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Cedar Street to be one-way from County Line Road A proposal to prohibit eastbound traffic on Cedar Street from County Line Road to Oldfield was approved by the Amityville Board last week. The move came following a public hearing at which residents spoke in favor of, and against the measure. "It will be a great inconvenience to me as a homeowner to have Cedar Street become a one way, but I am willing to put up with that inconvenience because the benefits would far outweigh that inconvenience," said resident Gary Setzer. Mayor Peter T. Imbert told the public that the measure had been discussed for a long time and that the board was prompted to move on it after receiving a petition from the four homeowners living on that part of Cedar Street. "It is very narrow for two cars to pass at one time and while the residents there have been very considerate, many cars have to go onto people's driveways or lawns to make this work. It is just unfair," he said. "It is not just a few cars," said Jim Brown of Cedar Street. "Traffic comes off County Line Road and heads east to Route 110 to avoid the traffic on Merrick Road. And it is not just a few cars," he added, "There are cars, trucks and buses that drive right on to my property because the road is so narrow." Michael Harding, another resident disagreed, saying that the Village should wait until a traffic plan to install a light at County Line Road and Merrick Road by a developer are completed. "What impact will that have on traffic?" he asked the board. A County Line Road resident said that the Village was effectively making Cedar Street a "private road," by implementing the traffic plan. "Part of Cedar Street is a one-way heading west and now this is a one-way heading east," he told the board. "If you are going to extend the one way, why don't you allow the traffic to head east only? I don't like to go to Merrick Road to make that turn onto Merrick Road to head east." Following the public hearing each board member made a statement in support of the measure and it was passed unanimously. In other business, the board: +scheduled a meeting with residents of Broadlawn at Sunrise condominium complex to explain the details of a settlement made with their developer. Under that settlement, the developer was granted a change of zoning from town houses to condominiums. Since town houses generate more tax revenue that condominiums, the Village Board agreed to the change only if the condominium corporation agreed to pay additional taxes to the Village making up for the difference between the two taxing structures. Residents said they did not understand how such an agreement came about or why they were being charged with these additional tax payments. "Who came up with the figure and how was the property assessed?" asked Dominic Gaetano of Francesca Way. "Let's set up a meeting with you and the other residents and we can sit down with you and explain the process," said Imbert. +Trustee Richard Imbert reported that the owners of the Sunoco gasoline station on Merrick Road has received a dewatering permit and could now do that work, fill in the land and reopen. The site has been under construction for more than a year and had been an esthetic and safety concern of the Village, which has monitored the work closely. +denied a request for a cabaret license to Renzon Concepcion, the owner of Lorenzo's Catering at 58 Albany Avenue. Mayor Imbert and the Trustees said they were concerned with Concepcion's "track record" in using the basement of his building for catered parties since police and fire department and rescue volunteers have been called there several times over the past weeks. "We like to see you be successful in the Village," Imbert told Concepcion who has invested a lot of money into restoring the building and building up his business there. "But after having had several parties you have shown us less than successful results."
Imbert told Concepcion, who is permitted to have catered parties for up to 125 people in the basement, without music and the sale of liquor, that he should come back to the board "once you prove to us that you can run your establishment without continuing to generate a problem for the Village and your neighbors."
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