Zoning appeals spark debate in Great Neck

No decision yet on Polo, Steamboat

BY KARINA KOVAC

Two proposals came under intense discussion at the Aug. 3 Village of Great Neck Zoning Board of Appeals meeting which was governed by three out of five members and went on until midnight.

One asked for a subdivision of a property on the highly trafficked, dead-end street of Polo Road and the other sought a continuation of the debate over the construction of a Mashadi mixed-use school and religious building on 187-195 Steamboat Road. Both yielded no decision yet but much discussion.

Millen Cohen, the owner of a ranch house on Polo Road and represented by attorney Paul Bloom of Harras, Bloom & Archer LLP, bought his property in the late 1990s and now wants to add an additional dwelling in the rear of his current ranch-style house. He asked for a subdivision to be granted.

Whether the proposed new dwelling will be subdivided will be determined at a later date by the Planning Board. At the meeting, Cohen asked the Zoning Board for variances affecting building area, floor area ratio, and both the front and side yards. Other

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