The last stretch of undeveloped Tuckahoe farmland will become home to 28-single family homes, thanks to a subdivision that received conditional approval earlier this month.
According to Southampton Town Planning Chairman Dennis Finnerty, there was little opposition to the 29-lot cluster subdivision known as Rosko Farms—the site of a former potato field—and no zone change required.
The applicant, Bruce Anderson of Suffolk Environmental Consulting Inc., was not available for comment this week, so it is unclear when construction on the project is set to begin. According to Mr. Finnerty, the Southampton Town Planning Board’s conditional approval allows the company to satisfy final bond requirements set by Suffolk County and the town, before the map is officially signed off on by the Planning Board.
“They just have to fulfill their final requirements and get the bonding in place for the different legal documents and we will be able to sign off on the map,” Mr. Finnerty said.
The project, known as Rosko Farms at Magee, will combine two parcels totaling 34.235 acres on Magee Street just south of the Long Island Rail Road tracks. The larger of the two lots, owned by Constantine Rosko of Water Mill, sits at 195 Magee Street and totals about 21 acres, according to town documents. The other property, which abuts the Rosko property and stretches west to Tuckahoe Lane, measures about 13 acres and is owned by Kamicutico LLC.
There will be 29 lots created in the subdivision, but only 28 single-family homes will be built. There will also be two areas designated for open space, totaling 450,493 square feet and 76,281 square feet respectively, according to a copy of the plans on file with the Southampton Town Planning Division. The open space will include a designated park area with walking trails.
The approved project represents less than the as-of-right development for the property, which would add 34 homes under its current 1-acre zoning. However, as part of the plan, the homes are on smaller lots, with the extra space dedicated to the contiguous open space to be dedicated to the town.
The project does not lie on environmentally sensitive land, and traffic studies indicate that, because all of the roads within the subdivision will be private, little to no increase in traffic is projected.
on Oct 30, 2015