Montauk Shores Meeting
A meeting of Montauk Shores Condominiums owners will take place at the trailer park’s clubhouse on Saturday at noon at which, according to a letter inviting their attendance, “the most exciting news to reach Montauk Shores in decades” will be presented.
The letter, sent to The Star by sources who asked not to be identified, announced that “two-story manufactured homes are now available. Owners may finally have the opportunity to double their living space without any increase in building coverage . . . while greatly enhancing owner’s investment potential.”
The announcement was of public interest because the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals had recently given final approval to Mike Luckas for a new beachfront house. It was the first to be formally compliant with Federal Emergency Management Agency regulations, and it also prompted the board to decide that in the future condominium owners will have to present full sanitary system details when applying for variances or permits. The potential proliferation of other large new units would be of concern.
According to Michael Sendlenski, the town attorney who drafted Mr. Luckas’s approval, the sanitary system at the trailer park “is being reviewed by the town and Suffolk County Health Department for compliance and adequacy. Many of the projects that have been constructed recently and will likely be proposed in the future have and will result in an increase in building size and use. Many of the mobile homes being constructed have increased the number of bathrooms over what previously existed.”
The sewage system for each unit is now regulated by its square footage. Up to 600 square feet of living space calls for a system that can handle 150 gallons a day. That number jumps to 225 for units between 601 and 1,200 square feet, and jumps again for any unit greater than 1,200 square feet.
The letter to condo owners came from James R. Graham, Montauk Shores Condominiums president. An attempt to reach him by phone yesterday was unsuccessful, and Matthew Yudleson, the park’s manager, said, “If you’re not living here, there isn’t much I can say except have a good day.” The line then went dead.