Planning Board - Regular Meeting

It's the 26th of January, 2026. We do have uh several hearings. So, we will begin our meeting with the pledge of allegiance. Julianne, please lead us in the pledge. You all rise.

To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for its one nation, indivisibley and justice for all. Okay, everybody's Is everybody on? Good. All right, let's take the uh roll. So, I'm sure we have a a quorum for this meeting. Frank Santos, Daniel Truchan, present. Daniel Truin, present. Pat Halpin, present. Juan Leon, present. Edwin, present. Jerry O'Neal, present. Julian Nolan,

present. Greg Axiola, Richard Casey, and I'm here. Matthew Espazito. Okay, we do have a quorum. Yes, sir.

Okay. Uh before we start the public hearing, I'm required to read the statement. The planning board shall have the right to rely on any information that is being presented by the applicant. If any such information is later found to be inaccurate or incorrect, the planning board may determine that any approvals, building permits, or other actions previously granted in connection with the application or no envoy. Uh, item one on the agenda, planning board job public hearing, minor subdivision, job number 24-43B, Frank and Nancy Appria proposes to subdivide a 16,998.75qt parcel into one 6,000t parcel and one 10,998.75t parcel. in order to erect a new two-story single family dwelling on lot one and legally maintain the existing one-story single family dwelling on lot two.

Okay. Who's here on behalf of the applicant? My name is Christine Fay from Accurate Expediting. All right. Um could you please uh you raise your right hand? Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Okay. Uh have you had the opportunity to review the memo? Yes, we have. uh from the planning commissioner dated the 21st of January 2026. Yes. Uh does uh your client have any conditions or any issues anything that they would like to bring uh to the attention of this board regarding this memorandum? No, they don't. And uh and none of the and the covenants and restrictions are acceptable to your client? Yes, they are.

Okay. All right. Uh please proceed.

Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of the board. The applicant has reviewed the departmental recommendations to conditions, most of which overlap with the previously granted uh conditions of the ZBA approval and agree to the recommended conditions. The property in question is a corner lot measuring approximately 160 ft by 111 ft with 16,998.75 square ft. situated in the resident C district nearly 2,000 square feet more than the required area for two conforming lots in the C zone. It is only the configuration of the overall lot and the position of the existing house which precluded a subdivision without without some area variances. A subdivision without any variance relief can only be achieved by removing and relocating the existing house. Whereas the proposed subdivision minimizes the relief required without relocating or removing the existing house. The overall property is part of a larger subdivision that date backs to 190 1908 when large tracks of land were typically subdivided into small 20 foot wide lots and sold off for development in groups of two, three or four. Many of these lots were not developed until after the adoption of the zoning code with the result that the overall character of the now fully developed area consists of single family homes on a broad array of both conforming and non-conforming size lots. It is clear from the existing development that the overall parcel is comprised of land that was previously subdivided with intent to form two parcels as opposed to one single parcel and that the proposed subdivision is in character with the existing neighborhood. The variance relief for the existing house merely maintains the same sideyard and rear yard setbacks that currently exist and the

neighborhood already has many homes on lots of 60 ft or less. The proposed subdivision does not require setbacks closer than those that are currently maintained for the existing structures and all minimum setbacks would be maintained for the proposed new house. The ZBA has already issued a ne negative declaration as lead agency under SRA and granted the necessary variances having concluded that there will be no adverse impacts on the environment or to public interests. The proposed subdivision does not require the addition or extension of new streets or adding any utility or sewage lines in the existing streets. Having addressed all the departmental comments, the site plan as revised provides for onsite drainage to contain surface water runoff to the site. We thank you for your time and consideration in this planning board application.

Okay. Uh thank you very much. Do any of the board members have any questions regarding this application? No. Uh, okay. We're looking at a Is that what we're looking at, Matt? A rendering? Yes. Of the, uh, proposed Okay. And just so I'm clear, um, you said the variances have already been approved uh, by the zoning board. Is that correct?

Any other questions by any of the board members? All right. Uh, thank you. Is there anyone uh from the public that would like to address the board regarding this application? No. Okay. All right. Uh, thank you. Uh, so I'm going to, uh, request a motion from the board to close the public hearing and to reserve a decision. Let's see. Uh, motion by Dan. Motion. A second by Ed. Second. All in favor?

I. hearing is closed. We will reserve our decision and that means that the public hearing is closed. Um are there any issues for us to uh to review? Yeah, plans are currently being reviewed.

Okay. So there are revised plans that that have to be reviewed. So we will leave the record open for written comments. Uh for anyone to follow up on the status of the application or to submit additional written comments, you can contact the planning department a number of different ways. In person, planning is located in the west wing of town hall. All application documents and plans are available for inspections between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. or by phone 631-9573103 or via email planning comments at townofblin.gov. Thank you very much. Have a good night. You're welcome. Have a get home safely.

All right. Call that. Okay. Uh second public hearing job number 25-25A Wine Dance Realy 7 Inc. proposes to demolish an existing structure to construct a freestanding Dunkin Donuts with drive-through lane and 14 interior seats along with associated site improvements. Okay. Uh this matter is going to be adjourned and will be readvertised uh in accordance with the applicable town of Babylon uh law. So I need a motion to adjourn. Motion by Frank. Uh second by Julianne. Second. All in favor? I. Okay. This matter is adjourned.

Thank you. Third public hearing. Public hearing uh site plan review. Job number 24-62A. Long Island Mosquito and Tick Control uh proposes site work in connection with storage of commercial vehicles. All right. Who's here on behalf of the applicant? Good evening, Mr. Chairman, members of the board. Gerard Glass, 72 East Main Street in Babylon. Thank you. Do you want to introduce Christopher Debate, Lab Crew Engineering, 460 Hawkins Avenue. Okay, Christopher, let me swear you in. I do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. I do. All right, please proceed. With us also is Anthony News. I don't anticipate he's going to testify. He's the director of operations at the uh the applicant mosquito squ. Okay. Yeah. I just got a hand signal from him.

Thank you. That if that if we have a question for him, he'll come up. Good evening. Good evening, Mr. Chair, members of the board. I'll be brief. This is the application of Mosquito Squad. This is a pest control company, as you might guess. Um it's a franchise. They have five other locations. Uh this is used as their dispatch location and also for their administrative offices. Okay, hold on. Is this this is the memo?

One more. Hold hold on for a second. Council. All right, here you go. I just We're just pulling up the memo. Um, have you had the opportunity to review this memo from Denise Graciano, the commissioner, dated the 8th of December, 2025, regarding any of the issues, covenants, restrictions, or anything else that's in this memorandum? I have. Are there any issues, any concerns? The only issue is item 17, which we did meet with the town and Hold on. Hold on. Give us a chance to pull that in the back. Item 17. Okay. All right. Go ahead. What? So, this is the requirement for automatic sprinklers. Yes.

So, this use is identical to the previous uses that being that it is uh you know used for office um together with uh you know permitted industrial use. Um there is no change contemplated to the building. I did meet with Morgan Davis, the foreign marshall, about this issue and he agreed. Um there are other similar applications I've had like this that um in this one encompasses no change. It requires in your code a 40% change or alteration. The imposition of the sprinkler requirement is something I know that the foreign marshall in nor do caution tries to impose on most applicants. In this case, it would be a financial burden that the applicant could not afford. They are a tenant at this location. And um I believe that further conversation with Morgan Davis will reveal that he is waving that requirement.

All right. Well, we will review that with the fire commissioner. So, please proceed. So, this was um a building that was purchased back in February of 24. Mhm.

When they first went in, they had um a little bit of growing pains and there were some um cars that were employee cars that spilled over onto the street. It is the last time there's ever been a complaint about this site. This is a good corporate citizen. They immediately took care of the problem, instructed their employees they could not park on the street. Um but it did spawn a review by the town based upon um what they thought was a change in the use. It's zone G industry. The building is seeded as an industrial use. The former use was a company called New York Pump, which was pretty much identical to this offices and um some some outdoor storage. The outdoor storage part of this is what engenders the requirement that we come in for a new site plan. It's a 15,000t parcel, 3500t warehouse, um a step while we catch up with you. All right. There will be variance rel relief that's required by the zoning board. The outdoor storage is limited to minivans and small pickup trucks that you typically see associated with this type of business that go out and handle service. It is an exchange. We expect it's going to be about 12 vehicles stored on site. I know it's an issue for us to deal with

the zoning board on. There are eight transient spots. The the company typically has two employees on that are on site at any given time. Um with that being said, I would turn the application over to Chris for what planning board's charges and that's what what's being done to the site. Okay. Sir, once again, state your name and address for the record. Christopher Leate of Labor Engineering located at 460 Hawkins Avenue. Okay. I'm just going to read the whole thing. I'm going to repeat some of the stuff. I apologize. Fine, please.

But um this project is located in approximately 1/3 acre an existing 3500 foot industrial building that's being used for the pest control business. As discussed, it requires outdoor storage for the company vehicles. The property itself is surrounded by residential zoning with Gindustrial to the north, which is containing a bus storage lot as you just saw on the aerial map, excuse me, on the aerial map. This application started with a complaint of the vehicles parked in the street. Uh the client has stopped parking in the street since then and has been no further uh complaints since then. How are they managing that?

From what I understand the owner has also retained additional parking in Farmingdale. So between the two of them there hasn't been any issues. Uh I understand there might have been some controversy with the bus also employees parking out there. Um I know this is a ZBA matter that we have to require the variance to. I will mention that later. Um the existing building will be used as office storage for the business and no alterations as said by the attorney are proposed for the building except for some additional lighting and that's it. The site improvements required for this project are standard in landscaping drainage requirements and road improvements. There will be additional drainage installed consisting of two 10x10 drywalls to meet the town code. The existing driveway was encroaching on the neighbor's property to the south. The driveway will be shrunk by approximately 10 ft, given the 5-ft strip of property back to the adjoining neighbor with a 5-ft landscape strip on our southernly line. As you can see on the screen there, we are proposing to relocate the existing utility pole in the driveway 15t to the north with a new proposed apron design. We are proposing to relocate the existing uh I'm sorry. We are proposing a bike rack out front with the removal of all the asphalt in front of the building and replacing it with two street trees, two sweet gums and grass. The existing asphalt snow strip, part of the existing sidewalk area, will also be replaced with concrete to the highway standards. Uh the dumpster itself in question will be kept indoors except for scheduled pickup times. We've been working with planning staff and traffic engineers to meet the today code requirements and they've all been addressed by planning pending this town approval. We'll also be seeking again from the ZBA parking variance. We are requiring 15 stalls and providing eight. Three of these are for the storage of the vehicles, the 13 that we are keeping there, which is kind of a catch 22. It's the same requirement but plus three for that outdoor storage. Um, we feel that this site kind of fell in

the cracks and needed to be updated for a long time. Our client by leasing the property has stepped up to do so. Um, at this time, I'd like to answer any questions that the board may have on the site. Thank you. Do any of the board members have any questions? Um, aside from the site uh improvements, the elevation of the building, it's a kind of a bold blue. Is there anything proposed for the uh the building itself? No, I believe that's it. Honestly, the um the architect in question uh did the building. He's not here today with us. He's not with the firm anymore. But from what I understand, the building staying exactly the same, just some additional lighting

with with the exception that we have spoken to the u to the tenant and they will consider they they will also consider painting and of course signage. It's still got New York Pump sign on it because when they ran into this hurdle they stopped doing any work and just are operating out there sort of under the radar. This is not a retail site. They get all of their business from the internet and telephone. So they would change the paint. They would change the color. They would be willing to to paint the building. We would like you to. They would. Okay. Are you going to go over and give them the color palette? Okay. Well, maybe some of the neighbors might

So, you know, just in some I'm sorry. There's no traffic uh issues associated with this. No noise uh no refu issues. The chemical storage issues were reviewed with Morgan Davis. We he gave a complete list of everything that's stored there. Um no health department issues. Um the use is seasonal to some degree because of the lack of mosquitoes in the cold. Um it is a broader based pest control business. It doesn't just do mis just mosquitoes, but that is the the lion share of it. The hours of operation are not such they interfere with the neighbors. So, we're hopeful that um with the sprinkler um requirement aside and winning the zoning board over, we'll come back at any time if there are any complaints.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It actually is regarding the the fire uh sprinkler system. Is there currently a system in place? No, there is there's no system in place. Okay. And it's an enormous expense beyond just site plan expense for you know a small business. It's upwards of $75,000 to put a sprinkler system. So that was where they sort of started. They came to me I met with Morgan Davis or the architect and felt we were comfortable on waving that requirement. I think you'll conclude that at the end that that is a requirement. Thank you. You stated all of the chemicals are waterbased. There's no oil or any other

I don't know enough about that. I do know that Morgan Davis has a full array that there it's in compliance with the health department requirements. There's no special requirements related to them and I do know that there's no flammability issues concern. Okay. Perhaps you could ask uh the gentleman from the company to answer that question so you get a more precise answer. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Would you like me to come up? Um, yeah. Come up. State your name and address. Anthony Nunig. And uh, the address in question, 61 Commerce Boulevard. Okay. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? I do. Okay, Anthony, please proceed.

Yeah. So, all of our products are nonflammable. Um, they're mostly water-based and the only one that has any oils in it is our allnatural product that has a mixture of essential oils like cinnamon oil and, you know, rosemary oil, thyme oil, things like that. So, you can use that instead of that deep stuff. has all Okay, Frank, hold on. Thank you. They sell it in bases for like $20. All right. All right. Hold on. Let's stick to the You mentioned the um time of operation. What is it? Uh the hours of operation will never exceed 7 to 6. Like I'm sorry 7 a.m. to 6 is the widest expanse.

There are hours of operation that I think you have contained in your report that we're willing to abide by that. Okay. And the you said something about the dumpster being indoors. Is that correct? Keep the dumpster indoors. Uh it'll be pushed outside for scheduled times for pickup. Thank you. Any other questions? No. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anyone from the public that would like to address the board regarding this application? Come on up. Have you had a chance to fill out a uh Okay. Please state your name and address for the record. My name is Linda White, 80 Columbus Boulevard, Amuville, New York. Okay, please proceed.

Okay. Um, I'm just finding out about the Mosquito Company. I inherited a five generation home that I've been in since a little kid. My concern is we have children with special needs in the area, elderly people. I'm just finding out that he said mostly water-based. What other chemicals are in there? There's certain essential chemicals that also attract mosquitoes. Now, when this stuff goes airbound, my concern is what how would it affect the environment? How would it affect us? Okay. Um, my other concerns are the storage of the vehicles. When the vehicles are going to be stored, we're right on the other side of the fence.

Okay. Hold on. Let's find your house. Can we go to an aerial? Do we have that? Okay. So, where is your house in relation to that number? Is it number six or I'm sorry, 80? 80. Okay, you're right there. Okay,

now we have the fumes from the bus company. Now, we have the fumes that are going to come from the mosquito place and he's talking about storage. So, if he's storage storing his vehicles there, suppose what does he do with the chemicals when they dispose of the chemicals? What happens to the chemicals on the drainage system? What happens to the chemicals that go into the ground? Okay. And then they're going to um be turning on these vehicles and we have more fumes. We are a residential community, not a commercial community. And every time you turn around, we go from a welding place that used to be there. Now we're dealing with the mosquito. And I'm quite sure if your family and loved ones are in there, you would feel the same way. You have to breathe in these. I have lung disease. I can't afford to um be exposed to all of this, you know. And we have people in our community that are generational homes that could not come tonight because of the snow. So they don't even get a chance to voice their concerns because they can't be here, you know. So on behalf of them, we're trying to speak out on them. Again, this stuff is airbound. Um, what else? What else? What else? What else? What else? There used to be atomic oil company run by Mr. Arvon, who their company was right across the street from this blue building. It was an oil company that used to have their trucks there. they could no longer store their trucks there. So, he had to run his company, his office out of his house and store his comp his trucks somewhere else. What gives them the right to come in and just store their trucks? And lastly, um, Pastor Allen, his church is also on the other side of the fence, Ephesus Church. He is not able to be here. Where's the church?

On Ephesus. Okay. Okay. He's not able to be here because he's stranded in North Carolina. So, I'm talking also on his behalf.

So, again, my complaint is what are they going to do with these chemicals? How going forward? And how is it going to expose be exposed to us? Because like I said, we go from a welding company to a mosquito company. And right in the corner between that blue building and the bus company, there is a power line. A power line that's in the ground. It's right there in the corner. Um, I submitted photos of it when I came to complain about the company and if they have all those chemicals and all those bus and all that, what's going to happen to that power comp that power line? We have homes there. That's it.

Okay. Your questions have been noted for the record. So we will ask them follow up. Are there any is there anyone else from the public that would like to address the board

and please state your name and address for the record? Tracy Brown, 7 St. John Street in Amville. Could you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? Yes, sir. Please proceed.

Um, good evening. Um, my concern is I don't understand if this is a residential area, why is all of these factories coming in? You got the bus company, you're going to have their company. This is a residential area. We have kids. My mother is 90 years old. I would love for her to live her last days, whatever God say, without inhaling all these fumes. I live at 7 St. John. I have a nice front porch that my mother loves to sit on from 9 in the morning till the sun go down if I let her. There is no reason why we should have these fumes in our area. I'm right next to the church between the bus company and their fumes and and where they want to um put their business. My question is, is any of there other mosquito places in residential areas? That's the first question I have. And my second one is why our neighborhood. There's no reason. And I don't think it's fair. All right. We we we the bus company, we had be back and forth in here with them. Back and forth. Back and forth. You talking about we you're going to have drainage. Only thing going drainage is bad waste. To my understanding that's what go drainage bad waste. And it's not fair because I know even if it's waterbased some waterbased it's going to be a smell. Especially in the summertime it's going to be a smell. Everybody in their right mind know it's going to be a smell. When you put bad waste in a in a drain,

some of it might not even go in the drain. Maybe the drain is too full. Some leaks out. What is going to prevent the smell coming in our area, in our residential area? I've been in that house that I'm living in since 2005. I am not planning on moving nowhere until the Lord say so. And that's the same as my mother. And I don't think it's fair for her to sit here and have to smell the bus company and now this mosquito um smell that will be coming. That's all I have. Thank you for listening.

Thank you for coming out this evening. All right. Hold on. Uh is there anyone else that would like to address the board regarding this application? Um is there something that you want to add that you didn't say? No. If you if you've already Hold on. Hold on. Come on up. Um, you can ask the question. So, it'll be part of the record, but we also have all the other questions. Okay. I'm sorry. Linda White, 80 Columbus Boulevard. How is this also going to affect our water quality, okay,

with the drainage, you know, you sit here and you think of all these things and it's like a constant wheel going on and we feel threatened. Our livelihoods are threatened. Our health is threatened. And like I said, we have kids in the area. We have elderly people in the area and the more and more this happens, every time we turn around, we're dealing with something else. So, not only are we dealing with something that's going to potentially leak into the ground, we're going to be experiencing something that could potentially get into our water. Okay. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Is there anyone else who hasn't spoken that would like to address the board? Okay. Council, why don't you come on up? Mr. You've heard the concerns from the nearby residents. Could you address them, please? Certainly. So, in terms of the vehicles, they're not diesels. Okay. Please get closer to the mic. So, we have

In terms of the the the vehicles, these are not diesels. Um these are regular small minivans and um and uh small pickup trucks they use. Um no chemicals go into the groundwater. No chemicals are going into those drains. Those are sew water uh for on-site drainage um of rainwater. Um the zoning is industrial. It's difficult when you marry industrial next to residential, but that's what the zoning here is. What is the history of the zoning? Do you know?

I as far as I know, it's been zoned industrial for, you know, forever. But um I will say this, this is probably one of the more benign uses that you could propose for this type of facility. Um I think that um you know your your restrictions prohibit any idling. I can understand being next to the bus terminal whereas you know bus storage facility that they they that would emit odors. Um and I will say one other thing just in passing. Do you object to the no idoline requirement? No. Okay. No objection at all. They come and they go.

That that's that's the proposal. Um and like I say, I think at cap it's going to be 12 vehicles. So 12 vehicles come go. Um you know, many uses in this zone are uh much more intense. I think that this use is probably one of the more benign uses and passive uses for the location. All right. Sir, do you want to add something regarding the concerns about the uh internal drainage? the external drainage. Is there anything that you Well, no. I was just gonna bring the client back up just to say maybe a little bit better about the chemicals. That would be as far as the drainage that the woman was concerned about. I'm sorry. You've got to you got to speak into the microphone. As far as the drainage that she was worried about,

I'm sorry. Go ahead. Start from the beginning. I'd like the client to come up maybe explain a little bit better how they handle their chemicals and everything. Okay. As far as the drainage that I spoke about, that's just for standard rain water and storm water runoff. So, as far as the handling of anything coming into the groundwater or seepage or the wellwater she was concerned about, I'd like the client come up and just explain. Is there any possibility that anything in storage uh could end up um getting out of the uh building and into uh the u the rainwater? Well, we feel it's not going to, but I'd like the client to explain a little bit. So, okay, fine. That'll be fine. Sir, again, state your name.

Yep. Anthony Nunig at the uh affformentioned 61 Commerce Boulevard. Um yes, so our products are kept inside of a chemical cage inside of the warehouse. They're kept in onegon bottles. Um the guys come in, we stagger their start times from 7 to 8:00 a.m. Uh they come in, they grab their route for the day, they grab their product that goes in the toolbox on their Chevys uh Colorado, and then they head out on their route. So hold on. Take just walk us through the containers. Uh they're not mixing. Are they mixing? By the way, can you you describe exactly what happens?

So, the trucks themselves have between 50 gallon and 100gallon water tanks on them, which is strictly just water. They also have locked tool boxes on the back of the trucks. So, the guys come in in the morning, they grab their bottles of uh of product. It's just straight product. It's not mixed. It's just a That's a concentrate. Yep. A concentrate bottle. Yep. and it goes in their toolbox. They grab their route and they head out on their route and they hand mix the products into their backpack blowers at the client's properties depending on how large the property is, how much they think they're going to need. You got any questions? There's no mixing on site? Nope. No mixing on site. None whatsoever? Nope. Okay. So, you don't have any waste on site?

Nope. Yeah. And all of our So, the the products come in big 50 gallon drums. Um they go on spill containers inside of our chemical cage in case they ever leak. They go into there's sitting on top of a big spill. We call it a spill kit that catches any any product that might drip into. Can you describe that spill kit more precisely? Uh, picture the size of like a pallet kind of raised up about the same height, handful of inches, and it's um it's like a grid on top. So, if any product leaks or drips down the side of the barrels, it goes into that storage container. And then we take that storage container and we would tip it into a backpack. And then when the guys go to their first house, second house, whatever it may be, they'd use that product so it gets, you know, dispersed to the customer's property.

Julybody else. All right. Um, is there anything else that came? Okay. Talk about the fumes. Mhm. Um even if you're I'm just thinking as they're as they're going from the 55gallon drum uh to that gallon or whatever the container is that they're taking out on the roach which they will mix depend you know whatever the conditions are that they're going to address. Yeah. So it's minimal fumes um because like I said they're in those 50 gallon drums. We put like a hand crank in the drum. We crank it into the bottles. We take that hand crank out. We wash it through a bucket of water and then we screw the cap back on the 55gallon drum. So, a it doesn't spill and b very few fumes are coming out

inside the warehouse. All inside of our chem cage inside of our warehouse. Yep. On top of those spill kits. All right. Is that within the southwest sewer district in the event something gets flushed down a drain? I This is in the sewer district. I'm not sure. I'm just trying to I I should know this, but I don't South State is not Is this north of um Southern State Parkway? It is south of It is southwest. It's in the district. Okay. Yes. Yes, it is. It is. Okay. All right. So, in the event anything, let's let's say you've got a slop sink and you're cleaning something, it would go into the sewer system.

Well, I don't understand that the client has a slap sink. He was explaining that he has a clean unit. No, no, no. I'm asking a different question. So, come come on up. So you you mentioned that uh you have that pump which is hand it's a hand pump. So they're very precise about what they're drawing out of there. Obviously those products are not inexpensive. Um so when it gets when that pump gets clean let's say between different chemicals. Mhm. Uh where does the water go that you're cleaning it with?

Absolutely. So, we have one pump for each barrel because they're different barrels. We don't want to cross-contaminate. So, uh some is natural, some are natural, some are, you know, the chemicals. Um, and the way we wash them is we take it out of the drum, we put it into a bucket of water, and then we'd crank that water into either a backpack or another bucket that we then drained into the backpack to get dispersed um onto customers properties when we do their treatments. And the same goes for if we ever empty a bottle, the DEC requires us to do what's called a triple wash. We same thing. Fill up the bottle with water, pour it into a backpack, fill it up with water, pour it into a backpack three times before cutting a hole in it and disposing of the bottle. All according to the DEC. Okay. Any other questions? No. All right. Dan,

so just out of curiosity, this is a franchise. Uh, it is. Yes. And so what's the area that you're allowed to cover? Is there any restrictions? Um, so our this location we've purchased, you know, it's by territories. I say roughly Queens like Atoria kind of out to Malkque. We own the entire island and and those 12 or whatever vehicles will be servicing that area. Yes. Perfect.

It it's I I don't want to mislead you. It's more than 12 vehicles. That's just what we keep on site. We have off-site storage um because we ran into these issues with the town. So now 10 to 12 are kept at an off-site uh prime storage right off of Broad Hollow Road or 110, whatever you want to call it. Um so 10 to 12 trucks are there, 10 to 12 trucks are not location. Will any of those other 10 to 12 trucks that are offsite be coming to this to do their mixing? So the guys Yep. The guys in the morning pick up their truck, they leave their car there, they drive it to the warehouse, 10, 15 minutes, fill up their grab their product, grab their route, and head on their way. Thank you. Any other questions? All right. Thank you very much.

Oh, I I also have one more point. She asked about other locations in uh residential areas. We have five offices. Um, our Wington, New Jersey office is in res residential area and our Norwok office, our main office up in Connecticut is also in a residential zone. Okay. Mhm. Can you give an example of any of the chemicals that you are using? Sure. Do you have any any costic chemicals that you're using at all? Any what chemicals? I'm sorry. I'm not sure what that means, so I'm going to assume now. Like an acid. A chemical that would burn you. Oh. Um, no. So the they're all approved by the EPA and the or things like that.

No, nothing like that. No. And pesticides are classified in three settings. Either warning, danger, or caution. We use the lowest grade. Mhm. Any other questions? I've got one question since Ed brought it up. Uh, do you use chlorine? No, we do not. I don't know what that is, so I'm going to assume no. No. Yeah. Is that like Agent Orange back in the day? Let me tell you what it is. Uh when I was a state assemblyman a long time ago, uh they used to use chlorine to kill termites. Oh, it was incredibly toxic.

Oh, we we just got into the termite game. Yeah. and and uh it was incredibly toxic to the point where a house in North Babylon was contaminated because the um exterminator put too much in there. Oh wow. I put in a bill to ban chlorate. Uh the state department of environmental conservation uh took action on their own to ban chlorate. Good. Yeah. So the reason why you get why you're back in the termite business is because what you're using now kills termites. Mhm.

But not not nearly as effectively as chordane. And I had to explain to exterminators, yes, chlorine works, but if you screw up, that house is contaminated and the people living there are subject to cancercausing drugs. To the concern that the residents race. Yeah, absolutely. So the state banned chlorate. Oh, so good. I guess I answered that one correctly. So the reason why repeat business is because the state banned chlorate. Good. I had to explain that to the exterminators. The termites keep coming back. Right.

And finally, years later, the head of the association for all the exterminators on Long Island came up to thank me. He said, "I've never had more business Now, in all seriousness, that's a ser because it's because the point of it all is that there was a time when very toxic chemicals were being used and if they were misapplied, uh people were in real danger. Yeah. So, I'm happy to hear that uh that the state continues to enforce chlorine because if you had it there, you'd be in big trouble. Yeah. No, absolutely not.

All right. Thank you very much. A little a little lesson in history. Good night. Okay. All right. Okay. So, um there is no one else who would like to I'm sorry. Did you address the board already? We're we're finished with the public portion, but thank you very much. We'll be happy to Thank you for coming up and we we're we're going to get written responses to your questions. All right. So, I need a motion now to close the hearing into reserve decision. Motion by Ed. Close in reserve. Okay. Uh second by Juan. Second. All in favor.

Uh the hearing is now closed and we've reserved decision. Um the decision is reserved in order for us to review the feedback that we've received this evening and any open site plan issues and it will remain open for written comments. So to follow up on the status of the application or to submit additional written comments, you can contact the planning department in a number of different ways. In person, planning is located in the west wing. All of the application documents and plans are available for inspections between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4 pm or by or by phone 631 9573103 or via email planning comments at town of bablineny.gov. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you. See I had to dig down deep and help. Next up, we have anformational hearing. Uh, planning board job number 25-47L, Mystique Enterprises, proposes to adjust the property line 25 ft to the south in order to create two conforming 75x 100 foot lots and erect two erect a two-story single family dwelling on each lot. All right. Who's here on behalf of the applicant? Good evening. My name is Carlos Munos from Todd Okano Architects. Okay. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes, I do.

Okay, please proceed. So, uh, Mystique Enterprise, uh, they own Hold on. Are you Are you feel bound by that code? Are you okay? I'm okay. Okay, go ahead. I'm cozy. Okay. It was pretty cold outside. All right. Hold on. Before you start, uh, as you know, the planning commissioner submitted a memorandum regarding this application. Yes. Uh the opportunity to review that with your client. Are there any issues? Any concerns? Anything that you would like to bring to the attention of the board regarding that memor? No issues. Okay. And no concerns about any of the covenants and restrictions? No. Okay. Please proceed.

So the owner owns uh two property uh two lots on 29th Street. Uh, one of the lots is 50 by 100 and the other one is uh, 100 by 100. Uh, we're proposing to move the property line between the two lots um, to be able to one comply with the zoning requirement in that area rest 7500 square uh, foot lots uh, for a resident to be uh, developed. Um, by moving it 25 ft we get exactly um, two 75 by 100 lots. Um, by the second case that you guys had, I guess it makes sense that they had these properties sold at parcels of 25 foot sections. I'm guessing somebody bought two parcels of then there were three parcels and now it makes sense based on that history. Uh, we've been going back and forth with uh the town of Babylon regarding some comments uh from the building department back in uh October 21, engineering, environmental, fire prevention. We have answered uh all those comments um and now they seem to be um satisfied with uh the responses. We had to change the houses because at one point there were identical homes just mirrored but now we changed the floor plans to be um different.

So let's look at each house. Sure. All right. Describe what we're looking at. You see it up above us?

Yes. So that one is um say lot one. So, it's um 2300 foot house um with a one uh car garage. Just small portico entrance typical for the area. Um there's only four four bedrooms. It's a fourbedroom house with a living room, family room, and a and um and a dining room. Uh it's an unfinished basement. Um it's under a 30 foot um height requirement. Uh there's no variance required for any of for any of the two houses that we're proposing. Um and again, typical for the area, vinyl siding, asphalt, shingles, whatever uh matches um the area. Nothing too above, you know, that doesn't belong in that area. Um

okay, let's go to the next house. similar as far as the program as the first house, you know, just the colors are a little different. Uh we try to play around with the designs a little uh different just to make sure that they are different from the other one. You know what that's about? We don't want houses to look like Levittown. I know. I know. Where everything was the same cookie cutter cookie cutter. No, but now Levit Town is changing completely. And I grew up in part of Babylon town that once had a farm that they turned it into a Levittown type house. Yeah. But on the other hand, if you go there now, those houses are selling for half a million dollars. That was a long time ago. Yes. Yeah. Okay. So, please,

but same same program, four bedrooms, uh, living room, dining room, family room, but the the what do you call it? The layout is a little different from the other one. There's really not so much you can do with a 2300T house. U, but we think we changed it enough so they look different enough. not only mirror them but also change the facade uh the way it looks. Uh also the colors uh help a lot um to to drastically um change them also put them in the park. We're putting the driveways in between so moving them even further each other from each other. So it kind of helps with not looking like you're in a development area. Uh we have um partial plan approval from department of uh Suffach County Department of Health. Uh they're just depending on your thoughts and whenever we get approval from planning board they will be able to approve and give us a permit on the uh department of health.

Are there any questions? So no variances. No varants required. No Frank. Um I noticed it has a basement. They're unfinished. Uh any entrance from the outside to the basement? We have a egress window well as required by New York State but we don't have uh uh stairs going to the basement. Thank you. So, you're required to have the escape through a You're required. All new basements uh are required to have escape to be trapped in. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Uh anything else you'd like to add, sir? No. Is there anyone from the public here that would like to address the board regarding this application here? Oh, you're the you're the applicants. Okay. Yeah.

Yes. All right. This is what you're paying him to do. All right. Fair enough. Thank you. All right. If there's no one from the public that would like to address the board regarding this application, um I need a motion to close the hearing. Let's see. Motion by Jerry. Motion to close. Uh second by Frank. All in favor? The public hearing is closed and we will reserve our decision. Uh the decision's been reserved in order for us to review. Any feedback or any open site plans? Are there any open site plans? I believe uh the current set of plans are under review.

Oh, they're under review. Okay. All right. Uh fair enough. And uh but it will remain open for written comments uh to check on the status of the application or to submit additional written comments. Uh you can contact the planning department a number of different ways in person to locate located at on the west wing of town of Babing Department. Application documents and plans are uh available for inspection between 9:00 a.m. and 4 pm or by phone 631-9573103 or by email planning comments town of Bablinny.gov. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Get home safely and stay warm. Stay safe.

All right. That that concludes our public hearing. So we will now uh close the uh transmission uh the broadcasting