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Southampton Town zoning law tries to get in front of lawsuits
Photo credit: Erin Geismar
Trying to get ahead of possible lawsuits, the Southampton Town board has changed the town’s zoning code, eliminating what had been designated as its “tidal floodplain overlay district” and adopting new zoning regulations to effectively do the same thing.
Town officials said the action taken last week was required because, in September, State Supreme Court Justice William Rebolini ruled that...