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Patchogue hearing on PB & Goose request to lift covenants for parking stalls adjourned after residents, attorney raise environmental and process concerns
Summary
PB & Goose LLC asked the Zoning Board to cancel or modify a recorded covenant so ClearView Plate Glass could use a rear parcel for parking. The application drew lengthy public comment about trees, habitat and process; the board voted to adjourn the matter for further review and coordination with planning staff.
PB & Goose LLC asked the Patchogue Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Jan. 7 to remove or modify recorded covenants tied to a 1991 restriction so ClearView Plate Glass could develop roughly 17,000 square feet behind 239 East Main St. for employee parking. The applicant’s representative described a proposed plan for about 20 spaces and a 15-foot-wide vegetative buffer along the residential edge.
The request prompted a sustained round of public comment and legal argument. Eric J. Russo, an attorney representing an adjacent homeowner, urged the board to require a full New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) review and argued the zoning and planning applications were incomplete. "Neither the village board nor the planning board may legally proceed with the respective applications before them until a SEQRA process is properly conducted and…
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