Rear deck in bluff area
Town of Riverhead
Description
Approved with conditions: a 12-foot deck with 3-foot cantilever (down from 16 feet), three hand-dug piers no larger than 20 inches, and compliance with a bluff revegetation plan.
Impact summary
The deck decision waits a month; the owner may need to replant cleared vegetation and possibly shrink the deck.
Applicant
- Name
- Brian McGuinness
- Address
- 888 Sound Shore Road, JamesportSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Zoning Board of Appeals
Last discussed Jun 11, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Zoning Board of Appeals - Jun 11, 2026
Approved with conditions: a 12-foot deck with 3-foot cantilever (down from 16 feet), three hand-dug piers no larger than 20 inches, and compliance with a bluff revegetation plan.
Zoning Board of Appeals - May 14, 2026
A roughly 20-by-20-foot deck replacing a small platform on a Sound Shore bluff was tabled to June 11 after members questioned its size and unpermitted vegetation clearing near the bluff.
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