Another new business is coming to Old Northern Boulevard. The Village of Roslyn Board of Trustees recently approved an application by APCO Woodworking to move into an unoccupied building on 1047 Old Northern Blvd.

APCO's proprietor, Isaac Rodriguez of Oyster Bay, said the establishment would serve as a fabric picture framing business. Ninety percent of the business, he added, would be in wholesale. APCO would employ four people involved in the cutting and molding of fabrics. As a frame shop, it would contain only small amounts of equipment. Mr. Rodriguez said the plant would not involve the "chemical process." Workers would be engaged in rolling, cutting, packaging, and shipping fabric goods.

BOT members reminded Mr. Rodriguez that the business is located in a residential area of Roslyn. And so, there were the usual concerns about traffic, parking, and noise. Mr. Rodriguez said that since very little retail business would take place at APCO, the atmosphere would be less quiet than it was under the previous business. He said the people traffic would consist of some customers and some buyers, but no busloads of people. The showroom area, he added, would remain the same. Employee parking would be on Old Northern and Main Street.

For his part, Building Inspector David DeRienzeis said the roof of the building, which remains charred from a previous fire, would have to be replaced. In addition, fire safety measures, including a fire alarm would have to be installed. Otherwise, the building, Mr. DeRienzeis said, would be in less risk under the new business.

Mr. Rodriguez said APCO would not be open on weekends, except for "short hours" on Saturday. BOT members reminded him that any sign changes on the building would have to be approved by the Historic District Board. Mr. Rodriguez was also told that his new neighbors would be watching him and apparently, reporting any problems to the BOT. The APCO owner, however, had done some preliminary work of his own. Mr. Rodriguez said he had already talked to many of his new neighbors and they are "glad to know someone will be occupying and beautifying the new space." Toward that end, BOT members said that would encourage improvements on the property and on the building.

As they approved the application, BOT members remained concerned about traffic "as the business grows" and the possibility that APCO's neighbors might be alienated by such growth. They also wanted to be sure that the proposal would not constitute an intensification of use for the property in question. The BOT, Mr. Rodriguez was told, reserves the right to remake the special use permit if facts about the business turn out to be different than promised.