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A portion of property to the west of downtown Mattituck was slated to be rezoned from General Business to Corridor Business (in red) under the propose zoning.
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Southold Likely to Allow Restaurant & Retail Uses Along Commercial Corridors In Revision to Zoning Update

Beth Young
As the Southold Town Board begins to digest comments it received on a first draft of its Zoning Update earlier this summer, the board seems inclined to respond to businesses' concerns about the draft's removal of several uses from a new zoning district it had created to prevent the outward sprawl of hamlet centers. Pictured Above: A portion of property to the west of downtown Mattituck was slated to be
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Heather Lanza gave an overview of the town's Zoning Update.
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Big Turnout for Initial Southold Zoning Update Forum

Beth Young
The first public forum on Southold Town's new Zoning Update was the hottest ticket in Peconic Monday evening, May 12. Nearly 100 members of the community turned out to give feedback on a long-anticipated project to completely overhaul a code that has been updated on a piecemeal basis over the last 50 years. Pictured Above: Southold Town Planning Director Heather Lanza gave an overview of the town's Zoning Update at
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Southold Releases Zoning Update Draft, Sets Community Meetings

Beth Young
The ink was barely dry on the first copy of Southold Town's new zoning code update when Town Supervisor Al Krupski walked into a meeting of business leaders at Raphael Vineyards Tuesday morning and proudly placed it on the bar as attendees were walking in. "It's still warm," he said of the 190-page document, fresh from the printer. By the end of the day, the town's zoning update website, southoldzoningupdate.com,
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Southold Zoning Public Review Draft Now Expected Later this Month

Beth Young
The Public Review Draft of Southold Town's Zoning Code Update is now expected to be released around April 18. Town Planning Director Heather Lanza had said in March as the Planning Department released an earlier draft of the document that she was hoping the Public Review Draft would be available April 1. Pictured Above: Southold Town Planning Director Heather Lanza at the town board's April 1 work session. At the
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Southold Releases Long-Awaited Zoning Update Draft

Beth Young
A preliminary draft of Southold Town's long-awaited Zoning Update has been released to the public, though the town board is expected to review this draft throughout this month before releasing a "public review draft" in April. The overhaul of the zoning code has been in the works since Southold adopted a Comprehensive Plan Update in September of 2020. The Comprehensive Plan outlined the town's priorities to make future planning "compatible
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Southold Takes Up a Tree Removal Code

Beth Young
The Southold Town Board is taking up a proposal to restrict the amount of trees that can be removed from residential properties this week, which has long been a request of local environmentalists. The proposal, introduced at the board's Nov. 19 work session, creates a new section of the Southold Town Code known as the "Tree Clearing Code of Southold Town," which sets out the a process for people who
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Southold Town Planning Director Heather Lanza at the Mattituck-Laurel Civic Assocation's Feb. 26 forum.
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Southold Zoning Update Recommendations Delayed Until 2025

Beth Young
Southold Town's Zoning Update project now underway will likely not be complete until the summer of 2025, Town Planning Director Heather Lanza told the Southold Town Board at its Sept. 24 work session. Pictured Above: Southold Town Planning Director Heather Lanza at a forum on the zoning update in Mattituck early this spring. The town had initially expected to receive recommendations from its consultant, ZoneCo, in the summer of 2024,
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The Enclaves resort hotel project in Southold began clearing land in late February, in advance of receiving a building permit, because clearing there was limited to the winter months to protect the seasonal nesting habitat for long-eared bats.
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Southold Town Will Not Consider Broad Development Moratorium, Sets June Hearing on Hotel Pause

Beth Young
Pictured Above: The Enclaves resort hotel project in Southold began clearing land in late February. The Southold Town Board has set a public hearing for Tuesday, June 18 at 4:30 p.m. on a proposed 12-month moratorium on hotel, motel and resort development proposals while the town updates its zoning code. The board declined on Tuesday to take up a request earlier this April from the North Fork Civics coalition for a broader
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Civic Groups, Group for the East End Join Chorus Advocating for Broad Southold Development Moratorium

Beth Young
"Save What's Left" may be the North Fork Environmental Council's motto, but this week the NFEC is no longer alone in asking the Town of Southold to do just that. The leaders of nearly every civic association on the North Fork, along with the Group for the East End, spoke up at Southold Town Hall Tuesday, April 16, advocating for a broad moratorium on development while the town finishes a
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Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski discussed zoning with residents of New Suffolk at a March 12 forum at the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library.
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As Residents Pack Zoning Meetings in Southold, Town Looks Ahead to Next Steps

Beth Young
Pictured Above: Southold Town Supervisor Al Krupski (center, in blue) discussed zoning with residents of New Suffolk at a March 12 forum at the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Library. Update, April 10: The Southold Town Board tabled a resolution to hold a May public hearing on the proposed moratorium on applications for hotels and motels at its regular meeting April 9, after hearing concerns from hotel owners who are planning renovations and
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Southold Kicks Off Revamp of Zoning Code

Beth Young
The consultants working with Southold Town to revamp its zoning code have kicked off their work implementing zoning changes outlined in the town’s Comprehensive Plan, released in 2020. Sean Suder, of the Ohio-based firm ZoneCo, and Sarah Brown of Hardesty & Hanover, who will be doing the public outreach on the zoning changes, were in town the week of Nov. 15 to get a sense of the land use here
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