth in the application for a license. Such notice shall be in writing and shall specify the ground or grounds for the denial. The notice shall include or be accompanied by a statement that the applicant may request an appeal hearing before the Town Board by filing a written request therefor with the Town Clerk. The Town Clerk shall give the appealing party at least five (5) days ' written notice of the time and place of such hearing. At the time and place set for the hearing upon the appeal from the determination of the Building Inspector, the Town Board shall give the appealing party, and any other interested party, a reasonable opportunity to be heard, in order to show cause before said Board why the determination of the Building Inspector should not be upheld. The decision of the Town Board shall be in writing, shall specify the ground or grounds upon which the decision is based, and shall be final and. conclusive. 050-18. Licensing Review Board. (A) Formation and Composition. (1) There is hereby established in and for the Town of Southold a Licensing Review Board consisting of either three (3) or five (5) members, as may be determined from time to time by the Town Board, who shall be appointed by the Town Board to serve at the pleasure of the. Town Board, . In no event shall a member serve for more than two years unless reappointed by the Town Board. (2) The Town Board shall designate one member of the Licensing Review Board to. serve as Chairman thereof. (3) A majority of the members of such Board shall constitute a quorum. (4) Members of the Licensing Review Board shall be residents of the Town and shall serve without salary or compensation. (5) At least one member of the Licensing Review Board shall be a home improvement contractor who resides and has his place of business in the Town. (6) The Licensing Review Board -shall keep minutes of its proceedings and records of its hearings and other official actions. ;MAY 61975 '26d (B) Function. It shall be the function of this Board to hear and determine any complaint or grievance that may be the basis for recommendation of the Town Board for suspension or revocation of the license upon a finding that the licensee has been guilty of any one of the following : (1) Fraud, misrepresentation, bribery in securing a license. (2) The making of any false statement as to a material matter in any application for a license. (3) The person or the management personnel of the home improvement .contractor are untrustworthy or not of good character. (4) The business transactions of the home improvement contractor have been or are marked by a practice of failure to timely perform or complete its contracts , or, the manipulation of assets or accounts, or by fraud or bad faith, or is marked by an unwholesome method or practice of solicitation of business from owners. (5) Failure to display the license as provided in this Chapter . (6) Failure to comply with any demand or requirement lawfully made by the Building Inspector, Licensing Review Board, or Town Board. (7) An agent or employee of a licensee has been guilty of an act or omission, fraud, misrepresentation and the licensee has approved or had knowledge thereof. (8) Violation of any provision of this Chapter. (9) Abandonment or willful failure to perform, without justification, any home improvement contract or project engaged in or under- taken by a home improvement contractor; or willful deviation from or disregard of plans or specifications in any material respect without the consent of the owner and where required, from the Building Inspector. (10) Making a substantial misrepresentation in the solicitation or procurement of a home improvement contract, or making any false promise of character likely to influence, or persuade or induce. (11) Any fraud in the execution of, or in the material alteration of any contract, mortgage, promissory note, or other document incident to a home improvement transaction. (12) Preparing or accepting any mortgage, promissory note, or other evidence of indebtedness upon the .obligations of a home improvement transaction with knowledge that it recites a greater monetary obligation than the agree consideration for the home improvement work. (13) Directly or indirectly published any advertisement relating to home which contains an assertion, _ representation or statement of which is false, deceptive, or misleading, provided that any advertisement which is subject to and complies with the then existing rules , regulations or guides of the Federal Trade Commission shall not be deemed false, deceptive or misleading; or by any means advertising or purporting to offer the general public any home improvement work with the intent not to accept contracts for the particular work or at the price which is advertised or offered to the public. (14) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the building, sanitary, fire and health laws of the Town, County, or State. (15) Failure to notify the Building Inspector of any change or control in ownership, management or business name or location. (16) Conducting a home improvement business in any name other than the one in which the .home improvement contractor is licensed. (C) Procedure. (1) The Licensing Review Board shall have the right to determine whether or not it will take jurisdiction of any complaint submitted to it. In the event it shall deny jurisdiction, such determination shall be in writing, and a copy shall be mailed to the complaintant. (2) If the Licensing Review Board upon reasonable cause should believe that any licensee has violated any of the provisions of this Chapter, such Board shall have the power to make such investigation as it shall deem necessary or advisable. (3) There shall be no recommendation that a license be suspended or revoked until after a hearing had before the Licensing Review Board upon written notice to the licensee of at least ten days . Such notice shall specify the time and place of the hearing and that the purpose of the hearing is to determine whether a recommendation of suspension or revocation should be made to the Town Board and a statement of the grounds therefor. Such notice shall be served personally or by . . certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the place of business of the licensee. The licensee and any other interested. party shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. A stenographic record of the hearing may be taken and preserved. The recommendation of the Licensing Review Board shall be in writing and shall specify the ground or grounds upon Which it is based. In lieu of a recommendation, the Licensing Review Board may accept a written assurance of a compromise between the parties. &S 50-19. Suspension or Revocation of License. (A) The Town Board shall have the power to revoke a license if it determines, after a public hearing as hereinafter provided, that the licensee is unfit or undesirable to carry on the home improvement business or is incapable of properly conducting such home improvement business. The Town Board shall have the power to suspend a license if it determines , after a public hearing as hereinafter provided, that the licensee has been guilty of any act or circumstance set forth in Section 50-18 (B) of this Chapter. (B) If the Town Board determines to hold such a hearing, it shall notify the licensee that a hearing will be held before the Town Board to determine whether his license should be suspended or revoked. Such notice shall specify the time and place of the hearing and the ground or grounds for suspension or revocation which will be the subject of ,,the hearing. Such notice shall be in writing, shall be served at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing, and shall be served personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the place of business of the licensee. At such hearing the licensee, and any other interested party, shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. The decision of the Town Board shall be in writing, shall specify the ground or grounds upon which the decision is based, and shall be final and conclusive. If the Town Board determines that the license of the licensee should be suspended or revoked, the Town Board shall direct the Building Inspector to, notify the applicant that his license is suspended or revoked. Such notice shall be served personally or by certified mail, .return receipt requested, addressed to the place of business of the licensee. A licensee shall immediately surrender his license to the Building Inspector upon its suspension or revocation by the Town Board. 050-20. Violations. (A) Any person who shall conduct or engage in any home improvement business without having obtained a license therefor, in violation of this Chapter , or who shall conduct or engage in any home improvement business while his license is suspended or revolted, in violation of this Chapter shall be guilty of a violation of this Chapter, and upon conviction shall bepunishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty ($250.00) or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) days, or both, for each and every violation. (B) Each and every home improvement contract entered into or undertaken or performed by a home improvement contractor without havin obtained or maintained in effect a license therefor, in violation of this Chapter,--, shall be deemed a separate violation of this Chapter. §50-21. Validity. The invalidity of any section, subsection or provision of this Chapter shall not invalidate any other section , subsection or provision thereof. §50-22 . Reciprocity. (A) Any home improvement contractor whose principal- place of business is located in the Town of East Hampton, Town of Riverhead, Town of Shelter Island, or Town of Southampton, or in any incorporated village within the Town of Southold or within any of the aforesaid . towns, and who Molds a license issued by such town or village in which his principal place of business is located, permitting him to conduct or engage in the home improvement business, - shall be exempt from the application fee provided for in this Chapter, and shall be entitled to a license under this Chapter without payment of such application fee, upon filing with his application, satisfactory proof that he meets the foregoingconditions. (B) The application fee. exemption provided for in Section 50-22 (A) of this Chapter shall apply only to a home improvement contractor whose principal place of business is located in any such town or village which has adopted a local law or ordinance containing a reciprocal provision applicable to home improvement contractors having their principal place of business in the area of the Town of Southold outside the incorporated villages therein. 050-23 . Effective Date. This local law shall take effect ten (10) days after its adoption, and shall not apply to home improvement contracts entered into before such date. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that a public hearing be held by this board with respect to the adoption of the aforesaid local law at the 6upervisor 's Office, 16 South Street, Greenport, New York,- at 3 :00 o 'clock P.M. on the 27th day of May, 1975, and .it is further RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and he hereby is authorized and directed to cause public notice of said hearing to be given as provided by law. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman \ Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Justice Demarest, seconded by Justice Suter, it was RESOLVED that $10, 191.26 be transferred from the Revenue Sharing Fund to the General Fund. Vote of. the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman- Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. M6ved by Councilman Homan, seconded by Councilman Rich, WHEREAS, the Planning. Board- of the Town of Southold has requested that it be authorized to modify the applicable zoning regulations of the Code of the Town of Southold pursuant to the provisions of Section 281 of the Town Law with respect to the premises owned by Pebble Beach Realty, Inc. and located at East Marion in the Town of Southold- and shown on a proposed subdivision map entitled "Pebble Beach Farms" and more particularly bounded and described hereafter NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, . that this Board does hereby authorize the Planning Board of the Town of Southold simultaneously with the approval_ of : the above named subdivision map, enti.tled- "Pebble Beach Farms" to modify- the applicable provisions of :Chapter: 100 of the Southold Town Code subject, however, to the following conditions : 1. That said modification shall be, subject to and in full compliance with the provisions of Section 281 of the Town Law. 2. That such modification shall comply in all .respects with the provisions of. Section 100-136 of Chapter 100 of the Code of the Town of Southold. . 3. That the land effected by such modification is described as follows All that certain plot, piece o.f. p.arcel of- land situate lying and being at East ,Marion, in the Town of Southold, . County of Suffolk and State of New York bounded and described as follows : BEGINNING at a monument set at the intersection of the northerly line of Main Road with.. the -wes,terly- line of land of Andre K. Birten and others., w}Thehhmonument is, the follow- ing courses and distances from the point of :intersection of the northerly .line of Main Road with the westerly line of Rocky Point Road; (1) Souhh- 52 degrees 55 minutes 20 seconds West 206.08 feet; (2) South 66 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 745. 33 feet, and running thence from said point of beginning westerly along the northerly line of Main Road the following courses and distances : (1) South 56 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds Nest 255. 00 feet; (2) South 58 degrees , MAY: 6,264 1: 5 06 minutes 10 seconds West 339. 00 feet; (3) on a curve to the right having a radius of 812 . 00 feet, a distance of 120. 26 feet to a monument and lande of the Estate of Rutkowski; thence northerly along said land of the Estate of Rutkowski the following courses and distances : (1) North 16 degrees 24 minutes 30 seconds West 270.68 feet; (2) North 16 degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds West 447 .07 feet; (3) North 16 degrees 22 minutes 20 seconds west 127 .47 feet; (4) North 15 degrees .27 minutes 00 seconds West 102. 95 feet to a monument and land of the Village of Greenport; thence northerly and westerly along the land of the Village of Greenport the following courses and distances : (1) North 15 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds West 310.78 feet to a monument; (2) North 16 degrees 13 minutes 10 seconds West 260. 73 f feet; (3) North 16 degrees 26 minutes 30 seconds West 295. 93 feet to a monument; (4) North 16 degrees 28 minutes 50 seconds West 266. 16 .feet to a monument; . (5) North 16 degrees 22 minutes 20 seconds West 166. 90 feet to a monument; (6) South 69 degrees 48 minutes 40 seconds West 542 . 30 feet to a monument and land of F.F. King; thence northerly, westerly and again northerly along the land of F. F. King the following courses and distances : (1) North 21 degrees 39 minutes 20 seconds West 692. 75 feet to a monument; (2) South 66 degrees 36 minutes 15 seconds West 604.55 feet to a monument; (3) North 23 degrees 23 minutes 25 seconds West 1, 366 . 97 feet to the ordinary high water mark of Long Island Sound; thence easterly along said ordinary high water mark of Long Island Sound the following tie line courses and distances : (1) North 38 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds East 402 .34 feet; (2) North 52 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds East 317 .06 feet; (3) North 59 degrees 36 minutes 00 seconds East 434. 78 feet; (4) North 38 degrees 09 minutes 30 seconds East 623 . 16 feet; (5) North 32 degrees 44 minutes 10 seconds East 499. 30 feet; (6) North 26 degrees 30 minutes 21 seconds East 697. 59 feet; thence southerly, westerly and again southerly along the land of Andre K. Birten and others , the following courses and distances : (1) South 15 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds East 300.00 feet to a monument; (2) Sou,th 13 degrees 54 minutes 10 seconds East 816. 76 feet; (3) South 13 degrees 31 minutes 30 seconds East 436.67 feet; (4) South 13 degrees 26 minutes 40 seconds East 557 . 97 feet; (5) South 12 degrees 41 minutes 40 seconds East 314. 36 feet; (6) South 13 degrees 40 minutes 10 seconds East 446. 72 feet; (7) South 11 degrees 47 minutes 00 seconds East 126. 63 feet; (8) South 13 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds East 132 . 76 feet; (9) South 13 degrees 01 minutes 50 seconds East 505. 25 feet; (10) South 13 degrees 56 minutes 20 seconds East 200.00 feet; (11) South 15 degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds East 200. 09 feet; (12) South 13 degrees 36 minutes 40 seconds East 262.01 feet; (13) South 13 degrees 56 minutes 20 seconds. East 285 .00 feet; (14) South 12 degrees 37 minutes 40 seconds East 153 . 04 feet; (15) South 15 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds East 213 .04 feet; (16) South 16 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds East 90.07 feet; (17) South16 degrees 35 minutes 20 seconds East 239. 60 feet to a monument; (18) South 72 degrees 25 minutes 10 seconds West 144.42 feet to a monument; (19) South .19 degrees 47 minutes 10 seconds East 370 . 39 feet to the point or place of beginning. Containing 164.04 acres, more or . less.V Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. -MAY' 6'19 Moved by Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Homan, WHEREAS Carl Freliz Jr. & wife applied to the Town Board for a single trailer renewal permit dated April 10, 1975 , NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the application of Carl Freliz Jr. and wife to locate a single trailer on the property of Herman Hubbard-, private road off north side Main Road, Mattituck, New York be and hereby is granted for a period of six (6) months. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Justice Demarest, seconded by Councilman Homan, it was RESOLVED that Superintendent of Highways Raymond C. Dean be and he hereby is authorized to negotiate with property owners on New Suffolk Avenue, Mattituck for the improvement of that highway. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Councilman Homan, seconded by Justice Suter, it was RESOLVED that Supervisor Albert M. Martocchia appoint Anthony T. Blados, Curtchogue, New York, to the Fire Advisory Board of Suffolk County, representing the Town of Southold, for the year 1975 , to replace Herbett Boughton who resigned May 3 , 1975 . Vote of the Town Board:- Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Justice Demarest, it was RESOLVED that a letter of appreciation be sent to Mr. Herbett Boughton thanking him for the fine job he has done on the Fire Advisory Board of Suffolk County as a representative of Southold Town for many years. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest.. Mr. David Driscoll inquired about the progress of a proposed leash law. He also discussed thepurchase of a parcel of land on Peconic Lane. On motion of Justice Suter, seconded by Councilman Rich, it was RESOLVED that this Town Board meeting be adjourned at 4:30 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Supervisor Martocchia, Councilman Rich, Councilman Homan, Justice Suter, Justice Demarest. Albert W. Richmond Town Clerk