Survey Results On Future Design of Downtown Business District to Be Unveiled: Town Officials

The results of a recent three week long survey posted on the Southampton Town website about the future design of Hampton Bays' downtown business district will be revealed at an upcoming meeting, and the public's invited.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 25, at 6 p.m. at the Hampton Bays Senior Center on Ponquogue Avenue.

The survey was posted on the town's website and followed a public meeting on November 14 with the Southampton planning department and consultants Historic Concepts, which began the charrette process.

By having participants choose features and design characteristics they believe will retain and enhance the character of the hamlet, the charrette process will help the consultant develop a pattern book and related form based code, town officials said.

At the initial meeting, residents reviewed various designs from other towns and villages and indicated their preferences.

"These design features will be incorporated in a form based code and pattern book which will apply to a defined overlay district in Hampton Bays. The overlay district spans from Springville Road to Ponquogue Avenue and includes Good Ground Road, Main Street and the parcels adjacent to the new Good Ground Park," a release from the town said.

More than 1200 people participated in the survey.