For Port Jefferson Village Residents 

What's happening: The owners of the Gap site, located on Main Street,  submitted a conditional use application, to tear down the existing building a build a four-story redevelopment of the existing retail property, resulting in a 40-unit hotel with ground-floor shops and a rooftop restaurant.  This application would require multiple conditional-use allowances.
 
Current zoning does not allow any building higher than three stories within downtown, but there is a method that would allow the Zoning Board to change this zoning without violating the “spot zoning” regulations.  

The zoning in this area was put in place to protect the historic charm of the village from being destroyed. Such a zoning change for this one parcel could also set a precedent allowing more developers to request the same privilege. 

Residents need to make the Port Jefferson Village Board of Trustees, the Zoning Board and the Planning Board aware that the residents do not favor such a change. They need this information before they start the review process and the developer needs to know that a four-story building is not welcome in our downtown area.