Mar 5, 2013 3:45 PM
The owner/builder of a Wooley Street home in Southampton Village that violates the village’s Pyramid Law, who stopped work pending his request for a variance, will now get back to finishing the building.
At the Southampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals board meeting last Thursday, February 28, the board granted a variance to Douglas Valk, whose home was built in violation of village code, a fact missed by village inspectors who issued a building permit. Approval came with a 3-1 vote, with board member Rob DeVinney dissenting—and saying that the law was compromised, and he worries about the impact of the decision. Board member James Zuhusky was absent.
The home violates the Pyramid Law, which limits a building’s height and the angle of its roofline in order to keep it from disrupting... more
At the Southampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals board meeting last Thursday, February 28, the board granted a variance to Douglas Valk, whose home was built in violation of village code, a fact missed by village inspectors who issued a building permit. Approval came with a 3-1 vote, with board member Rob DeVinney dissenting—and saying that the law was compromised, and he worries about the impact of the decision. Board member James Zuhusky was absent.
The home violates the Pyramid Law, which limits a building’s height and the angle of its roofline in order to keep it from disrupting... more
If not, it is not only easier to go this route, but also more PROFITABLE!
Welcome to the Village run by real estate brokers, developers and so forth.
The Golden Rule has prevailed again.
Is the Citarella proposal the next straw on the Carmel's back?
http://www.ag.ny.gov/bureau/public-integrity-bureau
Public integrity is out of style in Southampton VIllage. Time to tattle!
Fiddle, Fiddle, Fiddle !!!
Second, you've insulted the objecting neighbors yet again by imputing to them an impossible wish to have no house at all on the Valk property. Enjoying a "park-like ...more setting" next door, while it remains that way, does not equate to a serious intent to keep it that way. On your side of the political fence, however, that may not be so far-fetched, given the long history of power and abuse of power by the Southampton Republicans.
Possibly a few lawsuits by those who were forced to abide by the "Pyramid Law"?
The Public Integrity Bureau (“PIB”) investigates and seeks to vindicate the public's interest in honest government. When government actors, or private individuals acting in concert with them, engage in corruption, fraud or illegal behavior in the course of their public duties, the PIB may investigate or take enforcement action to restore the public's interest in honest government and the integrity of government officials ...more at the state and local level.
http://www.ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/complaints/piu001_complaint_form.pdf
So, the ZBA has changed this law without public debate or vote.
The realty rats are here in squadrons working busily behind the scenes to dismantle any impediments to their profit taking.
The croynism here is right out in the open now.
Perhaps it is time for the SH Village ...more Mayor to protect the rest of us now?
Did any one else consider how ugly this house is.
Really, the extra fussy SHV ARB actually approved this wart. WOW!
Check out Wooley Street by driving north from Hampton Road. This house is down a ways on right, and it TOWERS over the nearby houses.
When the Village code was revised years ago to allow houses to max. out, the battle was lost legislatively. Ironic that the pro-building lobby is ruining the very quaintness which (in the longer run) results in REAL increases in real estate values.
What color is greed?