At the New Hyde Park Village Board meeting, held last week, Trustee Florence Lisanti announced that the 3rd Annual New Hyde Park Village Street Fair, will be held, in conjunction with the merchants, on Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a raindate of Sept. 27. She urged the entire New Hyde Park and surrounding communities to take advantage of the many values offered by the merchants on Jericho Turnpike; the gigantic craft fair and all of the games for the children. At 1:30 p.m. there will be a special show for children on the village lawn. Jericho Turnpike will be closed from New Hyde Park Road to Covert Avenue so that everyone will have a safe time at the fair.

Mayor Warren Tackenberg announced that there was a concern regarding the additional air traffic proposed for both Kennedy Airport and LaGuardia Airport. Apparently, New Jersey is seeking to have more of its air traffic come to New York airports, which will not only affect noise pollution in the area, but will also provide a safety hazard.

Tackenberg said that at the last Nassau County Village Official Association meeting Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy was a guest and assured all the mayors that it was her priority as well as the priority of Congressman Peter King and the New York delegation to see that this did not happen.

Trustee William Fischl added that smaller aircraft have also applied for permission to use both New York airports, which would present an added danger to air traffic in and out of the already crowded airports.

Fischl reported that STAR applications should have been received by all homeowners in the village and should be filled out and mailed back to the Chairman of the Board of Assessors before Dec. 31. He also pointed out that anyone who needs help in filling out his/her form should contact Fischl and he will try to set up a workshop type meeting with the board of assessors office. Trustee Lisanti reported that the officials at the Western Water Authority wanted to make sure that all residents are notified when there will be a flushing of hydrants in their area. If a notice has not been placed on the door the next time they do the flushing, please let Lisanti know by calling her at village hall 354-0022. The library will hold its first story hour on Sept. 25. Last year the event was held on Thursday, but this year has been changed to Fridays.

Lisanti then announced that she has received word from the workers who are helping to renovate Memorial Park, on the corner of Wilton and Lincoln, New Hyde Park. It seems that while the workers are there people are letting their dogs use the portion of the concrete that has been colored red. Lisanti explained that the village would have loved to put red brick into the walkways, but since funds were limited, they chose the very attractive red colored concrete, however, when dogs are not curbed and are allowed on the concrete, it becomes discolored. Lisanti said, "We are trying very hard to improve this park and I can't believe that our own residents are doing this. Shame on them!"

Tackenberg added, "Another complaint we have had is that people are coming in their cars, with their dogs, and letting them use the park. We ask residents in the area to get the license plates of the cars and we will then find out where the people live and we will write to them and request they not to have their dogs use our park."

Under the direction of Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, small businessmen are encouraged to attend the Small Business Hearing to be held at Adelphi University, Ruth Harley University Center, Room 313 Adelphi, South Avenue, Garden City at 11 a.m. on Sept. 28. For further information, please call New Hyde Park Village Hall, 354-0022.

The mayor also announced that the Belmont Project has gone out for bid and the bids will be opened on Sept. 28 at New Hyde Park Village Hall.

A Mr. Gordan spoke to the board and the residents regarding a business he is developing at 119 South Third Street called 1-2-3 Storage. It is a storage company and they will renovate the building, but he will rent space in the old Emil Ash building at 15 Jericho Turnpike as office space. He applied for a sign on both sides of the building announcing that the storage company is located down the street at 119 South Third Street.

Mr. Gordan explained that the application for a sign was turned down for two reasons. The first was because, he said, the person who turned it down was unaware that the company will actually occupy space at 15 Jericho Turnpike. The second reason was because there is an ordinance that prohibits signs on the side of buildings. Gordan explained that there are existing signs on that building and throughout the village, so variances have been given. He said, "We have to let the public know that we are there so that we can make this a viable business."

Trustee Florence Lisanti commented that the portion of the building facing east would have two signs and would he be amenable to having just one sign for traffic going east. Gordan said that signage was an important component for his type of business and it is necessary to have signs facing both east and west.

Mayor Tackenberg said that he wanted first to discuss the situation with the village attorney before coming to a decision.

A resident of 7th Avenue spoke at great length about the two homes being constructed on 8th Avenue directly in back of his home. He said that he and his wife are a young couple and because of these two homes, which are very large, being constructed, he feels that his property has been devaluated. He explained that previously the house behind him, on an 80 x 100 lot, was torn down, two 40 x 100 lots were zoned and now two "huge monstrosities" have been built. The resident said, "They must be three stories high and they are so ugly it is unbelievable. I wanted to know why we are allowing this to happen. In my mind we are ruining the beauty of the neighborhood to put these two houses in the middle of a block. It just doesn't make any sense. I have three neighbors that I can't speak for, but I can tell you that these houses are four feet from their property line. It just doesn't look right and I don't see this anywhere else in New Hyde Park."

The mayor said, "I understand your frustration. The village code, going back to 1929, requires that in order to have a one family home you only need 40 x 100 and the first 100 feet only is what counts and to have a two-family home you need 80 x 100." The mayor then commented about other houses that had been 80 x 100 plots, but when sold divided into 40 x 100.

The mayor said, "To my knowledge, this conforms to the building code of the Village of New Hyde Park."

The resident said, "I can understand building a home that fits the neighborhood, but these houses do not, especially in the middle of the neighborhood."

The mayor said, "However, the law prohibits us from saying those houses can't be put up because they are too big."

The resident countered, "Why can't you change the law." The mayor said that could be done, if enough people wanted that to happen, but he pointed out that if the owners of the approximately 40 parcels of land that still are 80 x 100 in the village are denied the right to sell the property to a builder who can take advantage of subdividing, they would probably take us to court and win, hands down.

The mayor concluded, "However, if there is enough sentiment in the village to change the law, the board would probably be willing to do that, but not before finding out if we would run into legal trouble."

A long discussion ensued regarding road repair in the village. One woman suggested instead of doing a major repair of the roads, why not just do patchwork and then if the road, needed to be ripped up for one reason or another, it wouldn't be so bad.

The next village board meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at the New Hyde Park Village Hall, Jericho Turnpike and New Hyde Park Road.