Patchogue schedules special planning‑board meeting on proposed hotel; trustees flag zoning and traffic gaps

The Village of Patchogue set a special planning‑board meeting for June 10 to review a proposed hotel project; trustees signaled they expect substantial community interest and questions.

During discussion trustees raised two substantive regulatory concerns. First, trustees noted that a rooftop restaurant/music venue presentation had applied rules for a different zoning district, and the attorney for the zoning board advised that the rooftop restrictions in that district would not automatically apply to the hotel site because the hotel is in a different zoning classification. The attorney suggested that the board of trustees would have to amend the zoning code or order if it wished those rooftop restrictions to apply to the hotel.

Second, trustees questioned the adequacy of the traffic study released for the hotel application. At least one trustee noted that the study did not include analysis of the River Avenue and Division Street intersection — an intersection trustees said has been the subject of previous studies and local concern — and asked staff and the applicant to provide supplemental traffic analysis that includes that intersection and to coordinate with the project engineers. Trustees also referenced prior carriage‑house project traffic work and expressed concern about cumulative impacts in the same corridor.

The planning‑board special meeting was scheduled to allow community review and comment and to give the planning board time to examine traffic and zoning questions prior to any zoning decisions. Trustees asked staff to circulate plans and studies online ahead of the meeting; the transcript shows staff has posted materials to the website but did not include a complete public‑comment record in the excerpt provided.