As of December 1, 2009 - Islip Zoning Board of Appeals has denied the Ford property plan. Watch for details here...
Information about West Islip community projects will be included here. If you would like to send letters of support or opposition to any project, please address your letter(s) to:
Commissioner of Planning Eugene Murphy
655 Main Street
Islip, NY 11751
Cc: Supervisor Phil Nolan
Town Board Member Christopher Bodkin
Town Board Member Steven Flotteran
Town Board Member John Edwards
Town Board Member Gene Parrington
(all cc’s at same address)
If you prefer to use email, please use these addresses:
Supervisor Phil Nolan - supervisoroffice@townofislip-ny.gov
Frank Tantone, Chairman of the Planning Board - ftantone@aol.com
Eugene Murphy, Commissioner of Planning & Development - commissioner-pd@townofislip-ny.gov
Christopher D. Bodkin, Councilman - cbodkin@townofislip-ny.gov
Steven J. Flotteron, Councilman - sflotteron@townofislip-ny.gov
John H. Edwards, Councilman - jedwards@townofislip-ny.gov
Gene Parrington, Councilman - gparrington@townofislip-ny.gov
If you are opposed to a project, Include information in your letter as to how you feel the project will affect the safety, traffic and character of West Islip.
If you are in favor of a project, talk about the positive impacts you feel the project will make in West Islip in such unfavorable economic times.
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Plans for the property at 495 Montauk Highway, formerly the site of a Ford Dealership, include a bank on the western end of the parcel, and a 3-story office building on the eastern end. We don't yet have the plans for the bank, but the office building has an interesting colonial look, far different from the common square brick office buildings we often see.. As currently designed, the project's decorative roof line brings the building to a height greater than a normal 3-story building's height. (See the 2 color images). On the site plan, the 3-story building is on the right. The black & white drawing shows the plans with a flat roof that conforms to town restrictions. Click the small images to see larger versions.
Erecting a building with the attractive apprearance will require a relaxation of the Town's height restrictions. Letters to the Town of Islip officials will let them know how YOU feel about the issue.
Alert: This project will soon be presented to the Town of Islip Zoning Board of Appeals. Send letters to Richard Scheyer, Chairman, 40 Nassau Ave. Islip, NY 11751 if you want to urge the approval of this plan for a building that will present such an attractive sight as we enter our community.
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A 7-11 store has been proposed for the property at the southeast corner of Udall Road and Muncy Avenue.
Photos courtesy of West Islip Tribune. Read the Tribune's full article about this project here
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Volunteers have painted and spruced up the West Islip Beach building. Read Suffolk County Legislator Tom Barraga's press release and the West Islip Tribune article.