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Annual Report to the Suffolk County Planning Commission Annual Report to the Suffolk County Planning Commission February 2008 Suffolk County Department of Planning Suffolk County # New York Annual Report to the Suffolk County Planning Commission February 6, 2008 Suffolk County Department of Planning H. Lee Dennison Building - 4th Floor 100 Veterans Memorial Highway P.O. Box 6100 Hauppauge, New York 11788 Steve Levy COUNTY EXECUTIVE Suffolk County Planning Commission John Caracciolo - Town of Huntington CHAIRMAN Linda Holmes - Town of Shelter Island VICE CHAIRMAN Charla E. Bolton, AICP - At Large SECRETARY David L. Calone, Esq. - Town of Babylon Edward James Pruitt - Town of Brookhaven vacant - Town of East Hampton Donald J. Fiore - Town of Islip Jesse R. Goodale III - Town of Riverhead Robert A. Braun, Esq. - Town of Smithtown Barbara B. Roberts - Town of Southampton Tom McAdam - Town of Southold Adrienne Esposito - Village over 5,000 population Constantine Kontokosta, P.E., AICP - Village under 5,000 population Sarah Lansdale, AICP - At Large vacant - At Large Suffolk County Department of Planning Thomas A. Isles, AICP DIRECTOR OF PLANNING Participating Staff Carol E. Walsh, Editor James Bagg DeWitt Davies, Ph. D. Roy Fedelem Andrew Freleng, AICP Dan Gulizio, AICP Peter Lambert Carl Lind Suffolk County Department of Planning Hauppauge, New York February 2008 Section A 14-6 of the County Administrative Code requires the preparation of an annual report that shall include a summary of the activities of the Commission as well as a survey of the conditions of the county including population density, housing, conservation, employment and industrial conditions, water resources and transportation. This report is in accordance with the requirement and also includes a summary of the accomplishments of the Department of Planning for 2007 along with our goals for 2008. Many significant projects were advanced during the year along with the on- going administration of mandated functions including municipal zoning referrals, CEQ project reviews, open space and farmland preservation planning, demographic and economic data analysis and cartographic and GIS services. The volume and quality of work completed is directly attributable to the professionalism and dedication of the staff of the Department of Planning. Thomas A. Isles, Director Suffolk County Department of Planning CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................1 DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS ..................................................3 Quality of Life .............................................................3 Population ................................................................3 Age of the Population .......................................................4 Household Size ............................................................5 Race and Ethnicity ..........................................................5 Income ...................................................................6 Housing ..................................................................6 Economy .................................................................7 Transportation ............................................................15 ACCOMPLISHMENTS .......................................................17 County-wide Planning and Inter-municipal Coordination ...........................17 Protecting Natural Resources and the Environment ...............................18 Protecting Marine & Coastal Environments .....................................21 Preserving Farmland and the Agricultural Economy ...................................................23 Professional Assistance to Local Government ...................................24 Research and Data Collection, Analysis and Mapping ...................................................24 Special Projects ...........................................................26 Professional Planning Services to Boards and Agencies ..................................................27 GOALS AND INITIATIVES ...................................................29 Suffolk County Department of Planning / Annual Report to the Suffolk County Planning Commission - February 2008 i ii Suffolk County Department of Planning / Annual Report of the Suffolk County Planning Commission - February 2008 INTRODUCTION The Suffolk County Department of Planning provides administrative and staff support to the The Suffolk County Planning Commission is the Commission. This includes the active leading planning entity at the county level. It has involvement of professional planners as well as numerous duties, including the review of certain specialists in various fields, including municipal zoning and subdivision actions, the environmental scientists, demographers, preparation of plans and reports for the County cartographers and technical and clerical staff. Executive and the Legislature and the review of Projects undertaken by the department include local comprehensive plans. The Commission accomplishments in the areas of may also authorize the Department of Planning to provide planning services to municipalities in • County-wide Planning and Inter-municipal the county that request such services. Coordination, • Protecting Natural Resources and The Commission consists of fifteen members the Environment, that are appointed by the County Executive and • Protecting Marine and Coastal Environments, are subject to confirmation by the Legislature. • Preserving Farmland and the Agricultural The Commission includes representation from Economy, the ten towns of the county, two representatives • Professional Assistance to Local Government, of incorporated villages and three members • Research and Data Collection - Analysis serving at-large. The Commissioners serve and Mapping, without compensation. • Special Projects, and • Professional Planning Services to Boards and Agencies. Suffolk County Department of Planning / Annual Report to the Suffolk County Planning Commission - February 2008 1 2 Suffolk County Department of Planning / Annual Report of the Suffolk County Planning Commission - February 2008 DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND 7.4%. Between the U. S. censuses of 1980 and DEVELOPMENT TRENDS 1990, Suffolk’s population had increased more slowly, by 36,000 or 2.9%. Based on 2003 data, The first European settlers arrived in Suffolk among 3,141 counties in the United States, County in 1640 and the County was Suffolk County ranks 23rd highest in incorporated in 1683 as one of the ten original population. The County also has a larger counties in New York State. Suffolk is a population than 12 U. S. states. suburban county located on Long Island east of New York City and is bordered on the west by In 1790, the first U. S. Census showed that Nassau County. Suffolk County’s land area Suffolk County had more people than totals 911 square miles, and the County is 86 Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island miles long and 15 miles wide. With shores on combined. By 1915, Nassau County surpassed both the Atlantic Ocean and the Long Island Suffolk County in population. But in 1986 Sound, Suffolk County’s shoreline totals Suffolk passed Nassau in population, becoming 986 miles. the most populated suburban county in the United States. QUALITY OF LIFE Suffolk County epitomizes the post-World War II suburb, as most of its population growth In 2004, Nassau-Suffolk was rated the third occurred in just 20 years from 1950 to 1970. least stressful metropolitan area in the country During that time, Suffolk’s population (of the 100 largest areas), based on nine factors quadrupled, increasing by 851,000. Today its including the divorce and suicide rates, violent population growth is much slower. Yet despite and property crime, and unemployment rate. overall stability in the total population figures, However, in 2004 Nassau-Suffolk ranked 151 changes have been taking place in certain of 162 metropolitan areas in the affordability of segments of the population. its housing. Population Density Also in 2004, Forbes magazine ranked 150 metropolitan areas according to various quality Based on 2006 Long Island Power Authority of life issues. In its ‘Best Places for Business’ (LIPA) population estimates, Suffolk County’s report, the magazine ranked Long Island population density was 1,642 persons per seventh highest in cost of living, but best in square mile. Yet Suffolk’s ten towns vary crime rate, 8th best in culture & leisure, and 39th greatly in population size and density. The five best overall. western towns, Huntington, Babylon, Smithtown, Islip, and Brookhaven, contain 91% of the County’s population but just 62% of its POPULATION land area. The 2006 population density in western Suffolk was 2,402 persons per square Total Population mile, while in eastern Suffolk the density was just 400 persons per square mile. Of the ten Suffolk County’s population continues to grow. towns that comprise the County, the largest in The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) population is Brookhaven at 485,000 and the estimated that Suffolk County had a population smallest is Shelter Island with 2,500 residents of 1,495,697 persons in 2006, a 5.4% increase in 2006. over the 2000 census figure of 1,419,369. The increase between 1990 and 2000 was 97,505 or Suffolk County Department of Planning / Annual Report to the Suffolk County Planning Commission - February 2008 3 Although Suffolk has more people than Nassau median of 35.9 and the national median of 35.3. County, Suffolk is only about one-third as In recent decades, the median age of
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