Z.B.A. Finds All Okay on Friday
The long drawn-out process by which the Maidstone Club received approval to upgrade and expand the irrigation system on its golf course was concluded on Friday when the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals announced its satisfaction with 10 conditions it had attached to its approval in July. Two of the conditions required additional submissions.
Last month, the club met one condition by submitting a maintenance schedule. More recently, and in response to some neighboring property owners’ concerns about noise, the club agreed to add a device to the roof hatch on the system’s pump house, which will prevent it from being left ajar when not in use. With that, all conditions were satisfied.
The board also announced several other decisions and closed two hearings. It granted a permit to allow the conversion of 103 Montauk Highway from pre-existing nonconforming restaurant use to an office and showroom for Michael Derrig’s business, Landscape Details. Mr. Derrig was also given approval to reserve an area for additional parking to be created at the building inspector’s discretion and to move three small outbuildings to the property from his company’s location in Sag Harbor.
Over the objections of several neighbors who asserted that the restaurant use had been abandoned and that the property should revert to residential use, the board, after determining that the conversion would not have significant environmental impact, granted the permit, with several conditions. In addition to the “land-banked” parking, the board ruled that no outdoor storage or stockpiling of landscaping materials or vehicles and equipment occur, that no wholesale or retail sales take place, that no separate units be created or buildings converted to other uses without further approval of the board, and that no plumbing be installed in the small buildings.
The board also granted a variance to Robert (Woody) Johnson, owner of the New York Jets, for the property at 57 Highway Behind the Pond. It allows the continued maintenance of a pool house that is 15 square feet larger than the 250 square feet allowed by the code for accessory buildings. The DeFlorio family, of 18 Buell Lane, was granted a variance to allow the continued maintenance of a window well that is within the required house setback. The window well serves as an airshaft for a below-grade generator.
The heirs of Laura Roberts, who are selling her property at 21 Pondview Lane, were granted variances to permit the continued maintenance of an addition to the house, cellar entrance, air-conditioning unit, an attached shed, and walkways within required setbacks, and the continued maintenance of the existing floor area of the house and shed, which is 574 square feet larger than the maximum permitted.
The Schade Family Trust of 188 Further Lane was granted variances for a new front walk, garden feature, step, slate area and walk, as well as for a second-floor addition to a garage that will be connected to the existing residence by a one-story addition. This will increase the structure’s floor area, making it 944 square feet larger than the maximum allowed. The application was granted on the condition that the second-story addition be used only for storage.