I am referring to some misunderstandings in the story in the Sept. 2 issue of The Roslyn News ("Residents Oppose Restaurant Expansion") regarding the proposed expansion of L'Endroit restaurant into a catering facility.

1. The parking lot stands on an area, part of which is zoned residential, but which is vital to the applicant's compliance with the East Hills Village Zoning Code for adequate parking.

2. The restaurant/catering facility would expand on the second floor to house a maximum of 270 patrons, and would be built on stilts with parking underneath.

3. The attorney for the restaurant did not respond to the objections of the residents. The facts are that:

a. The restaurant owner has already paved the entire 40-foot property (12 feet of which are residential) right up to the property line, leaving no room for landscaping or fence.

b. In 1948, at the recommendation of the EHV Planning Board, the EHV Board of Trustees voted to rezone certain lots from residential to Business B, but specifically not lot 18, as had been requested by the applicant for rezoning. Lot 18 is the one in dispute. Lot 18 has always been residential and is assessed as residential on the record of EHV, the Town of North Hempstead, and the County of Nassau.

c. The doctors at the Medical Building hold office hours evenings and Saturdays, which makes the parking there unavailable to the restaurant on this point.

d. Patrons at the restaurant regularly make illegal turns south on to Glen Cove Road, a most dangerous practice. Signs to that effect are constantly being ignored.

e. The catering facility, because of its size and despite the attorney's claim to the contrary, will change the character of the neighborhood, will intrude on the privacy of the residents, visually and with exhaust fumes and cooking odors, noise from slamming car doors and other noises, particularly on weekends far into the night when residents have a right to peace and quiet. These are living human beings whose property is being depreciated by an outsider who knows only greed.

Furthermore, I should like to point out that the New York State Law of Villages, which also applies to East Hills, is replete with court rulings citing that "the maintenance of the health and welfare of the residents and the character of the neighborhood" are of utmost importance. The Village of East Hills should be guided by the same principles set forth by New York State.

Hilda Yohalem