Rental board denies permit for 39 Arcadia Drive after neighbors report overcrowding, traffic and debris

The Town of Babylon Rental Board on Feb. 2025 denied a rental permit for 39 Arcadia Drive in Deer Park after neighbors and board members raised repeated quality-of-life concerns, including heavy vehicle traffic, unlicensed vehicles, debris and apparent transient occupancy.
Board Chair Sal Mangano, addressing the applicant, said the board would not issue the permit “before you reapply” until required corrections were completed, and told the applicant the board expects a local contact in Suffolk County for compliance and complaints.
The denial followed multiple neighbors’ accounts during the public-comment portion. Ovidio Adam, who said he lives on the same street, told the board that after the property changed hands “they start to throw garbage on the street” and that cars were parked “against the traffic on the wrong side” in the cul-de-sac, creating safety concerns. Tricia Dunston, who lives directly across, said the site frequently has “8 to 9 cars” and people “hanging out around the cars,” and that the pattern has prevented children from riding bikes and made the street feel unsafe. Olga Calbee, a next-door neighbor, said she had observed “different people coming and going” and worried the house “looked like a hotel.”
Board members listed specific exterior and management deficiencies the applicant must fix before another application will be considered. The board said the landlord must appoint a property manager who lives in Suffolk County so neighbors have a local contact, replace or repair the driveway and apron, remove a gazebo or obtain necessary permits for it, remedy extensive pavers in the backyard or restore grass, and otherwise bring the property up to Town of Babylon standards for a single‑family or legal two‑family home.
The applicant, identified in the hearing as Dhruva Visas, told the board that tenants who had been present “moved out already a month ago” and said he would review the issues. He also said he has a property manager, Ronald Tavares, listed on the application. During board discussion the applicant acknowledged he had not visited the property recently and said he would inspect it.
Board action: A motion to deny the permit was made and seconded; the chair announced the permit was denied after an affirmative vote. The board recorded that the applicant would need to address the listed exterior and management issues and that any future permit application must show compliance. The board warned that if the property returns to the previously described use, “you won't ever get a permit.”
Why it matters: Neighbors described sustained disruption to a residential cul‑de‑sac they said had been safe for children and families, and the board used the permit process to require property management and exterior repairs as preconditions for permitting. The denial places the property on a path to reinspection and possible reapplication if the owner demonstrates the cited corrections have been completed.
Next steps: The board set no specific reapplication date in the meeting minutes; neighbors were advised to contact Town of Babylon Citizen Services to report violations and to request inspections. The board said inspectors will return to verify exterior work and compliance if and when the owner reapplies.