Feb 21, 2012 4:31 PM
The East Hampton Library hopes to break ground for its children’s room expansion before the end of March, Tom Twomey, the library board chairman, said Monday. The first shovel of dirt should smell sweet to those who started the project on paper nearly nine years ago.
But first the library has to wait for the East Hampton Village Design Review Board to sign off on the final plans.
An earlier, larger version of the addition was approved by the DRB in 2004, scaled back and then rejected by the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals in 2010, and sent back for approval in 2011 after a State Supreme Court decision overturned the ZBA’s decision. The ZBA was permitted to impose “reasonable conditions” when it issued a special permit and two variances... more
But first the library has to wait for the East Hampton Village Design Review Board to sign off on the final plans.
An earlier, larger version of the addition was approved by the DRB in 2004, scaled back and then rejected by the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals in 2010, and sent back for approval in 2011 after a State Supreme Court decision overturned the ZBA’s decision. The ZBA was permitted to impose “reasonable conditions” when it issued a special permit and two variances... more
