Condos On Jermain Avenue Approved By Sag Harbor ZBA

The former G.F. Schiavoni Plumbing and Heating Company building on Jermain Avenue can be transformed into four condominium units, thanks to Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals approval at a meeting on Tuesday night.

The brick building will be transferred from one non-conforming use to another non-conforming use—from a warehouse to four condominium units in an area actually zoned for single-family residences. It sits on 5.5 acres, 4 acres of which are wetlands that will be preserved.

“We are really keeping the building as it is,” architect Markus Dochantschi said on Wednesday, adding that it is one of the last historical industrial buildings of its kind in the village. “We want to make sure that gets preserved.”

Tim McGuire, the chairman of the ZBA, explained that although the building is set to be used in another non-conforming way, the new use will be more in tune with the village’s character than the factory was, as it had fallen into extreme disrepair.

“We thought that was closer to the original intent of the zoning of the area than the factory was,” Mr. McGuire said. He added that the applicant sent notices to all local residents within 500 feet of the building and only a few people wanted more information. None of them were necessarily against it, he explained.

“It seemed low-impact and a better use than what it had been before,” Mr. McGuire said.

The applicants, who are a part of a limited liability company in New York called 64 Jermain LLC, have a follow-up meeting scheduled with the Planning Board on Tuesday. If the project is approved by that board and the Architectural Review Board, the applicants will go on to apply for the necessary building permits.