Board closes hearing on four‑lot subdivision on Birch Street; applicants to seek frontage and lot‑area variances
July 23, 2025 | Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, New York
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The Town of Babylon Planning Board closed the public hearing on an application by Albany Avenue Suites LLC to reconfigure five tax lots on the west side of Birch Street, south of Jefferson Avenue in Wyandanch, into four residential lots, reserving decision while applicants pursue minimal variances and respond to planning staff requests. Nicole Blanda, attorney for the applicant, confirmed the owner “consent[s]” to the conditions and covenants in a July 16, 2025 planning memorandum.
Why it matters: The proposal would convert five vacant tax lots into four two‑story single‑family homes, adding four owner‑occupied dwellings in an area that recently gained sewer service. The project requires variances from local frontage and lot‑area requirements and will appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Project scope and variances: Blanda told the board the overall parcel includes tax lots 57–61, currently vacant, and that sewers and utilities are now available to the properties. She described the proposed reconfiguration as two 60‑by‑100 lots (6,000 sq ft each) and two 70‑by‑100 lots (7,000 sq ft each). She said the application seeks relief from a local street‑frontage requirement of 75 feet and a lot‑area minimum of 7,500 square feet to allow the proposed sizes; the applicant plans to seek those variances at an upcoming Zoning Board of Appeals hearing.
House designs and site features: Blanda described Lots 1 and 3 as planned for four‑bedroom, three‑and‑a‑half‑bath, two‑story single‑family homes without basements, and Lots 2 and 4 as slightly larger four‑bedroom, four‑bath homes, also without basements. She said the homes were designed with differing facades and sizes so the block would not appear “cookie cutter.”
Engineering and staff comments: Blanda said departmental review is largely satisfied but planning staff asked for clearer labeling of test‑bore locations; she said the applicant would supply those labels. The attorney said the applicant has a ZBA hearing scheduled for Thursday to request the minimal variance relief.
Process and outcome: No members of the public addressed the application. After board discussion about lot widths and design variety, the board moved to close the hearing and reserve decision to allow staff review of any open site plan items and for the applicant to pursue the listed variances.
Contact and next steps: Planning staff said application documents are available for inspection at Town Hall and that the record will remain open for written comments; the applicant will proceed to the Zoning Board of Appeals for variances.
Why it matters: The proposal would convert five vacant tax lots into four two‑story single‑family homes, adding four owner‑occupied dwellings in an area that recently gained sewer service. The project requires variances from local frontage and lot‑area requirements and will appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Project scope and variances: Blanda told the board the overall parcel includes tax lots 57–61, currently vacant, and that sewers and utilities are now available to the properties. She described the proposed reconfiguration as two 60‑by‑100 lots (6,000 sq ft each) and two 70‑by‑100 lots (7,000 sq ft each). She said the application seeks relief from a local street‑frontage requirement of 75 feet and a lot‑area minimum of 7,500 square feet to allow the proposed sizes; the applicant plans to seek those variances at an upcoming Zoning Board of Appeals hearing.
House designs and site features: Blanda described Lots 1 and 3 as planned for four‑bedroom, three‑and‑a‑half‑bath, two‑story single‑family homes without basements, and Lots 2 and 4 as slightly larger four‑bedroom, four‑bath homes, also without basements. She said the homes were designed with differing facades and sizes so the block would not appear “cookie cutter.”
Engineering and staff comments: Blanda said departmental review is largely satisfied but planning staff asked for clearer labeling of test‑bore locations; she said the applicant would supply those labels. The attorney said the applicant has a ZBA hearing scheduled for Thursday to request the minimal variance relief.
Process and outcome: No members of the public addressed the application. After board discussion about lot widths and design variety, the board moved to close the hearing and reserve decision to allow staff review of any open site plan items and for the applicant to pursue the listed variances.
Contact and next steps: Planning staff said application documents are available for inspection at Town Hall and that the record will remain open for written comments; the applicant will proceed to the Zoning Board of Appeals for variances.
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