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Islip planning board approves National Grid rezoning with conditions
Summary
The Islip Planning Board voted Feb. 11 to approve a change-of-zone request that will consolidate split zoning at National Grid’s Islip Avenue operations site, subject to vegetation buffering and a covenant restricting storage/construction in the residentially zoned portion.
The Islip Planning Board voted Feb. 11 to approve a change-of-zone request from National Grid USA Service Company, Inc., consolidating multiple district designations at its Islip Avenue facility into a single Industrial One zone, the board announced after a brief hearing.
The change, filed as CZ2025-025, was granted after planning staff recommended conditions to protect adjacent residences. Planning staff said the applicant should add landscape buffering along Alier Street and consider a covenant to prohibit construction or storage in the roughly southern 100–130-foot strip of the property that remains residentially zoned. "Staff really has no objection to the request provided the conditions do get improved for those residences," Mr. Kogan told the board.
Counsel for the applicant, Brian Kennedy, described the property as long used for National Grid and PSCG Long Island operations, with three buildings on the site, one of which is open to the public. Kennedy said the facility supports roughly 260 full-time employees split between the utilities and about 170 fleet vehicles. He also described parking numbers: a site requirement of 746 stalls, a proposal before the board for 792 stalls, and a reported current count of 821 stalls.
During the presentation, a board member asked why electrical transformers appeared on the residential side of the site. Mark Scurry, who identified himself as a foreman, said the transformers could be stored inside the building on the northwest corner of the complex.
Kennedy said the applicant was willing to increase landscaping and to prevent storage or construction in the residential portion as staff requested, but added the site needed its full complement of parking and that prior revisions had already sacrificed nearly 80 stalls.
After discussion, Mr. Brown moved to close the public hearing and grant the application "subject to the CNRs being worked out with planning staff." The motion was seconded; the board voted in favor and the chair declared the application granted.
The board recorded no opposing votes or abstentions in the available transcript. With no further business, members moved to adjourn.
The board’s approval is conditional on the applicant and planning staff finalizing the agreed conditions; the transcript does not record a timetable for returning with a final landscaping plan or covenant.
