Middle Road major subdivision gains preliminary plat approval from Riverhead Planning Board

A 25-lot residential subdivision of a 26-acre parcel off Middle Road in Riverhead gained preliminary plat approval from the Riverhead Planning Board yesterday.

The property is located on the north side of Middle Road approximately 680 feet east of the intersection of Middle Road and Harrison Avenue. It is in the Residence B-40 zoning district.

The subdivision, known as “Printed Places,” provides three lots that are subject to the Long Island Workforce Housing Act, which requires the homes built on those lots to remain “affordable in perpetuity,” in exchange for a development density bonus of 10% of the as-of-right development yield on the site.

Affordable workforce housing under the Long Island Workforce Housing Act is housing for individuals or families at or below 130% of the median income for the Nassau-Suffolk metropolitan statistical area. The median income for the Nassau-Suffolk metropolitan statistical area is currently $116,300, so the Long Island Workforce Housing Act requires the three affordable homes in this subdivision to be affordable to households with incomes of no more than $151,190.

The site is owned by Wantaugh-based Blue Moon Property Mgmt. LLC, according to county land records.

In other action at the April 18 meeting, the Planning Board:

Approved a two-lot subdivision known as “Northville Acres” of a 4.2-acre parcel located at 821 Northville Turnpike in Riverhead, a site located in the Residence A-40 zoning district.

Approved a five-lot minor subdivision known as “Maris Farms,” of approximately 34 acres of land in the Residence A-40 zoning district, creating four residential lots and one lot where development rights have been sold to Suffolk County. The site is located at the northwest corner of Sound Avenue and Roanoke Avenue in Riverhead.

Approved the site plan application of Tera Vite Winery and Vineyard at 250 Manor Lane in Jamesport. The 2.1-acre property is located in the Agricultural Protection zoning district. The application includes the conversion of an existing residence to a commercial use (tasting room.)

Senior Planner Matt Charters  gave the Planning Board a brief update on where things stand with the Comprehensive Plan Update, quickly outlining the work that’s been done so far by planning consultants BFJ. 

Charters said the Town Board will soon receive the draft plan and the draft generic environmental impact statement. Once the DGEIS is accepted by the Town Board it will be circulated to interested agencies, including the Planning Board, Charters said. At that point, the Planning Board may review those documents and offer its comments. 

The town is on track to complete the final generic environmental impact statement and the plan by August, Charters said.

“The comp plan is a broad policy document, with recommendations to change code, to change policies in the town,” he said. “So after we adopt the plan, then like the really fun work happens of adopting all the code changes,” Charters told the board.