Letters

I am hopeful that the Sag Harbor Village Board will immediately file an appeal of the ruling by Judge William J. Condom that allows Brian Graybill’s Claxton House to build a 23-foot dock in the very shallow waterway that connects Otter Pond to Upper Sag Harbor Cove under Main Street [“Judge Orders Sag Harbor Panel To Allow Dock In Creek After Having Rejected It,” 27east.com, July 18].

That location is too shallow and too narrow for “tenders” (aka motorboats) to tie up at the Claxton House. How can it not be environmentally harmful to Otter Pond, as well as Sag Harbor Cove, to have the petrol and oil discharge from such boats in that location? The noise and fumes, I believe, also would upset the osprey nests that are in that area.

As noted in the position by the Harbor Committee, the dock would spoil a historic scenic view. It would set a precedent for other docks to be built on areas of waters that are too shallow and narrow, further disrupting the beauty and tranquility of our bodies of water, as well as being harmful environmentally.

It appeared that for Mr. Graybill and attorney Alex Kriegsman to get approval to build a pool, spa and cabana on the property, they agreed to delete the dock from the application. Then, only after the pool, spa and cabana were approved, they came back and submitted the application just for the dock. Shouldn’t what had been agreed to be respected?

Filing an appeal to overturn the judge’s ruling in this case makes a great deal of sense.

Marie Norton

Sag Harbor