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Sunset Beach asks for Bastille Day party permit
June 19, 2013
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This week in Shelter Island history
June 7, 2013
Business
Merchants, board look to lower speed on Bridge St.
June 17, 2013
Driveway settlement? Judge may impose decision
June 13, 2013
Community
Bausman steps down as Island Red Cross CEO
June 17, 2013
Obituaries
Obituary: Barbara Joy Roberts Carlsen
May 28, 2013
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May 20, 2013
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This week in Shelter Island history
May 30, 2013
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Letters to the Editor: Dark skies, pro and con
June 13, 2013
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June 11, 2013
Shelter Island Planning Board
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This week in Shelter Island history
10 YEARS AGO Task force zeroes in on zoning issues A special Planning and Zoning Task Force told the Town Board in January 2003 it wanted to focus on regulations affecting near-shore zoning and building regulations pertaining to setbacks, heights, proportion of structures to lot sizes and pre-existing nonconforming structures. While the...
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Town Board weighs in on slope building restrictions
What a Planning Board member called a “questionable argument” in 2004 is what convinced the Town Board to require the Planning Board to exclude any land with a slope steeper than 20 percent from the developable area of any subdivision proposal. Now the planners want the Town Board to think again. The...
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Pasca advises town not to warn owners when businesses face legal extinction
The town should not take on the job of telling owners of inactive businesses in residential areas that their non-conforming uses are in danger of losing their legal status. That was the advice from Shelter Island Planning Board attorney Tony Pasca in response to a question Tuesday night from Councilman Paul...
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Town planners: weighing businesses in residential zones
Shelter Island Planning Board members this week discussed whether or not the town should impose stricter controls on home businesses and on expansions of nonconforming uses within residential districts. Planers agreed they didn't want to see such strict requirements for home businesses that many are forced to scale back or stop...
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Planning Board: New planner welcomed to board
The Planning Board welcomed its newest member at its April 12 meeting, Ian McDonald, who said he’s excited to be joining the board. Mr. McDonald told the Reporter, “I’ve done a lot on Shelter Island and Shelter Island has done a lot for me since my family first came here...
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Planning Board: Coastal barrier rules still a moving target
The Shelter Island Planning Board reviewed the most recent draft of Coastal Barrier legislation Tuesday night, which proposes tightening of the wetlands code for construction projects on the Ram Island causeways. A zoning code revision is also in the works for the causeways. But defining the exact boundaries of the areas...
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Planning Board: Coastal Barrier code examined
What’s the best way for the town to protect the Coastal Barrier Zone? At the request of the Town Board the Planning Board and its attorney reviewed proposed code changes and their impacts, leading to an extended discussion during the planners’ December 14 meeting. Proposed development rules for low-lying coastal barrier...
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Planning Board: Extensions under scrutiny
Votes on extensions for subdivision deadlines sparked a discussion about the need for stricter review of application extensions at the Planning Board’s November 30 and December 14 meetings. WHITE MAJOR SUBDIVISION Size and location: nine large lots on 53 acres on West Neck Creek. The board voted on November 30 to extend the...
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Planning Board: Brandenstein lot split complete
The Brandenstein family’s subdivision application cleared the last Planning Board hurdle before a special meeting Tuesday night, allowing Chairman Paul Mobius to sign the final plans, which split off an open space property that the town will purchase before the end of the year. Size and location: Two lots on Brander...
