The Issue
For Port Jefferson Village Residents
What's happening: The owners of the Gap site, located on Main Street, submitted a conditional use application to tear down the existing building a build a four-story redevelopment of the existing retail property, resulting in a 40-unit hotel with ground-floor shops and a rooftop restaurant. This application would require multiple conditional-use allowances.
Current zoning does not allow any building higher than three stories within downtown, but there is a method that would allow the Zoning Board to change this zoning without violating the “spot zoning” regulations.
The zoning in this area was put in place to protect the historic charm of the village from being destroyed. Such a zoning change for this one parcel could also set a precedent allowing more developers to request the same privilege.
Residents need to make the Port Jefferson Village Board of Trustees, the Zoning Board and the Planning Board aware that residents do not favor such a change. They need this information before they start the review process and the developer needs to know that a four-story building is not welcome in our downtown area.
What Residents Can Do
Join other residents who have already signed a petition on Change.Org that will be sent to the Port Jefferson Village Zoning Board, the Planning Board and the Village Clerk, stressing that the residents to not want the current zoning of this property to be changed to satisfy the desires of a developer.
The petition will be open until June 26, 2025.
Link to Petition: Change.org No Fourth-Floor on Proposed Hotel
Note: This petition does not reflect any opinion on whether a hotel should be built in this location. It only deals with resident disapproval of changing the existing Zoning to allow a fourth floor to be built on a building in the downtown historical district.
Note 2:
Change.org does not require a donation to sign this petition. Just sign and back out without making a suggested donation.
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