The Village of Plandome Manor’s Board of Trustees last week denied a resident’s request to raise chickens at his Circle Drive residence.
The board of trustees polled the neighbors of James Brodie, who made the request.
The neighbors said chickens are unsanitary and expressed concerns about the level of noise the animals would bring into the neighborhood.
Village code states “No premises may be used or occupied, and no structure may be erected or maintained for the keeping, maintaining or harboring of pigeons, swine, goats, chickens, roosters or foxes, minks, skunks or other similar fur-bearing animals, bees or snakes, except when authorized by the Board of Trustees.”
Based on the opinions of Brodie’s neighbors, the board voted to deny the request, Village Clerk Joanna Palumbo said.
Brodie told Newsday he plans to appeal the decision, saying “If there’s a problem with noise, or health issues, you should come down with a heavy hand. But a blanket outright ban of innocent chickens? It’s criminal. It’s over legislating our environment.”
The board also deferred on a ruling on a neighbor’s request to add a crosswalk at North Plandome Road and Luquer Road, until the completing of an upcoming construction project at the three-way intersection of Plandome Road, North Plandome Road and Stony Town Road, known as “the triangle,” Palumbo said.
Palumbo said the intersection has become “antiquated,” and is prone to multiple accidents due to its combination of stop signs and yield signs and an influx of traffic in recent years.
The project would include the installation of a new traffic light, which would be installed by Nassau County, she said.
The area has also become a major transportation hub for Manhasset and Port Washington in recent years, Palumbo said.
Palumbo said the village is still waiting on a start date for the project, but expects work to begin late this summer, after “the school buses are done.”
The board of trustees also announced it had received its first reimbursement check from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for debris removal, in the amount of $81,000, covering 75 percent of the village’s $108,000 debris removal costs, Palumbo said.
Palumbo said the board also agreed to replace a Circle Drive resident’s tree which had fallen onto village property as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
