A public scoping session for the preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding Plainview Properties is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Local residents are welcome and encouraged to attend.

The applicant is requesting a Change of Zone permit from a Light Industry Zone to an Office Building and one family residence to a Planned Unit Development and for a recession of Declaration of Restrictive Covenants to construct a mixed-use development of 220 rental units and 108,640 square feet of retail space on the north side of Old Country Road and 135 townhouse units, 316 condominium units, 48 senior citizen units, 20,060 square feet of office space, an 18,893 square foot cultural center, a 27,240 square foot club house and 287,878 square feet of lodging on the south side of Old Country Road.

The potential environmental impacts include effects on zoning, land use, topography, soils, flora and fauna, water quality and quantity, sewage, aesthetics, traffic, air quality, noise, community growth and character.

Copies of the draft scoping document will be available at the public scoping session and at 150 Miller Place in Syosset.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at Oyster Bay Town Hall, located on Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay. Comments on the draft scoping document are requested and will be accepted by Aldona Lawson until Jan.3, 2005. Contact Lawson at Town Environmental Quality Review Division, 150 Miller Place, Syosset, NY 11791 or 677-5717 with further questions.