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East Hampton Design Review Board unanimously approves two sign applications and a storage garage
Summary
At its March 19, 2026 meeting the East Hampton Design Review Board approved: a like-for-like sign replacement at 36 East High Street; a recommendation to allow an interim larger sign at 367 West High Street with a return for a façade review; and a 30-by-50 unheated storage garage at 98 Middletown Avenue. All motions were recorded as passing 5-0.
The East Hampton Design Review Board on March 19 approved three plan-review items, including two sign proposals and a commercial storage building, and adjourned at 6:07 P.M.
Town Planner Juliet Hodge moved to approve the meeting agenda and later moved to approve the sign application for 36 East High Street, which would replace the existing sign with another of the same size while retaining building-mounted lights to illuminate the sign. The board approved that application, recorded as a 5-0 vote.
For 367 West High Street, the applicant requested permission to install a larger interim sign now and to return in the summer with a separate façade update that would expand the building's middle crown to accommodate a new sign. The board recommended approval of the interim sign on the condition that no additional storefront signage be placed within the property's storefront area and noted that the façade renovation and any building permits must return to the board for review. That recommendation was recorded as approved 5-0.
Applicant Ryan Brodeur, appearing by Zoom, presented plans for a 30-by-50-foot unheated storage garage at 98 Middletown Avenue with three bays (10-foot-high doors), a gravel driveway, standing-seam metal roof, continuous metal paneling in a single low-profile color, and both interior and exterior lighting. Brodeur said landscaping would include trees and shrubs adjacent to the residential side to meet the regulation requiring a 15-foot vegetation buffer; an existing fence also separates the site from residential neighbors. The board discussed drainage infiltration for roof runoff, nearby farmland and wetlands, and concerns about potential light trespass onto abutting residences; members approved the application and recommended the applicant return to Planning and Zoning for sign and lighting approvals. That motion was recorded as passing 5-0.
Routine business included approval of the minutes from the Dec. 18, 2025 meeting (motion by Zachary Nelson; second by Town Planner Juliet Hodge), recorded as 5-0. The meeting record shows no public comments during the public-comment periods. Chairman Kevin Burnham moved to adjourn at 6:07 P.M.; Town Planner Juliet Hodge seconded, and the adjournment was recorded as 5-0.
The minutes list those present as Chairman Kevin Burnham, Sally Cosford-Parker, and Zachary Nelson, with Town Manager David Cox and Town Planner Juliet Hodge also in attendance; Glenn Curtin was absent. The minutes record each motion as 5-0 in favor; they do not specify whether the five affirmative votes were cast by only board members or included staff listed as present. Planning and Zoning review was identified as the next step for sign and lighting details on items that require further permits.
