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Rock Revetment Is the Only Way To Save House Built in Wetlands, Amagansett Homeowner Says

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Brian Frank, East Hampton Town's chief environmental analyst. KYRIL BROMLEY
Attorney Brian Matthews argued that a rock revetment is the only way his client Nicholas Grecco can protect his house from chronic erosion in Lazy Point. KYRIL BROMLEY
The town ZBA heard arguments on the application for the first time on Tuesday since the applicant sued the town claiming the board was intentionally slow-walking its review. KYRIL BROMLEY
The house at 117 Bay View Avenue in Lazy Point has been protected by a wall of giant sandbags called Geocubes since 2018. The owner has asked to replace them bags, which were permitted on a temporary basis only, with a permanent rock revetment, saying it's the only way the house can be saved from destruction due to erosion. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Brian Frank, East Hampton Town's chief environmental analyst. KYRIL BROMLEY

Attorney Brian Matthews argued that a rock revetment is the only way his client Nicholas Grecco can protect his house from chronic erosion in Lazy Point. KYRIL BROMLEY

The town ZBA heard arguments on the application for the first time on Tuesday since the applicant sued the town claiming the board was intentionally slow-walking its review. KYRIL BROMLEY

The house at 117 Bay View Avenue in Lazy Point has been protected by a wall of giant sandbags called Geocubes since 2018. The owner has asked to replace them bags, which were permitted on a temporary basis only, with a permanent rock revetment, saying it's the only way the house can be saved from destruction due to erosion. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday night held its first review of a proposal by a Lazy Point homeowner to erect a stone revetment across the... more

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