Property Rights Panel

"The Property Rights Dilemma," a panel discussion on the difficulties of developing properties in the age of multi-agency regulations and review, will be the topic of a panel discussion Monday night.

Sponsored by the Architecture and Design Forum, the discussion will begin at 7:30 at St. Ann's Parish Meeting House on Main Street in Bridgehampton.

Panelists will include Robert DeLuca, the executive director of the Group for the South Fork, Lucille Biery, a local property owner and realtor, Jim Zizzi, a builder and member of the Southampton Town Planning Board, and William J. Fleming, an East Hampton attorney who has represented applications before the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board.

Serving as moderator will be Bill Chaleff of East Hampton and of the Water Mill firm Chaleff and Rogers.

Among the topics to be discussed will be community rights versus property rights and what some consider to be arbitrary and confiscatory regulations and land use laws that constitute "takings" of property, environmental considerations, and the sovereignty of the individual in a democratic society.

Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions and make comments. Monday's panel discussion will be free for forum members, and cost $5 for nonmembers.