The pace was slow at the start as a group of neighbors complaining about beach egress and legal property fences on the beach occupied the work session. The discussion of Non disturbance and non turf buffer took the next hour as an applicant who was the last one to buy into a canal front [...]
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SoutholdVOICE Inc. is a not-for-profit organization of waterfront property owners and others interested in the use, enjoyment and preservation of Southold Township's extensive waterfront from Laurel to Orient Point. The organization promotes awareness of issues affecting shoreline and marine resources to further cooperation between responsible use, regulatory protection, and the rights of riparian owners for the ultimate benefit of our community. 
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At a recent Trustee work session, Southold Town Trustees agreed that in the event that permitted stairs to the beach are destroyed in a storm, that no permit will be required to rebuild and/or reinstall new stairs to the beach. The same would go for repairs to bulkheads resulting from storm damage. This is good news for everyone who has been adversely impacted by the recent Nor’easter, but Southold VOICE members have questions, which we posed to Trustee Dave Bergen. Here’s his response. [...] Question 4: Set backs are based on total lot size regardless of the buildable land area so it forces the waterfront property owner to apply for variances in every case. Why or why not would you support a correction to the town zoning regulations to remedy this? . SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD 2009 CANDIDATE ANSWERS: [...] At the previous nite’s Town Board Hearing about the Dock in the Bays regulations, I objected that the proposal would eliminate the 41 existing docks over time because if they were damaged by a Hurricane or winter ice, they would have to conform to this new standard and, that being impossible, would be prohibited from [...] The house was about 80% full on Tuesday at the Dock Ban Hearing. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer attended, spoke and reports here on events for those who couldn’t attend. Supervisor Russell stated at the outset that their purpose was to listen and use the input to further modify and correct a lot of the problems with the proposal as it stands. They heard in very certain terms from many eloquent and knowledgeable shore dwelling taxpayers that the regulation as proposed is unreasonable, a needless burden to the waterfront owner, unnecessary, as there is no rush of applicants, and insulting to the public with it’s pseudo-scientific approach. Read John’s report in full on the blog, watch on TV Channel 22 or view the video of the meeting by copying and pasting into your browser: http://bit.ly/Y9jgi (1 hour in) [...] ONLINE PREMIERE OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN TRUSTEES DOCUMENTARY Developed to give everyone a better understanding of the work of the Southold Town Trustees, this half hour program “Stewards of Our Shoreline” explains the history of the Trustees, the parameters of Trustee jurisdiction and shares some examples of wetlands code regulation. Our Trustees have been [...] Copyright 2007 Times/Review Newspapers Corp. Reprinted with permission Changes to Chapter 275 are examined closely at meeting By Julie Lane Southold Town Board members are prepared to approve changes to Chapter 275 of the wetlands code when they meet Tuesday, but with the caveat that trustees continue to hammer away at the more substantive changes [...] Dan Christianson of Mattituck asks, what would you do if you were in this situation? Here’s the scenario: THE CASE OF THE 3 FOOT 2 x 6 It is a Thursday afternoon in the spring of 2008. The husband has walked from the home to the dock to check things out in anticipation of a [...]
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a packed Town Hall, spilling out into the hall. Through conflict comes drama, but this was not to be the occasion for it. The public hearing on Chapter 275 Amendments played out as a civilized and useful discourse [...] |