Denise Civiletti
No more wishful thinking: town board has the power — and responsibility — to act
Sure, you can hope developers will scale back plans. And yes, you can use the environmental review process to make sure they demonstrate their proposals will mitigate adverse impacts. But hoping and SEQRA will only go so far. You are a legislative body. DO SOMETHING about it.
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Riverhead master plan and key zoning codes upheld by appellate court
Riverhead Town's 2003 master plan and key zoning codes aimed at protecting agricultural lands and preventing commercial sprawl have been upheld by a state appeals court in actions brought more than a decade ago by Calverton Manor, which sought to build 155,000 square feet of retail on the corner of Manor Road and Route 25 in Calverton.
