Hearings resume on Serota proposal.Hearings on Serota Properties' proposed construction and demolition debris recycling facility in Oceanside, N.Y., have resumed after being postponed in February, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the Oceanside/Island Park Herald (Oceanside, N.Y.). Serota Properties, Valley Stream, N.Y., has proposed to reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. a former C&D recycling facility at Brown Court in Oceanside's industrial zone. Since February, the Hempstead Town Board has passed a new code that requires recyclers within 500 feet of a residential area to obtain a special-use permit that details specific standards on a host of issues from dust, traffic and light to noise, vibration and drainage, according to the report. Representatives from Serota maintain that because the company is seeking to reopen a pre-existing facility, the application does not fall under the standards of the new ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been . Company representatives say that the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of State Department of Environmental Conservation has approved the proposed enclosed en·close also in·close tr.v. en·closed, en·clos·ing, en·clos·es 1. To surround on all sides; close in. 2. To fence in so as to prevent common use: enclosed the pasture. facility. Representatives for Oceanside residents also testified at the hearing, raising concerns about increased dust and heavy traffic, according to the report. |
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