Trustees Meeting of July 21

It was a busy night, with the Suffolk County Water Authority on the schedule for a wetland permit to install a water line from Dam Pond to Browns Hill in Orient.  About 20 opponents were on hand to speak against it and it was the last item on the agenda.  The board stated they were not [...]

Nor’easter drives Trustee permit changes

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.

Trustee meeting March 17th 2010

Notes from the March 17th Town Trustees’ meeting The meeting went quickly.  There were only three administrative permits: all granted.  There were eight applications for extensions, transfers, or amendments; none too exciting.  Eight wetland permits applications were heard, several concerning actions obviously either out of the jurisdiction of the Trustees, such as work on the [...]

Double Whammy

Current Southold Town code defines a bluff or a bulkhead and a lot line so an owner needs to go to both the Trustees and the ZBA to be granted relief from setbacks for waterfront properties. The problem with this duel jurisdiction is not just time and money but, receiving two different answers. Chairman John Betsch makes the case for resolving this problem.

The Last of the Trustees…

…for this year… Public frustration with lack of communication between departments survives the year end, while John Kramer shares a good tip for prospective buyers of waterfront property in the Town of Southold in his report of the December 16th Trustee Meeting.

How Big a Buffer?

“PH 12/1/09 7:35 Pm – Minor Exempt – WCRL” This is exactly how a Public Hearing for a new Local Law regarding an amendment exempting minor actions of the – WCRL [Waterfront Consistency Review Law] appeared on the December 1st Town Board meeting agenda on the Town’s website. In theory, this should have been a [...]

Election Results

2009 Election results are in, and SoutholdVOICE congratulates all the winners. We look forward to working with you. Click the heading to see detailed results. To view complete SoutholdVOICE election coverage, including candidate short form biographies, member questions and candidate answers, type “election” into the search box for the site.

4. Buildable Land Area

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: Albie [...]

How to transfer a Trustee permit from seller to buyer

Trustee Dave Bergen explains the new process I have heard from many property owners the frustration which they have experienced regarding the transfer of Trustee permits from a seller to a buyer of property.  I have worked with my fellow Trustees to address this issue in two parts. First, effective immediately, when someone wishes to [...]

Adventures at the July Trustee’s Meeting

Here are some of the adventures from the Trustees’ meeting- Trustees matters tend to range from the mundane to the most complicated applications. Wednesday night they ran the full course. Among the administrative permits, which by definition are “intended to provide for expedited review for projects and do not pose a threat to the environment,” [...]

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