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Village shuts down restaurant’s parking lot dining, citing safety BY RIKKI MASSAND AND MEG MORGAN NORRIS
Matthew McCoy, a 17-year-old resident of GC, invited friends and neighbors to celebrate his birthday by donating a backpack and school supplies for his collection. With the generosity of his friends, family and neighbors on Tullamore Rd., Matthew collected 42 backpacks and a huge amount of school supplies for the INN.
Village Lot 7N parking fees axed for year; free permits for residents BY RIKKI MASSAND With a 5 to 4 vote at its meeting on Thursday, August 19, decided by the vote of Mayor Cosmo Veneziale due to the tie, Garden City has decided to waive the $275 fee associated with the permit parking designated for Hilton Hall apart-
ment building residents. The vote formalizes a modified, no-fee system of permit parking to be offered to building residents with some new measures for Lot 7N also discussed. Village Trustee John Delany believed that the fee of the permit parking for apartment residents could have been reduced
from the $275 per year to $220. He called that a reasonable fee, “in light of the other village fee structures,” and justified that number by stating the LIRR permit parking fee of $150 per year for Garden City residents. The validity, he says, is total usage of that permit “probably See page 36
At its meeting on August 19th the Garden City Board of Trustees discussed issues related to outdoor dining at four Franklin Avenue restaurants. Three of the restaurants have complied with village directives, but a resolution with the fourth restaurant has been elusive. Due to the pandemic, the four restaurants (Waterzooi, Novita, Calogeros and Revel) were granted special licenses to operate outdoor dining areas in Village-owned parking lots. However, just prior to its July meeting the Board of Trustees announced that it would rescind the agreements due to safety concerns over their tent structures Subsequently, three of the restaurants have addressed the issues and have been allowed to continue operating. The fourth restaurant, Revel, has been in a dispute with the village over what measures need to be taken to resolve the issues. Mayor Cosmo Veneziale said that the prior (Thomas Strysko) and current (Devyn Moody) GCFD Fire chiefs both objected to the installation of Revel’s tent structure on Kellum Lane, just north of Stewart Avenue. He noted that per the 2020 and early 2021 license agreements for outdoor dining, tents were not permitted, but as an administrative action tent permits were issued by the Nassau County Fire Marshal without inspections. “The revocable license agreement was first issued by the village in June 2020, it was then renewed in September 2020 and that ended December 31, 2020. The second extension was issued February 4, 2021, and a third extension (through December 31, 2021) was issued February 23, 2021. All were approved by the prior Board of Trustees. These license agreements automatically ended upon the termination of the New York State Governor’s executive order which occurred on June 16, 2021. License agreements allow for the use of tables, chairs and umbrellas within the licensed outdoor areas. The license agreements do not permit the use of outdoor heaters of any kind,” he said The mayor noted that New York State Fire Code prohibits obstructions of any kind in a fire access lane, including parked vehicles, in a fire access lane. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi noted that Mayor Cosmo Veneziale, Trustee Bruce Chester and Deputy Mayor, also Fire See page 32
GC Football team kicks off season PAGE 40 Friends of Music presents awards PAGES 38-39