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PLANNING BOARD OFFICE
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
MAY 15, 1989
.Present were: Bennett Orlowski, Jr. Chairman
Member William Mullen
Member Richard Ward
Member G. Richie Latham
Town Planner Valerie Scopaz
Planner Melissa Spiro
Planner Trainee, Robert G. Kassner
Temporary Secretary, Jane Rousseau
Absent: Member Kenneth Edwards
Mr. Orlowski: Good evening, I would like to call this meeting
to order. First order of business is the public hearing to
amend the Subdivision Regulations as they pertain to highway
specifications for subdivision roads. We have proof of
publication in the Suffolk Times and the Traveler Watchman. I
will ask if there are any objections to these specifications?
Hearing none, are there any endorsements of these
specifications? Hearing none, any questions from the board?
Being there are no further comments I will declare this hearing
closed. What is the pleasure of the board?
Mr. Latham: I move we approve these regulations.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: We' ll make the recommendation to the Town Board.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
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Mr. Orlowski: Next we have North Road Associates - Board to
keep the public hearing open from February 6, 1989. This minor
subdivision is on 16. 886 acres located at Orient.
SCTM #1000-18-3-1.
What is the pleasure of the board?
Mr. Ward: So moved.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
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Mr. Orlowski: Next we have DBM Affordable. Housing Fro Deal -
Board to keep the public hearing open from May 1, 1989. This
major subdivision is on 37.762 acres located at Southold.
SCTM #1000-55-6.15.1. Does the board have any question tonight
on the hearing itself? What is the board' s pleasure.
Mr. Ward: Move to close the hearing.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: On the preliminary maps?
Mr. Ward: Move to approve the preliminary maps dated 4/12/89
with road and drainage plans dated September 12, 1989 and
February 3, 1989. Note that the road width be reduced to 24
feet as per Highway Committee meeting. Also note that the final
maps must incorporate Sidney Bowne' s report dated March 28,
1989.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward.
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Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Board to approve the minutes of the regular
meetings of July 11, 1988 and August 4, 1988 .
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Ward.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: I' ll also entertain a motion that the next
Planning Board meeting be held on June 5th, 1989.
Mr. Mullen: So moved.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski:
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
SUBDIVISIONS:
Mr. Orlowski: Town of Southold at Soundview Avenue - Board to
review the maps dated January 27, 1989. This major subdivision
is on 5. 83 acres located at Southold.
SCTM #1000-59-9-10.
Mr. Latham: I have a resolution Mr. Chairman. A public hearing
was held on April 3, 1989 on the map dated January 27, 1989.
The Planning Board should make a motion for an extension of the
time in which the Planning Board must take action. This
extension will run until the following conditions are met:
1. Road profiles must be submitted to the Planning Board
for review by the Town Engineer.
2. Final maps, 4 paper prints and 2 mylars, with current
Health Department approval must be submitted to the
Planning Board.
3 . The intentions for the open space must be submitted
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and reviewed by the Town Attorney.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Ward.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Gilbert and Ann Amia a - Board to set Monday,
June 5, 1989 at 3:30 p.m. on the final maps surveyed December
8, 1987 . This lot line change is on Sound View Avenue at
Southold.
SCTM #1000-135-1-23 & p/o 24.
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Ward: Abstain.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Preliminary:
Mr. Orlowski: Walsh Park - Board to review the preliminary
maps dated February 8, 1989. This affordable housing project
is located on Fishers Island.
SCTM #1000-6-2-3 .1. All is in order for a preliminary approval.
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Mullen.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
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Mr. Orlowski: Long Meadow Estates - Board to review granting
an extension of conditional preliminary approval from June 12,
1989 to December 12, 1989. This major subdivision is on 36. 9636
acres located at Mattituck.
SCTM #1000-113-7-19.1.
Mr. Ward: So moved.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Sketchs:
Mr. Orlowski: Rita Brown - Board to review granting an
extension of sketch approval from May 6, 1989 to November 6,
1989. This minor subdivision is on 12. 506 acres located at
Mattituck.
SCTM #1000-94-3-1.3 .
Mr. Latham: Move we grant an extension.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Ward.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Dorothy Robertson - Board to review the sketch
maps dated March 31, 1989. Board to start the coordination
process to determine lead agency and environmental
significance. This minor subdivision is on 2.508 acres located
at Orient.
SCTM #1000-=13-1-10.
Mr. Latham: I move we approve the sketch plan.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Ward.
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Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Do you want to start the coordination process?
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
SE RA DETERMINATIONS
Mr. Orlowski: Barbara Dow - Board to make a determination
under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. This minor
subdivision is on 4. 99 acres located at Orient.
SCTM #1000-17-2-6 .
Mr. Latham: I move that we give it a positive declaration
because it is an unbuildable lot. There is a huge hole, I
inspected it a short time ago.
Mr. Mullen: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded for a positive
declaration. Any questions on the motion? All those in favor?
All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered. We will schedule a scoping
session as soon as possible.
Mr. Orlowski: James Cross - Board to make a determination
under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. This set off
is on 7. 9140 acres located a Cutchogue.
SCTM #1000-108-3-12.
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Ward.
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Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Herbert Mandel - Board to make a determination
under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. This set off
is on 11.912 acres located at East Marion.
Mr. Latham: So moved for a negative declaration.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Mullen.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: William Lindse - Board to make a determination
under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. This minor
subdivision is on 17 . 4350 acres located at Mattituck.
SCTM # 1000-113-7-2. 1 & 2. 3 . Everything is in order for a
negative declaration.
Mr. Mullen: So moved.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Ward.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Hanauer & pj�le - Board to make a determination
under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. This minor
subdivision is on 4. 945 acres located at Southold.
SCTM #1000-50-6-4.
Mr. Ward: I move based on the Long Environmental Review Form
and Field observations, the Planning Board has determined that
this proposal may significantly effect the environment,
therefore, a determination of a Positive Declaration is in order.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
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Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ward, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered. We will set up a scoping
session.
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Mr. Orlowski: James Cohill - Board to make a determination
under the State Environmental Review Act. This major
subdivision is on 18. 9108 acres located at Mattituck.
SCTM #1000-107-1.2.
Mr. Mullen: So moved for a Negative Declaration.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowsk: Robert Van Nostrand - Board to make a
determination under the State Environmental Quality Review Act.
This set off is on 17 .595 acres located at Orient.
SCTM #1000-25-4-11. 4.
Mr. Latham: So moved for a Negative Declaration.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
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Mr. Orlowski: Cove Beach Estates - Board to review the status
of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for this major
subdivision at East Marion.
SCTM #1000-22-3-15.1 & 18.3 .
We have the report back from the reviewer. What is the pleasure
of the board?
Mr. Ward: I move we accept the report and transmit it to the
applicant for their response and review.
Mr. Latham: Second.
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Mr. Mullen: I would like to also give the applicant the
opportunity to contact the consultant if he has any pertinent
questions regarding the report.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ward, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
REPORTS AND BONDS:
Mr. Orlowski: Frank and Myrtle Hendrickson - Board to review
the Suffolk County Planning Commission report dated April 10,
1989. Board to set Monday, June 5, 1989 at 7 :45 p.m. for a
public hearing on the final maps dated December 1, 1988. This
lot line change is on 95 .756 sq. ft. located at Southold.
SCTM #(1000-70-4-44 & 45 .
Mr. Orlowski: Does the board want to do anything with the
Suffolk County Planning Commissions report in overriding the
three reasons we talked about at the last meeting? Reasons one,
three, and four? (1) The Approval by the Suffolk County
Department of Health Services is not necessary; as this lot line
change involves two existing dwellings. ( 3) The Planning Board
has requested that revised property deeds for the proposed two
lots (Lot #1 equaling 53 ,613 square feet and Lot ##2 equaling
42,143 square feet) be submitted before the Chairman be
authorized to endorse the final map. (4) Town Code provides for
review and appropriate permits for any new residential structure
or sanitary disposal facility within 75 feet of the shoreline.
Mr. Ward: Mr. Chairman, I would move that subject to those
things we address the Planning Commission report based on that
response.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: I' ll entertain a. motion to set a hearing for June
5th, 1989, at 7 :45 p.m.
Mr. Latham: So moved.
Mr. Ward: Second.
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Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. John Wagner: Attorney from Esseks/Esseks and Angel - You
received a letter from my office regarding the new deeds for the
lot line change. Have you had a chance to review that letter at
all?
Mr. Orlowski: No.
Mr. John Wagner: The second question regards the declaration
that was to be filed in connection with this application, I
believe an executed copy was submitted to the board, have you
had an opportunity to review that?
Mr. Orlowski: The Town Attorney has that now.
Mr. John Wagner: My client is interested on having this acted
upon as quickly as possible. Would it be possible at the public
hearing to have this acted upon all the foregoing? If I were to
bring maps suitable for your signature on that date, would you
be willing to expedite them on that date assuming that all goes
as planned.
Mr. Orlowski: I can' t answer that question.
Ms. Spiro: We definitely need the maps before that night.
Mr. Wagner: That can be arranged. No problem.
Mr.Orlowski: Bertram Holder - Board to review the Suffolk
County Planning Commission report dated April 10, 1989. This
set off is on 34. 619 acres located at Arshamomaque.
SCTM #1000-57-2-1.1.
Mr. Ward: I move that we previously requested Covenants and
Restrictions. A draft has been submitted to the office and
some revisions have been asked for. If #5 of the draft is
revised to read as follows, all conditions of the Suffolk County
Report will have been met:
"Upon said set-off or subdivision of the lots as set forth
above, the property so set-off or subdivided shall
automatically merge with said property owners land and
shall be considered one parcel. A map of the subdivision
shall be filed in the office of the Countv Clerk.
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The Planning Board is not requiring that the applicant comply
with #3 and #4 of the report, as the road is existing and no new
building lots are proposed.
Final maps must note that: a Declaration of Covenants and
Restrictions has been filed in the Suffolk County Clerk' s Office
which effects lots in this subdivision.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Paradise-2 _the-�Ba - Board to review the
Engineer Report dated May 8,1989. This major subdivision is
located at Southold.
SCTM #1000-70-13-( 20. 1-10. 10) .
Mr. Latham: I move we adopt the report.
Mr. Ward: Second
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
CHANGE OF ZONE
SITE PLANS:
Mr. Orlowski: Port of EEMt - Board to start the coordination
process to determine lead agency and environmental
significance. This site plan is located on the Main Road at
Southold.
SCTM #1000-56-6-6.1, 10. 1.
Mr. Ward: So moved.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Ward, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski.
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Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Orlowski: Cliffside/Tidemark - Board to review revised
maps dated May fO, 1989. This site plan is on 7. 132 acres
located at Southold.
SCTM #1000-45-1-1.
Mr. Ward: I think we are in a position to O.K. our comments to
the Zoning Board of Appeals for the special exception, subject
that the side yard should be shown at the 30 foot setbacks, not
presently shown at the 20 foot.
Mr. Orlowski: I think there were a couple of other revisions.
Did you have something else on here?
Mr. Ward: There are other minor revisions that we have
identified on the map along with the setbacks that should be
transmitted back to the applicant and the ZBA should be
sufficient.
Mr. Raynor: Mr. Ward, you have reference to the West property
line. The East property line the buildings are beyond the 30
foot.
Mr. Ward: O.K.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded to send to the Zoning
Board of Appeals. Any questions on the motion?
Mr. Raynor: Mr. Chairman, I ask that you re-evaluate it as
already certified by the building inspectors office but the
revisions for this plan by that office subject to acceptance by
the ZBA. All I am requesting that the board to do, is at the
time they send over for the special exception to the ZBA, the
site plan that you have before you, that you also send a copy
over to the building inspector. The building inspector' s office
has already certified the prior plan and we would like him to at
least be knowledgeable about what is going on in addition to
your board as well as the ZBA so they can certify this new claim.
Mr. Orlowski: Will they be amended as we requested just now.>
Mr. Raynor: I don't see any particular problem.
Mr. Orlowski: You can carry that over yourself you know.
Mr. Raynor: I don' t think the building inspector' s office will
review it until such time they have some type of correspondence
from your board.
Mr. Latham: I move we send it over to be revised subject to
those changes.
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Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ward, Mr. Orlowski.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So moved.
Mr. Orlowski: The Shoppes at Mattituck - Board to discuss
this site plan with the applicant. This site plan is located on
the Corner of Cox Neck Road and County Route 48 at Mattituck.
SCTM #1000-121-2-1. Is anyone here representing the applicant?
Mr. Lewandowski: I 'm here with the owner and he has asked me to
speak to the board. What happened, unfortunately, about a year
ago I was contacted by the architect to stake out a proposed
well for the site which I did. They sent a plan at that time
and I staked it out and about two months ago the property was
sold and the new owners acquired the plans from the architect
for the new building. Unfortunately, from the time I did the
original stakeout and the new owner took over there was a change
in site plan. Unknown to either one of us, Mr. McCovell got in
contact with me by phone and asked me to stake out the building,
he was in a hurry to get started, and I did. Unfortunately, we
never got together to compare site plans, and I had used the
wrong site plans to stake it out. I understand that there is no
violation of the building set-back and there is room to fit the
required parking in. I realize that the town has approved the
site plan and I realize how much work and effort goes into that,
but since there is room to do it, we were hoping that the
Planning Board would reconsider a new proposed site plan.
Mr. Orlowski: Does the board have any comments or questions?
Mr. Ward: I didn't really see it.
Mr. Lewandowski: There is adequate room, it just has to be
revised.
Mr. Orlowski: The parking in the back is not the way we wanted
it. If you remember we changed it in the beginning.
Mr. Ward: Part of the problem with it is it' s going to make a
very tight corner at the back rear corner compared to what was
originally proposed. What would have to be done if you want to
pursue it, our feelings are after looking at it was that we
weren' t in favor of it. If you want to pursue and show a whole
site plan to show everything here, what the radius is and
everything would be, then we would take a look at it further if
you wish to do that. It' s a little sketchy as to what is shown
to us here now.
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Mr. Lewandowski: The owner would like to get started on this as
soon as possible. Do you have any idea the time frame if I
resubmitted a new site plan before you can make a decision?
Mr. Ward: We don' t know. You would have to submit it and then
we would have to review it. There is going to be time involved
in doing that. I can' t tell you what kind of time would be
involved in that because looking at this I don't think we would
be in a position to say yes or no based on this.
Mr. Lewandowski: You have no idea the time frame that would be
involved assuming I could get a site plan in this week. The end
of the week. I can probably get one in by the end of this week.
Mr. Orlowski: We don' t meet again for another three weeks.
There is one thing I can tell you, that type of plan was
submitted to us at first and we had it changed to accommodate
that parking because we did not like that parallel parking on
the back curb so I don' t even know if another site plan is going
to get any approval from this board. We went through a lot with
the plan the way it is and as it is and I know you made a
mistake but it' s no way to go back to the original site plan
that we did not want. I don' t know if the board feels that they
may feel different when this site plan is completed and done, it
is up to the board.
Mr. Lewandowski: The parallel parking in the rear now, as
opposed to diagonal parking, I don' t believe there would be much
difference in the space between the rear of the cars in either
case. Coming around the corner with the diagonal parking the
cars are going to be - - -, I think the distance between the
building and the corner and the parking area will probably be
the same in either case. I don' t believe there is any amount
gained by having diagonal parking.
Mr. Ward: The biggest problem is the turning radius at that
corner, we are asking for vehicle, service trucks to use that
rear for accessing and from what I see, I don' t see that it
works. Just looking at this I don' t know if we can consider
it. There is a lot of work that went into the other one in
terms of what was done and it would have to be worked out in
order to be reviewed, which takes time.
Mr. Lewandowski: If I did drop off a site plan you would
consider it.
Mr. Orlowski: I am not in favor of it, I will tell you right
now.
Mr. Ward: We would look at it but I know it' s not what we
wanted.
Mr. Orlowski: It' s just too close to the back.
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Mr. Ward: I don' t think you are going to develop that turning
radius that we need, trucks in the back based on the way it is.
We would not accept it the way it is shown to us right now. If
you want to spend the time and effort to see what could be
developed, we will look at it.
Mr. Lewandowski: O.K. , thank you.
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Mr. Orlowski: Andreas Markakis - Board to review this site plan
located on Boisseau Avenue at Southold.
SCTM #1000-122-1.1.
Mr. Mullen: I would like to read the resolution.
WHEREAS, the Planning Board has reviewed the Engineer' s report
dated May 5, 1989. The report states that the maximum allowable
parking which could be provided is limited to three spaces ( the
diagonal parking stalls #1, 2, and 3) . The report also states
that these three spaces could be used by a majority of vehicles
if caution is exercised entering and exiting; and
WHEREAS, the required number of parking spaces for a restaurant,
as described in Article X1X of the Town Code, is 1 space per 3
seats or 1 space per 100 square feet of floor space, whichever
is greater. The building area for the proposed site plan is
1,547 sq. ft. , thus requiring 15 parking spaces. The proposed
plan is for 15 seats, thus requiring 5 parking spaces. As per
the code, 15 spaces are required; and
WHEREAS, a restaurant is a use which creates a large volume of
vehicular and pedestrian traffic. With this particular use it
is not possible to design the site so as to ensure that the
individuals will use the site with caution while exiting,
entering, and driving around the site. It is also not possible
to restrict cars which are larger than the majority of cars,
from using the parking area; and
WHEREAS, based on the Planning Board' s review and the Engineer's
report on the number of parking spaces for the site, the board
feels that there is insufficient parking for the proposed use;
and be it therefore,
RESOLVED that the Planning Board deny the application.
Mr. Ward: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: Motion made and seconded. Any questions on the
motion? All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ward, Mr. Latham, Mr. Orlowski.
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Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Mr. Markakis: There is discrimination in this place. I have
plans right here with respect to the Engineer' s report, my
engineer and myself we do not agree. The people who saw the
parking noticed the three diagonals are O.K. , the corner parking
lot where he wants regular side cars. One was a blazer type car
and the other was a four door Buick sedan. What more do you
want? That much for the engineer' s report. As far as the
discrimination which started when I bought this building by
someone then in the porch of the fence, that' s where the war of
nerves started. I picked a few police reports and if you will
allow me I would like to read some of the contents to the
public. I will save you time just put them on record. I have a
few reports of discrimination, threat of life, they pulled a
knife on me outside of my door. As far as your position, this
is a Certificate of Occupancy which I got July 26, 1983 and this
was issued on the basis of five parking spots which are on the
side front which was approved by this board. The previously
meeting I was told that those five parking spots were now two.
I stated that I am stupid, I do not understand this, but can you
explain to the public who is very smart and alive, how five
parking spots in the course of five years shrink to two?? If
you can explain please. So this is the situation, would you
please give it to me in writing so I can proceed with my
discrimination case. Please, now is the chance to tell you
because this is burning me. I admire your sensitivity when it
comes to me in person, the God damn greek, I don' t admire when
it comes to other people in the area. You have a letter here,
June 28, 1984 to the Supervisor, regarding very dangerous
positions, very dangerous conditions of traffic, traffic
accidents happen outside of Wayside Market. There is a traffic
count from one single working day from 8 o'clock in the morning
to 2:30 in the afternoon. Two hundred cars parking in that
little spot, which is public property. Public property. Two
Hundred cars, I went before the board, I didn't get any answer,
I wrote to the board and buck was passing to the Building
Department to the Planning Department, this is the letter that I
told you at the last meeting that the Highway Superintendent,
there was no sidewalk there, this is the one that Mrs. Cochran
read and told me what she told me and this is a transmittal from
the Supervisor to Mr. Dean at the time, to the Building
Department and to the Planning Board for which I have no
response. So one law applies to the God damn greek and another
law applies to the rest of the people. But I am here 36 years,
36 years, 22 of which I pay taxes here in Southold. Alright.
Thank you very much.
DISCUSSIONS
Mr. Orlowski: Alan Cardinale - Board to discuss this
application with the applicant.
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Phil Cardinale: Attorney for client. Good evening, I have from
the board the letters of April 7th, and April 18th and we are in
the process of complying with those requests. In the process of
discussing those changes there was an additional change that we
were propose to show on the sketch plan as we present it to the
board and I wanted to run it by you tonight rather than just
show you a map in a week or two. Specifically, the road coming
in on the original sketch plan is at the far west side of the
property but we would prefer to place in about the middle of the
property. I have a sketch here as to how we would propose to
alter that roadway coming in. It is not a question of anything
except the position and I wanted to get the board to indicate or
at least to review it to see if you have any objections. If you
have strong objections it would obviously be a waste of our time
to do it. If you have no objections, Al Jr. is here to explain
the concept of what they want to do with the piece. This is
where the road was and this is where they would like to move it
over so it comes through the middle of that lot.
Mr. Ward: It would subdivide the business property.
Mr. Phil Cardinale: Yes, in a sense that the road will be in
the middle of it instead of on the side of it that is right.
The reasoning for that has something to do with the way that
they propose to develop this property.
Mr. Alan Cardinale Jr. - My father has done some commercial
work down in South Carolina and they effectively created a
bumper zone through the residential area from the commercial
area by having an entrance through the middle with heavy
landscaping. We feel with the surrounding property on the west
side that it might be much better if we were able to create a
drive through the center. We want to divide the commercial into
two separate buildings instead of having one long strip type
center.
Ms. Scopaz: Can I ask you a question? What do you intend to do
with the business portion of the property once you split it with
the road?
Mr. Alan Cardinale: It would still remain one piece basically,
we just want to have the road down the center primarily for the
Ms. Scopaz: What happens after you develop the business? You
going to have a road going through a shopping center?
Mr. Alan Cardinale: What they have done, and it is on a much
grander scale, they have the centers in the entrance areas and
it is basically a convenience for the residential areas behind
but they have gates sometimes after the commercial area where a
car can go through, separating the two. Heavy landscape
borders behind, and also the area in the middle. You can do it
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with landscape meridians and having a center drive through and
going through to left or right, depending.
Mr. Ward: I think you would have to more fully illustrate what
your intent is for us to be able to even consider this. I think
right now we are all having problems with this, I think it is
something we could look at if you would show us exactly what you
have in mind.
Mr. Phil Cardinale: From what I heard from what he just said,
I think the two positives that the board picked up on
immediately are: You won' t run the road on the side there which
is next to one of the residential pieces, in other words you
keep your road out of way of the other residential pieces, the
other thing I think is favorably is the fact that it would do
away with the possibility of a split center because he is
splitting the center in half. I assume you are not too crazy
about strip centers.
Mr. Ward: I don' t know if we are in favor of it, even to
suggest we are, it is just that what we really need to do is for
you to present something more graphic as to pictures and things
as to what you really plan to do.
Mr. Alan Cardinale: What happened is when we went to the
architect to get these drawn up, he indicated that he felt it
would be more attractive to go down the middle. Before we
pursued the road specifications we wanted to make sure we had
the road in the right location. Which comes first.
Mr. Phil Cardinale: Do you have something to show the board?
Photographs or something, so they can see it.
Mr. Orlowski: I think since you have been in somewhat of a
hurry to get started here that this board is going to want to
see the site plan for that business property in total before we
make any decision. To me you are subdividing before you even
start the frontage.
Mr. Phil Cardinale: That is true, but if we just go and do what
you want us to do, which is to get the sketch approved with the
road on the side and then move to final, the subdivision is in
and if they want to develop with the road in the middle they
already have a road placed on their subdivision, then we will
come back in front of you at that time and try to move the
road. The concept is, you really can' t tell how it is going to
look until you do the site work. If we put the road where it is
presently proposed, which is the more conventional way of doing
it, we would have to then move it.
Ms. Scopaz: Why would you have to move the road? Once you have
the road set for a subdivision and you come in with a site plan
for a business piece of property, why would you have to move the
road? The road is for the residential subdivision and you need
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to have access of that road for your business property. The
assumption that you are going to have to move the road if you
put it the way the board originally asked for it, is not founded
on anything.
Mr. Phil Cardinale: Obviously we wouldn' t have to move the
road, we would have a road, but we wouldn't want two roads so if
our concept of development of the commercial piece called for a
winding road in the middle of the commercial piece it would be
duplicative to have two roads, so at that point we would be back
saying "that road that has been approved as part of the
subdivision, we now want to abandon to develop the business
piece.
Ms. Scopaz: But your business piece is only 200 feet deep, you
are not going to require a road to develop that business piece
as a business piece.
Mr. Phil Cardinale: I understand what you are saying, that' s
true, we are only dealing with the road here for the residential
part of the subdivision. The concept by which he is going to
develop the front, the business piece, lends itself to the
residential subdivision getting right into the middle of it.
Unusual to be sure, but that is where he wants to put his road.
If we have the subdivision approved, as it is presently
proposed, and we come back to you for a site plan approval of
the business portion of this we are going to be asking to
abandon the road that we just got approved so we can move it.
That is why we are here tonight to ask if you have any objection
to moving it now?
Mr. Ward: Process both site plans together so we can see what
you fully intend to do with the commercial site. Do your 20
scale site plan. We would have to see that in order to even be
able to judge or make the call.
Mr. Phil Cardinale: I understand what you are saying. Thank
you.
Mr. Orlowski: The only other thing I have is the Cove at
Southold. You made an inspection today?
Mr. Mullen: Yes, we did. Unfortunately, there was no one there
that could give us any input, other than the salesman. They
have foundations for three structures there, there is some
landscaping. We would like to go back there when there is
someone there to respond to our input.
Mr. Latham: We would like to see a plan.
Mr. Ward: What is the applicant asking for?
Mr. Larry Kogel: President of the Cove. We were asking for a
Certificate of Occupancy for a number of units, we have put
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inlandscaping. There are nine units that are currently
landscaped ready and we are asking that a Certificate of
Occupancy bedelivered on the cluster of four units, that
landscaping will be finished, and its the board' s request that
we do thelandscaping on all of the units, all 33 of which a
number of them are still under construction and it is not
feasible to do that at this time. I don't think our request is
extraordinary and it has been done in the past where units have
been released with C.O. ' s prior to a 100% all site work and
landscaping done. I can answer any questions you had at the
site. What you probably saw there were landscaping ties that
are going to retain the swimming pool and tennis court which we
just recently got approval, approximately 45 days ago. We have
foundations to the rear which were held up approximately a year,
mitigating some concerns for the Board of Trustees after they
stopped our construction. That is why we have not been able to
proceed in an orderly fashion. Again, we have some anxious
homeowners that would, subject to the building department making
sure that we complied with all their regulations, our homeowners
are anxious to move in and it just requires your approval at
this point. If there is any financial concerns, we can address
them also.
Mr. Latham: I have a question, where the ties are stored, I
went with Mr. Mullen today, the ties are stored up on the bank
after you take the ties away and put them around the pool on the
other side of the road.
Mr. Kogel: Those ties are actually going on both sides.
Mr. Latham: Shouldn't they be finished a little bit, I mean you
have a very nice entrance? Some of the finished landscaping in
front.
Mr. Kogel: Our landscaper, Mr. Coffey, is proceeding to do the
work, that is why we had the railroad ties delivered and he has
been working everyday on it until it is complete. Due to the
nature of the type of road that was approved in the subdivision,
it is just a stone road so it looks like it is sketchy and
unfinished, but it is passable and it is maintained on a weekly
basis by our construction crews and the homeowners that do move
in will not have any problem what so ever.
Mr. Latham: It wasn' t the road, it just that before the road,
between the entrance where the ties are stored.
Mr. Kogel: We had to store the ties somewhere.
Mr. Latham: I know, but that doesn' t look finished to me.
Mr. Mullen: Our understanding is that people are looking to get
in there the middle of June so we are looking at approximately
one month. I believe that in two to three weeks, you could make
considerable progress and we could come back then, if you would.
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give us a call when the ties are in and some more landscaping,
then you can show us what buildings you are interested in
getting C.O. ' s, and we can look at them and right there talk to
us about what we might need and what we don' t need.
Mr. Ward: One concern we do have, is that you would take your
site plan and for these four units, draw a distinct line on as
to what you are asking for approval on, including finished
landscape for those four units. We are reluctant to give you
approval in a sense through the Building Department for release
of four units without distinctly showing that it is only for a
partial site plan so that if you could show the overall plan,
and then for these four units show the line around those four
units and everything outside you are not asking for approval of,
this is what you are asking for approval on right now.
Normally, if it is a big project, you go in phases, you never
filed this as a phased map so normally when we do phases as we
did with Founders, and some of the other projects in town, we
have been able to look at steps of the project and approve it as
phases. In a sense, we could handle as a phase map for
landscaping and site amenities.
Mr. Kogel: In other words, if we indicate on the map the
cluster, the first cluster is a four unit cluster that we are
talking about, we could schedule a meeting on the site at a
convenient time and I guess the members of the board would be
able to determine at that time whether or not it suits your
criteria.
Mr. Orlowski: We would like to know exactly what you are asking
for?
Mr. Kogel: We are just asking for a C.O. on a particular unit.
Mr. Orlowski: You didn' t note it on the site plan so we're not
giving you a C.O. on a unit and we go down there and look at it
is something else. We' ll use that site plan and probably work
with that as we go on.
Mr. Kogel: You would like to release these as units or as a
building?
Mr. Orlowski: As a building with all the landscaping around
it. Not per unit.
Mr. Kogel: Yes, we are prepared to do that. You will release
it subject to approval of what we do do on that particular
building, you will allow us to get a Certificate of Occupancy to
be issued subject to the Building Department being satisfied.
Mr. Orlowski: I think the big thing is access in and out best
always be clear.
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Mr. Ward: Also, any site construction that is going on we would
want to have a say that you have a construction fence up because
if you have people on the site we are going to want to see that
there is protection for those people.
Mr. Kogel: There is no question about that. We will do
anything that you request. The only question that I have right
now is that one home owner in particular, and I believe she has
been calling the board, has a mortgage expiration date of June
15th, I believe when her mortgage commitment expires and do to
the fact that the interest rates have greatly increased over the
last eight months, I would like to know if we could schedule a
meeting at the site at our earliest convenience so we can go
over exactly what we are doing.
Mr. Mullen: Why don' t you set it up for two weeks plus, then
you will have a lot more done. Incidentally, as you go in there
to the south side where you are putting in your pool and your
tennis, you are going to have big equipment in there shortly
digging a hole. We' re concerned about the safety situation
too. We want to go into depth with you or the superintendent on
the job to make sure we understand just what you are after and
what you are going to do.
Mr. Kogel: We don' t have to wait two weeks to set up a meeting
to discuss safety precautions
Mr. Mullen: Well, there will be some activity there and I would
like to see some activity. That gives us a pretty good idea
rather than speech.
Mr. Orlowski: We will schedule it at one of our field
inspections and get back to you and let you know.
Mr. Kogel: It is just a matter of circling it on the site plan.
Mr. Ward: We are not approving anything at this point. We want
to see those four units and the immediate landscaping of those
four units and possible the site access. We want to be very
upfront with you that we are not approving the whole project.
Just so we both understand each other.
Mr. Kogel: O.K. , are there any other concerns?
Ms. Elizabeth Schloss: I am the person who is desperately
trying to get into the Cove. If you give me a minute or so I
would like to describe my background to you. My husband passed
away three years ago, and his family was out here since 1920, my
father-in-law was Dr. Schloss who helped people in this town
when he had difficulty raising their children because he was a
very eminent pediatrician. Due to the fact that the house that
I inherited from my husband was beyond my capacity to manage, I
sold the property with the idea and looking forward to going
into the Cove. I made my first payment to the Cove in October,
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and I imposed upon my friends and neighbors to let me rent their
homes during the winter when it is ordinarily not rented and
their summer tenants arrive in June. Now, I am faced with a
terrible situation because my mortgage commitment was given to
me in February is going to run out in June. It is a mortgage
for 50% of the cost of the property. I don't have to go into
great detail about it. I appreciate what the Planning Board is
doing and I travel a great deal because I work for Mattituck
Travel and I'm interested in the beauty of Southold and I must
tell you that many times when I am asked where my home is and I
tell them Southold they say that that is a beautiful town and
how do you keep things as nice as they are? I say it is not
easy. However, I plead with you to consider my problem, the
unit is completely finished it is just about in move in
condition. The landscaping is not finished, but I spoke to Mr.
Coffey this afternoon, and he assured me that one or two days
work would put the landscaping in front of my unit and the
cluster unit where my unit is and it will be in acceptable
condition. As I see it that is the way things are right now.
Actually, this is going to be a lovely and beautiful area that
everybody will be proud of. So I plead with you to possibly
reconsider and make your inspections slightly earlier so I can
get out of Mr. Meyers house and retain him as a friend and
retain my mortgage commitment.
Mr. Mullen: What is your unit number?
Ms. Schloss: 8A.
Mr. Ward: If you could appraise us as soon as that work is done
then we will make arrangements.
Mr. Orlowski: O.K. nothing left on my agenda.
Mr. Pontino: My nephew got a letter from Edson and Bruer about
the lot he wants to build on next to me, now exactly what do you
want? I was formerly half owner in that land. I deeded my half
interest over to my brother when I built my house in 1977 and he
deeded his half interest to me and I gave my half interest to
the lot next to him in 1977 . I would like to know exactly what
you want?
Mr. Bennett Orlowski: We didn't get much information on that
application and I know that property was subdivided a couple of
years back.
Mr. Pontino: It wasn't subdivided, all I did was sign off my
half interest and my brother signed off his half interest to two
adjoining one acre lots so I could build a house and he could do
what he wanted with his acre. We both own that land we
inherited in 1956.
Mrs. Pontino: We don' t intend to do anything with the rest of
the farm.
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Mr. Pontino: You got an acre out of your father' s farm to build
a house.
Mr. Orlowski: We don't have enough information.
Mr. Pontino: I 've got all the surveys, all the deeds. What
else do you need.
Mrs. Pontino: You said something about the park land or
something, show him the letter.
Mr. Pontino: To survey the whole farm we got a price of
something like $3,000, for what?
Mr. Orlowski: We have to look at the whole thing.
Mr. Pontino: This was cut out in 1977.
Mr. Orlowski: Then it is a single and separate lot right now?
Mr. Pontino: Yes.
Mr. Orlowski: Then where is the survey?
Mr. Pontino: This was done by Van Tuyl, this was my lot and I
told him because this went up to the road so I told him when you
cut this lot out for Joe, leave enough here in case we want to
do something.
Mr. Pontino: I don't see why we have to give two acres. This
was done while the zoning was one acre.
Mr. Orlowski: The zoning is two acres.
Mr. Pontino: In 1977 it was one acre because we built a house
on this lot, the end lot. There is no subdivision, all I did
was sign off my half interest and then my brother signed off
his. You're jerking this kid off for a year, since a year ago
February.
Mr. Orlowski: We have to look at it, we can' t do it right here.
Mr. Pontino: There is no need for two acres, this was done in
1977 when it was one acre.
Mrs. Pontino: I worked for a title company and the in there
said that is perfectly legal, he drew the deeds.
Mr. Orlowski: You have to present more information.
Mr. & Mrs. Pontino: What do you want?
Mr. Orlowski: Show us that is a single and separate lot.
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Mr. & Mrs. Pontino: WE DID.
Mr. Mullen: Did you get a letter from our office telling you
what we needed?
Mrs. Pontino: No.
Ms. Spiro: You have the letter we sent you and we need more
information.
Mr. Mullen: Melissa, write them a letter and tell them
specifically what you want, this is completely out of order what
we are doing here now.
Mrs. Pontino: Alright.
Ms. Spiro: Call us and we will make an appointment for you.
Mr. Orlowski: Does the board have any more questions?
Mr. Orlowski: Hearing none.
Mr. Otto Uhl Jr. : I came to talk about my homesite which abuts
the Cove Beach Estates property on which you have an
environmental statement. The report of the North Fork
Environmental Council, and I don' t know if the Environmental
Consultants Report backs them up. I must say that it is very
disheartening to me, because at the moment, I don' t know what' s
going to happen to me and my homesite there. I've had this
homesite since November 3, 1970, that will be 19 years. I have
waited all these years to be able to build my retirement home
there, to sell my present home in Port Washington and move to
East Marion, where my heart is. With Harold Reese coming so
close to getting his beautiful subdivision plans approved, I
felt sure this was the year for me to get going, to build my
dream home there. But, what happened? Along comes the North
Fork Environmental Council, they spent an hour or two looking
over the property and report, and I quote from a write up in the
Suffolk Times of February 9, 1989, that -the "area is a 'vital
habitat' for plants and animals - perhaps critically important
to three species of birds" and so on. I've known this property
for thirty-three years, ever since Sweezy had it up for sale, in
1956. I 've walked the beach and the woods from end to end many
times. Yes, it{s beautiful, the terrain, the sound the view;
but I have not seen anything to get so excited about, about
those plants and animals and birds. I can't relocate as easily
as birds can. They just flap their wings and fly somewhere else
to re-establish a new habitat. Nature is wonderful that way.
Furthermore, I wonder where all this leaves me as an
individual? The only access to my homesite is on the Cove Beach
Estate Entrance Road, and that' s over 3/4 of a mile from the
Main Road (Route 25) to Long Island Sound, where my homesite
is. I have a right-of-way agreement with Cove Beach Estates and
if that access is NOT in, "I 'm not in" . It is as simple as all
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that . As an individual there is no way I can afford to put in
this entrance road. It needs a developer like Harold Reese, and
he can do it. Finally, I want you to know that my wife, Ella
and I, have been Charter Members of the Southold/2000
organization since it was founded in September 1987. 1 mention
this because I think, it points out that I like Nature and would
like to keep it and the life-style we enjoy on the North Fork,
but let' s do it within reason. Let' s not go overboard. I too,
have a place here on this earth of our, besides the birds and
the bees. Thank you for letting me make this verbal report.
Mr. Orlowski: What is the pleasure of the board?
Mr. Mullen: I move that the meeting be closed.
Mr. Latham: Second.
Mr. Orlowski: All those in favor?
Ayes: Mr. Latham, Mr. Mullen, Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Ward.
Mr. Orlowski: Opposed? So ordered.
Being no further business to come before the board, on motion
made by Mr, Mullen, seconded by Mr. Latham, and carried, the
meeting was adjourned at 8 : 45 p.m. .
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Roussesu,
Temporary Secretary
Bennett Orlowski Jr. , C�ai/rman RECEIVED AND FILED BY
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