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New property owners at Long Springs Farm in North Sea area were told to stop filling in a pond because they failed to obtain proper permits.
The owners received a notice of violation from the town on August 26 for filling in wetlands, dredging in wetlands and modifying the site of wetlands.
Carol Cahill, who lives nearby and grew up riding horses around the old horse farm, said even though the Town Investigations and Enforcement Unit issued a stop work order, crews continued to fill in the pond on August 27, one day later. Since then, workers have not returned, and the pond remains partially filled.
On the property are three ponds connected by a series of streams that lead to a larger pond on Suffolk County property. Fish live in the ponds, and many animals like deer, geese and turtles, rely on the waters to drink, Ms. Cahill said, adding that the project was endangering them. “It’s criminal,” she said. “The developer is filling the pond and stream to build a driveway.”
Barbara Calabro, who also grew up and rode horses on the farm, said at one time the property was “strikingly beautiful.”
The property is owned by Water Mill-based Kamicutico LLC, which is also is working on Rosko Farms, a subdivisionin Tuckahoe near Magee Street, just south of the Long Island Rail Road tracks. Kamicutico LLC purchased the property from Anthony and Carol Mayo in May for $9.3 million.
Multiple calls made over the two weeks to the company were not returned.
Greg Wehner on Sep 14, 2016