UPDATE: Southold 2020 Masterplan

Southold 2020 Update: “Community Character” Chapter eliminates the goal to reduce shoreline hardening by 20%. Suffolk Times report by Beth Young, with comments by Chairman John Betsch and Planning Director Heather Lanza. Read the letter that made the difference.

Pain in the Dock

A floating dock that has broken loose is a danger to public safety. Washed up on a private beach, it represents a significant headache for the waterfront property owner faced with possible liabilities. This story was first published in our June newsletter, prior to the arrival of another unwelcome Summer visitor, Hurricane Irene, resulting in the reorganization of various local dock configurations, including this one. Click the headline to read the full story.

TRUSTEE MEETING NOTES NOV. 17

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 neighborhood [...]

Trustee’s Meeting April 22

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 [...]

UPDATE: Dock Ban Underwater

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)

April 21st Public Hearing on Dock Regs

Read this important post and block out the date on your calendar! It’s everything you need to know about the proposed New Dock Regulations, scheduled for Public Hearing on April 21st at 7.35pm. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer demystifies the meaning and intention of the new legislation, providing links to key documentation.

New Dock Standards

The Dock moratorium expired again on Feb. 19 and the Planning Board Office has put out a one page standard for the construction of docks in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay. John Kramer FOILED the map overlays and we now have them on this site.

Does anyone else think this is very strange?

FURTHER TO THE DOCK MORATORIUM AND MARK TERRY’S PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD: On Wed. 12/3 at about 10 am, I go to the Planning Dept. to get a copy of the handout that Mark Terry distributed to the public and those attending his briefing to the Town Board on 12/2/08. I thought that was [...]

No Docks in the Bay!!

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsMark Terry briefed the Town Board yesterday with a one-hour Power Point presentation showing about 88 reasons why there should never be another dock in the bay. For the last 5 months, He has been gathering, at great expense and effort, habitat maps showing that ducks, [...]

Dock on the Bay meeting July 10th

From Dave Bergen: I wanted to provide everyone with the latest update on meetings concerning docks on the bays. I received notification today that there has been a meeting scheduled for this Thursday July 10 at 9 AM in the Town Hall Annex. Invited to the meeting are all Town Board members, all Trustees plus [...]

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