Since then, VID has been operating as a wood and concrete recycling company. However, in 1993, despite overwhelming community opposition, VID was granted a special permit to operate a transfer station. Immediately, homeowners living near VID Industries, later joined by the Brookhaven Town Board, sued the BZA to revoke this special permit on the grounds that the BZA did not properly adhere to the Town’s land use guidelines. Although the residents won in State Supreme Court, VID is currently appealing the decision.

We are very concerned about the outcome of the Appellate Court’s decision in this case. Despite the Town’s recent effort to move transfer stations from Ll to L2, and its consideration in creating a special T-District zoning category, if VID wins its appeal it will be grandfathered into the old zoning category, and we most likely will have a transfer station in our community. And, with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision preventing towns from restricting garbage flow, the VID operation could supplant the landfill as our community’s biggest problem.

3. Town of Brookhaven Local Waterfront Revitalization Program

In response to the federal government’s 1972 Coastal Zone Management Act, New York State issued a Waterfront Revitalization Program, which mandates 44 policy statements that must be followed if the local municipalities decide to adopt their own LWRP (municipalities with coastal shoreline may develop their own waterfront revitalization program in accordance with State requirements).

Brookhaven’s draft environmental impact statement on the LWRP outlines eight Local Implementation Districts, (although this hamlet study is concerned mostly with the southern portion of LID II), and offers suggestions specific to each in terms of land use – which areas should be targeted for open space, housing and business – rezoning recommendations and environmentally sensitive land to be purchased. According to page ix of the report: "Once the Town of Brookhaven has a State-approved LWRP, the town’s LWRP will replace the State Coastal Management Program.... All future actions at all levels of government will be guided solely by the Brookhaven coastal policies contained in the LWRP."

Stated on page v of the DEIS, the Brookhaven LWRP seeks to achieve four goals:

1. The preservation of significant environmental resources and ecological habitats, with priority given to the protection of surface waters and groundwater reserves.

2. Balancing the need for developing additional water-dependent facilities and restoring and/or Improving existing water-dependent uses, with increased concern for environmental protections.

3. Providing additional opportunities for public access to the Brookhaven waterfront, and improving existing facilities and means of access.

Pages

Title Page
i • Prologue
ii • Prologue
iii • Prologue
iv • Committee
Table of Contents
1 • I. Introduction
1a • Plate 1
2 • II. Overview
3 • II. Overview
4 • II. Overview
5 • II. Overview
6 • II. Overview
7-8 • II. Overview
9 • III. History
10-11 • III. History
12 • IV. Land Use
12a • Plate 2
13 • IV. Land Use
13a • Plate 3
14 • IV. Land Use
15 • IV. Land Use
15a • Plate 4
15b • Carmans River
16 • V. Land Use Issues
17 • V. Land Use Issues
18 • V. Land Use Issues
19 • V. Land Use Issues
20 • V. Land Use Issues
20a • Plate 5
21 • VI. Other Issues
22 • VI. Other Issues
23 • VI. Other Issues
24 • VI. Other Issues
25 • VI.Other Issues
25a • Plate 6
26 • VI. Other Issues
27 • VI. Other Issues
28 • VI. Other Issues
29 • VI. Other Issues
30 • VII. Summary
31 • VII. Summary
32 • VII. Recommendations
33 • VII. Recommendations
34 • VII. Recommendations
35 • A. Questionnaire
36 • A. Questionnaire
37 • A. Questionnaire
38 • A. Questionnaire
39 • A. Questionnaire
40 • B. Community Comments
41 • B. Community Comments
42 • B. Community Comments

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