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Planning board reviews Starter Holdings pre‑application over access and covenant limits
Summary
At a work session, the Southampton Planning Board reviewed a pre‑application from Starter Holdings LLC (46 Carl Benasa) about amending a decades‑old subdivision covenant that bars further subdivision and access from Old Country Road; the board urged the applicant to prepare alternative layouts and confirmed access constraints on North Quarter.
The Southampton Town Planning Board held a work session on a pre‑application from Starter Holdings LLC concerning a three‑lot subdivision originally approved decades ago and a covenant that prohibits further subdivision and vehicular access onto Old Country Road.
Staff and the applicant said the subdivision dates back to the original approval, and the easements include a covenant that “they were not permitted to…subdivide the lot any further without planning board approval,” a staff summary said. The applicant said it is seeking to create conforming lots in the R40 district and would use Old Country Road only for frontage, not access, while vehicular access would remain on North Quarter. Board members repeatedly flagged North Quarter’s constrained width — “its widest point is 30 ft” — and asked whether emergency‑vehicle access and setbacks would meet current standards.
Board members and staff recommended that the applicant submit a formal pre‑application packet with alternative lot layouts that address access, a possible common driveway, and options that orient houseyards away from nearby railroad tracks. The board also urged the applicant not to proceed with expensive engineering until those alternatives were explored. No formal vote was taken; the exchange was conducted as a work session to give early guidance to the applicant.
