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Friday, October 9, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 41
Port WashingtonTimes GUIDE TO PORT WASHINGTON PAGES S1-S56
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Proposed code to be presented
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Changes to waterfront business area will go before Town Board BY R O S E W E L D ON The proposed changes to the town code affecting businesses on the Port Washington coastline will be presented to the North Hempstead Town Board on Oct. 22, Councilwoman Mariann Dalimonte said Tuesday night. Conducted over Zoom with dozens of audience members watching from home, the meeting saw Dalimonte and town Planning Commissioner Michael Levine explain and take questions on the proposed changes. The changes would affect the designated waterfront business (BW) district, which covers the private commercial properties extending from Sunset Park to Manhasset Bay Yacht Club and the area south of the Town Dock. Since 2017, a building moratorium has been in place in order for the Steering Committee, made up of representatives of numerous residential and business organiza-
tions, to discuss proposed changes to the town’s code. After three years and six extensions, three of which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, the moratorium was scheduled to end on Sept. 14, but was extended to further prepare code changes to be brought before the Town Board. Dalimonte noted in the meeting’s opening minutes that the Steering Committee had “sacrificed many evenings away from their families and their personal lives to participate on the committee and to ensure that the proposed code preserves our precious waterfront and strikes an appropriate balance between the various interests involved.” “Given all of the effort they have put into this process, I feel strongly that the community owes it to them to carefully examine the contents of the proposed code and to fairly evaluate its merits,” Dalimonte said. Continued on Page 44
PHOTO VIA INSTAGRAM, COURTESY OF PORT WASHINGTON LIFE
Patrons dine al fresco on Port Boulevard as part of the Port Dine & Shop event, which has been extended for two weeks.
Two more weeks for Port’s Dine & Shop BY R O S E W E L D ON Following weeks of success, the Port Washington BID and Port Washington Chamber of Commerce announced that their Port Outdoors Dine and
Shop event has been extended for two weeks. While the event was originally scheduled to end last Wednesday, the Town of North Hempstead granted permission to hold it on Wednesday, Oct.
8, on middle and lower Main Street and Oct. 15 on upper Main Street. The event, meant to gain business for Port-area small businesses, creates traffic-free Continued on Page 34
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