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ZBA Still Needs More Info Before Settling North Sea Day Camp Controversy

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Rohma Abbas   Dec 7, 2011 9:18 AM
Dec 7, 2011 10:21 AM
A proposal to develop a large summer day camp in North Sea is expected to reach a highly anticipated climax in February.

North Sea residents who oppose the plan have asked the Southampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals to hear their challenge to a determination made by Chief Building Inspector Michael Benincasa in August that the project would not constitute a change or expansion of use under the town’s zoning laws, and therefore doesn’t need a variance from the ZBA to operate. The board is slated make a determination on February 17.

But despite thick packets of information submitted by attorneys representing both the residents and property owner Jay Jacobs, and exhaustive testimony from neighbors during two public hearings, ZBA members are still looking for more information. Myriad complex issues were raised... more

Take the CPF money, and don't walk, run.
By Mr. Z (4522), North Sea on Dec 7, 11 6:53 PM
We should hold a referendum for the people who live within a certain radius of the tennis club, 3 miles, whether they ever saw a day camp there or a tennis camp. Guess what the outcome will be. Also we could go back to the newspapers and see if a day camp was ever advertized for that location. D.'s paper might be a good source. Also we could, I suppose, request list of previous campers from the previous owners of the "camp" and contact them. In 32 years of driving by tennis club it was never anything ...more
By V.Tomanoku (482), southampton on Dec 8, 11 5:46 PM
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