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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB-06/11/1963 Southold Town Planning Board S O UTH O LD, L. I., N. Y. PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS John Wickham, Chairman Henry Moisa Alfred Grebe Archibald Young William Unkelbach M I N U T 'E ' S SOUTHOLD .TOWN PLANNING BOARD June 11, 1963 A regular meeting of the Southold Town Planning Board .was held 7: 30:. P.M.., Tuesday, June 11, 1963 at the Town Office, Main Road, Southold, New York. There were present: Messrs. John Wickham, Chairman, Hehry, Moisa,. Alfred Grebe, Archibald Young and William. Unkelbach. . Also present: Mr. Otto-W. Van Tuyl, Consultant. The Board first considered the application for a change of zone from "A" Residential and Agricultural District to "B" Business District on property of Joseph Riccardo and JackERiscoll at the corner of' Main Road and Factory Avenue, Mattituck. Mr. Stanley-Sledjeski of Mil-Matt-Agency, Mattituck, appeared before the- Board and stated that the owners of the property propose to deed a 10 ft. strip running along the easterly line of the property in question to the Mattituck -Cemetery with the stipulation that this 10 ft. strip be left in woods,, and the Mattituck- Cemetery is in agree- ment with this proposal. The- Chairman called and spoke with Lawrence Reeve of the Mattituck- Cemtery Association and they are agreeable with the buffer zone proposal. Southold Town Planning Board -2- June 11, 1963 On motion of Mr. Grebe, seconded by Mr. Unkelbach, it was RESOLVED that the Planning Board recommend favorably to the Town Board the change of zone from "A" Residential and Agricultural District to "B" Business District the property of Joseph Riccardo and Jack Driscoll at- the corner of Main Road and Factory Avenue, Mattituck, New York. The Planning Board has studied this proposal and discussed it with agents for the petitioner and adjoining cemetery association and feel it is reasonable. The purchaser has expressed a willingness to deed the cemetery association 10 feet along the easterly line of petitioner's property provided it is maintained in woods at all times. We feel that this is insufficient buffer zone betIzeen the residential zone represented by the cemetery association and a business zone. We feel that the new owners should be required to maintain 10 ft. also in woods which would provide a 20 ft. buffer zone. In addition, we feel that another condition of rezoning should be that there be a side yard setback of an additional 40 ft. , meaning that there shall be no building closer than 50 ft. to the new line between the cemetery association and property of the petitioner. Due to the fact the ultimate character of this area is uncertain and in order to preserve the dignity of the cemetery we feel this setback is essential. It is probable that we cannot require this after the property is rezoned but since petitioners seem very willing to accept some limitation and the cemetery association seems very desirous of having such a buffer strip we feel that these arrangements should be made before this property is rezoned. This property is bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a monument set on the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly line of Main Road New York State Route 25, with the easterly line of Factory Avenue; running thence North 200 22' 40" West along the easterly line of Factory Avenue 663.35 feet to a monument set in the southerly line of land formerly of John Husing, later of Lee O. Karp; thence North 640 47 ' 50" East along said last mentioned land 664. 36 feet to a monument set in the westerly line of Mattituck Southold Town Planning Board -3- June 11., 1963 Cemetery; thence South 370 201 30" East along said Cemetery 440. 26 feet to a monument set in the northerly line of said Main Road; and thence South 480 571 30" West along the northerly line of said Main Road 844.83 feet to the point or place of beginning. Vote of the Board: Ayes: - Mr. Wickham, Mr. Moisa, Mr. Grebe, Mr. Young, and Mr. Unkelbach. On motion of Mr. Grebe, seconded by Mr. Unkelbach, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of May 21, 1963 be approved as submitted. Vote of the Board: Ayes:- Mr. Wickham, Mr. Moisa, Mr. Grebe, Mr. Young, and Mr. Unkelbach. The next meeting of the Southold Town Planning Board will be held 7: 30 P.M. , Tuesday, July 16, 1963 at the Town Office, Main Road, Southold, New York. The Planning Board wishes to invite the Mayor of Greenport Village and the Greenport Village Planning Board to attend,�..this meeting at 8: 30 P.M. On motion. of Mr. Moisa, seconded by Mr. Young, it was RESOLVED that due to the fact- the Southold Town Board has changed the requirements for dedication of highways requiring now that- assessed valuation in the amount of $40, 000 per mile of building be a condition of dedication, and since it is obvious this would be an impossibility in the time available (90 days is usually the given time for dedication of highways after a subdivisionmap is filed) , we waive this condition until the assessment requirements have been fulfilled. At the present time only "Village Manor" would come under the above resolution. Vote of the Board: Ayes:- Mr. Wickham, Mr. Moisa, Mr. Grebe, Mr. Young, and Mr. Unkelbach. Southold Town Planning Board -4- June ll,. 1963 The matter of the pending petition for a subdivision submitted by Beatrice M.- Wasson in January 1961 was brought before the Board. Since nothing further has been done about this. proposed subdivision where the Planning Board is concerned, Mr. Unkelbach stated he would speak with .Mrs. Wasson to determine if she still plans to continue with it and report to the Planning Board at their next meeting. The Board discussed at length different phases of the proposed master plan. The Chairman dictated a letter to be forwarded to Raymond & May, Planning and Urban Renewal Consultants, asking if it would be possible for the Town to take some part in the survey in which we feel special emphasis and detail is required, in particular the agricultural picture and water resource problem. The Chairman has written the Dean of the State College of- Agriculture asking if they would have a graduate student who would be interested in working with the Town of Southold on an agricultural survey. The Board feels that if they could get some of this work done it might relieve the organization that was doing the overall job some of the detail and leave them free to spend more time in other fields and if it seemed other fields were adequately covered, to do a better overall job for less expenditure. This might also provide a way to make a rather complete study of one phase of the problem which might otherwise exceed 25/ of the cost of the total program. The Planning Board received the following letter from Superintendent of Highways Harold D. Price which they wished included in the minutes: "Southold Town Planning Board, Southold, New York, June 7, 1963. "Gentlemen: Your letter of May 8th in regard to the property of Ernest and Harold Wilsberg, was turned over to me, for my consideration and reply. "The statement in the letter that I, or the Town constructed a considerable length of a proposed highway on their property, is a misrepresentation of facts. "The true facts are that I, with the approval of the Town Board, requested.and received permission from the owners of the property, to remove some of the top soil from a part of the proposed highway and to refill with sand and gravel to the natural contour of the land. I did have a desire to determine the cost to a property owner, for such work, but soon found it to be a practical impossibility, due to the variation of depth of top soil, in this case from four inches to two feet. Southold Town Planning Board -5- June 11, 1963 "After we had removed as much top soil as we needed for our immediate road work and had refilled with sand and gravel to the natural contour of the land, Otto Van Tuyl & Son, then established the permanent grade for the proposed highway, at the expense of the property owners. Irving Latham constructed the highway at a cost to the property owners of $3,879.35 andPaul Corazzini & Sons, Inc. applied the surface of oil and sand at the cost to the property owners of $2,870. 00. "As I have been told that the statement in this letter, namely, that the Town had paid for the construction of' a part of this highway, was made a part of the records of the May 7th meeting and whereas, I, or the Town did not in any way construct any part or length of any highway on this property, and any statement to the contrary is a complete misrepresentation of facts, I request that the statement be removed from the records of this meeting. "Very truly yours, /s/ Harold D. Price, Superintendent of Higways, Town of Southold. " The following letter was forwarded to Mr. Price by the Planning Board: "Mr. Harold Price, Superintendent of Highways, Town of Southold, Peconic, New York, June 12, 1963. "Dear Mr. Price: I am in receipt of your communication of June 7, 1963. It never occurred to any members of the 'Planning Board, nor was it ever expressed that your. integrity was under question. The sole purpose of our inquiry was to ascertain the possible cost of establishing a new road so that we may be able to advise future developers as to the cost of building roads according to the requirements of the Town Highway Specificationp, since we have been informed originally that the Town• had intended to establish the costs for this work it is self-evident that this was a legitimate inquiry. "The figures that you quote in your letter are in themselves very helpful for future reference. "Very sincerely yours, /s/ John Wickham, Chairman, Scuthold Town Planning Board. " Southold Town, Planning Board .-6- June 11, 1963 The Planning Board requested that a letter' be forwarded to the Suffolk County Department of Planning requesting copies of their recent report entitled "Population" and also another report recently completed by that office entitled "County -Catalog. " Meeting adjourned at 9: 30 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Judith T. Boken, Secretary } C, John Wickham, Chairman