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              Town Tightens Regulations On
Drive- ins, Theatre Parking
The Oyster Bay Town Board
adopted this week amendments
to the town's building zone
ordinance to tighten regulations
against drive- in restaurants and
to increase the number of parking
spaces a theatre must provide.
A public hearing to obtain a
special- use permit is neces­sary
to construct a drive- in
restaurant. Board Majority Lead­er
Ralph J. Marino said that to
prevent any possible circumven­tion
of this ordinance, the a-mendment
adopted today defines
<< drive- ins" in greater detail than
the previous section on them
and takes in both drive- in res­taurants
and retail stores. A
drive- in restaurant is now de­scribed
asanyestablishmentpro-viding
parking where food, frozen
dessert and/ or beverages are
sold for any consumption in park­ed
cars. A drive- in retail shop
or store is described as any
establishment where food is sold
to persons while they remain
in their cars. As before, none
of these businesses will be al­lowed
without the granting of a
special- use permit following a
public hearing before the town
board.
The new amendment on park­ing
for theatres requires that one
off- street parking space be pro­vided
for every five seats in the
theatre
Under the old ordinance, one
space had to be provided for every
seven or ten seats, depending upon
the zoning where the theatre was
located. The new formula is
the result of a survey by the
town's building department which
had been requested by Councilmen
A. Carl Grunewald and Ralph
Diamond. " The survey, conducted
during evenings at many of the
town's theatres, proved our con­tention
that more parking was
needed," the councilmen said.
" The amended ordinance, which
will apply to all new theatres, will
guarantee ample parking in the
future," they stated.
Coletti Hits At High Town Taxes
Gus Coletti, Democratic Can­didate
for Town of Oyster Bay
Councilman, this week charged
that his opponent is in favor of
the tremendous increases in
taxes for the Town of Oyster
Bay".
He charged that incumbent
Philip Healey is in part respon­sible
for the high tax because
of continually voting in favor of
mo show' patronage . jobs and
also supporting outside con­tractors
to do Town work that
could be done by Town of Oyster
Bay employees".
" Mr. Healey's liberal
approach to Town government
must cease before we are all in
a state of bankruptcy", Coletti
said.
He said that Healey had voted
in favor of raises for the Town
of Oyster Bay's six member
Labor Advisory Committee. The
raise was from $ 750 to $ 1,500
per man and that the conmittee
only met once in 1967.
Coletti also charged that Healey
had initiated the expenditure of
$ 70,000 for equipm3nt against eel
grass, which was to have been
90% effective, but was a complete
flop. He neglected to press for
the long range solution which
would have cost the Town nothing,
namely for Nassau County to
drege portions of the Massapequa
waters instead of those of the
Town of Hempstead for the Sea-ford
sewerage disposal plant.
Healey told The Observer that
the use of outside contractors
was recommended by Depart­ment
heads and then approved
by the Board. He further stated
that the raises for the Labor
Advisory Committee were
recom mended by the Town Super-visor.
Regarding the eel grass, Healey
claimed that the problem was
substantially reduced.
Full Week Of Programs Mark
New Plainedge Library Dedication
Town supervisor, Michael N.
Petito, and CongressmanJohnW.
Wydler will be the chief speakers
at the dedication ceremonies of
the new Plainedge Public Library
to be he Id this Sunday, October 20,
at 2: 00 p. m.
Chairman of the library's
Board of Trustees Jerome H.
Brown has extended an invitation
to Plainedge residents, to attend
the ceremonies which are being
held exactly five years from the
dedication day of the original
library in storefront quarters
across the street from the new
building.
Another highpoint of the cer­emonies
will be the receipt of the
library's absolute charter from
Robert J. Flores, Chief, Bureau
of Public Libraries, New York
State Department of Education.
A symbolic key to the building
will be handed by William Heidt-mann,
representing the archi­tects,
Gibbons & Heidtmann to
James Ackley, President of the
Plainedge Board of Education.
The key will be accepted on be­half
of the library by Jerome
H. Brown and Alfred L. Freund,
Library Director.
Musical selections by the
Woodwind Quintet of the Plain-edge
High School band, under the
direction of Richard Mayo and by
the Madrigal Singers, conducted
by William McLocklin, will round
out the program. Tours of the
building and refreshments,
served by hostesses from the
Plainedge Council of P. T. A.' s,
is under the chairmanship of
Mrs. Richard Wynn, will con­tinue
until five o'clock.
The weeklong celebration of
the library's fifth birthday will
begin Sunday evening at 8: 00
p. m. with a program of con­tinental
favorites by the Fred
Jagels Trio, the first event to
be held in the library's com­munity
meeting room. An ex­hibit
of representative student
work, arranged by the Art De­partment
of the Plainedge High
School will inaugurate the gal­lery
facilities of the library.
The new Plainedge Public Library building on Hicksville Road, will be
dedicated this Sunday at 2: 00 p. m. Participants in the ceremonies will
include Congressman John W. Wydler and Oyster Bay Supervisor Michael
N. Petito.
Farmingdale OBSERVER - Thursday, October 17, 1968
George V. 0 » Haire, left, Deputy Supervisor for the Town of Oyster
Bay and Vice- Chairman of the Cerebral Palsy Community Campaign
for the Town of Oyster Bay, accepts an award for " his many con­tributions
to the cause of Cerebral Palsy through his dedicated
efforts" from Ralph Stern, President of the United Cerebral Palsy
Association of Nassau County. The award was presented at the
quarterly meeting of the Association, held at the Academy of
Medicine in Garden City.
LWV Co- Sponsor ' Candidates Night9
The League of Women Voters
of the Town of Oyster Bay will
co- sponsor a Candidates Meet­ing
on October 30, at 8: 30 p. m.
at the Massapequa Jewish
Center- Temple Judea, Massa­pequa.
The Meeting is co- spon­sored
with the host congrega­tion
as well as St. Rose of
Lima Roman Catholic Church,
St. David's Evangelical Luther­an
Church, Community Methodist
Church and the American Asso­ciation
of University Women.
Candidates for Councilman from
the Town of Oyster Bay will be
present, as well as candidates
from the 4th Senatorial District,
and the 9th Assembly District.
The public is invited to attend.
McCloskey & O'Donnell To Debate
cil of Jewisn \ v0m2n. The meet­ing
will be held at 11: 30 a. m. at
village hall, Massapequa Park,
followed by lunch.
The meeting is open to non-members.
Assemblyman Francis Mc
Closkey and Democrat candidate
William O'Donnell, will be the
guest speaker at the Tuesday,
October 22 meeting of the South
Bay Section of the National Coun-
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