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Southampton Zoning Board Says Jacobs Will Need Variance For Summer Camp

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Lisa Finn   Mar 15, 2012 9:45 PM
Mar 21, 2012 12:06 PM
Dozens of North Sea residents applauded and hugged on Thursday night, March 15, after the Southampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals vacated a building inspector’s decision and determined that a controversial application for a summer day camp near Little Fresh Pond must obtain a variance to proceed.

The board voted unanimously to require developer Jay Jacobs, principal of Southampton Day Camp Realty, to apply for a change of use variance to build a summer camp on 17.3 acres on Majors Path. The board ruled that, contrary to the building inspector’s original decision, the proposed renovation and expansion of a tennis club, currently on the property, for use as a day camp would constitute a change of use under zoning rules.

“I’m thrilled,” said North Sea resident John Barona, president of the Little... more

Ah well I guess I will have to make another sign,I was going to call it Benacaso Day Camp,
By Etians rd (110), Southampton on Mar 16, 12 9:17 AM
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By tishgb (9), Southampton on Mar 19, 12 7:33 AM
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By tishgb (9), Southampton on Mar 19, 12 7:33 AM
Thanks to all the North Sea community for your support to stop this camp from an out-of-town developer. Also, thanks to the Southampton Press for their fair and consistent reporting. We are not "tony" Southamptonites as the developer tried to portray us....we are concerned, middle-class neighbors trying to preserve our community!
By tishgb (9), Southampton on Mar 19, 12 7:34 AM
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