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Tennis camp owner Jay Jacobs will not need a variance to add a swimming pool, playground and sports court for kids to his 17.4-acre property on Little Fresh Pond in North Sea.
The ZBA issued a determination on Thursday, December 20, that the proposed changes are acceptable customary accessory structures to the camp’s tennis courts, meaning that the additions would complement the property much like a private pool would a home. As a result, no further ZBA action will be necessary on those aspects of the site’s development.
The decision has been met with opposition from members of the Little Fresh Pond Association, who have been battling for two years with Mr. Jacobs over his proposal to transform the modest tennis camp into a larger day camp for hundreds of kids.
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The ZBA issued a determination on Thursday, December 20, that the proposed changes are acceptable customary accessory structures to the camp’s tennis courts, meaning that the additions would complement the property much like a private pool would a home. As a result, no further ZBA action will be necessary on those aspects of the site’s development.
The decision has been met with opposition from members of the Little Fresh Pond Association, who have been battling for two years with Mr. Jacobs over his proposal to transform the modest tennis camp into a larger day camp for hundreds of kids.
The neighbors... more
purchase this land in the middle of a quiet community between two bodies
of water -- if only for personal interest??? Again, I repeat, purchase this
land under conservation and leave this community in peace!!!! We have
had enough of individuals coming into our Town and changing our rural
area!!!
Assuming that the pool are going in place of the tennis courts (as the article describes) the closest the swimming pool would be to the pond proper (shoreline) is 1,000 feet. The closest it would be to any open water (a pond set back from Little Fresh) is over 500 feet.
It's not like these pools are being ...more constructed on the pondfront
I used to work at Peconic Dunes in Southold. The kids who attended it were of course being loud, boisterous, and slightly obnoxious. They're KIDS. That's what they do! my other half has a 10 year old that I want to send off to camp half the time, but she's also loveable, intelligent, resourceful, focused and teachable.
Camp is a different experience for every person.
I'm sorry, but to come down on this ...more guy who's (in the bigger picture) trying to enrich not only his pocket, but the lives of countless children that might havw the opportunity to experience a different setting other than their own social norm, is just wrong.
There's always "eminent domain"
So, basically what this means is that the camp has been there longer than the community around it- at least in terms of land designation.
Therefore, those living around it could be considered the aggressors... As the camp was there first...
I knew the "savebigfreshpond.com" or whatever it was on posts all over were ...more made by some paranoid homebody..
The underlying zoning case is pedestrian but the state must not allow Jacob's astonishing, autocratic presumption to go unpunished.
This is a public pond and is a great place to kayak in the summer and ice skate in winter. There are several public access areas off North Sea RD; and don't let the crabby residents say you cant park there
- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States in regard to "The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise"
WELL, then run it in it's "pre-existing" state, and utilize your right to renovate what is existing. Another moneyed jerk who sees profit above all else, including the people who were there before him. Maybe the site, and the use ...more predates the people you cite, but you and your plan DOES NOT.