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Southold Town Board of Appeals
MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD Z5 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
ACTION OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Appl : No. 3586
Application Dated December 1 , 1986
TO: Mr . and Mrs . Robert Dier .[Appellant (s) ]
355 Terry Lane
Southold , NY 11971
At a Meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals held on June 10 , 1987 ,
the above appeal was considered, and the action indicated below was taken
on your [ ] Request for Variance Due to Lack of Access to Property
New York Town Law, Section 280-a
[ X] Request for Special Exception under the Zoning Ordinance
Article III , Section 100-30 (B) [ 16]
[ ] Request for Variance to the Zoning Ordinance
Article Section
[ ] Request for
Application of ROBERT AND HELEN DIER for a Special Exception to the
Zoning Ordinance , Article III , Section 100-30 (B) [16] for permission to
establish " Bed and Breakfast Use , " an owner-occupied building , other
than a hotel , where lodging and breakfast is provided for not more than
six casual , transient roomers , and renting of not more than three rooms ,
in conjunction with present single-family use and accessory apartment
use established under Appl . No . 3597 March 5 , 1987 . Location of
Property : 355 Terry Lane , Southold , NY ; County Tax Map Parcel No .
1000-65-01-20 .
WHEREAS , a public hearing was held and concluded on May 21 , 1987 ,
in the Matter of the Application of ROBERT AND HELEN DIER under File
No . 3586 ; and
WHEREAS , at said hearing all those who desired to be heard were
heard and their testimony recorded; and
WHEREAS , the board has carefully considered all testimony and
documentation submitted concerning this application ; and
WHEREAS , the board members have personally viewed and are
familiar with the premises in question , its present zoning , and
the surrounding areas ; and
WHEREAS , the board made the following ,findings of fact :
1 . By this application , applicants request a Special Excep-
tion for a "Bed and Breakfast " Establishment , with owner-occupancy ,
for the rental of two bedrooms for lodging and serving of breakfast
to not more than five casual and transient roomers , which will be
incidental and subordinate to the principal single- family use of
the existing dwelling , provided for by Article III , Section
100-30 ( B ) [1,6] of the Zoning Code , in addition to and in conjunction
with an existing Accessory Apartment use .
2 . The premises in question is located in the "A" Residential
and Agricultural Zoning District , containing a lot area of 27 , 500±
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO )
DATED: June 10 , 1987 . CHAIRMAN, SOUTHOLD TOWN ZONING BOARD
OF APPEALS
Form ZB4 (rev. 12/81)
Page 2 - Appl . No . 3586-SE
Matter of ROBERT AND HELEN DIER
Decision Rendered June 10 , 1987
sq . ft . with frontage along the east side of Terry Lane of 100 feet .
The subject premises is improved with a single-family , split-level
frame dwelling structure with attached garage structure , as more
particularly shown on sketch prepared by applicants under consider-
ation .
3. The subject premises is more particularly identified on
the Suffolk County Tax Maps as District 10.00 , Section 65 , Block
7 , Lot 20 .
4 . By action of this Board March 5 , 1987 , a Conditional
Approval was rendered under .Application No . 3597 for an Accessory
Apartment , established under the Provisions of Article III , Sec-
tion 100-30 (B ) [15] of the Zoning Code . It is also noted for
the record that Certificate of Occupancy No . Z7701 was issued
June 6 , 1977 to Robert Dier for a "private one- family dwelling
and garage" pursuant to Building Permits No . 6382Z and 7395Z
concerning this property .
6 . By Local Law No. 2 = 1987 , Section 100-30 ( B) [16] ,
subparagraph (b) was added providing , "No accessory apartment ,
as authorized by Section 100-30B (15 ) hereof , shall be permitted
in or on premises for which a bed and breakfast facility is
authorized or exists . "
7 . By Local Law No . 1 - 1987 , Section 100-30 ( B) [15] ,
subparagraph (q ) was added provided , "No bed and breakfast
facilities , as authorized by Section 100-30B (16) hereof shall
be permitted in or on premises for which an accessory apartment
is authorized or exists . "
8 . In May 1983 , the Zoning Code Bulk Schedule was amended
to require a minimum lot area of 40 ,000 sq . ft. to 80 ,000 sq .
ft . The subject premises contains a total area of 27500± sq..
ft. and is occupied by one single-family dwelling unit and
one accessory apartment . The present lot area of this parcel
is nonconforming. The granting of an additional use for a
" Bed and Breakfast" Establishment would create an over- inten-
sification of uses for this parcel , which would be injurious
not only to the neighborhood but the community plan . The
present uses of this property is at a maximum., being the
highest and best use of the property . The " Bed and Break-
fast" Establishment being requested by this application
is in addition to those existing uses , and is in effect
an increase in "density" requiring an additional minimum
lot area of 80 ,000 sq . ft .
9 . It is the position of this Board that the applica-
tion does not conform with the standards of the zoning
ordinance as applied on this 27 , 500± sq . ft . parcel , and
accordingly is not in harmony with and will not promote
the general purposes and intent of zoning .
In considering this application , the Board Members have
also considered subsections [a] through [1 ] of Article XII ,
Section 100-121 (C) [2] of the Zoning Code , and find and determine :
(a ) the use will prevent the orderly and reasonable use
of adjacent properties or of properties in adjacent use dis- .
tricts ;
Page 3 - Appl . No . 3586-SE
Matter of ROBERT AND HELEN DIER
Decision Rendered June 10 , 1987
(b) the use will present the orderly and reasonable use
of permitted or legally established uses. in this residential
and agricultural zoning district , or of permitted or legally
established uses in adjacent use districts ;
(c ) the safety , health , welfare ,. comfort ; convenience
or order of the town wi 11 be adversely affected by the
proposed use and its location ;
(d ) the use will not be in harmony with and promote the
general purposes and intent of zoning .
Accordingly , on motion by Mr . Douglass , seconded by
Mr. Sawicki , it was
RESOLVED , to DENY the Special Exception use as applied
in the Matter of the Application of ROBERT AND HELEN DIER ,
File - No . 3586 .
Vote of the Board : Ayes : Messrs . Goehringer , Douglass ,
Grigonis and Sawicki . (Member Doyen of Fishers Island was
absent . ) This resolution was duly adopted..
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lk GERARD P . GOEHRINGER , C19IRMAN
June i48', 1987
Southold Town Board of Appeals
!! F. MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD 25 SOUTHOLD, .L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN.
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
ROBERT J. DOUGLASS
JOSEPH H. SAWICKI June 15 , 1987
Mr . and Mrs . Robert Dier
355 Terry Lane
Southold , NY 11971
Re : Appl . No . 3586
Dear Mr . and Mrs . Dier :
Transmitted herewith for your perusal and file is a
copy of the Board ' s findings and determination rendered
in the above-entitled matter at our June 10 , 1987 Special
Meeting .
The original of same has this date been filed with
the Office of the Town Clerk .
Yours very truly ,
GERARD P . GOEHRINGER
CHAIRMAN
By Linda Kowalski
Enclosure
Copy of Decision to :
John M. Wagner , Esq .
J . Kevin McLaughlin , Esq .
Patricia C. Moore , Esq .
Building Department
Suffolk County Planning Commission
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK
Michael A. LoGrande
SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING LEE E.KOPPELMAN
360-5513 DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
June 23 1987
Town of Southold
Zoning Board of Appeals
Applicant: Robert & Helen Dier
Mun. File No. : 3586
S.C.P.D. File No. : SD-87-15
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the requirements of Sections A 14-14 to 23 of the Suffolk
County Administrative Code, the above referenced application which has been
submitted to the Suffolk County Planning Commission is considered to be a
matter for local determination. A decision of local determination should not
be construed as either an approval or disapproval.
Comments: Appears inappropriate as sufficient information has not been submitted
to demonstrate compliance with applicable special exception/variance criteria.
Very truly yours,
Lee E. Koppelman
Director of Planning
S/s Gerald G. Newman
Chief Planner
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RKMVEOR iuwN OF SOUTHOLD, NEW YORK
APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION
DEC 011986
Application No. ��
Town Clerk $out 0 Date Filed:
TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, SOUTHOLD, NEW YORK:
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Residence, House No. and Street
am eTett-`Mate, Lip Code, Telephone Number)
hereby apply to THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS for a SPECIAL EXCEPTION in accordancp with
the ZONING ORDINANCE, ARTICLE SECTION .. , .SUBSECTION
for the below-described property for the following uses and .purposes (and as shown on
the attached plan drawn to scale) :
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A. Statement of' Ownership and Interest.
C0J6,_-27- ¢ /��LF.cJ « - $(are) the owner(s) of
property known and' referred to as i!/. j/9�/
House No. , Street, Hamlet
identified on the Suffolk County Tax Maps as District 1000, Section'_<,�;_r-, Block
Lot(,4 ;2 0 , which is not (is) on a subdivision Map (Filed ,
"Map of Filed Map No. ,
and has been approved by the Southold Town Planning Board -on'
as a [Minor] [Major] Subdivision).
The above-described property was acquired by the owner on ✓47 75
B. The applicant alleges that the approval of this exception would be in harmony with
the intent and purpose of said zoning ordinance and that the proposed use conforms to
the standards prescribed therefor in said ordinance and would not be detrimental to
property or persons in the neighborhood for the following reasons:
C. he property which is the subject of this application is and
[ i.a .consisto nt with the. use(s) described in the Certificate of Occupancy being
furnished herewith.
[ ] is not consistent with the Certificate of Occupancy being furnished herewith
for the following reason(s) :
[ ] is vacant land.
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MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD 25 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS May 21, 1987
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR. S.E.Q.R.A.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
R S,EPH H. SAWICKI J. DouC NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION
JOSEPH KI
Notice of Determination .bf Non-Significance
APPEAL NO. : 3586SE
PROJECT NAME: ROBERT and 'HELEN DTER --
This notice is issued pursuant to Part 617 of the implementing
regulations pertaining to Article 8 of the N.Y.S. Environmental
Quality Review Act of the Environmental Conservation Law and Local
Law #44-4 of the Town of Southold.
This board determines the within project not to have a signifi-.
cant adverse effect on the environment for the reasons indicated
below.
Please take further notice that this declaration should not be
considered a determination made for 4ny other department or agency _
which may also have an application pending for the same or similar.
project.
TYPE OF ACTION: [ :] Type II [X ] Unlisted [ ]
DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: Permission to establish - "Bed and
Breakfast Use"
LOCATION OF PROJECT: Town of Southold, County of Suffolk, more
particularly known as: 355 Terry. Lane, Southold, . NY 1000-65' 7-20
REASON (S) SUPPORTING THIS DETERMINATION:
(1) An Environmental Assessment in the short form has been
submitted which indicates that no significant adverse effects to
the environment are likely to occur should this project be imple-
mented as planned;
(2) This is an application concerning use of premises and is not
directly related to new consturction.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PDEASE CONTACT: Linda Kowalski, Secretary,
Southold Town Board of Appeals, Town Hall, Southold, NY 11971; tel. 516-
765-1809 or 1802.
Copies of this notice sent to the applicant or his agent and posted --
on the Town Clerk Bulletin Board.
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Southold Town Board of Appeals
MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD 25 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
ROBERT J. DOUGLASS
JOSEPH H. SAWICKI
TO: Vic Lessard , Building-Department Administrator
FROM: Board of Appeals
DATE : May 20 , 1987
SUBJECT : Matter of Robert and Helen Dier
Previous Special Exception with Conditional Approval'
It is our understanding that upon recent inspections by the
Building Department of the Accessory Apartment established
under the Special Exception of 3597 , March 5 , 1987 ,
no violations were found , and that the premises is in
compliance with the conditions of all applicable laws for
this Accessory Apartment Use .
Please confirm by either signing and returning this letter ,
or furnishing a copy of a Letter under separate cover for
our files , on or before May 21 , 1987 .
Thank. you for your assistance in this matter.
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Confirmed as to Compliance - Victor Lessard
Accessory Apartment #3597 of 3/5/87
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D, Southold Town Board of Appeals
0� MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD 25 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
ROBERT J. DOUGLASS
JOSEPH H. SAWICKI
Pursuant to Article XIII of the Suffolk County Charter , the
Board of Appeals of the Town of Southold , New York , hereby refers
the following to the Suffolk County Planning Commission :
Variance from the Zoning Code , Article , Section
Variance from Determination of Southold Town Building Inspector
XX Special Exception , Article III , Section 100-30 (B) (16)
Special Permit
Appeal .No . : 3586 Applicant : Robert and Helen Dier
Location of Affected Land : 355 Terry Lane, Southold, NY
County Tax Map Item No . : 1000- 65-7-20
Within 500 feet of :
Town or Village Boundary Line
XX Body of Water (Bay , Sound or Estuary )
State or County Road , Parkway , Highway , Thruway
Boundary of Existing or Proposed County , State or Federally Owned La:
Boundary of Existing or Proposed County , State or Federal Park or
Other Recreation Area
Existing or Proposed Right-of Way of Any Stream or Drainage Channel
Owned by the County or for Which The County Has Established Channel
Lines ,
or Within One Mile of a Nuclear Power Plant
Within One Mile of An Airport .
COMMENTS : Applicant is requesting permission to establish "Bed and
Breakfast Use"
Copies of Town file and related documents enclosed for your review .
Dated : June 19, 1987
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NOTICE OF HEARINGS '
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , pursuant to Section . 267 of the Town
Law and the Code of the Town of Southold , the following public
hearings will be held by the 'SOUTHOLD 'TOWN BOARD OF APPEALS at
a Regular Meeting at the Southold Town Hall , Main Road , Southold ,
New York , on THURSDAY , MAY 21 , 1987 , at the following times :
7 : 35 p .m. File No . 3624 - ER-NEST TARMIN . Variance to the
Zoning Ordinance , Article XI , Section -100-119 .2 for permission
to construct accessory structures with a setback of less than
100 feet from bluff/bank along the Long Island Sound . Location
. of Property : Right-of-way off the north side of Main Road ,
Orient , NY ; County Tax Map Parcel ID No . 1000-14-2-1 . 1 .
7 : 40 p :m. File No . 3625 - PUDGE CORP . Special Exception
to the Zoning Ordinance , Article VIII , Section 100-80 (B) for
permission to construct one-story "mini -storage" buildings in
this "C-Light-" Industrial Zoning District. Location of
Property : East Side of Horton ' s Lane , Southold , NY ; County
Tax Map Parcel ID No . 1000-63-01 -10 .
7 : 45 p .m. File No . 3626 - NORTH FORK EARLY LEARNING CENTER .
Special Exception to the Zoning Ordinance , Article III , Section
100-30 (B) [3] for permission to establish private .(nursery) . school
[or day-care center] , as a nonprofit organization , at premises
referred to as the "Veterans Community Center , " north side of
Pike Street , east side of Wickham Avenue , and south side of Hill
Street , Mattituck , NY ; County Tax Map Parcel ID No . 1000-140-2-39.
7 :50 p .m. File No . - NORTH FORK EARLY LEARNING CENTER .
Variance to the Zoning Ordinance , Article III , Section 100-30 (B ) [3]
subsections (a ) and (d ) , for permission to establish nonprofit
private (nursery) school [or day-care center] wi.thin existing
building which is set back less than 50 feet from Pike Street ,
and upon premises having less than five or more acres , referred
to as the "Veterans Community Center , " north side of Pike Street ,
east side of Wickham Avenue , and south side of Hill Street ,
Mattituck , NY ; County Tax Map Parcel ID No . 1000-140-2-39 .
7 : 55 p .m. File No . 3630 - JOHN KRAMER AND WAYNE DePETRIS .
Variance to the Zoning Ordinance , Article III , Section 100-60 (C) [2]
Y for permission to replace existing ground si._gn:,. the lower edge of ,
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Southold- Town Board of Appeals
Regular Meeting - May 21 , 1987 i
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which shall be less than four feet above the ground . Location
of Property : 54985 Main Road , Southold , NY ; County Tax Map ,,
Parcel ID No . 1000-62-1 -5 .
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8 : 00 p .m . File No . 3629 - IRWIN AND SONDRA THOMPSON .
Variance- to the Zoning Ordinance , Article VI , Section 100-62 ( E)
and Article VII , Section 100-71 , for approval of an insufficient
sideyard setback to an existing structure and proposed new
structure resulting from an alteration in the location of lot
line of abutting parcel to the east . Zone District : " B-1 General
Business . " Location of Property : Corner of north side of Main
Road and east side of Boisseau Avenue , Southold , NY (Thompson ' s
Emporium ) ; County Tax Map Parcel ID No . 1000-63-03-08 .
8 :05 p .m. File No . 3586 ROBERT AND HELEN DIER . Spe ial
Exception to the Zoning Ordinance , Article III , Section 100=11
1.
3O ( B ) [16] for permission to establish " Bed and Breakfast Use , "
an owner-occupied building , other than a hotel , where lodging
and breakfast ' is 'provided for not more than six casual , transient
PJ roomers , and renting of not more than three rooms ,; in conjunction
�i with present single-family use and accessory apartment use
established under Appl . No . 3597 March 5 , 1987 . Location of
Property : 355 Terry Lane , Southold , NY ; County Tax Map Parcel
No . 1000-65-7-20 .
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8 : 15 p .,m. File No . 3439 - A.RNOLD AND KAREN BLAIR. Variances
to the Zoning Ordinance , Article III , Section 100-31 , Bulk
Schedule , for approval of insufficient area ' and width of two
proposed parcels in this pending division of land located at
Cedar Lane (and Pine Place ) , East Marion , NY ; "Map of Section 2 ,
Gardiners Bay Estates " Map No . 275 , Lots 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 ,
160 , 167 thru 172 , inclusive , 151 , 153 ; County Tax Map Parcel
No . 1000-037-7- 10 . 2 .
8 : 20 p .m. File No . 3543 - PETER AND BARBARA HERZ . Variances
to the Zoning Ordinance , Article XI , Section 100-119'. 2 for permis-
sion to locate newlsingle-family dwelling with insufficient'
setbacks from existing bulkhead and from highwaterareas along
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Midway Inlet and Hog Neck Bay , premises referred to as170 Cedar
Point Drive , . Southold , NY ;; Cedar Beach Park Map , part of Lots
152 and 110 ; County Tax Map' Parcel No . 1000-90-02-13 . 1 .
<ne
: 35 p3412 - BENJAMIN HERZWEIG' and WILLIAM
MOORE . ri Zoning Ordinance , Article XI , Section
100-119. 2 foon to locate new single-family dwelliig
with an i utback from nearest wetland grasses/areas .
Locati of , East Side (#375 ) Meadow Lane , Mattituck ,
NY ; ap of Mates #4453 , Lot 42 ; County Tax Map ,
arcelNo . 1 -00
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Page 3 - Notice of Hearings
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Regular Meeting - May 21 , 19.87
The Board of Appeals .will hear at said time and place all
persons or representatives desiring to be heard in each_ of the
above matters . Each hearing will not start before the time
allotted . Written comments may be submitted prior to the con-
clusion of the subject hearing.. For more information , please
call 765-1809 .
Dated : May 11 , 1987 . BY ORDER OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN
BOARD OF APPEALS
GERARD P . GOEHRINGER , CHAIRMAN
Linda Kowalski , Board Secretary
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Copies to the following on or about 5/11 /87 :
Suffolk Times (personal delivery )
L . I . Traveler-Watchman (personal delivery )
Town Clerk Bulletin Board
Z . B . A. Office Bulletin Board
Mr . Ernest Tarmin , Box 2043 , Main Road , Orient , NY 11957
Mr . James L . Gray , Sr . , President, Pudge Corp . , 1040 Horton La , Sld , NY 11 :
Mr . and Mrs . Glen Moller , North Fork Early Learning Center ,
Box 1053 , Mattituck , NY 11952
Mr . John J . Kramer P .O . Box 1406 , Southold , NY 11971
Mr . Wayne DePetris
Philip J . Carding e , for Mrs . Donald Dean )
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Mr . Garrett A. Strang , R . A. (Agent for T.hompson ' s Emporium) , Box 1412 ,
Main Road , Southold , NY 11971
Mr . and Mrs . Robert Dier , 355 Terry Lane , Southold , NY 11971
John M. Wagner , Esq . , Box 279 , 108 E . Main St . , Riverhead , .NY 11901
J . Kevin McLaughlin , Esq . , 828 . Front St . , Box 803 , Greenport , .NY 11944
Rudolph H . Bruer , Esq . , Main Road , Southold , NY 11971 (Attorney for Blair)
Patricia C. Moore , Esq . (Rudolph H . Bruer , Esq . ) , Attorney for
Main Road
Southold NY 11971
Mr . and Mrs . Peter Herz , ,
J . Kevin McLaughlin , Esq . (Attorney for Mr . Blair )
Box 803 , 828 Front MaineRoadGrCutphogueNYNY194935
Richard J . Cron , Esq . ,
William D . Moore , Esq . , Clause Commons , Suite 3 , Box 2.3 , Mattituck 11952
(Herzweig & Moore Application)
Individual ZBA files
ZBA Members with .copies of files
Building Department (Vic Lessard )
TRANSCRIPT OF 'HEARI'NG.
APPL . NO . '3586SE 'ROBERT 'AND -HELEN DIER
THURSDAY , MAY 21 , 1'987
8 : 22 p .m . Appl . No . 3586SE - Public Hearing commenced in the
Matter of ROBERT AND HELEN DIER for a Special Exception by the
Southold Town Board of Appeals to establish ." Bed and Breakfast
Use , " an owner-occupied bu.ildi_.ng , r-othe ., than a hotel , where
lodging and breakfast is provided for not more than ,six casual ,
transient roomers , and renting of ..not more than three roomers
(in conjunction .with present accessory apartment and single-
family dwelling use ) at 355 Terry Lane , Southold , New York.
The Chairman read the legal notice * of hearing and application
for the record .
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: I have a copy of the Suffolk County Tax
Maps indicating this and surrounding properties in the area .
I also have a sketch of a survey indicating a parcel of
approximately 100 .by 282 with a_ variable width on the other
two sides . which sits on the Great Peconic Bay and Terry Lane .
And I ' ll ask you , Mr . Dier , ._if you would like to be heard?
ROBERT DIER : Yes . On December 1st last year we applied for
the Bed and Breakfast . On the 15th you asked that we make
the apartment that we had there legal on: the grounds . We ' ve
done that . We ' ve taken :a.11 the time since then doing that ,
waiting for hearings . There was also hearings , inspections ,
compliance with inspections , we ' ve done all the things--we ' ve
never wasted a minute . We:: just the other day got our approval .
We are here today and back to our application for a Bed and
Breakfast . We think we meet all the requirements that have
been asked of other people that, have been granted Bed and
Breakfasts . Room size . Window size . Parking size . We have
it all , I believe . If not , we -can-correct anything . In
any other way we are legal as of the day we filed our appeal -
we filed our application . Now there are going to be a lot of
other people to. talk here tonight , and I would like to say a
couple of things before they do .
It came as a. kind of surpri°`se the last time when I got
up here , and we were al.l put under- oath . A lot was said
not only by a man here tonight under oath were not true but
I mentioned it that night , but a lawyer who I thought would
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I think would be a little bit more careful , who lied under oath .
Now if he wants to explain why , he can explain why. He said
things that were not true . Now if you want to put us under
oath tonight , fine and dandy. We.. would be willing . But just
be aware as was pointed out before , there was .a lot of stuff
that -was said up , here that was . a lot of hogwash . So let ' s go
ahead with it .
CHAIRMAN : Thank' .you ,. sir .., ' Is' there, anybody else to speak in
favor of the ap.p.lication .. In favor.
HELEN DIER: Mr ., Goehri'nger and Members of the Board , my name
is Helen Dier , and I would like to address the contents of a
letter sent to you by an attorney , Kevin McLaughlin , who
represents Mr , and M,rs . Arnold Blair , who opposes my permit
for a Bed 'and Breakfast. He says in his letter ,
" . . . Prior to the public hearing on the application for
an accessory apartment , 'I persona.l'ly spoke with Mrs .
Dfer regard.ing, my clients ` concerns about the over use
�of this_. property. Mrs . Dier assured me that , in the
event the application for an accessory apartment was
granted , the. _Diers would withdraw the.ir application
for a Bed and Breakfast use . Relying on that promise ,
my clients chose not to object to the application for
an accessory apartment. Obviously , the Diers have
failed to l_i.ve up to their promise . . . . "
I am here to tell you that I did not promise Mr. McLaughlin
anything of the ..sort . As far as I recall , this is approxi -
mately what I said . I called Mr. McLaughlin and told him I
did not understand Mr. Blair ' s opposition to my apartment .
He told me that the apartment and two rooms for bed and
breakfast would bring too much traffic into . the area . I
did tell Mr. ..-McLaughlin that the hearing was for my apart-
ment and not for the bed and breakfast , and that Mr . Blair
had his nerve . I , then told him that the Blairs rented a . house
and an .i.11egal apartment just three feet from my property line
all last .summer ... I have to know these people and they were
nice . Nonetheless , there was 15 to 20.. of them. Mr . McLaughlin
said he would get backAo me-and he, did , to tell me that Mr . Blair
dropped his opposition , and I said , " I wonder why , " and I hung up .
Mr . McLaug.hli.n, also states ' in the same, letter that of the
approximately six other bed and breakfasts filed , none had such
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MRS . DIER (continued ) :
opposition from their neighbors . Mr . McLaughlin , you forgot the
Mattes ' application which had as much opposition as mine , and
they were approved . On the other side of my home is another rental .
Again , nice people . But so many at times that the big house
cannot sleep them all . this is Mr . May ' s house . So they pitch
a tent . Not children in the tent , mind you. Tell me again Mr .
Blair and Mr . May that I will have a traffic jam on Terry Lane
with 'my apartment and my bed and breakfast . ,If full , I would
have seven_ people , in,cl.uding my apartment , my husband and myself.
And to the people who are represented by Pat Moore . I am
curious as to why no was ever said about the traffic the
Mays have had all these years . And the Blairs who rented to all
these people last year . . My bed and breakfast full would be two
rooms , maximum of four people , mostly in the Summer , on weekends .
Thank' you very much.
CHAIRMAN : Thank you , Mrs . Dier . All right , is there anybody else
in beh.alf .of this. application? _ Yes._,.. Mrs . Combs .
PAT COMBS : My name is Pat Combs. I live on Peconic Lane . I have
a Bed and Breakfast . I happen -to be friends with the Diers . I
would just like to comment. regarding this . There are a lot of
people who are for Bed and Breakfasts and there are some people
who .are against it . My comment ,is some people who are not for
Bed and Breakfast , when it ' s time for them to have a wedding or
a family reunion, they are the first people who will call Bed and
Breakfast to make accommodation._s for their guests because it ' s
less _expensive than the motels and hotels . I don ' t want the hotels
and motels to get mad at me . They have large taxes , they have
electric and so on . We simply - have two .rooms to use like the Diers
have two rooms to use . I was . a guest on their beach many times
last summer , and as far as Helen.. having a Bed and Breakfast making
_the neighborhtod crowded, or the beaches crowded or the parking
crowded , her guests to the west of her house many times have 15
and 20 people. on the weekends when I was there with my grandchildren ,
and it certainly was crowded enough . They had a full team for
volleyball . . The neighbors to the east also had many , many people
there,. And as far as traffic in the neighborhood , this is a
neighborhood where I do believe they have Goldsmith' s Boatyard
and down at the other end,... the west end , the.y have a Town Beach.
And . as far as Bed and Breakfast changing neighborhoods , I dare say
if these people dial not have to make their Bed and Breakfasts legal ,
most people woul.dn ' t. even know that they had a Bed and Breakfast .
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MRS . COMBS (continued ) :
My house doesn ' t have a sign . The Diers would not be having a
sign . Unless someone knew where to go , they wouldn ' t even know
it was a Bed-and-Breakfast House .
So it doesn' t change the neighborhood . As far as the old
thing about real -estate values , wouldn ' t we all love to have a
house on the water because the only place that it ' s going to go
as far as real -estate value is "up . " Bed and Breakfast -is cer-
tainly not going to change that-: That ' s. all I have to say.
CHAIRMAN : Thank you , Mrs . Combs . Is there anybody else in favor
of this application? (None ) We ' ll start with the opposition on
this side of the room. Mrs . Moore : . Did you have a question , Mrs .
Shaw? (None )
PATRICIA MOORE, ESQ . : My name is Pat Moore from the Law Office
.of Edson and Bruer. I represent. Tom and Joann Walker , my contin-
gencies right here : Tom and Joann Walker , Joe and Mary Lowry ,
Margaret Katzenburg , John May , and =-excuse me , John May and his
wife , and Mildred Moore . For the record , my husband and I live
across from Mr. and Mrs . Dier in Mildred Moore ' s home , so I am
one of the neighbors ' as well . All the abutting neighbors are
vehemently opposed to the establishment of this Bed-and-Breakfast
business in this residential community. I will emphasis-- I wish
to emphasis comments that were made 'by Mr . McLaughlin in the letter ,
which I think were very ..accurate and important comments that were'
made .
The Bed-and-Breakfast;: Use wa.s never intended to be permitted
together with the - use ..of an accessory apartment . I was one of the
fi.rst .ap.plications , or _my .client ; Michael Herbert , was one of the
first applications made before. you ' for a_ Bed and Breakfast , and I
am very much in favor of .a .Bed-and-Breakfast use in the proper
location in the proper setting . And that is what was intended
when the legislation--when the. law .was drafted . And unfortunately
sometimes_ what is intended is not what, actually develops . -
The way the legislation was intended was to limit the number
of rooms available to be rented. That .would .insu,re the residential
nature of the neighborhood , and this is what the neighbors are now
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MRS . MOORE (continued ) :
opposing .
I would also like to second the fact as: Mr . McLaughlin stated
in the letter that the accessory apartment was to some extent
unopposed by some of the neighbors , including myself, because
we were .under the impression that we would not force a confronta-
tion which is going to occur tonight with respect to the Bed-
and- Breakfast enterprise .
At this time , Mr . Die,r should be seeking what is a use
variance . Because of the way the legislation or new law was
established , where a Bed and Breakfast is not permitted by
Special Exception with an Accessory. Apartment as part of the
new law , then his application should have been for a use variance .
And we know that the standard is very different from a use
variance than it is for a special exception or any other type
of variance .
He does not' have what he perceives to be vested rights in
this application . Your vested rights do not occur until you
have actually relied on an application , gotten the permit , and
started construction in whatever you ' ve done .- Mr . Dier has
run an illegal Bed and Breakfast and illegal apartment for a
longtime , but the fact that he has run it and not been caught
does not give you vested rights in it.
In order for the Board to grant a use variance , Mr . Dier
must show that the strict application of the Code will create
unnecessary hardship . I have standards of proof that have to
be shown , and the burden of proof on the use variance . The
land in question cannot yield a reasonable return if only for
the purposes allowed in that . zone . As a residential property
you are not guaranteed a reasonable return . You are entitled
to live on the property , but not mike a profit from it. By
reasonable return , the cases have shown that you have to satisfy
certain dollars-and-cents proof , and the dollars-and-cents - proof
is by way ,of expert testimony , and the expert testimony has to
determine the amount paid for the land in question , the present
value , the maintenance expenses, the land taxes , the amount of
mortgages and other- encumbrances , the income from the land in
question . So there are dollars-and-cents proof as part of
_receiving or the Board even.. considering a use variance .
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MRS . MOORE (continued ) :
The character of the neighborhood is already impacted by
the accessory-garage apartment because it is renting to two
people . In this case there are two young women . I know from
being a neighbor , and seen the women . These two young women
have two young boyfriends , who also create two more cars .
They all come out of the driveway just as everybody else does .
Now he wishes to add three more rented rooms . All together
now he will service on his property two renters , two boyfriends
or guests-periodic guests , two. of their own cars , one storage
trailer , that if you ' ve gone and made an inspection there is
a storage trailer. there on the property in the parking area .
And two bed-and-breakfast and possibly three bed-and-breakfast
guests . So all together we ' re talking nine to ten cars .
If you ' ve gone to see the property , the driveway is quite
long and narrow . It is also as you come out of the property
you will notice that the area is heavily treed , there are
shrubs . I have been-- I have watched cars come by , and I coming
out of my own driveway , which is clearly visible , have often
near-miss cars coming down the street , because they do come
from the Founders Landing Park , come down relatively rapidly
a,nd avoiding any kind of casualty there .
The neighbors are logically concerned by the fact that
where you combine an accessory apartment--which in this
circumstance"- I. believe .is in' violation' of a lease requirement .
I don ' t know for a fact if he ha.s a written lease , but the
statute does provide that' you have to prove that it ' s not a
transient rental , and I did not find a written lease in both
the Zoning Board file nor in the Building-Department file . I
may just not have found it , but there certainly should be a
lease to insure that even assuming the worst scenario for the
neighbors , that he were to receive a Bed-and-Breakfast , we
want to make sure that he is not go..ing to rent to more rooms
up in the garage ,. Assuming the worst scenario . And Bed- and-
Breakfast Business , which has been in operation for at least
one year , which I asked the Board at one time if you would
ask Mr . Dier if he is presently running and Bed and Breakfast ,
and I think he will answer that he is- running a Bed and Break-
fast now , and he has been for ascertain period of time , and
the Bed and Breakfast which is currently in operation illegally .
The 250-ft . dock , which I know certain suggestions were made
at the prior hearing that a combination of.. a 250- ft . dock , a
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MRS . MOORE (continued ) :
Bed and Breakfast , and the apartment , could lead to quite a
lucrative enterprise there for Mr . and Mrs . Dier . It ' s terrible
when you ' ve reached this level , because you do take it personally .
It ' s not personal against you (to Mrs . Dier) , I know everyone--
MRS . DIER: No , Pat , we won ' t take it personally .
MRS . MOORE : In any case the situation there. is intolerable. We
would not tolerate a Bed and Bre.akfast . We barely tolerate an
apartment . And it ' s. true--an apartment , assuming the lease is
valid and was created , he did meet the standards for an apartment
and therefore as a right, the way . the statute was .'written , he
was entitled to such a . use . However, and Bed and Breakfast, 'he
does not meet the use variance requirements .
In light of the failure to apply for the use variance , the
failure to prove he is entitled to a change of use of the property ,
and most importantly in light of the strong neighborhood opposition ,
as a matter of law and as a matter of justice , .my clients ask you
to deny this -appeal'. Thank you .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you . Do you want to rebut each individual case
or do you want to wait until the end for a blanket rebuttal , Mr . Dier?
MR. DIER : I can ' t hear what you ' re saying.
CHAIRMAN : Do you want to rebut each individual attorney or would
you want to do . a blanket rebuttal at the end?
(No response . )
CHAIRMAN : I don ' t want you to have a heart-attack . That ' s what I
don ' t want, you to do . ' I_ just want to say this . ' We had three' years
a person renting more than three sl.-ips on a dock down on Mud Creek
in Nassau Point . He walked out of this Town Hall and had a heart-
attack by the flagpole -out there . That ' s not what we are here
tonight for . We :are here to hear constructive critic.i.sm. Everybody
seems to be extremely courteous and we ' re very happy about that.,
and that ' s just the way we want to have. the hearing go . Ok?
MRS . DIER _ Excuse me, I would jus.t. like, to clear somethi.ng up .
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CHAIRMAN : Would you use the mike-- I don ' t even know if that mike
is on . Would you try that for us please.
MRS . DIER: I just want to clear something up . I don ' t want you
to ever think (to Mrs . Moore ) that because of this , this is your
job and this is my job , and . I want this to go according to law.
I am not looking to have an argument with you , and I don ' t want
ever to have to walk in the street and say , " I ' m not talking to you . "
Ok? Ok .
CHAIRMAN : Mr . Dier.
MR . DIER : A couple of things . For one thing , we ' ve applied for
two rooms for Bed and Breakfast . There is one girl living in the
apartment . She was right when she '-said two , a while , back she had
a roommate . She is no longer a roommate and there is one girl
living there .
There is no sense even talking about that dock business I
don ' t think.
CHAIRMAN : Please don ' t bring that up again .
MR . DIER: There ' s no sense in even talking about it . So at the_
moment that ' s all .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you .
MR . DIER : This talk about nine car spaces . There is one for the
girl in the - apa.rtment . One for my wife and I=-we have a three-car
garage . We could always pu.t. our .seco_nd car under there so it .
won ' t obstruct the par_ki'ng whatsoever. That' s two for the apart-
ment and my wife and I . And two for the Bed and Breakfast rooms .
That four., We have six parking spots with no trouble ..
CHAIRMAN : Thank you . Mrs . Die,r .
MRS . DIER: I ' m sorry I didn ' t remember it all at one time.: But
the storage--what did you call it , trailer?
MRS . MOORE : Storage trailer or somethi.ng .
MRS . DIER : Storage trailer. This. is a venture of my son.' s and he
wanted to make a rigging outfit of it , and bring .this rigging shop
to the boats rather than bring the boats out of the water to repair
them. My son is no longer in. New York State , and I am: stuck with
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MRS . DIER (continued ) :
this thing . I think Pat you did know that Bobby did leave it to me .
I have put an ad in the paper to try to get rid of it , and I can ' t
get rid of it . I have paid for it for my son , but I now cannot get
rid of it . It ' s a very difficult thing to do , and we are trying to
get rid of it. But it is not a storage shed . There ' s no roof on
it . There ' s only three sides on it. I ' d like to clear that that
we don ' t have a shed .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you . Mr . McLaughlin ?
J . KEVIN McLAUGHLIN , ESQ . : Thank you . My name is Kevin McLaughlin
and I am here tonight representing Mr . and Mrs . Arnold Blair. The
first thing I would like to say , :and I ' ll make the comment in this
direction very brief. I stand by what I, had written in that letter
as to the nature of the conversation I had . I don ' t think it ' s
the biggest issue before the Board tonight . What was said in the
past between myself and Mrs . Dier , but I do stand by what I wrote
in that letter . That ' s my recollection of our conversation because
Mr. Blair was ve"ry concerned about the multiple uses that the Diers
intended for -their property , and the big concern was having them
attempt to get Special Exceptions for both an accessory apartment
and a bed and breakfast. And when he learned from me that they
were not going to pursue the bed and breakfast .if they got the
accessory apartment. That was one of the reasons why he did not
choose to have me come - or to come himself and oppose their appli -
cation .
The Diers now have two presently existing uses on their
property. They got their one- fam,il.y dwelling, and they got their
accessory apartment . There Kaye been six or seven prior applica-
tions for Bed and Breakfasts before this Board . I a couple .of
days ago took a couple of hours and went through all those appli -
cations , and it seems to me that the one that most closely
resembles the instant application of the Diers was the application
by Paul Henry , Appl . No_. 3570 . Mr . Henry also has a one --family
residence on his property and he has apartment uses on the - property
also . And the Board denied Mr. Henry ' s application on the basis
that the addition of a Bed-and- Breakfast use wo.uld., to quote the
Board ' s language , _.
" . . . create an over- intensification of uses for this . parcel
which would be injurious to the neighborhood or -community plan.. . . . "
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MR. McLAUGHLIN (continued ) :
Now Mr. Henry ' s application was concerning a parcel of
property of three acres almost , and the buildings are set back
a good distance and are fairly well screened from the neighbor-
hood . Here , I believe , the Diers ' lot consists of something
less than three-quarters of an acre , surrounded mostly by single-
family dwellings , is on the water , and is surrounded by some
very expensive houses .
All the other applications that I quoted in my letter are
certainly distinguishable from the Diers ' application . They
either involve much larger parcels or they -are surrounded by
farm land or vacant land, or they ' re really in the fringe of
a commercial district . And I think. that what the Board has to
look at is their past history with something where there is
already more than one use on the property , and that history
has been reflected in the Paul Henry application which was
denied .
The Town Ordinance allowing for an Accessory Apartment in
an A District-as a Special Exception states there can be an
Accessory Apartment in an existing one-family dwelling , subject
to certain specified conditions . _ The Code defines a one- family.
dwelling as a detached building containing one dwelling unit
only. Clearly , the Dier residence will not contain one dwelling
unit only if a Bed and Breakfast is allowed there . Whether you
define a Bed and Breakfast as another dwelling or you define it
as another use , clearly it is no longer a one-dwelling unit only .
It ' s something in excess of that , and they cannot have in my
reading of the statutes both a Bed and Br.eakfast and an Accessory
Apartment on the same premises on that basis . The language that
can be found in the or establishing a Special Exception
for a Bed and Breakfast is , " . . . can be granted_ provided that
the renting of such rooms -for such purpose is clearly incidental
and subordinate to the principal use of ,the dwellin.g . . . . "
So I think what has happened with the dwelling , -this -
one-family dwelling , is that it ' s. no longer clearly incidental
and subordinate to. the principal use' of the dwelling as a
one-family residence , What we have here is basi_c.ally a
commercial operation whereby we ' re going to have at„ a minimum
three rooms that they ' re going to .be , and possibly up to four
rooms that they ' re going to be renting out on so.me type of basis .
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MR . McLAUGHLIN (continued ) :
I ask the Board in considering this application to review
the file on the Paul Henry application , which you denied , and I
think there ' s no question that the fact circumstances are very
similar , and if anything the Henry application may have had
more going for it in the way of size and distance from neighbors .
And on that basis I would ask the Board to deny this application .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you, Mr. McLaughlin . Mrs .. Combs ?
MRS . COMBS : May* I ask a question? How many apartments did
Mr . Henry have -.and how many bedrooms did hi-s main house have ,
do you have any idea?
MR. McLAUGHLIN : My understanding is he had two apartments there .
I don ' t know how many bedrooms are there . Legally he certainly
wasn ' t renting out any . of those other bedrooms .__ . Whether he was
illegally or not , 'I have no idea .
MRS . COMBS : Size-wise it 's not comparable to the Diers .
CHAIRMAN : You .have to direct the questions to .the Board and please
use the mike .
MRS . COMBS : I was curious how many bedrooms the Henries had and
how many apartments . I didn ' t feel that the two houses were
comparable at a.11 in size . That ' s a much larger house with many ,
many bedrooms and two apartments that are ve'r.y close to the
street .
CHAIRMAN : You are referring to the Henry house?
MRS . COMBS : The .Henry House . It ' s not quite the same as the Diers .
And the ' Diers ' have two bedrooms that they were going to use , not
even possible four. Mr. McLaughlin should take a walk through
Mrs . Diers ' house and see ' how many bedrooms she could use . - And
the most she could use is two .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you .
MR. McLAUGHLIN : Two plus an acces.sory apartment which they already
have , and as to the number of bedrooms in somebody ' s house , I don ' t
think there ' s any. limitation..in the Code as to how many bedrooms a
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MR. McLAUGHLIN . (continued ). :
single-family dwelling could have . The question is what use can
they be put to , and I think that ' s what they are trying to do here .
Trying to turn what started out as a single_-family .dwelling into
a commercial operation of three uses on its property .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you . Could you state your name for the file.
PAUL HENRY : My name is Paul Henry. First of all , I would like .to
say_. that I have obviously been involved in this whole Bed-and-
Breakfast issue 'in this .Town and following it closely , and tried
to go about things the way that e.ver.ybody said -I should by making
formal application to the Board . A.s we all know, the Board turned
me down . I ' m still trying to understand that decision . I have
been following some of the further actions by the Town in terms of
the Accessory Apartment and the Bed-and-Breakfast usage . I would
like to quote from Councilman Schondebare at the meeting that was
to decide that Bed and Breakfast and Accessory Apartments would
not be allowed. ' According , _ o Mr . Schondebare , the Zoning Board
had to search- high and low to deny me prior to the Bed-and-Breakfast
and Accessory Apartment. Laws being passed . Mr . Goehringer actually
asked the Planning Board or the -.-
CHAIRMAN : Code Committee .
MR . HENRY : Code Committee to disallow Accessory Apartments in a
Bed and Breakfast . I believe the reason for that was an, issue of
density where they were concerned about the intensity of usage in
a neighborhood . Now I personally felt that the Law -that was passed
had nothing to do with .density . i.n the sense it just discriminated
against landlords as opposed to regulating any .type of density
usage , especially my own case , where I would .stil,l like to know
whose words from this Board came down and called my usage of
Bed and Breakfast as i.njurious . to .the neighborhood.
CHAIRMAN : Remember now, we 're not dealing with your application .
MR . HENRY : No , sir , we ' re dealing with my application and my
decision as applied to the next decision tha_t .this Board will make .
CHAIRMAN : The criteria that we- .used in your decision is . .not the
nature of the application " that is before us tonight , so you must
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Thursday , May 21 , 1987
CHAIRMAN (continued) :
not direct your statement-- what you are doing is making statements .
You have to direct whatever you want to direct because you were
asked to speak toward what the Diers have before us . In other
words they paid the application fee , you haven ' t .
MR . HENRY : You got my money already .
CHAIRMAN : Ok . But we rendered a decision already. So it ' s there' s--
MR. HENRY : I wasn ' t planned to speak today , and I wasn ' t expecting
to be brought up like I was .
CHAIRMAN : Well , I didn ' t bring you. up .
MR . HENRY : What I ' m trying to get at, I feel that it ' s very weak
analogy to draw my case and your decision_. on. my case into their
case .
CHAIRMAN : Well , - I didn ' t do that. Somebody else did .
MR . HENRY : No , but I ' m commenting on that.
MEMBER SAWICKI : We haven ' t drawn that decision .
CHAIRMAN : We were asked by Mr . McLaughlin to consider it is what
he is saying . Ok . Go ahead :
MR . HENRY : I think I ' m finished . Let me just add one thing. I do
feel that the Bed and Breakfast usage in this Town is in the Town ' s
interest , and I have seen 'a. lot of public outcries against Bed and
Breakfast , and I think everybody in this Town ought to give it a
chance before they come out and speak , " I feel blindly against it . "
I know a lot of Bed-and-Breakfast usage that -is totally unnoticed
in the communities , and the only place where a Bed and Breakfast
gets any press is in this room. Nobody knows about Bed and
Breakfast in the real world--just in this room on the appli-cations .
Thank you .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you . Could I just ask,. you one question , Mr . Cron ,
you still to speak ,-right?
JIM CRON : I ' m speaking on a different application .
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Appl . No . 3586 - ROBERT AND HELEN DIER
Thursday , May 2.1 , 1987
CHAIRMAN : Are there any. other attorneys here that are going to
speak against this application? Ok , sir .
PHIL BARTH : My name ' is Phil Barth . I live on 725 Terry Lane .
I ' m a neighbor of Mrs . Dier . First of all , I ' m glad that the--at
least on our part , that we are trying. to...be civil. and I ' m not
quoting anyone liers . and I want to say that for my part I was
never opposed to their the Accessory Apartment or the Bed and
Breakfast . And as a matter of .fact , for many, many years, all
the neighbors knew that Mr . Di.er had .an acce.sso'ry ,apartment that
was not legal and no one said a word about it. We .were neigh-
bors and we wanted to get along . But things get--sometimes get
too far . Now , I ' m not _a lawyer , 'but I don ' t. unde,rstand how some
one can come in front of .this Board and ask for a Bed and Break-
fast when the law states that if yo.0 have an.- Accessory Apartment
you can ' t have a Bed and Breakfast . If .you have a Bed and
Breakfast , you can ' t have an Accessory Apartment . Now he ' s
gotten the Accessory Apartment . So how can he come before this
Board and ask for a Bed and Breakfast?
CHAIRMAN : Are you asking a question or making a statement?
MR . BARTH : Yes , I ' m asking the question .
CHAIRMAN : The question is such, sir, that the. law -- first of
all , we have to entertain all applications , all right , . regardless--
this is America and I ' m not . going to stand on the red , white and
blue , but we do have to .'entertain all applications-- when an
applicant comes before us and files_ the papers and pays the fee .
To the best of my recollection., the Diers had filed their applica-
tion prior to the change of the law , ok . We as a Board took a
stand that we would treat each individual application in its
entirety uniquely and singularly in the respect that we ask them
and we told them that we were .h_olding their application for the
Bed and Breakfast in abeyance pending the decision of the
Accessory Apartment , and - we did that . It just so happens and
Mr. Henry is perfectly correct that it was brought up at the
Code Committee where much if ,not all of the Zoning Code is -
changed , modified , critiqued , caveated and all the rest of. it--
that the Board , my Board , this Board , ;along .with Mr. Douglass
who 'is a member of the Board and presently in the Hospital , did
say that we think it would be a benefit to have the law changed
indicating that you can have either/or ., And all I can say to
you to the best of my .recollection that they di.d file the applica-
tion prior to the change of the. law .
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Appl . No . 3586 - ROBERT AND HELEN DIER
Thursday , May 21 , 1987
MR . BARTH : This is one thing I know for a fact .
CHAIRMAN : This does not preclude them even if the law was in to
come in and ask for a variance from the present law. So they
could have done that also . And we would have to entertain the
application , as we have so uniquely done almost 4 ,000 applications
ago . This is 3986 , so there have been 3 , 986 applications before
the Zoning Board .
MR. BARTH : You ' ve explained the case very well and I ' m satisfied .
But again , as you can see , all the neighbors , :but quite a few of
the neighbors in that area a_re opposed to it. Not opposed. to it
because they don' t like Mr . Dier . or Mrs . Dier . As a matter of
fact , we moved into _ that ' area almost ' at the same time and we were
very good friends . We just don ' t. l .ike the idea of converting a
situation that ' s supposed to be residential into something that ' s
going to turn out to be commercial . And that ' s what this looks
like it ' s turning out to be . Because what you have now is two
uses on that property . It ' s not that big a . property . The houses
aren ' t that far apart . The fact that you ' re going to say there ' s
a Founding Landing Park , and there ' s. a Goldsmith Boatyard creating
a lot of traffic . That ' s. another reason why we don ' t want a Bed
and Breakfast and Accessory Apartment . We don ' t want to add to
the congestion .. It ' s. congested enough. It come summertime , you
can go crazy in that place . So we. don ' t. need any more of that
there . So I think that an Accessory Apartment he ' s got that .
That ' s enough .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you very much , sir. Is there any rebuttal on
any attorney ' s parts or .is there anything any attorneys would
like to say , or clients of-the attorneys before we ask Mr. Dier
if there is anything further he would like to say . .(No - response . )
Mr. Dier , is there anything you wo.uld. ..like to add? I think the
only question I have ,. and I _didn ' t. think to going back in a
symmetrical sense in asking you or answering. your question in
some roundabout way . of .saying at the last hearing about swearing
everybody in . I didn ' t. thin_k it was specifically necessary in
this one , so therefore I didn ' t do it. But I ' ll ask you honestly
and you answered me honestly , are you actually operating a Bed .
and Breakfast on these premises at the present time or have you
last summer operated a Bed and Breakfast?
MR . DIER: Yes .
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Thursday , May 21 , 1987
CHAIRMAN : Is there anything else you would like to say?
MR. DIER: Let me just say this , sir , about that . The apartment
is one thing . Bed and Breakfast is an entirely different thing .
Bed-and-Breakfast people are living in the house with you . And
anybody that goes through the . trouble of signing up , applying a
Bed and Breakfast without having tried it first is a fool . You
don ' t know what it ' s going to be like having people living in the
house with you until you try it . And anybody that ' s going to
try it , one of .the first things I wo.ul d say _to him i s , "Do it
for a while first before you .even t'ry._ to make it legal . " Find
out if you like it before_. you ever get involved in making -it legal .
As far as lies go , Phil , I' m. sorry it had to be said .
MR. BARTH : I don ' t know what you said it .
MR . DIER : I said it because of things up here were said that were
not true . And the only other thing I have to say is the time we
filed there was no law against having the two things . If we
hadn ' t been held up_ by all this rigmarole , how long it takes for
all these things ', I could have been ready to have the whole thing--
the corrections done for the apartment . It took me maybe two days
week . I could have been ready for this two days or three days
after we applied . At that time there was no law against them .
I still want to be judged by the fact that there was no law
against having two things at that time .
CHAIRMAN : Well , have a seat and if there is anything else you
would like to say after this leady., let us know , and we ' ll close
the hearing. Mrs . .Katzenburg , how do' you do?
MARGARET KATZENBURG : I ' m Margaret Katzenburg , and I ' m one of
Mr . Dier ' s near neighbors . - I. ' ve owned my property for over 50
years and during that time the ownership of most of the houses
around me has changed two -or three times . During all that time ,
we ' ve been a friendly , neighborly residential area . And the
change seems to have come about„ with Mr . Dier. None of us like
to be unneighborly . But I must say we are all worried . I -
shouldn ' t bring up the matter of docks , but Mr . Dier applied for
permission to build a 150 ft . wooden- dock out into the Bay. Since
then it has become considerably larger ,. considerably longer. I
believe the young lady said 250 feet , and it is not a wooden dock
any longer . It ' s supported by tons of concrete in the Bay . Mr.
Dier wanted to have an Accessory Apartment and he had it and he
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Appl . . No . 3586 - ROBERT AND HELEN DIER
Thursday , May 21 , 1987
MRS . KATZENBURG (continued) :
then got permission afterwards . He wanted to have Bed and
Breakfast , and he tried it . And I think most of my neighbors
are terribly worried about what he might want to do next .
Thank you .
CHAIRMAN : Thank you . Yes , last rap-up .
MR . DIER : I hate to beat the dead dog , but Mrs . Katzenburg , I
don ' t mind what you say as long as it is true .
MRS . KATZENBURG : Well I haven ' t said anything untrue , have I ?
MR . DIER : Yes , you did . You may not know it but you said
something and it keeps happening . My initial request for that
dock was for 250 ft . The original thing . Two-hundred fifty
foot . Not one-hundred . I built it 250 ft . I got taken down
by the ice . I built it again and it got taken down . And then
I got up and went to put the concrete in , so everything has
been done . Don ' t say I originally had a permit for 100 feet .
It was not true . My original permit was 250 ft.
MRS . KATZENBURG : Well , I certainly did not intend to lie .
Mr . Dier , I have a piece of paper at home which was given to
me at the time that you made the first application and on it
it says 100 ft . with the dock .
CHAIRMAN : Last comment , Mrs . Dier.
MRS . DIER: Mrs . Katzenburg , I . think that piece of paper that
you got was a petition that was written , and they had the
wrong information there also . We have all the 1_etters that
were written in . There were 63 against it . And a number of
them had wrong information .
MRS . KATZENBURG : That was the A-rmy Corps of Engineers .
MRS . DTER : Yes , they sent it out. They sent all the letters
out , but we didn ' t try to pull the wool over your eyes . I feel
very badly . My husband put it up and I think that .this is .
what has .been the knife. in everybody ' s side . This dock . You
got to understand that when you have a dock and it goes down ,
and then you put the money back into it and put it back up
again and it goes -down , what do you do? We wanted the dock.
We needed the dock and that--
(More than one person was speaking ..at this time and the statements
were inaudible . )
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Appl . . No . 3586 - ROBERT AND HELEN DIER
Thursday , May 21 , 1987
CHAIRMAN : The point in question the last time was the dock was not
necessarily the nature of this application and we are going to
remain in that particular sense . And I would ask you please not
to direct anything toward the dock .
MR . DIER: No , no . Because Mrs . Katzenburg and others like her
have got their hackles up and they ' re raising hell with what I
am trying to do here . A certain number of people . And yet she
lives right across the street from the Mayes , who for years have
been renting and she knows what they 've been doing.,. Ho_ w .many
they have had there . It ' s years .
CHAIRMAN : It ' s counterproductive to point at people . You can
direct the mike--
MR . ADLER : Can I say something in answer to that . Across the
street .
CHAIRMAN : What is your name , sir ?
HERBERT ADLER : 'Herbert Adler and I live across the street from
them. The Mayes ' tenants have been very nice .
MR . DIER : They have .
MRS . DIER : They have .
MR. ADLER : And we are there all the time . I just feel that that
is a strange argument to take . The case involves what is the law
here . And I think it should be decided on that . Thank you . The
law in the case and that ' s it .
CHAIRMAN : I ' ll finish this up by saying that my tenure on this
Board is seven years . I ' m very proud of the Board . I ' m very
happy . We get along very ; very well . Because we are able to see
the specifics of the case regardin_gless of what we refer to as the
things that are not specifically germane to the case , all right?
Cases in question . And in this particular case you have given us
much information--probably too much information , information that
does not specifically pertain to the case . We don ' t care if
somebody else is renting an illegal apartment . We are not an
enforcing agency. -It is specifically the nature of the Building
Department , the gentleman sitting . to my self -and your right , to
deal with that specific issue . And so -far-as we ' re concerned ,
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Thursday , May 21 , 1987
CHAIRMAN (continued ) :
all we can do is inform him of it . And that ' s primarily the
situation at this point. We thank you all . I think we got a
little carried away at the end , but I think everybody did an
excellent job and we wish you a good evening . Hearing no
further comments , I ' ll make a motion closing the hearing and
reserving decision unt.il later.
MEMBER SAWICKI : Second .
Vote of the Board : Ayes : Messrs . Goehringer , Grigonis and
Sawicki . (Members Doyen and Douglass were absent . ) Also
present during the hearing were Victor Lessard , Building-
Department Administrator., Linda Kowalski , ZBA Clerk , Valerie
Scopaz-Shaw , Town Planner , and approximately 35 persons in
the audience .
repared by Linda Kowalski
May 26 , 1987
ATTORNEY AT LAW'
828 FRONT STREET,P.O.BOX 803
GREENPORT,NY 11944rp
(616)477-1016 ni .<•: W..:�
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May 19, 1987 ,.��: i — �,_•��D �.{
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Main Road
Southold, New York 11971
Re: File No. 3586
Robert and Helen Dier
Gentlemen:
Please be advised that I represent Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Blair,
adjoining property owners to the applicants. My clients vigorously oppose
this application for a special exception for permission to establish a bed
and breakfast use at 355 Terry Lane, Southold, New York.
My clients oppose this application on several grounds. First, the
applicants have two existing uses on this property; a single-family resi-
dence and an accessory apartment. The accessory apartment use was granted
to the applicants by this Board by decision dated March 5, 1987.
Prior to the public hearing on the application for an accessory
apartment, I personally spoke with Mrs. Dier regarding my clients' concerns
about the over use of this property. Mrs. Dier assured me that, in the event
the application for an accessory apartment was granted, the Diers would with-
draw their application for a bed and breakfast use. Relying on that promise,
my clients chose not to object to the application for an accessory apartment.
Obviously, the Diers have failed to live up to their promise.
Of the approximately six other bed and breakfast applications filed
with this Board to date, the application filed by Paul Henry (Appeal No. 3570)
most closely resembles the factual situation of this application. In the
_Henry matter, the property contained a one-family residence and two apartments.
This Board denied Mr. Henry's application on the basis that the addition of a
bed and breakfast use ". . . would create an over-intensification of uses for
this parcel, which would be injurious to .the neighborhood or community plan."
Clearly, the same rationale applies to the Dier application. The
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Southold Town Board of Appeals
Page 2
May 19, 1987
addition of a bed and breakfast use to the existing one-family dwelling and
accessory apartment would create an overutilization of the property. This is
true even more so than with the Henry application, where the property con-
sisted of approximately 3 acres of land and the buildings were well screened
from any neighbors. Here, the Diers lot consists of less that 3/4 acre and is
surrounded by single-family dwellings, including some very expensive water-
front homes, whose value will be seriously diminished if this application is
granted.
None of- the bed and breakfast applications which have been approved,
have fact patterns similar to the Dier application. None of the approved
applications concerned properties which already contained two or more uses.
Additionally, the application of Mary Mooney-Getoff (Appeal No. 3588) concerned
property in excess of six acres. The Combs application (Appeal No. 3585) con-
sisted of over an acre of land which was surrounded by vacant land. The
Bartholomew application (Appeal No. 3610) dealt with premises which was primarily
in a farm area. The Herbert application (Appeal No. 3539) involved property
located on the fringe of a commercial center on the north side of Pike Street.
Moreover, none of the above applications was vehemently opposed by the applicant's
neighbors, as is the situation here.
The town ordinance allowing for an accessory apartment in an A District
[§100-30(15) ] as a special exception states that there can be an accessory apart-
ment in an existing one-family dwelling, subject to certain specified requirements.
The Town Code defines a one-family dwelling as "a detached building containing
one (1) dwelling unit only." Clearly, the Dier residence will not contain one
dwelling unit only if a bed and breakfast use is granted. Therefore, the Town
Code does not permit both an accessory apartment and a bed and breakfast use on
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the same premises. In order: to be elligible for an accessory apartment, the
subject property can have no present use other than as one dwelling unit. The
Diers cannot now add another use to the premises and retain the accessory apart-
ment. Since they have already been granted an accessory apartment use, their
application for a bed and breakfast use must be denied.
The Diers are attempting, by a series of special use applications, to
term their residence into a commercial enterprise. Certainly, this was not the
intention of the Town Board when it' enacted the ordinances providing for accessory
apartments or bed and breakfast uses. The special exception for an accessory
apartment use was enacted, no doubt, in response to the very limited provisions
for a two-family residence in the Town Code. In light of the overall scheme of . .
the Town's zoning ordinance, it seems totally implausible to assert that a bed
and breakfast use should be allowed in addition to an accessory apartment.
The ordinance establishing a special exception for a bed and breakfast
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Page 3
May 19, 1987
[§100-30(16) ] states ". . .provided that the renting of such rooms for such
purpose is clearly incidential and subordinate to the principal use of the
dwelling. . ." The combination of an accessory apartment coupled with a bed
and breakfast use destroys the residential nature of the premises and entails
a principal use of the dwelling as commercial. Such a combination of uses
clearly violates the letter and the spirit of this ordinance and should not
be condoned by this Board.
In reliance on the rationale set forth in the Board's decision on
the Henry application, the instant application should be denied as it would
create an over-intensification of uses for this parcel.
Very truly y u s,
J. .e` vin McLa ighl'n
JKM/lg
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ATTORNEY AT LAW' *elf
828 FRONT STREET,P.O.BOX 808
GREENPORT,NY 11944 n n 5� Ll
(516)477-1016 ;
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May 19, 1987
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Main Road
Southold, New York 11971
Re: File No. 3586
Robert and Helen Dier
Gentlemen:
Please be advised that I represent Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Blair,
adjoan:ing property owners to the applicants. My clients vigorously oppose
this application for a special exception for permission to establish a bed
and breakfast use at 355 Terry Lane, Southold, New York.
My clients oppose this application on several grounds. First, the
applicants have two existing uses on this property; a single-family resi-
dence and an accessory apartment. The accessory apartment use was granted
to the applicants by this Board by decision dated March 5, 1987.
Prior to the public hearing on the application for an accessory
apartment, I personally spoke with Mrs. Dier regarding my clients' concerns
about the over use of this property. Mrs. Dier assured me that, in the event
the application for an accessory apartment was granted, the Diers would with-
draw their application for a bed and breakfast use. Relying on that promise,
my clients chose not to object to the application for an accessory apartment.
Obviously, the Diers have failed to live up to their promise.
Of the approximately six other bed and breakfast applications filed
with this Board to date, the application filed by Paul Henry (Appeal No. 3570)
most closely resembles the factual situation of this application. In the
Henry matter, the property contained a one-family residence and two apartments.
This Board denied Mr. Henry's .application on the basis that the addition of a
bed and breakfast use ". . . would create an over-intensification of uses for
this parcel, which would be injurious to the neighborhood or community plan."
Clearly, the same rationale applies to the Dier application. The
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Page 2
May 19, 1987
addition of a bed and breakfast use to the existing one-family dwelling and
accessory apartment would create an overutilization of the property. This is
true even more so than with the Henry application, where the property con-
sisted of approximately 3 acres of land and the buildings were well screened
from any neighbors. Here, the Diers lot consists of less that 3/4 acre and is
surrounded by single-family dwellings, including some very expensive water-
front homes, whose value will be seriously diminished if this application is
granted.
None of the bed and breakfast applications which have been approved,
have fact patterns similar to the Dier application. None of the approved
applications concerned properties which already contained two or more uses.
Additionally, the application of Mary Mooney-Getoff (Appeal No. 3588) concerned
property in excess of six acres. The Combs application (Appeal No. 3585) con-
sisted of over an acre of land which was surrounded by vacant land. The
Bartholomew application (Appeal No. 3610) dealt with premises which was primarily
in a farm area. The Herbert application (Appeal No. 3539) involved property
located on the fringe of a commercial center on the north side of Pike Street.
Moreover, none of the above applications was vehemently opposed by the applicant's
neighbors, as is the situation here.
The town ordinance allowing for an accessory apartment in an A District
[§100-30(15) ] as a special exception states that there can be an accessory apart-
ment in an existing one-family dwelling, subject to certain specified requirements.
The Town Code defines a one-family dwelling as "a detached building containing
one (1) dwelling unit only." Clearly, the Dier residence will not contain one
dwelling unit only if a bed and breakfast use is granted. Therefore, the Town
Code does not permit both an accessory apartment and a bed and breakfast use on
the same premises. In order to be el.ligible for an accessory apartment, the
subject property can have no present use other than as one dwelling unit. The
Diers cannot now add another use to the premises and retain the accessory apart-
ment. Since they have already been granted an accessory apartment use, their
application for a bed and breakfast use must be denied.
The Diers are attempting, by a series of special use applications, to
term their residence into a commercial enterprise. Certainly, this was not the
intention of the Town Board when it enacted the ordinances providing for accessory
apartments or bed and breakfast uses. The special exception for an accessory
apartment use was enacted, no doubt, in response to the very limited provisions
for a two-family residence in the Town Code. In light of the overall scheme of
the Town's zoning ordinance, it seems totally implausible to assert that a bed
and breakfast use should be allowed in addition to an accessory apartment.
The ordinance establishing a special exception for a bed and breakfast
Southold Town Board of Appeals
Page 3
May 19, 1987
[§100-30(16) ] states ". . .provided that the renting of such rooms for such
purpose is clearly incidential and subordinate to the principal use of the
dwelling. . ." The combination of an accessory apartment coupled with a bed
and breakfast use destroys the residential nature of the premises and entails
a principal use of the dwelling as commercial. Such a combination of uses
clearly violates the letter and the spirit of this ordinance and should not.
be condoned by this Board.
In reliance on the rationale set forth in the Board's decision on
the Henry application, the instant application should be denied as it would
create an over-intensification of uses for this parcel.
Very truly, y u s,
J evin McLa ghl'n
JKM/lg
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ESSEKS, H EFTER & ANGEL
COUNSELORS AT LAW .
108 EAST MAIN STREET
P. O. Box 279
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. 11901
WILLIAM W. ES5EKS (516) 369-1700 WATER MILL OFFICE
MARCIA Z. HEFTER MONTAUK HIGHWAY
STEPHEN R.ANGEL TELEX-EHCA 6852318 UW P. 0. Box 570
TELECOPIER NUMBER(516)369-2065 WATER MILL, N.Y. 11 976
JANE ANN R. KRATZ (
JOHN M.WAGNER 51 6)-726-6633
WILLIAM POWER MALONEY ALAN D. OSHRIN
OF COUNSEL
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January 12, 1987
Ms. Linda Kowalski
Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
Southold, New York 11971
Re: Applications of Robert Dier for Special Exceptions for
an Accessory Apartment and .a "Bed & Breakfast"
Dear Ms. Kowalski:
Pursuant to our telephone conversation today, I am writing to
advise you that my office represents several neighbors of
Robert Dier who are interested in the above-referenced
applications.
To facilitate my representation, I would like to be placed on
your mailing list to receive any correspondence relating to the
above-referenced applications, including notices of hearings
and other proposed actions.
Thank you for your consideration.
Very truly yours,
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Michael A. LoGrande
SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING LEE E.KOPPELMAN
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
April 20, 1987
Ms. Judith' Terry, Town Clerk
Town of Southold
53095 Main Road - P. 0. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
Re: Amended Zoning Ordinance:
(1) Section 100-30B, Subsection 15
(Local Law No. 1 of 1987); and
(2) Section 100-30B, Subsection 16
(Local Law No.-2 of 1987).
Town of Southold
Dear Ms. Terry:
Pursuant to Section 1330 of the Suffolk County Charter, the Suffolk County
Planning Commission has notified the neighboring town(s) and village(s) concerning
the above captioned zoning action(s).
Having received no adverse response, the Commission will take no further
Very truly yours,
Lee E. Koppelman
Director of Planning
S/s Gerald G. Newman
Chief Planner
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Town Attorney
425 MAIN STREET • P.O. BOX 697
GREL'NPORT,L.I.,NEW YORK 11944
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State Records and Law Bureau
Department of State
162 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12231
Re: Local Law No. 2, 1987
Town of Southold
Dear Sirs:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 27 of the Municipal Home
Rule Law, I am enclosing herewith four certified copies of Local Law No. 2 of
the year 1987 of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York.
I would appreciate if you would send me a receipt indicating the
filing of the enclosures.
Yours very-truly,
ROBERT W. TASKER
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LOCAL LAW NO. 2 1967
A Local Law in relation to Bed and Breakfast facilities
B E IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold, as follows :
I. Section 100-30B, Subsection( 16) (Bed and Breakfast Facilities) is hereby
amended by adding a new paragraph (b) thereto, to read as follows :
(b) No accessory apartment, as authorized by Section 100-30B(15)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which a bed
and breakfast facility is authorized or exists.
II. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of
State.
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Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
lord P.O. Box 1179
SOLItllold, Now York 11971
JUDITH T. TERRY T(:LVINIONE
TOWN CLERK (516)765-1801
RNGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
March •27, :1987.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town.- Board of the Town of Southold, at a
Regular Meeting held on March 24, ;19870' adopted Local Law. No. 2 - 1987', entitled
"A Local Law in' relation to Bed and Breakfast Pacilites,° a copy of which is 'attached
hereto.
Please sign the duplicate copy of this letter and return to me in' the enclosed
self-addressed, stamped envelope. Thank you.
Judith T.. Terry
Southold Town Clerk
Attachment
cc: Suffolk .County Department of Planning
Long Island State. Park Commission
Village of Greenport.
Town of Shelter Island
Town of Riverhead
Town of Southampton
Southold .Town Planning. Board,
Southold Town.' Board of Appeals
Southold-Town. Building Department
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LOCAL LAW NO. Z 1987
A Local Law in relation to Bed and Breakfast facilities
B E IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold, as follows :
I. Section 100-30B, Subsection( 16) (Bed and Breakfast Facilities) is hereby
amended by adding a new paragraph (b) thereto, to read as follows:
(b) No accessory, apartment, as authorized by Section 100-30B(15)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which a bed
and breakfast facility is authorized or exists.
II . This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of
State.
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ROBERT W.TASKEIR TOWN .OF SOUTTTOLD TELEPHONE
Town Allurney �'o''' ' ✓ (516) 477-1400
425 MAIN STREET • P.O. BOX 697
GREENPORT,L.1.,NEW YORK 11944
March 27, 1987
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
State Records and Law Bureau
Department of State
162 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12231
Re: Local Law No. 1 - 1987
Dear Sirs:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 27 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law, I am enclosing herewith four certified copies of Local Law
No. 1 of the year 1987 of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York.
I would appreciate if you would send me a receipt indicating the
filing of the enclosures.
Yours very truly,
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R(Y ERT .W.. TASKER
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DOMESTIC RETURN RECEIPT-:
LOCAL LAW NO. 1 1987
A Local Law in relation to Accessory
Apartments in existing dwellings
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. Section 100-30B, Subsection (15) (accessory apartment) is hereby amended
by adding-a-new. paragraph-thereto, to be paragraph (q) , as follows :
(q) No bed and breakfast facilities, as authorized by Section 100-30B(16)
hereof, shall be permitted in or on premises for which an accessory
apartment is authorized or exists.
II. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of State.
NOTICE OF HEARINGS ' • 8:00.p.m.-File-No...3629 —
NOTICE IS HEREBY 3WIN AND SONDRA
GIVEN,pursuant to Section 261 HOMPSON. Variance to the.
of the Town Law`and the Code of! zoning Ordinance, Article VI,
the Town of Southold,the follow- Section. 100-62(E) and Article
ing public hearings will be held VII,Section 100-71,for approval FATE OF NEW YORK
by the• SOUTHOLD TOWN i of an,insufficient sideyard set- SS:
BOARD OF APPEALS at a back to an existing structure
Regular Meeting at the Southold and proposed new structure re- __DUNTY OF SUFFOLK
Town Hall, Main Road, South- , sulting from an alteration in the
old, Nev; York, on THURS•: location of lot line of abutting
DAY,MAY 21,1987,at the fol- parcel to the east.Zone District: Li-chard Wi_1 1 ia.mB-_--_.____ of Greenport, in
lowing times: "B-1 General Business." Loca.
7:36 p.m.File No.3624—ER- tion of Property:Corner of north iid County, being duly sworn, says that he/she is
NEST TARMIN. Variance to side of Main Road and east side •incipal Clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a Weekly
the Zoning Ordinance, Article of Boisseau Avenue, Southold,
XI,Section 100-119.2 for permis. . NY (Thompson's Emporium); awspaper, published at Greenport, in the Town
sion to construct accessory strut- County Tax Map Parcel ID No. : Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New
tures with a setback of less than 1000-63-03-08.
100 feet from bluff/bank along' g:05 p.m. File No. 3586 — )rk, and that the Notice of which the annexed is
the Long Island Sound.Location ROBERT AND HELEN printed copy, has been regularly published in
of Property:Right-of-way off the DIER. Special Exception to the 1
north side of Main Road,Orient, lid Newspaper once each week for
Zoning Ordinance,' Article III,
NY; County Tax Map Parcel ID: Section 100-30(B)[16J for per- lh
No.1000-14-2-1.1. ; p asks successively, commencing on the
mission to establish "Bed and
7:40 p.m. File No. 3625 Breakfast Use," an' owner-oc- iy of May ---- 19-8�.-
PUDGE CORP.Special Exgep j .cupied building, other than
tion to the Zoning Ordinance hotel,where lodging and break
Article VIII, Section 100.80(B) fast is provided for .not mor
for permission to construct one-
story "mini-storage" buildin than six casual,transient room-
in this"C-Light"Industrial Zon- era,and renting of not more than --
three rooms,in conjunction with Principal Clerk
ing District. Location of Prop- ;present single-family use and
erty:East Side of Horton's Lane, accessory apartment use estab- J/ r
Southold, NY;County Tax Ma 1 lished .under Appl. No. 3597 Norn to b . re me this—L
Parcel ID No.1000-63-01-10.' �, March 5,1987.Location of Prop-
7:45 p.m. File No. 3626 erty: 355 Terry Lane, Southold, ly of L__ 19 h9gRy K DFGNAN
NORTH 'FORK EARL NY;County Tax Map Parcel No. hO7ARY f JN i(,.'talf!49860ew �rk
LEARNING CENTER.Special , 1000-66.7-20. Suffolk Coun('t' 9
Exception to the Zoning Ordi-"' p� Term Expires lebraarYc�� fJU
nance, Article III, Section 100- 8:15 A File, R N B— IR. ��/�/L`/�� U NOLD AND KAREN BLAIR. • • � /
30(B)13J for permission to estab- Variances to,the Zoning Ordi-
lish private (nursery) school [on nance,,Article III, Section 100-
day-care center), as a nonprofit 31, Bulk Schedule, for approval
organization, at premises refer- I of insufficient area and width of
red to as the"Veterans Commu- two proposed parcels in this
nity Center,"north side of Pike pending division of land located
Street,east side of WickhamAv- ` at Cedar Lane(and Pine Place),
enue, and south side';of,Hill i East Marion, NY; "Map of Sec-
' J tion 2, Gardiners Bay Estates"
Street, Mattituck, NY; County- Map No.275,Lots 156,157,158,
Tax MapParceT--ID-No:'1000=5 159, 160, 167.thru 172, inclu-
140-2-39,:-, ;; "! ';-' _' I live, 151,153;County Tax Map
7:50' p:m:`File;:No: 3632 _ parcel No.1000-037-7-10.2.
NORTH FORK EARLY 8;20 p.m. File No. 3543 —
LEARNING CENTER.,.Vari- PETER ,.AND ' BARBARA
ante to the Zoning Ordinance, HERZ.Variances to the Zoning
Article III,'Section 100-300[3] Ordinance,, Article XI, Section o .
subsections faj and.(d), for per- 100-119.2 for permission to lo-
mission to establish nonprofit cate new single-family dwelling
private-(nurseryj school[or day- ` with insufficient setbacks from
care center] within existing existing bulkhead and from
building which is set back less highwater areas along Midway
than 50 feet from Pike`Street, Inlet and Hog Neck Bay, prem-
and upon premises having less J, ises referred to as. 70 Cedar
than five or more acres,referred Point' Drive, Southold, NY;
to as the"Veterans Community Cedar Beach Park Map, part of
Center," north side of Pike '. .: Lots 152 and 110; .County Tax
Street,east side of Wickham Av- •`Map parcel No.1000-90-02-13.1.
enue, and south side of Hill i The Board of Appeals will
Street, Mattituck, NY;.,County j hear at said time and place all
Tax Map,Parcel,ID No. 1000- 1 persons or representatives desir-
140-2-39.•. ' ' - .. ing to be'heard in each of the
7:55 p.m. File No. 3630 — i `above :matters.' Each hearing
JOHN KRAMER" AND,j wq1 not-start before the time al-
WAYNE DePETRIS.Variance lotted.',Written"comments may
to the Zoning Ordinance;Article -
III,Section 100-60(C)[2]for'per be submitted prior to'the conclu-.
mission . to, replace existing Sion of-the.subject hearing. For
ground sign, the lower edge off" more_infoMation,"please_.call
which shall be less than four feet 765-1809.
above.the.ground. Location_.ofii Dated:May 11,1987. .
Property: 54985 Main Road BY ORDER OF
Southold,'NY; County Tax'Map THE SOUTHOLD TOWN .
Parcel ID No:100=0Z=i.3,.-,_.,;.•�._ BOARD OF APPEALS
GfD)aH INGER,
NOTICEbF HEAR1N6S.. *I( -JOHN -"KRAMER' °
WAYNF — -11ETRIS.'. ariance.i,
NOTICE.,1S HEREBY G1V' ' "—''—' ' •
.7 ",,�to the'Z I Ordmance,"Arti-',.
EN;pursuant to Section 267 of cle III,Section 100-60(C)[2].for
the Tbwn Law and the Code of " FOLK
permission to°'replace`existing/ ss:
the Town"of: Southold;;;the ' ground sign,',the lower'edge of 1 ORK
following public hearings'will be which shall be less than four feet
held' by ;the SOIJTHOLD above the ground. Location of
TOWN BOARD OF APPEALS Property: 54985 Main,Road,
at a Regular 7 eel t g a-ti7t e II Southold,,NY;County'Ihx Map being duly sworn, says that she is the
Southold Tbwn Hall,:.Main I•: Parcel ID,.No."1000-62-1-5. iLNG ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN,
Road, •Southold;', NY, .on g:00 p:m. File No. 3629-_I$;
THURSDAY.MAY21, 1087'at WIN' AND- ,"SONDRA :r printed at Southold, in Suffolk County;
the following times:. O P Variance tote , e of which the annexed is a printed
7:35 p.m.' File No: 3624- Zoning Ordinance, Article VI, p copy,
ERNE STTAR iUN.;Varianceto Section 100-62(E) and Article �d in said Long Island Traveler-Watchman
the Zoning Ordinance, Article i VII,Section 100-71,-for approval .r . . , . . . , . . , , •/•
XI, Section 100-119,24or per- weeks
.. of,an insufficient sideyard set-
mission to construct,accessory back to an existing structure and
structures with a setback of less I proposed new structure resulting lencing on the
than 100 feet from bluff/bank- from an alteration in the,loca,•
along the Long Island Sound. tion of lot line of abutting parcel
Location of Property:Right-of- to the east.Zone District: "B-1 19 .� .
way off the north side of Main - General Business:','Location 'f
Road, Orient, NY; County.Tax Property:Coinei'of;north side) _
Map Parcel ID---,.No. of Main'Road'and,east side of. ' ' ' ' ' • ' • ' . •
100-14-2.1.1. Boisseau Avenue;Southold;NY
7:40 p.m:- File No., 3625-' (Thompson's":' Emporium);
PUDGE CORP.Special Excep- ,'County Tax Map Parcel,lD.No. t¢
t of nato t e oning Ordinance,; ;;:.;):;i;; -';`
'1000-63-03-08.... 7
Article Vlll, Section'100,-80(B) 05• p.m..:File•::No ;:3586 me this . . . . . . . . . / day of
for permission to construct one ROBERT AND HELEN DIER.
story "mini-storage" buildings Special Exception to the Zoning'
in this, "C-Light" Industrial `.Ordinance, Article III Section . . . . . . . . 19 .
Zoning' District. Location.of ` ii p
,100=30(B)[16]for pertnisston Eo
Property:East side of Horton's establish '!Bed''and'Breakfast
Lane, Southold, NY;County .Uses,' !an owner'=oc'cupW.1
Tax Map Parcel-AD No.. -•building, other• than,'a hotel,
1000-63-01=10. .where lodging and breakfast i
7.45 P.M.. .File No. 3626 ; provided,for not more than si •
NORTH FORK � EARLY casual,`transient roomers, and. Notary Public
LEARNING CE14T�R.�pecta Tenting of not more than three
Exception to the Zoning Oc rooms,in conjunction with pre-
dinance, 'Article Ill, Section 'sent; single-family use, and BARBARA FORBES
100-30(B)131 for permission to'`.,', ; ;aceesory ' apartment use/; Notary Public, State of New York
establish private';:(nursery)'.`'';y established under Appl. No, No. 4806846
school[or day-care center],as a 3597•March 5, 1987.Location of Qualified in Suffolk County
nonprofit orgagiiation,;.; at Property: 355' Terry .Lane, Commission Expires 3/ i9�y
premises referred to as the Southold,NY;County Thx Map _• -_
"Veterans Community Center,' Parcel No. 1000-6577-20. 8:20.:.File No. 3543- PETER
north side of Pike Street, east j . 8:15 p.m. File No'. 3439 AND BARB HERZ:
side of Wickham Avenue, and'I ARNOLD AND : KAREN Variances to the Zoning Or-
south'side of Hill Street,ll At BLAIR. Variances to the Zon- dinance, Article XI, Section
tituck; NY; County Thx.tMap ing Ordinance,:Article III,Sec- 100-119.2 for permission to
Parcel ID No.-1000-140=2-39. tion.190-31 Bulk Schedule, for locate new single-family dwell-
7:50.p.m. File No.;:�632- .- approval of insufficient area and ing with insufficient,setbacks
NORTH FORK' EARLY width.of two proposed parcels from existing ,bulkhead and
LEARNING CENTER. in this pending division ofland from highwater' areas; along
ariance: to the Zoning .Or- 'located at Cedar Lane(and Pine .; .• Midway Inlet and Hog Neck
dinance, Article III; Section i 'Place),East Marion,NY,"Map Bay, premises referred to as 70
100-30(B)(3)subsections(a)andJ•- of;'Section; 2, Gardine'rs' Bay'' Cedar Point Drive, Southold,
(d), for permission to,`establish '" Estates"Map No.275,Lots 156, NY; Cedar Beach Park Map;
non-profit', 1`:.1:private 157, 158, 159, 160, 167 thru 172,. part of Lots 152 and 110;Coun-
(nursery)school [or`„day-care ',. inclusive,;151, 153; County 7k. x ty Tax Map Parcel No.
center]within existin' buildin Map Parcel Nn: I0tN1(la7.7_t(1.2,\� 1000-90-02-13.1.
B B Mat)
which is'set back less'than''r0; '% The Board of Appeals will
feet from Pike Street;and upon hear at said time'and place all
premises having less than five'or` 'i persons or representatives desir-
more,.acres, referred to,as the ing`to be heard in each'of,the
'Veterans Community Center;' above matters.Each hearing will
north'side of Pike Street, east' not.start before the time allot-
side of Wickham Avenue,and ted. Written comments may be'
south side of Hill,Street, Mat- submitted prior to the conclu-
tituck, NY; County.,Tax Map sion of the subject hearing.For
Parcel Ib No: 1000,140-2739..' l , more information, please call
7:55 p.m, File No' 363A= �. 765-1809.
Dated: May 11, 1987 "
I BY ORDER OF THE
Soulsathold Town oar d of Appeals
�✓o� .,� MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD 25 SOU THOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR...
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
ROBERT J. DOUGLASS
JOSEPH H. SAWICKI
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Enclosed herewith as confirmation of the time and date
of the public hearing concerning your recent application is
a copy of the Legal Notice as published in the L . I . Traveler-
Watchman , Inc . and Suffolk Weekly Times , Inc .
Someone should appear in your behalf during the public
hearing in the event there are questions from board members
or persons in the audience . Please be assured that your
public. hearing will not start before the time allotted in
the Legal Notice .
If you have any questions , please feel free to call
our office , 765-1809 .
Yours very tr 1
(emu ua+.�bs:.r
G RARD P . GOEHRf/NGER
CHAIRMAN
Linda Kowalski
Secretary and Board Clerk
Enclosure
Southold Town Boardf
® Appeals
MAIN ROAD - STATE ROAD 25 SOUTHOLD, L.I., N.Y. 11971
TELEPHONE (516) 765-1809
APPEALS BOARD
MEMBERS
GERARD P. GOEHRINGER, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES GRIGONIS, JR.
SERGE DOYEN, JR.
ROBERTJ. DOUGL.ASS December 15 1986
JOSEPH H. SAWICKI
Mr . and Mrs . Robert Dier
355 Terry Lane
Southold , NY 11971
Re : Appeal No . 3586 (Special Exception - B & B)
Dear Mr . and Mrs . Dier :
In researching the history and present uses of your
property which is under consideration at this time for a
proposed Bed and Breakfast Use , it appears that the
existing apartment in the accessory garage structure
is not reflected in the June 6 , 1977 Certificate of
Occupancy No . Z7701 . We therefore must request proof
of the date of establishment of. the apartment and
legal conversion for the record .
Please feel free to call if you have any questions .
Yours very truly , ,
GERARD P . GOEHRINGER
CHAIRMAN
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Ln 'T Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 728
Southold, New York 11971
JUDITH T.TERRY TELEPHONE
TOWN CLERK (516)765-1801
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
December 1, 1986
TO: Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals
FROM: Judith T. Terry, Southold Town Clerk
Transmitted herewith is Zoning Appeal No. 3586 , application of Robert 8 Helen
Dier for a Special Exception. Also included is notification to adjacent
property owners; Short Environmental Assessment Form; Certificate of Occupancy
for Non-conforming Premises; and survey of property.
Judith T.Terry
Southold Town Clerk
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BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
In the Matter or the Petition of
NOTICE
., TO
to the Board of Appeals of the Town of Southold ADJACENT
TO: /,qw, 9-0 Nd ^0 y PROPERTY OWNER
YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE:
1. That it is the int n of th dersigned to petition the Board of Appeals of the Town of Southold
to request a (Variance)C3Special Exce tion (Special Permit) (Other) [circle choice]
2. That the property which is the subject of the Petition is located adjacent to your property and is des-
cribed as follows: 3,i'r �F22�/ ,���✓.�
3. That the property which is the subject of such Petition is located in the following zoning district:
4. That by such Petition, the undersigned will request the following relief:
5. That the provisions of the Southold Town Zoning Code applicable to the relief sought by the under-
signed are Article J=7 Section A00 -?o Of 16
[ ] Section 280-A, New York Town Law for approval of access over right(s)-of-way.
6. That within five days from the date hereof, a written Petition requesting the relief specified above will
be filed in the Southold Town Clerk's Office at Main Road Southold, New York and you may then and there
examine the same during regular office hours. (516) 7�5-1809.
7. That before the relief sought may be granted, a public hearing must be held on the matter by the
Board of Appeals; that a notice of such hearing must be published at least five days prior to the-date of such
hearing in the Suffolk Times and in the Long Island Traveler-Mattituck Watchman, newspapers published in the
Town of Southold and designated for the publication of such notices;that you or your representative have the
right to appear and'be heard at such hearing.
Dated: 3?�c-�agh-c,- > /9gplcl�
Petitioner
Owners ' Names :
Post Office Address
r r rZA y X A,vE
/W 11, 7/
.(Te7 . 5 ;e6 76.r- 3z9i )
PROOF OF MAILING OF NOTICE
ATTACH CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPTS
.NAME ADDRESS
i
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ) ss.:
�l.® r residing at
_ being duly sworn, deposes�ys that onthe day
of ���M _b , 19 , deponent mailed a true copy of the Notice set forth on the.re-
verse side hereof, directed to each of the above-named persons at the addresses set opposite their respective
names;that the addresses set opposite the names of said persons are the addresses'of said persons as shown on
the current assessment roll of the Town of Southold; that said Notices were mailed at the United States Post Of-
fice-at- 0)d n ; that said Notices were mailed to each of said persons by
certifie (registered) mail.
Sworn to bcfore me this
day of � /D�/I lam/ 1jy9
Notary Public
ELIZABETH ANN NEVILLE
Notary Public,State of New York
No.52-8125850,Suffolk Coun
Tgrm Expires October 31,1
(This side does not have to be completed on form transmitted to adjoining
property .owners . )
BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
In the Matter or the Petition of
NOTICE •
TO
to the Board of Appeals of the Town of Southold ADJACENT
TO: PROPERTY OWNER
�fP. �R"aJoLA r�.G�i�
.30/ E y7 _'—'7
NBC'_ Ny /oo e7
YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE:
1. That it is the intention ndersigned to petition the Board of Appeals of the Town of Southold
to request a (Variance) eciafException (Special Permit) (Other) [circle choice]
2. That the property which is the subject of the-Petition is located adjacent to your property and is des-
cribed as follows: _ -?J-J' 4 D L-11 ,' f/a71
3. That the pr perty which is the subject of such Petition is located in the following zoning district:
4. That by such Petition, the undersigned will request the following relief: v oPE24r/-
��'.�� t� i32 �'�is FjSt✓ �
5. That the provisions of the Southold Town Zoning Code applicabl-,to the relief sought by the under-
signed are Article 7zy Section_ /00 --_�� .eLl_�Q
[ ] Section 280-A, New York Town Law for approval of access over right(s)-of-way.
6. That within five days from the date hereof, a written Petition requesting the relief specified above will
be filed in the Southold Town Clerk's Office at Main Road Southold, New York and you may then and there
examine the same during regular office hours. (516) 7d5-1809.
7. That before the relief sought may be granted, a public hearing must be held on the matter by the
Board of Appeals; that a notice of such hearing must be published at least five days prior to the date of such
hearing in the Suffolk Times and in the Long Island Travel er-Mattituck Watchman, newspapers published in the
Town of Southold and designated for the publication of such notices;that you or your representative have the
right to appear and be heard at such hearing.
Dated: �//eG eoj, r,.
Petitioner
0 w n e r s ' N a m e s y-
�/�EcF,�
Post Office Address
a N4 I q7/
.(T e 1 . 5-1—76 J"- 3 z'7/ )
PROOF OF MAILING OF NOTICE
ATTACH CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPTS
NAME ADDRESS
-'
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I
I
STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ) ss.:
residing at S l` ��d'h� .�D yf 7ko
being duly sworn, deposes.and says that on7the _ day
of ce i , 19 �, deponent mailed a true copy of the Notice set forth on the re-
verse side hereof, directed to each of the above-named persons at the addresses set opposite their respective
names;that the addresses set opposite the names of said persons are the addresses of said persons as shown on
the current assessm�eft roll of the Town of Southold;that said Notices were mailed at the United States Post Of-
fice at SQ 7`�7o C/ ; that said Notices were mailed to each of said persons by
er— re (registered) mai .
Sworn to before me this
day of emhe4 , 19
Notary Public
ELIZABETH ANN NEVILLE
notary Public,State of New fork
No.52-8125850,Suffolk Count
Term Expires October 31, 19M
(This side does not have to be completed on form transmitted to adjoining
property .owners.. )
7'ie I . Y . S . r*'ivironmental (luaI i ty Itc:vir' w Act rcyuires sub-
`''''' ' mission of th form, and an environment review will be
made by this ooard before any action i 1
s uuren
SHORT F1rV1P.!?.,,•[EtiT.4L ASS'.;S!!E'!; MCA'{
• ' •- .. � till i:.l j.,jJ::
' (a) In order to answer the questions in this short EAF is is assured that Lhe
preFarer will use currently available infor.-.,ation concerningthe -
project and the v..;,
"'•:: llacly L.pacts of the action. It is not expected that additiorial studio-, roeearch.':;::
>;.or other investigations will be undertaken.
,•:•;'' �_:; (b) If any question has been answered Yes thn project easy be significant and a
�'•'' ec-pleted Envircn:.ental Assessment '
Form is neccssaz-f. �;'c;
(c) 'If all questions have been answered No it is likely that this project is '
;t• nc� significant.
d Environmental
Will project result in a large h s 1 :
i,i:..� �:_.: :,•...;; p Y ic, l change
to the pro e physically alter a
"� � •�, � ct site or more
than 10 acres of land • • • • • • • • • Tel }
2. Will there be a 'ca jor change to any unique or
unusual land form found on the mite?
Ye sl No
.4 3• Will project alter or have a largo effect on
an existing body of water? . .
Ycs ' do
4. Will project have a potentially largo Impact, on
:, , ;y, � ' groundwater quality? Yes d NO,In _i. , _
'; S• Will project sinnificar,tly effect drainage flow
on adjacent sites?
Yea No
6• Will project affect any threatened .'-.
or endangered '•• •
plant or ani_:it species? Yes No
7• WL11 project result in a major advorse effect on
:ti rt•.; air q::ality? •
Yes ✓ do
- _' 8• Will project have a major effect on visual char- j
ac:er of the co-'run-unity or scenic viewa or vistas
known to be important to'the cor-..^iunity? Yes V NO _ }
7.
9. Will project adversely impact any aito or strict-
ore of historic, pro-historic, or paloontologicul
importance or any site doeigr:ated ae a critical
er.vironnental area by a local agency? Yes
N0'.
10• Will project. have a major effoct on oxisting or
future recreational opportwzitio37 `
Yes Tto 'I
: 11. Will project result in major traffic probleris or
cause a major effect to existing transportation L.
systcrrs?
• Yes *to
12• 'dill project regularly cause objectionable odor--,,
noise, glare, vibration, or electrical disturb•
ance an a result of the project's operation? Yes V/ t!o
13. Will protect have any impact on pablic health or
5afety • • • • • • • • • • • • —� Yes 1 l No
1L. dill p:-o ject effect the existing community by directly causin^ a growth in permanent poptLla-
ticn of moro than 5 percent over a one-year
period r,r have a maior n^I,�tive effect on t`.e
character of t:.he cormuni•y :r r.ai,{h;:orhocd- . Yes t:o
15. Is there pu'bllc ntr^vers% nc;crn:nP, the project' Yea � NO
o•r^ I':L°• �i u.+ :� r see,
FORM No. 4
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Town Clerk's Office
Southold, N. Y.
Certificate Of Occupancy
No.Z77o� . . .. . Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June. .6 . . . . ., 19. 77.
THIS CERTIFIES that the building located at . S�S. . Te dry Zane . . . . . . . . Street
k' Map No. XXX. . . . . . . . . -Block No. X X.. . . .Lot No. XX X Southold Tv oY.
. . . . . . .
conforms substantially uihe A�p�lication for Building Permit heretofore filed in this office
y 74 7395Z
dated . . . . . . . . . Kax 5. . . . . . . 19.7.3. pursuant to which Building Permit No.6382Z. . .
July 10 1974
dated . . . . Mar. 5 ., 19.73., was issued, and conforms to all of the require-
ments of the applicable provisions of the law. The occupancy for which this certificate is .
issued is .Private one family d�rellin� � Garage
The certificate is issued to . . .R.obert. D�Ar. . . . . CVxiev. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(owner, lessee or tenant)
of the aforesaid building.
Suffolk County Department of Health Approval 3 . . . 197.7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
UNDERWRITERS CERTIFICATE No.N3351 81. . : . . April .29 1977 . . . . . . . . . ... . .
r
HOUSE NUMBER Street . . . Tarry. . .Lane. . . . ... . . .Southold . . . . . . .
... Note
. . .Carpeting.,. .etc. .by. o�rner. . . . . .. . . . . . : .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Building Inspector
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD OF APPEALS
MATTER OF ROBERT AND HELEN DIER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1987, PUBLIC HEARING
8 :45 p.m. Appeal No. 3597 - Public Hearing commenced in the
Matter of ROBERT AND HELEN DIER. Special Exception for ac-
cessory apartment in existing garage area.
The Chairman read the legal notice and application for the
record.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: I have a copy of a survey indicating a
split level framed home approxately 22 ,050 square feet which
exists fairly close to the water, a long driveway back to Terry
. Lane. The parcel is approximately 97. 93 feet to the water, 100
feet on the road and its longest distance, 282 feet deep. And
I have a copy of the Suffolk County Tax Map indicating this and
surrounding properties in the area. Is there anybody representing
the Dier 's tonight? We do this or not. We are going to swear
everybody in in this hearing and I'm doing it for a specific rea-
son. Do you solemnly swear that the information you're about to
give is the truth?
MR. DIER: I do.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. , Is therei.anything you'd
like to say concerning your application?
MR. DIER: I don' t think so. I think I meet the rules that are
down here for the accessory apartment. There' s enough room in
the apartment. I have parking for above paved ground. I 'll
answer any questions you want.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Is there. . . This is on the first story of
the house or is it on the second story?
MR. DIER: There's one story up above the garage.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: I see. So it's basically above the garage.
MR. DIER: Yes.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Is that the part you can see probably most
visible from the road? Is that correct?
MR. DIER: It's nearest the road. Correct.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Are you planning on renting this to a large
family?
MR. DIER: No. It' s not going to have no more than two people.
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Southold Town Board of Appeals
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Alright. Thank you very much. We' ll see
what develops throughout the hearing. Is there anybody else who
would like to be heard concerning this application? Sir. Would
you raise your right hand and state your name for us.
MR. WAGNER: Good evening' to the Board. My name is John Wagner.
I 'm an attorney with Esseks, Hefter and Angel, 108 East Main St. ,
Riverhead, NY and I 'm appearing on behalf of several people in
the neighborhood in opposition to this application.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Do you swear that the information that you
are about to give is the truth?
MR. WAGNER: Absolutely, yes..
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. Can you tell us who you're
representing?
MR. WAGNER: I'm representing 4 neighbors . Mr. and Mrs. John May
who are the neighbors immediately to. the east of the parcel in
question. I'm representing a Mr. Philip Barth who is several lots
to the west of the parcel in question. Mrs. Margaret Catzenbach
who is two lots to the east and across Town Harbor Lane. I'm also
representing Mrs. Joanne Walker who is one lot further over than
Mrs. Catzenbach to the east. These are all waterfront owners and
I have reviewed the file for this application and I 've also re- _
viewed the town code requirements for the granting of the special
exception in question and I have ascertained that the application
is effective in several respects. There are both specific and
general requirements for the granting of the accessory apartment
exception under the town code. Amoung specific requirements are
several that I felt the applicant has not met. The first of these
is that the accessory apartment shall be located in the principal
building. The application as it stands and the documentation sub-
mitted on behalf of the application and as Mr. Dier has also tes-
tified, the accessory apartment proposed is to be located above
a detached 3-car garage. This is not the principal building on
the parcel. And therefore, the applicant has not met this require-
ment. Also there is nothing on file to indicate that there is
any sign of a lease for a year around occupancy in the offering
for this particular accessory apartment. Once again this is a
requirement specifically stated forth in the town code. There
is a requirement that a mimimum of 3 off street parking spaces
be provided for the accessory structure, for the accessory apart-
ment. Excuse me. As it stands, the house itself under the cur-
rent town code, requires 2 off street parking spaces. The ad-
ditional 3 parking spaces for the additional accessory apartment
would bring the total number of parking spaces required to S .
There are not 5 parking spaces on the property. There is a 3
car garage which makes 3. There is another turn around area
close to the house which is approximately 16 feet wide and which
would make up another space possibly but is certainly not enough
for 2 spaces. So the code requires that each space be at least
10 feet in width. There is also a requirement that the Suffolk
County Department of Heath Services approve water supply and
sewage disposal systems for the accessory apartment. I found
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Southold Town Board of Appeals
MR. WAGNER (continued) :
no indication .in the file that there has been any application
made to the Suffolk County Department of Heath for this appli-
cation. There is an approval from the Department of Heath
dated 1977 which was for the principal building itself but does
not concentrate any accessory apartment use at that time. This
concludes my comments on specific requirements for the special
exception.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. Go ahead.
MR. WAGNER: There are also general requirements that should be
considered when considering such an application for a special
exception and along these are the; safety, the health, welfare,
comfort, convenience for the order of the town and any adverse
effect that the application may have on that. I believe that
the applicant has not addressed this issue in this application.
And I think that all of these factors will adversely be effected
if the accessory apartment is granted. There will be an increase
in density of population because of the extra dwelling units.
There will be further added traffic in the area, Resulting in
a hazard from people coming out of the driveway. There is also
going to be a problem with emergency access because the apartment
is set in-a garage which is located well back from the Main Street.
And the only access to the principal house and the accessory apart-
ment would be over a 10 foot driveway. If there is substantial
parking for the accessory structure and also the principal dwel-
ling, it would be very difficult to get down that particular drive--
way. There's going to be an increased impact on the water and
sewage problems for the area. The property values in the area
may decrease by the fact that there is a rental unit in the area
and this will effect the character of the neighborhood as well.
And in summary, I would just say that I believe that this par-
ticular accessory apartment will detract from what is truly in-
tended by the town code for the residential/agricultural use dis-
trict which the property lies. Thank you very much.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you Mr. Wagner. Is there anybody
else who would like to speak against the application? Sir could
you use the mike and state your name please. Excuse me. I have
to ask you to raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that
the information that you're about to give is the truth?
MR. BARTH: Yes I do.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir.
MR. BARTH: I 'm a resident on Terry Lane a few lots west of the
applicant's residence. And the reason I want to speak against
this application is several. Number one; That the garage is
not attached to the house which actually makes, if this request
is granted, would make 2 dwellings on one piece of property
which I think is not a legal thing to do. Number two; and al-
though this might not be pertinent just to this area. The ap-
plicant also has an application in for a Bed and Breakfast place.
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Public Hearing —Robert and Helen Dier
Southold Town Board of Appeals
MR. BARTH (continued) :
He also has a dock going out 250 feet out into the water where
Rihe 's bringing in a big 42 foot boat. And my feeling is that the
applicant is trying to make a commercial enterprise out of some-
thing that just is supposed to be a residence.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. Is there anybody else that
would like to speak against the application? Is there anything
you'd like to say sir?
MR. DIER: There certainly is .
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: We usually run one round all the way up
and then we come- back.
MR. DIER: Let me see if. I can remember all the things he said.
In the first place, I have a C. of 0 for the house and garage as
attached. It is attached. What else did they say? I don't
know how true it is that you have to have 10 feet for every car.
I have, according to the plan you've got there, 32 feet across
the front of my garage. I always figured that 8 feet was probab-
ly enough for a car to park. I don't know whether that' s true
or not. Then on what we call the turn around, we have some 16
feet. We_ park 2 cars there all the time. As far as I 'm con-
cerned, I've got room there with no problem whatsoever of park-
ing 6 cars. Something else I said. and I don't know how true
that is. Is also they said you have to have 3 parking spaces
for this accessory apartment. I was told by the Building De-
partment when I inquired about it, that you have to have one.
Two for the house and one for the auxillary apartment. I don' t
know why an auxillary apartment should require more than my
wife and I require in the main house. So I have room for 6 .
I figure two for us and one for the apartment. Even two for
the apartment is four. I have room for six. All paved and no
problem at all.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: You're referring to 3 in the front of the
garage?
MR. DIER: Four in the front of the garage.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Four in the front of the garage and two
over on the one side.
MR. DIER: And two over on the other spot there.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Ok. Go ahead.
MR. DIER: Are there any others? What was said?
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: I just want to ask you if you'd come up
here for one second and just pencil in to us where . (in fact I
will give you a pen) exactly show is where the house and garage
are attached.
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Southold Town Board of Appeals`
MR. DIER: If you check in there, it' s attached. my C of 0'
shows it as an attached building.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Is it above ground or fairly level with
the ground?
MR. DIER: It' s about a foot above ground. What else was there
that was. . .
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: I don't know.
MR. DIER: As far as the too much traffic in the area. I don't
think two people are going to create too much traffic. Right
on our corner we have a town park and right next to that we have
a boat yard. A commercial boat yard. So I don't think that two
more people in the area is going to make the slightest bit of dif-
ference.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Ok. I thank you very much Mr. Dier. Is
there anybody else who would like to speak? Mr. Wagner.
MR. WAGNER: I 'd like to approach the Board and show them the
diagram I have of the parking facilities if I may. This was ob-
tained from the file that was in the Building office. You can
see here the dimensions of the area. Now my point is that the
requirements for off street parking clearly require a minimum
10 foot width by 12 foot length for each parking space. Now you
can see he only has 16 feet across there. " This would not permit
two parking spaces of the requirement. We further only have 16
feet back here which would not satisfy the length requirement
either. Therefore, it' s conceivable that cars parked there could
actually block access to this garage. You can see that if you
had two cars here and three cars here, the congestion in this
area is going to be very severe. If there is a fire caused by
the accessory apartment or something, firetrucks or other emer-
gency vehicles are not going to get down here. I further under-
stand that right now, and I 'd like to point this out, this apart-
ment is a functioning dwelling unit even though it does not have
a permit. There are two tenants in there and they have girl
friends living with them and there are already a substantial num-
ber of cars being parked there. I think this is a serious problem
both for the safety of the people in the apartment and for the ser-
vices of the town- itself. All the diagrams I have and these were
submitted by the applicant, indicate that the buildings are de-
tached. I see no indication of any structure between these two
buildings. And in fact, I think if I'm not mistaken, the appli-
cant has expressed it as that as a detached 3-car garage. I may
be incorrect on that.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Well we ' ll have the Building Department look.
at it.
MR. WAGNER: Thank you very much.
,CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you. Not to make this counter pro-
ductive, but is there anything else you'd like to say?
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Southold Town Board of Appeals
MR. DIER: I've nothing further to say about what he said.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Very simply expressed Mr. Dier was the
fact that he did not feel that there was enough room and I
apologize for not asking you to come up here.
MR. DIER: I do want to see. I know he brought a diagram up
there.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: He brought the same diagram that' s in the
file that you pencilled between the dock and the house. He felt
that there was not enough area (I assume) in width and square
footage to require 6 parking spaces in this particular area and
I don' t want to get into that tonight. Principally, that' s , their
presentation. We will make our own determination based upon our
own parking schedule and what you have given us here and we may
ask you to increase it. We may ask you to leave it in the same
vein that it 's in now.
MR. DIER: Well besides what.. . Thi$_ is .what is paved. We have
times in the summer time when we have company and things like
that. We park a lot more people back there than that because
we have other places where you can just drive off the pavement
but there' s plenty of pavement. You simply can probably go over
there and see.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Well I was there last Sunday. I had seen
it. As I said, I didn' t bother you. I didn't come up to the
house or whatever the case might be.
MR. DIER: Well if you go back there any time, feel free to go
back there and check that area. There' s plenty of parking spaces
there. I didn't hear what else you said.
MR. WAGNER: That was the substance. The parking. Could I make
one more observation.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Stay here so you can listen to this sir.
MR. WAGNER: It would appear from everything surrounding this
application that there's more here that meets the eye. Basical-
I.ly is what Mr. Barth stated. There is a dock of some 250 feet
constructed out into the Bay and there is also a pending Bed
and Breakfast application brought by Mr. Dier which I understand
from talking to Linda, is currently being held in a pending
status until this particular application is resolved. I think
and the neighbors are very concerned that what we may be seeing
here is an attempt the develop of some quaser commercial use.
Namely a hotel or a transient use that is totally not befitting
this area. It is conceivable that the access proposed is ac-
tually from the Board. We may be facing a situation where boats
may be pulling up there, spending the night, availing themselves
of the Bed and Breakfast. And therefore, some reinteration be-
ing exchanged for it. And I think this kind of commercial opera-
tion however it may be characterized though, is just not in keep-
ing with the town.
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Southold Town Board of Appeals .
CHAIRMA14 GOEHRINGER: Well we 're not here to entertain that ap-
plication. We will have a separate public hearing for that ap-
plication.
MR. DIER: May I say something about that dock? That dock is
250 feet long. That's a hell of a long dock. It' s 250 feet
long because at the end of it you have to go out to the end of
it to get to 3z feet of water. Everything else. . . The first
40 or 50 feet of it is on bare ground, the beach. Then you go
out and wade out. It' s only at the last 30 feet or so that you
have room enough for my boat. That' s why the dock had to go
out that far. Everything else is half a foot, a foot, a foot
and a half or you can't even put boats in. I get my boat and
it' s a 37 foot boat and there ' s a 32 foot draft, I had to go
out 250 feet for it. Not for the length for the use of the dock
but to get out to the water that is suitable for my boat. The
dock has been there in various stages of completing for 8 years.
The boat has never been there yet. It will come out. It was
there once about 7 years ago. It will come back. . . . .
TAPE ENDED
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. Anything else Mr. Wagner?
MR. WAGNER: I would just say that what appears to be the ap-
proach to- this application and also with the dock, is to pro-
ceed in the face of the requirements, not obtain necessary per-
mits. The dock itself, as I understand it, permission was or-
iginally. . . .
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Excuse me. You can' t hear him can you.
MR. DIER: It's something about the dock he's saying. I 'd like
to be able to hear.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: We're really bending the rules here because
we do have an audience and we really do ask for the mikes to be
used for that purpose.
MR. WAGNER: Would you like me to go back to the mike?
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Yes. Go back to the mike. I 'm sorry to
make you come up here again sir.
MR. WAGNER: I don't want to dwell too much on the dock. I just
want to point out that the structure of the dock as it is now is
not what was approved by the applicant' s permit. They have con-
crete pilings installed now. It was originally approved for tim-
ber and there' s an application pending to bring it into conformi-
ty. But bringing that up to illustrate that what we have here is
,i.an applicant that flies in the face of regulation. The accessory
apartment is on going right now. It' s operating without a permit.
It's used as an illegal use. No special exception was obtained
and I think we should consider that attitude in considering this
application. Thank you.
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Southold Town Board of Appeals
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. Will you answer that?
MR. DIER: There 's one more about the dock. to get it out .of
the way. Every single thing that' was done on that dock
I have a permit for. If at the next hearing you want those
permits or any time in between, I will bring those permits,
everything for the original wooden dock. The concrete work
that was put in later, I have a permit for. Every bit of it.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Let me just ask you this question since
the question was raised by Mr. Wagner. Are you presently rent-
int the accessory apartment?
MR. DIER: Yes.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: And how long has it been rented for?
MR. DIER: It has been rented for approximately 3 years.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. Thank you very much.
MR. DIER: And it may not have been legally rented but the traf-
fic certainly didn't bother the area.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you. Yes. Let me just have your
name again for the record. See we're taking that down.
MR. BARTH: Again about the dock. Mr. Dier says he has all the
necessary permits. I have a folder about this thick of corre-
spondence that you have, that the Board has had, that the trus-
tees have had with the Corp of Engineers and their,• answer was
that Mr. Dier has a permit for an open timber dock. He does not
have the permit for what he did with the concrete. That' s the
answer that we got from the Corp of Engineers and I have it in
writing.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Would you state for the record your- name
again sir.
MR. BARTH: My name is Phil Barth.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you. This is the last issue though
on the dock.
MR. DIER: According to how the dock came to be. Eight years
or so ago I got a permit from the Corp of Engineers to build a
dock. It took a while to get the permit. All the people in the
neighborhood fought like hell to stop me from getting it. Well
I got the permit and I built the dock. The dock got taken down
by ice. I rebuilt it. It got taken down again.. I started. I
made up plans to put concrete around it. I went to the Conser-
vation Department and they are the ones who gave me the permit
for it. They said you don' t have to go to the Corp of Engineers .
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MR. DIER; (continued) :
for this. We can give you a .permit for this right here. No
public hearing no nothing and they gave me the permit for it.
.I didn't do it to escape the Corp of Engineers. I had no rea-
son whatsoever to believe that they'd even want to. The Con-
servation Department gave me the permit for it. The permit
still stands until December 30th of this year. The last day
of this year my permit is good. The dock is now finished. Now
if somebody came and contacted the Corp of Engineers, the Corp
of Engineers contacted me and said that we should have been in
on this. You should have gotten a permit from us too. Well
":that's not what the Conservation people told me. So now I'm
going through the formality of getting the permit from the
Corp of Engineers but there was nothing done whatsoever to
avoid them. They never gave me any trouble. They gave me my
original permit and I presumed they would have given me the
permit for the concrete. But the Conservation people who had
to give me the final permit to build the dock, because if any
of you remember any of this, there was a period back there when
there was a moratorium. You couldn't build docks or anything
for some 3 or 4 years. When that moratorium ended, it was the
Conservation people who gave me the final permit to put the dock
in, the original wooden dock. So since that time, even though
they have been dealing with, they are the ones who gave me the
permits for the concrete and that' s all it amounted to. Now
the Corp of Engineers want their approval on it also and all
the papers are there for them to give their approval after the
fact. But I had my permi,ts from the Conservation Department.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Can I ask you for the record sir and you
have already stated and I' ll ask you to say yes again, that you
have no intention of using this dock in conjunction with the
application that is before us. Is that correct?
MR. DIER: No. That dock has been out there, like I say, for
8 years in various stages. This summer it was out there com-
pleted and last summer it was out there completed but except
for a couple of pieces of concrete work that had to be done.
There has not been one boat come out there to that dock yet
except for my little 18 foot clam boat. My big boat hasn't
come and no other boat has been near that dock.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Do you have any anticipation or any
thought of renting this apartment if it is so granted by this
Board, the premise to operate or use this apartment on a tran-
sient basis and use the dock in conjunction with that?
MR. DIER: None whatsoever.
CHAIRMAN GOEHRINGER: Thank you sir. Any questions from Board
members? Hearing no further questions, I' ll make a motion clos-
ing the hearing reserving decision until later. We thank you all
very much for coming in and have a good evening.
All in favor - Aye.