Town of Huntington, NY - News Details
10/19/2021 - Huntington Town Board Schedules 2022 Budget Hearings
The
Huntington Town Board held its October 13, 2021 meeting, where they
scheduled various public hearings, including the 2022 Preliminary
Budget, for which
there will be presentations from various departments.
The Town Board accepted the following donations and thanks the donors for their generosity:
- Materials, labor
and equipment from Posillico, Inc. and Roger Ambrosio Paving, Inc. to
repave sections of the golf cart paths at the Crab Meadow Golf Course.
- A
Memorial Garden installed in August 2021 at Mr. P’s Playground in the
Town of Huntington Veteran’s Park by Pixie Ryan for her Eagle Scout
Service Project.
- An
electric clock tower and landscaping, consisting of plantings, pavers
and mulch, from the Huntington Station Business Improvement District.
- 54
flags, poles and brackets from Pink Aid Long Island to turn Huntington
Pink from October 4, 2021 through October 31, 2021 for Breast Cancer
Awareness Month.
- 54
American flags and poles from the Huntington BID to honor our active
service men and women in the armed forces and our veterans from November
1, 2021 through December 7, 2021.
- Cookies from King Kullen for the Town of Huntington Senior Center's annual Italian Festival/Pasta Celebration on October 12.
At
the request of the applicant, the Town Board adjourned the public
hearing scheduled for Wednesday, October 13, 2021 to Thursday, November
18, 2021
at 7:00 PM to
consider adopting Local Law Introductory Number 55-2021, considering
Application #2021-ZM-455 of Equestrian Estates of Melville for inclusion
in the Special Equestrian Center Overlay District
for the property located on the east side of Round Swamp Road, south of
Northern State Parkway, Melville SCTM #0400-228-02- (002, 003,
015.001).
The Town Board scheduled public hearings for the Thursday, November 4, 2021 Town Board meeting at 7:00 PM
to consider:
- Authorizing various
actions be taken upon certain properties designated as blighted in
accordance with Chapter 156, Article VII, §156-60 (Blighted Property).
- Re: Preliminary Annual Operating Budget.
- Re: Preliminary Capital Budget.
- Adopting the assessment roll for the Huntington Sewer District.
- Adopting the assessment roll for the Centerport Sewer District.
- Adopting Local Law Introductory No. 60-2021 amending the Uniform Traffic Code of the Town of Huntington, Chapter 2, Article I, §2-1, Schedule A. Re:
Pinelawn Road at Hartz Mountain/Long
Island National Cemetery – Melville – Traffic Signal. To install a
full-traffic actuated signal at the intersection paid for by Suffolk
County.
- Adopting
Local Law Introductory No. 61-2021, amending the Code of the Town of
Huntington, Chapter 87 (Building Construction) and Chapter 156 (Property
Maintenance; Nuisances). Requiring pool fences or barriers
to be constructed in accordance with the State building code and
ensuring violations to be considered a nuisance
- The
environmental impacts of the proposed sewer connection and whether a
revised SEQRA determination is warranted for Zone Change Application
#2019-ZM-440, Benchmark Senior Living at Dix Hills, located on the
northeast corner of Half Hollow Road and North Service Road, Melville
(SCTM #0400-259-02-049 & 0400-260-02-001 & 002).
- The
increase and improvement of facilities of the South Huntington Water
District, in the Town of Huntington, in the County of Suffolk, New York,
pursuant to Section 202-b of the Town Law. consisting of wellhead
treatment improvements at Well No. 10, including any ancillary or
related work required in connection.
- (As
the Board of Trustees) Executing a license agreement for the use of
Board of Trustee land as is necessary to maintain and operate a yacht
club with dock assemblage at the premises known as the Ketewomoke
Yacht Club, Halesite, New York.; the proposed agreement provides
$29,847.22 in annual rent payments to the Town from the Yacht Club,
starting in 2022 with 3.5% annual increases for the following nine
years, with the annual rent amounting to $40,678.84 by year
ten as well as the Yacht Club paying real estate taxes on the property.
- (As
the Board of Trustees) The granting of a variance. the issuance of a
special use permit and the execution of a license agreement pursuant to
the Marine Conservation Law, Town Code Chapter 137 for the construction
of a residential fixed pier and floating dock assembly. Applicant: Keith
Kebe Location: 1 Heckscher Drive, Huntington Bay, NY S.C.T.M. #0402-002.00-01.00-017.001
In other action, the Town Board:
- Amended Chapter 141 (Noise) of the Town Code to further restrict the use of gas leaf blowers,
deeming it a noise disturbance for commercial landscapers to operate a gas leaf
blower any time on Saturdays between Memorial Day and Labor Day on residential property (previously, gas leaf blower use was allowed year-round on Saturdays
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM).
- Authorized
the Supervisor to apply for and receive up to $500,000 in grant funding
under the State and Municipal Facilities Capital Program to restore the
exterior of the Heckscher Museum.
- Ceremoniously renamed the Town “Hauntington” for Halloween, Sunday, October 31, 2021.
- Extended
the time to pay taxes by up to 5 business days to Monday, June 6, 2022,
for residents granted a Senior Citizen Tax Exemption and/or Enhanced
Star Exemption.
- Amended
the Town Code Chapter 50 (Public Nuisances) and Chapter 135 (Loitering,
Parking and Congregating), designating buildings and properties used
for illegal activities as public nuisances and amplifying
the procedures and remedies available to abate them.
- Reduced
the Speed Limit on Turkey Lane in Cold Spring Harbor from 30 MPH to 20
MPH during school hours from 290 feet north of Fox Hunt Lane to Erick
Court at the request of residents.
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