[Editor’s note: An initial post incorrectly identified the day of March 4. It’s a Wednesday. We regret the error.]
Patchogue Village’s proposed 18-month ban on new restaurants is set for a public hearing Wednesday, March 4, before the Suffolk County Planning Commission in Hauppauge.
According to the commission meeting agenda, the village is proposing a “a moratorium on any new construction or development approvals on restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs and cabarets in the D-2 and D-3 Business Districts and the DRD.” (Basically, the downtown.)
As previously reported by GreaterPatchogue, the idea is to allow more time to develop more parking options for residents and visitors, as well as strategies to handle employee parking during peak hours.
Last month, Patchogue Mayor Paul Pontieri said the proposal has to go before the commission before the village could take any action.
“If they want to modify or reject, we can override their decision with a supermajority, with a five out of seven vote,” he said. “This is the process we follow. (Full prior report below.)
“That being said, we’re well into the discussion on what we’re going to do, with or without county approval. We have to do the county approval by formality, but we still have to take our own actions.”
Pontieri, deputy mayor Jack Kreiger, existing Patchogue restaurant owners and other business leaders are expected to speak.
The meeting is at 2 p.m. at the Rose Caracappa Auditorium in the William H. Rogers Legislature Building, located at 725 Veterans Hwy, Hauppauge.
Anyone from the public is welcome to attend.
Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash
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