Riverhead Plaza (former Walmart) restaurant pad sites
Town of Riverhead
Description
The old Walmart plaza (now Restaurant Depot, Ollie's, Fifth Street Furniture) wants to build two restaurant pad sites; code requires 954 spaces but they can only provide 890, so they're using parking counts showing just 26% peak usage to justify a variance or reduction.
Impact summary
Would add dining options and put dead parking lot space to use, but traffic changes on Route 58 and the parking shortfall need sorting out first.
Applicant
- Address
- Old Country Road, Riverhead
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Recorded in the meeting · Planning Commission
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 22, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Town Board Work Session - Oct 22, 2026
The old Walmart plaza (now Restaurant Depot, Ollie's, Fifth Street Furniture) wants to build two restaurant pad sites; code requires 954 spaces but they can only provide 890, so they're using parking counts showing just 26% peak usage to justify a variance or reduction.
Planning Board - Sep 17, 2026
Two restaurant buildings — one with a drive-through — proposed at the former Walmart plaza. On hold pending a parking code amendment, ARB review, and a county-requested turn lane redesign.
Related issues (1)
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