The last Trustee meeting of the 2023 year was held on Monday, December 11th.
“During the meeting, the East Hampton Town Trustees codified new policies on docks and other floating structures in waters under their jurisdiction, including a prohibition on construction of any new residential piers or fixed or floating docks in the entirety of Three Mile Harbor.
Monday’s vote completed a two-year process that began when the trustees enacted a moratorium on permitting and approval for new residential docks, catwalks, floating docks, floating structures, and platforms, which closely followed a 5-to-3 vote to permit construction of an 80-foot floating dock on Three Mile Harbor, the first such approval in more than 30 years. The trustees used that time to conduct a survey of all such structures, seeking to discover where docks had been built or expanded without their permission.
The trustees banned applications for docks in most waterways under their jurisdiction in 1984, extending the prohibition to all but the eastern shore of Three Mile Harbor in 1987. A Nov. 13 public hearing on their developing plans to enact new policies drew comments from five residential-dock-agreement holders.
The updated policies, which will create uniformity in residential dock management across all harbors and for all residential dock-agreement holders, were largely detailed at the trustees’ Nov. 27 meeting. The eight trustees present on Monday were unanimous in voting on most, but not all, updated policies.”
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