Public Hearing: Second Street property zone change

TOWN OF RIVERHEAD

PUBLIC NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held before the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead, at Riverhead Town Hall, 200 Howell Avenue, Riverhead, New York, on the 16th day of September, 2014 at 7:15 o’clock p.m. to a change of zone from DC-4 to DC-1 for the property located at 24 East Second Street, Riverhead, NY, SCTM# 600-128-5-25.1 as follows:

WHEREAS, the Town of Riverhead is the owner of certain property located at 24 East Second Street. Riverhead, NY, SCTM# 600-128-5-25.1; and

WHEREAS, the property currently lies within the DC-4 Zoning Use District; and

WHEREAS, by Resolution #428 adopted on June 5, 2014, the Town Board authorized the Office of the Town Attorney to proceed with negotiation and preparation of documents to effectuate the sale of property at 24 East Second Street, Riverhead, NY known as the 2nd Street Firehouse to Robert Castaldi and/or Castle Restoration; and

WHEREAS, the intended purchaser of the premises, proposes to utilize the subject premises for an indoor farmer’s market and/or agri-tourism center; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead would like to effect a change of zone to amend the Zoning Use District Map of the Town of Riverhead to provide for the change from DC-4 to DC-1 Use District for real property more particularly known as SCTM # 600-128-5-25.1; and

WHEREAS, the Intent of the Downtown Center 4, Office/Residential Transition (DC-4) Zoning Use District is to allow, maintain, and foster a downtown neighborhood of homes and offices that is less intensive than the Downtown Center 1: Main Street (DC-1) and Downtown Center 3: Office (DC-3) Zoning Use Districts. The DC-4 Zoning Use District does not allow for any retail or personal services; and

WHEREAS, The Permitted uses in DC-4 are, in part, as follows:

(1) Offices, professional and public.

(2) Single-family dwelling units.

(3) Townhouses.

(4) Places of worship.

(5) Funeral homes; and

WHEREAS,  the intent of the Downtown Center 1, Main Street (DC-1) Zoning Use District is to allow, maintain, and foster a traditional downtown character along Main Street, with a pedestrian-friendly streetscape, active ground-floor uses, a twenty-four-hour presence from upper-story residential, with a compact, walkable scale; and

WHEREAS, The Permitted uses for DC-1 are, in part, as follows:

(1) Retail stores.

(2) Banks.

(3) Personal service businesses.

(4) Indoor public markets.

(5) Art galleries and studios.

(6) Museums, libraries, aquariums and other cultural attractions; and

WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 491, adopted on July 1, 2014, the Riverhead Town Board authorized that the Town Board, on its own motion, to consider a change of zone for the subject property from DC-4 to DC-1; and

WHEREAS, Town Board has determined that the request is not within the jurisdiction of Riverhead Planning Board; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that this request is not within the jurisdiction of the Suffolk County Planning Commission.

            NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board declares itself Lead Agency and seeks to hold a public hearing on September 16, 2014 at 7:15 o’clock p.m. to consider a change for zone from DC-4 to DC-1 for the property located at 24 East Second Street. Riverhead, NY, SCTM# 600-128-5-25.1.

Dated:  Riverhead, New York

August 19, 2014

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD

OF THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD

DIANE M. WILHELM, TOWN CLERK