The-Leader_1986-11-20

              omelal
Hempafmr
Village of
Freepsrt
Ffeeport
SEhosi DUtrlu
m
Baldwin
Setieel Oialriet.
ragEPORT MEMORIAL UBRAPrf
FREEPOHT BEMOIML LIBRARY
1 UERRZeK ROAD
FiSEPOiT H 3f U520 g?
FSM^Om, NEW YORK. Nowanhw M, 1986
i2ndYEAl,No.3l
PRICE 2 5 * fERCOPY
ge Gets Sunrise Hy» Rehab Plan
DalOWin D d . I f l e e t i n a OU FreeponTheotre Site
Has 2-Part Adgenda
Clyde M. Pmptisal, Of her / Public Hearing
Business Matters Explored On Rezonini
raEEPORT - The YilteM of Rreeport'$ Centra! Busi-nes
Dfetrict wiU be getting a brand new and very
modem look, if the proposal adi^need by J. S. Proper-tiei.
Inc. wiiu i^provd qext mimtb.
.J. S. Propeities, owner
. -BALDWIN - The' ^tdwln Board of Education held a
meeting' Wednes^y evening November 12, vMeh
cpp^^ted of lw<j distinct portions. The. flrat ,pjrt,
• ini^dded "a pfeseniifiite'' by''TCaTSia'*MSm!-^r Darren
. Equities, tiie proposed buyer of. ibe sehool dist'riet's
£l^de'Road property in ,, • . .' "• -
noftti-«Bt laM««n. ."^e Eqaities. . t f U « referen-"
seramd -~p»t .^wm . Ae ' dura pim&, tUen Montr
tegular. rninthty meeting
'With busisosasd educa-
^onal agenda itenis. -At-
. tending, were appro^-
msttily 40 residents, most
of wncHn did .'not appear
to have attended tite three
opfininlty' meetings on'
fliB Clyde Road proposal,
whioh Monti hii previ­ously
field... • . - "
Monti attempt to.
reeap the det&ils-; of. Ae.
Clyde Road' i^opos^ and
Ae comproinke at the
thvee meettogs whteh. I»s
must 10 to • the' Town
B o ^ . o f fl»"Towa of
HempSt^Kl for . zoning
.changes wjilch would
aHow'Um to build tiie'62
units Instead of the 4%
stogie hoili«' for which'
t|)e property •: is pr^enily
zoned. • . . * •
. Itaiti. attempted to
assure the' restdentt that
the' terans in the ref­erendum,
.and ' most
particularly ,1a the writs'-
contracjt, are* biniMng and
mast be acAered to. He
r^ulted In change 'm the noted that the-^le. If ap-orlginal
project. Orlginauy ' pni^d at flie refierendun,
Monti vran^d to budd 75. Is abt coiditKinal .on ha
homeowner - association receiving i»Bing appraM.
utiSaa - one,twomdafiew -After''questloiu,:.lt "was-titiee
bedrotm - r without
garages - and' with one
Ingres and egnss. After
input ^om resMents at tiie;
O^ee me^ings. the pro­posal,
which will be voted
m by residents at fte
December' 3 'referendum,
^ I s for 62 one and two
bedroom homeomier as­sociation
unio. with
p ^ e s , and with two
m^ns of ingress and
noted ^at, ^though 'the
Town Beard could agree,
tq terms jhat iffiow fewer
units, the developed could
not build an^fa^g re-quirkg'mme
units mdiout
going back to the Commu­nity
for their ai^irovat.
In r^ponse to a.ques-tioB,
Monti also noted that
if he d!d not choose to
develop the i^operty, but
sold it to another
e»»s. veloper, ^ t developer
m flie coune of dhtm- wonw fee under the smve
sion, it was necessary to r^&ictions as he wo|ld
claii^ tt>e approval ptor •»
» s sBveid times. The
proeea ealb first- for a
referendum, at which
residents of- the school
dUtrict • must "mp on
However, Monti stressed
liumerora times, as he did
bi die previoiB ttnee
community meetinp, h^
—-"atioa and credibility
-whether Uw .property *»nd.H&"de^5re to buBd a
should be-add)to.Ifenea- . "'(((^w.trfP^tW """"
V5fe«ideleft"
FREEPORT-A public
heairi&g oi|-ti».r.izonmg of
.WQodeteft.Afcvenu»'4ud the-
^ side, of Soiiili Ocean-.
Avenue, .soiiii' of. A^ms
Street, will be held bytiie
Freeport .yillage B^ud ,of
Trustee, . on -Monday,
November 24, at 8 p.m..
at "V^age Ifeli:
• Under the proposed re-zoning,
an of Itedcleft
Avenue mA east of Ocean
wifli, tlw .e3telttsion.of one
piucel presmt^ smed
Mulne Apartment-Boatel, '
Ccmdomintimi and'Qmp-erat!^,
would be twanged
to.a new zcHiiog oie^biy, .
Marine Gonunecee. . . .
At a public h«urlng hdd
test'June it'was propi^ed
Woodeleft Avenue" be- re­ined
ftom'fodustrial aiul
Manufacturing to Marine-
Indmtries, while the east
, side of Oe^n w» to be
rezoned from tiie. ssue.
categorin to a new Ma­rine
R^ldence-Apartment.
• zone. '
After a» June hearing,
however, it was deter­mined
that the newfy pro­pped
Mulne Commerce
district vrould bMter pre­serve
the uniipe v«ter-f^
oot. c h ^ t e r d' the
Wood^eft area.
• The-M»ine Commerce
district combines future!
of Marine •tedustrl«i and
M»!ne Bi^ie», plus ad-dltlond
requirements .to
pr^erve open spaemand
to.'provide s reasonable
dismnee be^een new
commercial bulldlnss and
e s i s ^ , abutting t^iden-
Ikl areas. .
•: >:.>TB6 'smai-'South' O c ^ .
^<»t:woidd.rcmafa; ^oed
' • " >.-. (Geiit.'oriPaa«9) )•! > •
of U. S. 1, a large auto­motive
-siore- wWch' re­cent^
took over the-long-emp^,
former Grmifs site
on ' Sunrise - Highway In
Freeport, is proposi^ to
purchaie the'oM Freeport
Theater, demolMi. it and
repladr it with a commer­cial
structure &ee draw­ing,
this p^%
. -Hhe'th^terron the cor­ner
<«;: Suwise-^-Highway '
and'- . Hei»y Street, is
presently. partiaUy oceu-;
• pled t^ S^lous armed •
. services' recrultlimjoffie^.
• Tlte. .buiUling^ ra^de Is
fl!di|ng and peelnl and dl
^^stlges of Its former
Shay haJKB long ti^n Mt. •
' J. S. Properues las ap­plied
to redevelop the site,
after- It. would denudMi
thebuMng, and erect a
eommerelsl structure of
not less than two stori^,
conti^ing» .somevdhere.
between' . 16,009 md
40,000 scgms flet. ..
Favklng would bejtro-vided.
In "flie rem of tto
sMctnre.
.While neither ^ e «HMge
nor J.S. ftOMrtles* prln-eii
»l Joe ^ k e l were
wilUng, at ' these farfy
$tai«, to specify fitture
uses for or tenants of the.
property, the Vtlbge^ no­tice
of ^ubUc h«ff!ng,
puUkhed in this w ^ ^
!»ue of THE LE^BBft,
Itate that - if the building
eo^trueted is mOre than
16,(1)0 square feet, it shall
be -used "solely for re-ail/
offlce space on the '
ground floor' and office
space only oa the upper'
flotirfsj.". . ' .
"The legal notice *ako
extends iome leewsw for"
Ihe height of Oil bimding
and the number of sto- .
r{es,ao&ng only th» It be
-"jjansistent-iivith the^zonin'g '
of &i area.*' •
. . Shel«l ex^lateld. this
wedc that his property,
the- Grant's building amd
te U. Sil Mre, and. ite- -
tenant, Wear-Guard, hive
been- doint well in
Freeixirt and J.' S. - Pre-
- perties feel tlrat the village
is i gwd pliee'k whffih '
to do-ttusmesSi • .' -
' J . S Properties hm shni-
- telly developed commer­cial
sites in other areas of
Long Ishnd, ' such .as
Coram.and h«i ^ o ^ n
esipanmng Its UJ.I.store
holdfo^.
'.Tlie 'A^ter building Is
presenHy 'owtied W Paul'-
Beggfais, who bought both '
. ttiat property' and a
SEoidler plot'to Its w«t on
Sunrise IBghi^iy. Tlie
more wraterly plot was the
fotmer site of-a r«tau-lant/
dlber and .B^ns.
coaverttd the building'
into & h«idquarten for his
firm. But ll^e Qieater,
.wUch'«^ supiposed to be •
. mMlf reiravated, 1M only
' (CQat.«i^gei^ ~
« H^ VllUGE Ifmmv^mAtt «>{» at »M t f t t of Uit femer
Fr«^art Tlwstir, m thi eermr ef &nrlM Mitfnnir Md-lltnry
Strttt, if afAm propmH h/ J« <• Prepertlct, if approvtd by
M rrc^pert |(ipning.te*i:d and Villaa* >Mrd af Truttcei. Tht
. ('deimlei«c At*?} I4 J W ^ f *>>« preperty/tiinstl^ -the tMhtte,'.'
.and bultd.t«eRMre(a(-ttnletd% «n'tlif «ttc,-aliiU>r to'tlitfr
. pratlatnir^dr&tna fibevt). ., ••'•'• , . ' • . •• ,• • —