[0:00] Uh we're going to begin the um since we
[0:02] have a public camera, we're going to
[0:03] begin the meeting with the pledge of
[0:04] allegiance. Uh Julian, could you lead us
[0:09] >> to the flag of the United States of
[0:11] America and to the republic for which it
[0:14] stands, one nation under God,
[0:17] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:19] for all.
[0:25] » Um could you take the role?
[0:31] Julian,
[0:33] I'm sorry.
[0:35] Robert Manacusco,
[0:36] >> present.
[0:37] >> Edwin,
[0:38] >> present.
[0:38] >> Juan Leon,
[0:39] >> present.
[0:40] >> Dan Chosian,
[0:40] >> present.
[0:41] >> Frank Santos,
[0:42] >> present.
[0:43] >> Matt Espazito,
[0:44] >> present.
[0:44] >> Greg Axiola,
[0:46] >> and Rich Casey,
[0:48] >> do we have a quorum?
[0:49] >> Yes, we do.
[0:50] >> All right, you call the first thing.
[0:53] >> Item A is a public hearing. site plan
[0:55] review gas station convenience store car
[0:57] wash job HPLN-2325-22
[1:02] AN global Montello Group Corp proposes
[1:06] to make site alterations to an existing
[1:08] gasoline service station with a
[1:10] convenience store
[1:11] >> and since this is a public hearing I
[1:13] have to read this into the statement the
[1:14] planning board shall have the right to
[1:16] rely on any information that is pres uh
[1:18] presented by the applicant if any such
[1:20] information is later found to be
[1:22] inaccurate or incorrect the planning
[1:24] board may determine that any approvals,
[1:26] building permits, or other actions
[1:28] previously granted in connection with
[1:29] the application are null and void. Who's
[1:32] here for the applicant? Good evening. Uh
[1:35] on behalf of the applicant, Matthew Ing
[1:37] from the law firm of Sir Tilman, Balon,
[1:39] Adler, and Heyman, 90 Merrick Avenue,
[1:42] 9th floor, East Meadow, New York. Uh
[1:45] with me this evening is the project
[1:46] engineer who's sitting behind me. It's
[1:48] uh Mr. Larry O'Brien Brian from High
[1:51] Point Engineering. So this uh
[1:53] >> before you get started, have you
[1:54] received the memo from uh the planning
[1:57] commissioner dated March 10th, 2026 with
[2:00] all the uh conditions, covenant and
[2:02] restrictions?
[2:03] >> Yes, we have.
[2:04] >> Are there any issues, concerns or
[2:06] anything that your client has?
[2:07] >> There is one issue on proposed covenant
[2:10] number five which when based off my
[2:12] conversation with the plan examiner
[2:14] today, uh my concern will be removed in
[2:17] the in the final version.
[2:18] >> Okay.
[2:19] >> Great.
[2:21] Okay, proceed.
[2:22] >> So, uh, this evening, the applicant
[2:24] requests approval, uh, to add new
[2:26] landscaping along the side yards and
[2:28] rear yard as well as make drainage,
[2:31] curbing, and parking area improvements.
[2:33] Uh, in addition, improvements are
[2:35] proposed to the existing trash enclo
[2:37] enclosure to meet current town
[2:39] standards. No modifications are proposed
[2:42] to the gasoline station or to the
[2:44] convenience store.
[2:46] Uh, prior to today's hearing, our office
[2:48] submitted the following documents, all
[2:50] prepared by High Point Engineering,
[2:52] which help show the proposed landscaping
[2:54] and site improvements. We have a there's
[2:57] an aerial plan dated February 10th of
[2:59] 2026,
[3:00] a color site plan rendering last dated
[3:03] December 1st of 2025,
[3:06] as well as a copy of the landscape plan,
[3:09] also dated uh December 1st of 2025.
[3:12] So, the subject property is located at
[3:15] 1160 Straight Path in West Babylon and
[3:18] based on our review of records, it has
[3:20] been used as a gasoline station since at
[3:21] least 1985.
[3:23] The current the site is currently
[3:25] improved with a gas station that
[3:26] includes four fueling positions and a
[3:29] 1,295T
[3:31] building that is used as a convenience
[3:33] store. as will be could be more
[3:36] discussed by the project engineer. The
[3:39] proposed applications uh seek minor modifications to the previously
[3:44] approved 2000 site plan which was
[3:47] granted on August 7th of 20 of 2000 by
[3:50] resolution 2000-112.
[3:54] Um as previously noted um no
[3:56] modifications are proposed to the gas
[3:58] station, convenience store, fuel pumps
[4:01] or the fuel canopy.
[4:03] Um,
[4:05] so as more fully depicted on the color
[4:08] site plan rendering, the applicant will
[4:10] be providing a continuous row of
[4:12] alternating green juniper and e emerald
[4:15] arborvite along the southerntherly
[4:18] sideyard property line which when which
[4:21] will will then extend along the rear
[4:23] curb line behind the the convenience
[4:25] store and then extend along the westerly
[4:28] sideyard.
[4:33] Um the rear yard already includes a ve a
[4:37] vegetated buffer area primarily of uh of
[4:40] grass area and mature trees. Um this
[4:43] application will supplement the rear
[4:45] yard buffer by adding an additional four
[4:48] trees which will include two golden rain
[4:50] trees and two Japanese lilac trees. Um,
[4:53] an additional three trees will be
[4:55] planted along the uh the westerly side
[4:58] of the convenience store to help further
[5:00] screen um the convenience store from the
[5:03] abuing residential property. Uh, in
[5:06] regard to site access, um, no changes
[5:08] are there no changes. There's two
[5:11] existing uh, curb cuts on straight path
[5:14] and one uh, driveway on Little East Neck
[5:18] Road. Um both of the all all three
[5:20] driveways will remain.
[5:23] Um so with that um we have our project
[5:25] engineer who's available to uh answer
[5:28] any questions that the board or public
[5:30] may have.
[5:39] » Okay.
[5:42] >> Sure.
[5:43] >> Hi. Good evening.
[5:44] >> Good evening. Can can you uh talk a
[5:46] little bit about the um covenant and
[5:49] restriction number five?
[5:50] >> Sure. So, as the um there's a a a line
[5:55] in covenant number five talking about
[5:58] the applicant and or the property owner
[6:00] or applicant being responsible to
[6:01] maintain an automatic fire uh sprinkler
[6:04] system. That is not required for this
[6:07] project um because we're not proposing
[6:09] any changes to the existing convenience
[6:11] store. Um just for the record that this
[6:14] Different versions of that covenant were
[6:16] included in prior planning department uh
[6:18] memos. Um it was previously removed and
[6:20] this just this was one remaining hold
[6:23] over. So we wanted that that portion of
[6:25] that covenant to be removed to avoid any
[6:27] confusion in the future.
[6:32] » Um
[6:34] parking uh as far as what's allowable
[6:37] and what you have.
[6:38] >> Sure. Um let me see. We have
[6:43] 12 stalls are proposed and the town code
[6:46] requires uh
[6:51] seven stalls are required. 12 are
[6:52] proposed.
[6:54] >> Thank you. And then in the um
[6:57] information we received, there's been
[6:59] some prior issues with uh overnight
[7:01] parking in the vehicles.
[7:03] >> Correct. So um I could have the engineer
[7:06] talk more about the site layout to help
[7:08] prevent that. Um, but the additional
[7:10] landscaping um and fences that are going
[7:13] to be located uh behind the convenience
[7:16] store will help uh prevent that in the
[7:19] future.
[7:19] >> Okay, great.
[7:22] >> Excuse me. Sure.
[7:24] >> You had the opportunity, sir, to go over
[7:27] the commissioner's memo dated March 10th
[7:30] and went over all the conditions and
[7:31] covenants and restrictions, I assume.
[7:34] >> Uh, yes. And
[7:35] >> that's great. and including um covenant
[7:39] number 18 that there should be no
[7:42] storage
[7:44] or other vehicles that are not permitted
[7:47] tires equipment.
[7:48] >> Correct. We have no objection.
[7:54] » Are you um requesting any kind of
[7:56] variances of any kind?
[7:58] >> No.
[7:59] >> Okay. Thank you.
[8:00] >> Okay. Thanks. Um, is there anyone from
[8:02] the public that would like to present or
[8:05] ask questions regarding this
[8:06] application?
[8:09] Right. Seeing none,
[8:11] I'm going to need a motion.
[8:16] >> We'll need a motion to um
[8:20] close a hearing.
[8:21] >> Reserve.
[8:23] >> Motion by
[8:24] >> Motion to close the hearing.
[8:25] >> Yep. Second by Ed.
[8:28] >> Second.
[8:29] >> All in favor? Hi.
[8:30] >> Hi.
[8:30] >> All right. Okay.
[8:31] >> Uh I have to read this in a statement.
[8:33] Um this public hearing has now been
[8:36] closed. The decision has been reserved
[8:38] in order for us to review the feedback
[8:39] we have received this evening and any
[8:41] open site plan issues. The record will
[8:43] remain open for written comment. The
[8:45] follow to follow up on the status of
[8:47] this application or submit additional
[8:49] written comments. You can contact the
[8:51] planning department in either of the
[8:52] following methods. In person planning is
[8:55] located in the west wing of town hall.
[8:57] Applications, documents, and plans are
[8:59] available for inspection between the
[9:00] hours of 9:00 am and 4 pm via telephone
[9:03] at 631-9573103
[9:07] or via email at planning comments town
[9:10] of Babylon new york.gov.
[9:13] >> Okay.
[9:14] >> Thank you.
[9:16] Give him a second.
[9:18] >> You can call the next one.
[9:20] Item B, public hearing site plan review
[9:22] change of zone job HPLN-342-05
[9:27] AE NJC scrap metal recycling of Lynen
[9:30] Hurst proposes to legalize existing
[9:33] buildings and proposes associated site
[9:35] work for a change of use to a scrap
[9:37] metal processing facility.
[9:40] >> Who's here on behalf of the applicant?
[9:42] >> Good evening. Uh Jr. Dissio with the law
[9:45] firm of Greenberg Charig, 900 Stewart
[9:47] Avenue, Garden City, New York, 11530.
[9:51] >> Great. Have you uh received the um
[9:56] >> memo from the commissioner?
[9:58] >> Yes, we have.
[9:59] >> Are there any objections or concerns
[10:01] with any of the covenants restrictions
[10:03] or anything?
[10:03] >> No.
[10:04] >> Okay, proceed.
[10:06] >> I also I should introduce I have Rob
[10:08] Shioone here with me. He's the project
[10:10] engineer from IMEG Engineering. And I
[10:13] also have uh my clients in the back over
[10:16] there. Okay, great. So, tonight we're
[10:19] seeking u site plan approval for the
[10:21] property located at one Bahama Street in
[10:24] Lindenhurst for use as a scrap metal
[10:27] processing facility. Um our client is uh
[10:30] the contract vendee of the property.
[10:33] They don't occupy the site yet. Um the
[10:36] subject property is zone G industry and
[10:39] is situated within an established
[10:41] industrial park um just north of
[10:44] Railroad Avenue and just west of uh
[10:48] Great East Neck Road. The property
[10:50] measures approximately 1.3 acres and has
[10:54] frontage along uh three streets, Bahama
[10:57] Street to the south, Henry Street to the
[11:00] uh east, and Thorborn Avenue to the
[11:03] north.
[11:04] In uh November of 2025,
[11:08] the town board took the initiative on
[11:10] its own motion um to include the subject
[11:13] property into the RMM area 3 overlay
[11:16] district. So, as a result, um we're no
[11:20] longer seeking a change of zone to H
[11:22] industry, but obviously we do still
[11:25] require a site plan approval from this
[11:27] board as well as a special exception
[11:29] from the zoning board of appeals.
[11:32] Um, at present the site is improved with
[11:36] a 2400 square f foot one-story building
[11:39] as well as two uh open air structures.
[11:43] Uh, each of them are about 1,900 square
[11:46] ft.
[11:47] So, our application seeks to legalize
[11:49] the existing structures on the site um
[11:52] and more importantly bring the site into
[11:55] uh into compliance with um with town
[11:59] standards um through some muchneeded
[12:01] site improvements. Uh, as you can see
[12:04] from the proposed site plan, we will be
[12:06] adding
[12:08] curbing and striping, drainage, um, a
[12:11] landscape buffer around the perimeter of
[12:13] the property, uh, dark sky compliant
[12:16] lighting, new driveways at each
[12:19] entrance,
[12:21] um, and ADA ramps at the corners of
[12:24] Henry Street and Bahama Street and Henry
[12:28] Street. Uh well, Thorborn Avenue and
[12:32] Henry Street and Henry Street and Bahama
[12:34] a and Bahama Street.
[12:37] Um so the application in in our opinion
[12:41] um represents a significant investment
[12:43] into the property and we believe that
[12:45] the improvements will uh enhance the
[12:48] surrounding area.
[12:50] So with that, I'd be happy to answer any
[12:52] questions the board may have and you
[12:54] know, Mr. Shioone is also available to
[12:56] answer any site plan specific questions.
[13:03] Good evening. Can can you describe to
[13:05] the board the hours of operation?
[13:07] >> Um, we agreed to 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
[13:11] Monday through Friday and Saturday is in
[13:16] the conditions. Hold on one second.
[13:25] Monday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to
[13:26] 5:00 pm.
[13:30] >> Other questions for the board.
[13:32] >> Yes.
[13:33] >> Go ahead.
[13:34] >> Can you just talk a little bit about
[13:35] what you're going to do there?
[13:36] >> Um the operation.
[13:37] >> Sure. So, it's a a scrap metal
[13:39] processing facility. Um customers will come in in their, you know,
[13:44] personal vehicles. They'll enter the
[13:46] site. They'll get on the scale. They'll
[13:49] um you know weigh their product. They
[13:52] will offload it. They will then exit the
[13:55] site. Um and then we'll use uh 20ft
[13:59] rolloff containers to remove the product
[14:01] from the site.
[14:04] >> Okay. And um so any type of spills, oil
[14:08] or anything else, how will that be and
[14:11] will that be um how will that be handled
[14:13] if there's any problems with anything
[14:14] like that? Any type of spill when
[14:16] they're dropping? Um, yeah, we'll we'll
[14:18] clean it up. We have uh what what do we
[14:21] have?
[14:25] Yeah, we have, you know, we have an
[14:27] environmental plan in place. Um, they
[14:29] operate other facilities, so if there's
[14:31] any, you know, any sorts of spills will
[14:33] all be cleaned up to town and DEC
[14:36] standards.
[14:38] >> Thank you.
[14:40] >> Question. Go ahead.
[14:44] Um I I just want to um make sure that
[14:48] you are aware that one of the covenants
[14:50] and uh uh restrictions is no idling. Is
[14:54] are you are you aware of that in your
[14:55] client?
[14:56] >> Yeah. Um which covenant are you
[14:58] referring to?
[15:02] » Uh number 10. I just wanted to reiterate
[15:04] that that's one of the uh covenants and
[15:09] restrictions
[15:10] >> and there's no issue with that. Correct.
[15:11] >> No issue. Okay. Very good. You mentioned
[15:13] that you guys aren't currently the owner
[15:15] or operator of this site. Correct.
[15:17] >> We're the contract vendee. Yes.
[15:18] >> Okay. And how many employees are you
[15:20] anticipating on currently having or
[15:22] >> six?
[15:23] >> Okay.
[15:25] >> And we do have, you know, 25 parking
[15:27] stalls, which is compliant to town
[15:28] standards.
[15:30] >> And what's the anticipation of or
[15:32] anticipated uh flow of traffic that
[15:34] you're going to be actually having
[15:36] people cycled through the site? I I know
[15:38] there's multiple options here, but are
[15:40] you going to be closing off something
[15:41] and directing them in one direction
[15:43] since there's two ways throughout the
[15:44] site?
[15:45] >> Talk about the site circulation.
[15:46] >> Yeah, we we have a site circulation
[15:48] plan, but you know, Rob can address
[15:50] that.
[15:58] » Hi, I'm Rob Shaw. I'm from IMEG. I'm a
[16:00] site civil engineer. Can
[16:02] >> you say your address for the record?
[16:03] >> Uh, it's 177 Crossways Park Drive in
[16:05] Woodbury. And then do you sort of tell
[16:07] the whole truth? Nothing but the truth?
[16:09] >> Yes, I do. Go ahead.
[16:10] >> All right. So, there's going to be the
[16:14] vehicles will enter on the south side of
[16:15] the site on Bahama Street. Um, there
[16:18] will be no cues. There's no anticipated
[16:20] cues on site. Um, the general
[16:24] uh circulation. I believe we have that
[16:28] on here.
[16:30] Yeah. From behind. Um, I have the
[16:37] pro approximately five passenger
[16:38] vehicles will visit per hour. So there's
[16:41] pretty much no queue on site. Um that
[16:43] gives people ample time to circulate the
[16:45] site and exit while also uh removing
[16:48] their material from their vehicles
[16:50] >> and they'll most likely be exiting from
[16:52] Henry Street I assume.
[16:53] >> So most of the vehicles on site will be
[16:55] uh small vehicles either person
[16:57] passenger vehicles or SUVs or uh single
[17:00] unit trucks. they can uh circulate in
[17:02] internally using the circulation lanes
[17:05] that we have striped on the plan.
[17:07] >> Okay.
[17:08] Thank you.
[17:12] » Is there anyone from the public who
[17:13] would like to come up and talk about
[17:15] this application?
[17:17] Going once, going twice. All right.
[17:20] Seeing none, um can I have a motion to
[17:23] close the public hearing and reserve
[17:24] decision by Julianne?
[17:27] >> Motion to close the hearing.
[17:29] >> Second by Juan. Second.
[17:31] >> All in favor?
[17:32] >> I
[17:34] >> uh the public hearing is now closed. The
[17:36] decision has been reserved in order for
[17:38] us to review the feedback we have
[17:39] received this evening uh and any open
[17:42] site plan issues. The record will remain
[17:44] open for written comment. The uh to
[17:47] follow up on the status of the
[17:48] application or submit additional written
[17:50] comments, you can contact the planning
[17:51] department in either of the following
[17:53] methods. In person, planning is located
[17:55] in the west wing of the town hall.
[17:57] Application documents and plans are
[17:59] available for inspection between the
[18:01] hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. via
[18:03] telephone at 631-9573103
[18:07] or via email at planning comments at
[18:09] townofablon neww york.gov.
[18:12] >> Thank you. Have a good evening.
[18:13] >> You too.
[18:17] Uh and with that, that concludes our
[18:19] live stream portion and public hearings
[18:20] of