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VOL. 7 No. 15 Thursday, March 1, 1973 10 cents per copy
TOB Adopts Jericho Plan
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The Oyster Bay Town Board
voted Tuesday to adopt a
development plan and approve
amendments to the Town
Building & Zoning Code that will
insure the planned development
of close to %0 acres of un­developed
land in Jericho.
The action by the Town Board
will culminate a study by the
Town's Planning Advisory Board
and professional consultants in
the Jericho area that began in
• 1970. This land, along with the
vJacant-acrfia^.jiya1l8.blijn
Syosset-Woodbury area,
represents the last major open
space in the unincorporated
areas of the Town.
Last September, following a
series of public meetings con­ducted
by the Planning Advisory
Board, the Town Board con­ducted
a public hearing %soUcit
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g*K^fme'aris:;' at achieving the-planning
goals and objecUves ttie
Board has set for the Townu The
comments of local residents
played a major role in the
amendments to be placed before
the Board on Tuesday.
The amendments call for the
creation of three new zoning
classifications:
-Residential BA, which per­mits
cluster zoning on a
minimum parcel of five acres.
The cluster zoning concept,
which is unique among Towns in
Nassau County, allows for the
preservation of common open
space within a subdivision of
property. The applicant must
establish an organization for
ownership and maintenance of
the common open space and it
cannot be disposed of by sale or
otherwise. Taxes shall continue
to be paid upon the open space.
-Residential E-2, which per­mits
town house or garden
apartment development at six
units per acre. The Town's
existing El Zone permits
apartment construction at 16
units per acre, but this density
can cause too strong an impact on
traffic,. schjiQi,disJricts, etc, in
certain communities.
-0-1 Office Building District,
which is designed to insure
quality buildings for business and
professional use with height
limitations of 40 feet, or three
stories, whichever is less'.
Town Supervisor John W.
Burke noted that the zoning
' »ts
derstanding of the Board's
requirements in the development
of the site.
The amendments, if adopted,
will allow re-zoning to E-2 of 10.8
acres of land on the southeast
side of Jericho Tpk: at its in­tersection
with Merry Lane.
proposed on approximately 118
acres bordering on Jericho Tpk.,
to the east -of the First National
City Bank property.
O-l Office Building District
would be placed on the First
National City Bank property,
which consists of 65 acres, and
the 53-acre Wicks Farm property
located in a triangular shaped
parcel south of Jericho Tpk/ ,
The 278 acres of land owned by
the Meadow Brook Club in this
area will remain in its existing
: zoning category of two-acre
ant site plan residential, as wm, ot^er
matters^ iMXtse&Bg,- the health,
safety, welfar«ir comfort' aira
convenieneeof thegeneral public
as well as the occupants of the
proposed development and
empowers that body to prescribe
any appropriate conditions and
safeguards that may be
necessary in order tp further the
expressed intent of the ordinance
and its objectives.
Prior to the submission of a site
plan, a pre-submission con­ference
shall be held whereby the
applicant shall meet in person
with the Planning Board to
discuss the proposed site plan so %
that subsequent steps may be
undertaken with a clear un-acquisition,
as a park site, of the
Lehman Estate in order to
establish a greenbelt that would
reach north from the Long Island
Expressway to include the
Meadow Brook Club. Burke
advocated future use of the
Meadow Brook Club as a county
park facility last year and the
county has already begun
negotiations toward that end.
Burke said the Town has had
talks with various state officials
on the acquisition of the Lehman
property for park use and has
received a favorable response. -
D'Amato Supports Anti-Drinking Campaign In Area Sdioob
ASSEMBLYMAN LEVINE COMPARES DRUG
PRICES: Assemblyman Stuart R. Irvine <R-Bethpage)
is shown in one of the pharmacies which he
visited in order to personally document the disparity
existing in prescription drug prices. Assemblyman
Levine has sponsored two consumer protection bills
which would affect the price of drugs and the manner
in which they are labeled. One measure would allow
the advertisement of prescription drug prices; the
other would require that prescription labels clearly
show the brand name of the drug, the amount con-taiaed
in the package and the strength of the drug,
unless the prescribing physician specifically requests
in writing that the information not be given.
Hempstead Town Supervisor
Alfonse D' Amato has directed the
Town's Department of Drug and
Alcohol Addiction (D.D.A.A.) to
make available to the Levittown
School District the complete
resources of the department in a
fight against teenage alcoholism.
The scope of the youthful
drinking problem was recently
revealed by District Superin­tendent
Dr. Robert Neidich who
termed the situation in his school
system "a virtual epidemic."
Supervisor D'Amato termed
Dr. Neidich's frank assessment
of the problem as "courageous"
saying he admired the educator
for "throwing light on a situation
heretofore kept in the dark."
Supervisor D'Amato also noted
that an expanded effort by the
Town of Hempstead in the
Levittown School District could
serve as a model program for
other school districts which
desire to effectively combat a
similar drinking problem among
their students. , •
"This situation is not unique to
Levittpwn," D'Amato said,
"other areas are facing the same
problem. "Its time for counter
measures," the Supervisor
continued, "and the Levit^wn
project could serve as the
catalyst."
In a letter to Dr. Neidich,
following D'Amato's directive,
D D.A.A. Director George
Browne noted that the Town of
Hempstead completed its second
Co-operative Youth Leadership
Training Program in" the
Levittown School District on
February 19th. Thirty carefully
selected high school students
were trained in this "peer group
experience to lead 6th grade
students in discussions of
development problems.
"This core of interested youth
is waiting 4o be utilized in the
vital area of student problems,"
Browne explained, "J certainly
feel that they should be included
in your future plans."
In addition to Hempstead
Town's existing inVotvement in
the Levittown School District,
Browne also outlined a series of
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Bethpage 10-year-old
Killed On Central Avenue
Young Douglas Daniel
DiRoma, age 10 yrs., was
struck by a car on Central
Avenue, Bethpage, on his
way home from school
Monday, February 26th,
The boy was pronounced
dead at 4:30 p.m. in Mid-
Island Hospital Bethpage.
Douglas .who was a 4th
Grade Student at Central
Blvd. School, was the son
of Daniel and Anna Marie
(nee Daino) of 160
Harrison Avenue, Beth­page,
He is survived by a
brother, Daniel Damon,
and sister, Gina Marie.
Funeral arrangements are
being handled by the
Levittown Chapel of
Thomas M. Quinn & Sons
Funeral Home. A Mass of
the Resurrection will be
held for young Douglas on
Friday, March 2, 1973, at
St. Martin of Tours R.C.
Church, Bethpage at 11:00
a.m. Interment will be at
St. Charles Cemetery,
Pinelawn.