The Riverhead Town Planning Board on Thursday granted conditional approval for lot line modifications tied to the town square hotel project.
The board approved a resolution allowing modifications to several downtown parcels to facilitate construction of the proposed town square hotel and create a unified town square property.
The lot line changes are required under the town’s master developer agreement with J. Petrocelli Riverhead Town Square LLC, which calls for reconfiguring several parcels along East Main Street to create a single development lot for the hotel project and a separate unified parcel for the public town square.
The parcels involved include property at 117 East Main Street and adjacent lots tied to the broader town square redevelopment effort, which aims to create a public gathering space and new mixed-use development in the downtown area.
The Town Board last October authorized a lease and pre-possession agreement allowing the developer to begin demolition and limited site preparation activities prior to closing on the property. That agreement authorised the developer to undertake demolition and certain infrastructure work to prepare portions of the site for construction of the hotel project, consistent with the approved development plan.
The Planning Board vote clears another step required before redevelopment work can proceed.
Earlier in the meeting, the board closed a public hearing on a proposal to install a battery energy storage system at the Hampton Jitney terminal on Edwards Avenue in Calverton.
The project calls for four battery storage units capable of storing about one megawatt hour of energy on a portion of the 13.9-acre motor coach terminal property.
According to the applicant’s representatives, the system would allow Hampton Jitney to store solar or off-peak electricity for use at the facility and support the company’s plans to begin electrifying its bus fleet.
Company president Jeff Lynch told the board the project is intended to support the company’s first electric motor coaches and offset some energy costs at the facility.
Source: RiverheadLOCAL
