The-Leader_1979-12-13

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44th YEAR. No. 33 FREEPORT. NEW YORK. DECEMBER 13.1979 A PRICE 20*PERCX>PY
BoanI To Hear Controversial Rezoning Case
Public Hearing Set For
Elks Club Property Change
FREEPORT - The village Board of Trustees has set January 14, \9m
for a public hearing on an application to rexone a parcel of land on Wc\t
Mcrnck Road from Business "AA" to Business "B." Thet site, pre­sently
occupied by the Freeport Elks Oub. has been purchasccf by
Freeport businessmen George Belteslt and Morris Sussman. The two
also own land to be developed
commercially at Atlantic Avenue
and South Main- Street-- aad
Bellesb b the developer of a
small shopping area on Atlantic
and South Ocean Avenues.
The Monday night public
hearing will be held at Village
cent parcel, presently occupied
byjhe _MedicaLCaitet,-becau»c -
— he said ,•— such a possibility
was "rccommeodcd" by the
village's Planning Board.
On October 23,'the Planning
Board had approved the re-
HaU. starting at 8 pm. ian\ag applicatkMi by tiwee vote*
r?rtas^*;«w)Mnm«nding that ttw °*i?* five «n««nb« boaid.'By
• Board hold » publictwl^^'^^^^^»S!^}'»T^'S^'^-'
l ie appllcaUon. which has been ?' *<; Elks Oub. J(Aa_9e
~ apj»oyed by the village Planning
Board but • disapproved by the
• Nassau County Manning Board,
;Maj-or WilHlffir=Jl. Whfte noted
YOUNG FIRE "PREVENTERS." Spacial ceretponles wrero held recently In the office of F.ceport -
-^Wlagiidaxot William White lo honor the Students who look flot prize for their school in the Village
Fire DepartmentTFT?si>re¥entton Poster Contest. The winners p. to r.)are Antonetle Hoogbkirk of
Our Holy Redeemer School. KIppy McQueen of'Arftj^i^Slraet School.. Stephanie Mlr'schfeid of Colum­bus
Avenue School. MJcheJe Hosey of Giblyn School, Patrick Oliver of Transfiguration School and
Craig Schlecter of Atkinson School: Stephen Guerra, a student at Atkinson, won a Special Achieve-na
«ht Award. Village officials who awarded the trophies were (1. to r.) Freeport Fire Department .
. Ex-Chief and Contest Chairman John Morton. Village Trustee James Clark, Mayor White and F.F.D.
Chief tJonald Mauersbcrger. / , .
Tenants Can Appeal Rents
.JEREEPOBT - Tenants of apartment houses in thu village, who are.
now under, the. newly adopted Rent Subilization Law,-win have an
opportunity to file applications for^adjustmcnts of their—initial-legal-regulated
rent." according to Micfaael Kirwan. Coordinator of the
HBagr'sLandibrd-TenantComnBttcc- . _. • -. ,~. ^•__.
- Under the law, bodlords mnst - - ~"
file forms listing the reotr pres*
ently dutrged for each of thdr
units. Within -30 days after the
'law pok eBtct. On December I.
-tbe owner off eadi buildifig nost
serve a copy of. the initial legal
' rqpdakd'reat to escii of t3s.^>
ants. Tenants tfuin 6ave tbe t^it
to ^ an applicatioa for «idgnt'.
iseflt of SWA rests witb the ffesr
Yocfc State Oivisioo'of-Hiaii3^'
' aad-~ Coemauaty: Renewal. Soca -
apfiPaitiuus.' ^whlcfa'' iro' ariiK,
able in Boocn 213 of I^eeport Vil-tfige
HaH, nnca be filed by Uie
tenants within 90 days after
Jsceipt of the Undlord's noacc to
them. . -
Statement of Complaint forms
for the' use of teaants-'are also
available, ia Room 313. as weD Mi
Joaas. for tlJB HM of Jaadlorilsli
A Nassaa jQMotylBent StaUS-^
^ latioo Board senior exaadoer sriO
be stnibblef,'^^ia: Bobra 2t3~ of .
Village Hair eacb Wedacxdsr for..
- 0ie-aezt;tliree toJoar- weeks. l-
:9 a3ii-I2iKnii.lbr tfie omvetieaee'
of PieqxMt teoams wfao are under
•die Seat StalriCzatioa Uw.
•4li^l9eM4eanii94el-P€H^^
FBEEPORT - Both the proposed 196&41 v i O ^ budget and the fire
- dqnittaeat cootract foe the ftaie fiscal year wID besobjecu of poMc
heating to be beld Mooday n^g&t. iaaoaxy 7. {980. 8 pm. at Village
HaAltt fge same ane^agJBoaafaw&txaduu a pul^c-iheafiiBg oa rtpeal
of * IXH Hw-wScSj^bBshrd "^
Permits Needed
To install Oil
- Or Gas fiumers^^
: - FHEEPOHT - The - viilage's
Building Department b caution­ing
residents that installatioos of
oil or gas buroets teqaire a
permit under Village law. Sodi a
permit costs SS ibr so oil or gas.
bomer, or 58 for both a buiaer .
and, tank. Once « permit is ob*
talaed.-a village inspector will
dieci the installatioB for safety.
One to tbe jcaergy crisis, some
Freea^ pnjperty. owners', are
nmaifin'g rqiuo^anent. oil or-gas
bonezs lor.^ grfalcr oiMf my. /
TEC' BaikBag Deoattaieat'- has'.
beoMDe aware tbst sofn^'of these v
iaftaSadoes ar« be^l^dofse sntb*'
qcttbeaecCTsaiypejauis.'
Property ownefs. wfad have
WS^^-Wi be hivma ripUU''
raent boraers aod/br Ibel ^akt
installed, sboold insisf that tiieir
costrador show thea die puiuU.-
If there is-aay-qoestioQ as to'
wbetber or aot /aoe bas beea
that the propo^ was "highly
controversial and that hie bad
received "a lot of input" on the
matter. He later told THE
LEADER that he had received a
petition from local merchants
objecting to the proposal, a letter
of objection from the representa­tive
of the owners of the^hell.
Medical ~Bulldtlg adiacent to th<e
plot: and had heard that residents
of Smith Street, behind the
Merrick )3oad site, also objected.
White said he fitVffred holding a
public hearing because "of the
obviousness that thls^lhc piece of
propertyl has to be developed for
something" and because of its
importance. ** "
Although the motion to have
village counsel prepare for a
public bearing was made during
a legbUtive session'of the board
when-no-public participation b
allo»-ed. the attorney for Sossman
and Bellesb did comment. Gerald
Halpcm laggested to the board
that the public hearing; should
also include the possibility of
changing the uming'for the mdja;
rariar
iu chairman explained.'It would
hope to avoid the charge of "spot
loning."
' About a week prior to their
meeting. • the Nassau Coupty
Pllnniag Board had dbapprovcd
of tl(e application: calling it "spot
zoning.'' .The Counly'a dedston
pointed out thiriumMindiag and
contiguous areas to the pkil were
zoned cither Business "AA," the
most restrictive businiiss zoning
.inj|hc_villagc^. or for_jgiri|nent_
houses. »'
Because the parcel lies within
500-feet of a county highway or
facility (Merrick'Road) aad was
disapproved by the Couwy
Planning Board, the ViUagr
Board will have to amnovc the
application by a vote of a majority
'"•r!'***
^
plus one, i.e. foutVilUge trustees
will have to vote "yes.
Mayor White -disagreed with
attorney Halpem's theory to hear
a discussion on -rezoiiing the
Medical Center parcel as well as
the Elks Club_lan_d,_Whltc pointed
out that the owners of-the Medical
Center have-aotjMUed for a re-zoning
and are j>ublicly opposed'
l b one.-;'- • - - - - • - , - • - - - • -^ - -t - ^ -,-:
The plaa submitted to the
(Cont.onPaQtlC)
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salaries of the Mayoc aad Beard
of Trastees. At a teeeat bodget
wotkiagr sessoo. a 10% increase
-ia^flieir. salaries was incfoded in
the teatatiTC 198081 budget, -
M&ougtt Trastee Al Sttfia —
wfaohad bof beea present at the
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Bsoeo, trsiomts can cati u5e"
Boil<£8f Dqttrtiaeat at371M00O.
Faikire to obtaia a periatt otay
ressk ia the bsaaaee of a soa-moos
aad a possible fine op to
S250.
FOR FKEEPOm'S FJMEST, Dr. Marvin ScfilWlkaMntt a efijangr
S500 to mambera of tha Freeport Poiiea BanavoiMl AsioelatkMi. The
donation, made bfX}r. Sdiloas. is for lh« PBA Vest Fund, designed to
pPovWa Fraepdd's po(ic« offfcers with botwproo^ vasts. Accepting the
check, on behalf of the PBA'. are Fund CommiUaj membea Police
OMkars GreerwriBOd 0.). Yodiee (second from I.) andVVoodward (r.v.