Planning board approves Riverhead Building Supply site plan, legalizes rear addition
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The Planning Board approved a site plan, special permit and variances allowing Riverhead Building Supply to use an existing structure on Halleck Avenue in Port Jefferson Station as a masonry supply, legalizing an unauthorized rear addition and making ADA and façade improvements.
The Planning Board approved a site plan, special permit for stone and masonry supply, and related variances for Riverhead Building Supply’s property on Halleck Avenue in Port Jefferson Station.
Planning Director Don Holm said the property is in a J Business 5 district, about 0.3 acres, currently developed with a roughly 2,000‑square‑foot building and an unpermitted rear addition that had no certificate of occupancy. The application sought to legalize a 1,412‑square‑foot addition, add landscaping, change building elevations and secure a special permit for masonry supply uses.
Holm listed three relief requests: a 50% variance for street‑tree spacing (the code requires street trees at 30‑foot centers; one existing tree leaves a 50% shortfall), a parking variance (11 stalls required, nine proposed) and the special permit for stone and masonry supply. Architect Bob Fallon, representing the applicant, said the project includes upgrading the driveway apron for ADA compliance under the Department of Transportation, new ADA parking stalls, drainage improvements and a full exterior façade renovation (board‑and‑batten siding, thin stone veneer, new windows and automatic sliding entrance).
The Planning Board closed the public hearing, adopted a negative declaration under environmental review and voted to approve the application and associated variances. No recorded roll‑call tally was provided in the meeting minutes; the board’s motion carried.
