Brookhaven planning board considers Massac Seafood, F.W. Webb land division, clearing-limit request and mixed-use rezoning

Town of Brookhaven planning staff reviewed a bundle of planning-board and town-hall public-hearing items including site plans, a land-division tied to a zone change, a subdivision clearing-limit request, and a rezoning proposal.

Planning staff introduced two site plans for Massac Seafood: one for a retail operation at the intersection identified in the packet and a second for a future warehousing operation behind the retail site along Patchogue Avenue. Staff described entrance safety work, upgraded landscaping, a masonry building with parking and drainage improvements, and bioswales for stormwater management instead of infiltration pits.

The board also reviewed a Land Division and site plan for an existing plumbing supplier, F. W. Webb. The presentation said the applicant consolidated parcels, removed an on-site house, and changed the northern portion of the property to a commercial zoning district (referred to in the presentation as J2), leaving the remaining portion residential; actions proposed included a land division to formalize the two zoning districts and site-plan upgrades including parking, drainage, and sanitary-system improvements.

A Tennessee Court subdivision application requested a higher clearing limit: the subdivision’s approved clearing limit was 47%, and the applicant asked for 69%. Staff said the Department of Environmental Protection recommended increasing to 65%; the applicant indicated willingness to accept a 65% threshold with additional vegetative mitigation in the surplus areas.

Goldwater Holdings sought rezoning for a parcel in Brookhaven’s Bud Creek area. Staff said the northern half of the property will be retained by the applicant and the southern portion proposed for a two-story mixed-use building with ground-floor offices and two apartments above. Presentation materials described access considerations, proximity to town property, and the project’s residential nature; the packet noted existing zoning listed as J2 and A1 and that the applicant requested a change to a single commercial district (spoken as “J” in the presentation). The planning presenter said hearings and further site-plan review would follow as required.

Planning staff also noted that the Planning Board public hearing listed as Hampshire Venture (public hearing number 5) will be adjourned; the matter remains on the record as adjourned.

Why it matters: these items carry typical development and infrastructure implications for traffic, stormwater, habitat, and neighborhood character. Several items will return for public hearings or further town review before final approvals.

No formal planning board votes or final approvals were recorded in this portion of the meeting; staff asked that hearings be scheduled and packet materials be updated where necessary.