Board adopts negative declaration, approves stone‑showroom at 1920 New Highway with conditions

The Town of Babylon Zoning Board of Appeals on May 21 adopted a negative declaration and approved an application (2666) to construct a 12,213‑square‑foot wholesale stone showroom at 1920 New Highway, subject to conditions recorded in the planning memo dated May 6, 2026.

Project representatives said the facility will be wholesale by appointment only, with no stone cutting performed on site; all fabrication would be done offsite in Brooklyn and materials delivered to the site for customer pickup. The applicant said the operation would be family‑run with four employees and that no outdoor storage or display of stone would occur. The board attached three explicit conditions: no outdoor storage on the premises, no on‑site stone cutting, and the applicant’s agreement to install any landbanked parking if the town’s planning and development commissioner later determines it is required. The board further recorded that the approval will be monitored against a one‑year review tied to the certificate‑of‑occupancy issuance.

Chris Leate of Lab Crew Engineering and architect Raymond Caliando answered board questions about deliveries and vehicle circulation, and affirmed the site plan shows how trucks can access the building; the applicant said trucks will not be stored on site overnight and that deliveries would be limited to materials brought in from offsite fabricators. The planning and environmental memos were entered into the record and the board approved the application following a motion and second.

The decision requires that the applicant comply with the planning memo conditions and that any required landbanked parking be constructed per town specifications if triggered. The town will monitor CO expiration and schedule the one‑year review as noted in the board’s approval.