Par 3 (Valley Fields). (See Planning Board, October 20, 2025.) Several residents from Wildwood Street that abut the facility spoke up at the hearing, voicing their concerns about noise(from music), lights that shine into their houses, golf balls on their property and drainage issues. They also voiced their frustration that earlier complaints to town officials who spoke to the operator produced only fleeting results. They said they weren’t against the facility and wanted it to succeed; they just wanted the operators to be a “good neighbor.”
While Board members were aware of the lighting issue, the noise issue was new to them. After residents advised the Board that the police told them that they couldn’t do anything about the noise level, it was noted that the town does have a noise ordinance that regulates the decibel level by day and hour for residential and commercial properties.
In response to the comments, the facility operator repeated his intention to be a good neighbor and said they would look into adjusting the lights and the possibility of erecting some screening to block the golf balls. The noise issue remained to be addressed.
Acknowledging that it has a lot of homework to do, the Board adjourned the hearing.
380 Downing Drive (Former Uncle G’s). (See Planning Board, October 20, 2025.) There were no comments at the public informational hearing and a public hearing is likely to be held in December. In response to concerns raised at the previous meeting about the clearance at the rear loading dock, the applicant advised the Board that the site plan had been changed to accommodate the Board’s concern.
Toll Brothers. (See Planning Board, October 20, 2025.) The Board adopted resolutions approving the site plan and the subdivision plat that split off the Field Home parcel. The only issues that were discussed dealt with when Toll Brothers would be required to pay the fees associated with the development; the $472,000 recreation fee will be paid once the first certificate of occupancy is issued. Other fees will be paid earlier and once the applicant receives the needed approvals from outside agencies and takes title to the property.
The Town Board will have 60 days from the time the subdivision plat is recorded to decide if it wants to take title to the Field Home parcel.
Moundroukas, 3665 Barger Street. (See Planning Board, October 20, 2025.) The public hearing was opened and closed without any public comments. An approval resolution will likely be on the Board’s next meeting. The applicant will need to address some unspecified issues raised by the toiwn engineer.
Jacob Road solar farm. (See Town Board, September 2, 2025 re grandfather issue.) With the solar moratorium having expired and a revised Solar Law that would grandfather in the project scheduled for a November 25 public hearing, the applicant proceeded to advise the Board about changes to the site plan. The new plan factors in the increased setback to 150’ that’s in the proposed new law, resulting in four fewer aces of disturbance and a reduction in the number of panels to 6,700 from 8,300.
The applicant also acknowledged that its original topographic numbers used to illustrate that the panels would be mostly not seen from the houses were off by about10’-15’. However, the applicant added that even with the houses now being at a higher elevation and looing down on the panels, the proposed arbor vitae plantings would adequately screen the panels.
The one new issue that surfaced was that because the location of some of the panels was changed due to the setback change, the new plan eliminates the proposed trail through the property that was part of the recreation fee requirement in the original subdivision approval. Which means that if the Solar Law is approved with the grandfathering provision, the recreation fee requirement in the subdivision plan will have to be amended.
Nantucket Sound (Kear Street). (See Planning Board, October 20, 2025.) The Board appeared split on how to deal with the HVAC issue and put off taking a vote pending more information from the applicant.
While Board members Fon and LaScala acknowledged that the equipment’s current location did not conform to the site plan and that the Building Department was complicit in approving the different location, they were satisfied with mitigation measures that had been taken to screen the HVAC units, e.g., the fencing and plantings.
Board members Garrigan and Reardon were more concerned with continuing to accept the practice of letting applicants get away with building what they wanted and then coming to the Board to make their changes legal. Mr. Garrigan suggested a possible solution might be to leave the units where they are but have the owner provide some form of mitigation. What that might be was left open and the Board asked the owner to return with some possible mitigation measures. Mr. Bock did not state his opinion.
The applicant advised the Board that the owner has hired a contractor to comply with the invasive removal mitigation measures he is obligated to do on the Mohansic Trailway. There was no discussion about the existing outdoor seating area that also did not conform to the approved site plan.
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