Coastal bluff deck expansion in Jamesport
Town of Riverhead
Summary
A Sound Shore Club cottage owner wants to add 235 square feet near the top of the bluff at North Wading River Road. The plan must first get ZBA relief because additions aren't automatically allowed in the erosion hazard zone.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 3
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jul 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
The cottage owner gains more living space on an existing seasonal home.
Neighbors could face a six-foot privacy wall and a larger structure on the bluff; the bluff face itself faces disturbance risk.
Mentions & discussions (3)
Planning Board - Jul 16, 2026
A Sound Shore Club cottage owner wants to add 235 square feet near the top of the bluff at North Wading River Road. The plan must first get ZBA relief because additions aren't automatically allowed in the erosion hazard zone.
Planning Board - Jul 2, 2026
A Sound Shore Road homeowner replaced an undersized deck plan with a smaller 22-by-15-foot design after the Zoning Board pushed back, and got the coastal erosion permit with required bluff-top restoration plantings.
Planning Board - Feb 19, 2026
A Sound Shore Road homeowner wants a deck nearly nine times bigger than the existing one, right in the coastal erosion hazard zone. The ZBA will decide whether to grant relief; the planning staff wants the cleared vegetation replanted.
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