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Residents raise complaints about smoky backyard fireplace and oppose animal‑shelter privatization during public comment
Summary
Franklin Square neighbors asked the town to revisit code enforcement after a large outdoor wood‑burning fireplace produced smoke that the complainants say damaged health and property; separate speakers urged the board to reject privatization bids for the Town of Hempstead animal shelter, citing past complaints about bidders' records.
Several residents used the Town Board public comment period on Jan. 7 to press the town on two separate concerns: an outdoor wood‑burning fireplace in Franklin Square that a neighboring family says is causing health problems, and opposition to bids to privatize the Town of Hempstead animal shelter.
Franklin Square residents Christopher Crane and his wife, Elena Carrillo, said a neighbor’s large outdoor wood‑burning fireplace emits dense smoke that drifts onto their property and into their home. Crane said the couple had sought enforcement and appealed to the Board of Appeals but that a plans examiner…
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