Riverhead Planning Board

HK Ventures, the developer of a proposed 412,000-square-foot industrial park in Calverton, has sued the Riverhead Planning Board over a requirement that the State DOT must complete the reconstruction of the Edwards Avenue/Middle Country Road intersection before any town permits will be issued.

A majority of speakers urged the Riverhead Planning Board to reject legalizing an already-built expansion to the Riverhead Ciderhouse during a public hearing last night, arguing the approval would grant undeserved forgiveness to a business that has previously disregarded the town’s rules.

HK Ventures has modified its proposal to reduce the extent of the variances it needs for its 412,659-square-foot industrial complex on a 30-acre site in Calverton.

A plan to build a new 13-store outlet center on a parcel of undeveloped land in the middle of Tanger Outlets gained preliminary approval from the Riverhead Planning Board Thursday evening.

The idea is to have an interactive forum where residents can ask questions about the proposed new uses, which Riverhead Planning Board Vie Chairperson Ed Densieski points out were not studied in the town’s existing comprehensive plan.

A public hearing on the site plan application of Riverhead Ciderhouse had to be postponed by the Riverhead Planning Board last night because the applicant failed to file affidavits of posting and mailing notices of the hearing.

Riverhead Ciderhouse is seeking to legalize a 5,150-square-foot expansion of its tasting room and a 40% expansion of its outdoor patio.

The developer looking to build four restaurants on the seven-acre mostly vacant site at the corner of Route 58 and Mill Road was back before the Planning Board last night to discuss new revisions to his proposed site plan.

The Planning Board has recommended a broad moratorium on new industrial development in Calverton outside the enterprise park. Supervisor Yvette Aguiar made an unusual appearance, addressing the board before the vote to say she was working on the issue before the planning board decided to recommend the moratorium on Oct. 20..

After residents complained that the adopted final environmental impact study for a 412,000-square-foot industrial park in Calverton was inadequate, the Planning Board last week directed the developer to prepare a supplemental impact statement to address cumulative impacts of several pending industrial development applications in Calverton.