BY DANNY McCARTHY
01.13.2021 {stet} TARA SMITH had a Government article within The Suffolk Times titled "New Southold gas station faces more delays before breaking ground"
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The Zoning Board of Appeals "granted approval for a gas station at the corner of Route 48 and Youngs Avenue in Southold -{&}- the project {was} facing an additional setback from Suffolk County" after more than a year of the APProval..
Twelve pumps were to be involved in the groundbreaking as well as a convenience store. The county Department of Public Works had an issue so the groundbreaking was pending while the applicant -{&}- Planning Board work out the county Department of Public Work issue.
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"According to town planning director Heather Lanza, DPW (Department of Public Works) officials want to restrict the driveway access along Route 48 to an entrance only and to reduce its width from 30 feet to 15 feet."
“They’re holding up them being able to get their building permit,” Ms. Lanza explained at a Planning Board work session Monday.
The project "would not have allowed drivers to exit westbound onto Route 48" as APProved. Charles Cuddy, an attorney for the applicants, said Monday that the
reduction in the driveway width would make it “virtually impossible” for
fuel and delivery trucks to safely enter the property. “We’ve asked
them to reconsider,” he said, adding that they’ve already agreed to
restrict exit from the site to Youngs Avenue only. Don Wilcenski who is the Planning Board Chair said he’d organize a meeting with planning staff and county Department of Public Works (DPW) officials to discuss the issue. “It’s the only thing stopping us from getting the building permit,” Mr. Cuddy said. Don Wilcenski, Planning Board chair, "said he supports a wider entrance." “Driving a large truck for many years, 30 feet is not a big area to be bringing any kind of [large trucks] into a somewhat condensed area,” he said. “If you have a large truck that’s on [Route] 48 trying to make a turn into a 15-foot-wide egress, they’re going to end up halfway out in the road and it could cause some major safety concerns,” he said. Mary Eisenstein who is a Board member agreed and said she’d be concerned about trucks traveling from the Main Road up Youngs Avenue to avoid the narrow turn.
Upon the Zoning Board of APPeals (ZBA) April 2019 APProval of the project, one of several conditions imposed by the ZBA "was a ruling that construction must be completed within two years of their decision." It was unclear at that time if the applicants seeked "an extension of that approval."
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In check-ing where TIDY CAR used to be on Youngs Avenue and North Road in Southold where there is a gas station now... I checked the Whitaker Historical Collection of the Southold Free Library finding this:
Southold Free Library • PO Box 697 • 53705 Main Road, Southold, NY 11971 • (631) 765-2077
Object ID
2001.001.1325
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Whitney Booth Photo Collection
Description
Three vehicle accident at Youngs Avenue
and Route 27 (now Rte. 48). Note Esso station where Tidy Car presently
is and Long Island Cauliflower Association auction block, right, where
farm produce auctions were held.
Date
1900s
Photographer
Subjects
Three vehicle accident at Youngs Avenue
and Route 27 (now Rte. 48). Note Esso station where Tidy Car presently
is and Long Island Cauliflower Association auction block, right, where
farm produce auctions were held.
