Dunehampton, New York Explained

Dunehampton, New York
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name2:Suffolk
Subdivision Name3:Southampton
Unit Pref:imperial
Area Code:631, 934
Area Code Type:Area codes
Utc Offset:−5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:−4
Timezone1:Eastern (EST)
Coordinates:40.9018°N -72.3065°W
Pushpin Map:USA New York Long Island#New York
Pushpin Map Caption:Location on Long Island##Location within the state of New York

Dunehampton is the name of a formerly proposed village in the Town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, on the South Fork of Long Island, in New York, United States. It was proposed in 2003 to be incorporated along 5miles of Atlantic Ocean beach between Village of Southampton and the hamlet of Wainscott. The attempts to incorporate were unsuccessful.

Overview

In the early 2000s, residents proposed incorporating the community as a village to maintain home rule – and out of dissatisfaction with the Town of Southampton's laws, including those pertaining to erosion and property regulations.[1]

One of the most prominent residents along the narrow strip is Humvee tycoon Ira Rennert.[2]

The petition to form the village was filed with the Southampton Town Supervisor Patrick A. Heaney on July 3, 2003, while residents of Sagaponack filed incorporation papers with the clerk on October 2, 2003.[3] The two villages overlapped on the eastern portion of Dunehampton. Healy ultimately ruled that Dunehampton's application was not valid because it lacked the necessary number of signatures.[4] [5]

The Heaney Administration ultimately blocked Dunehampton's incorporation petition on September 16, 2003.[6] Sagaponack's incorporation, meanwhile, moved forward; it incorporated on September 2, 2005.[7] [8] [9]

The proposal also met stiff resistance from the nearby communities of Water Mill, Bridgehampton, and Sagaponack because they feared the village would impose strict parking rules on the beaches cutting them off from the ocean.[10] [11] [12] [13]

Residents of Dunehampton filed suit following the town's rejection of the incorporation proposal. Subsequent court cases have upheld the town's decisions.[14]

Geography

It would have had an area of 1730acres, and would have taken in Julie and Channel Ponds at the western edge of Southampton Village and much of Sagg Pond to its eastern end at the border with the Town of East Hampton.

Demographics

The village would have included 1,079 residents and roughly 260 houses.

See also

References

40.9018°N -72.3065°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Nahas . Donna Kutt . 2003-07-27 . Villages, Inc. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-09 . 0362-4331.
  2. News: Gootman . Elissa . 2003-08-03 . Hamptons Revolt: Push for New Village Draws Lines in Sand . en-US . The New York Times . 2021-08-07 . 0362-4331.
  3. News: Nahas. Donna Kutt. 2003-10-12. Sagaponack Residents Fight Fire With Fire. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-08-07. 0362-4331.
  4. News: Southampton Blocks Petition for 'Dunehampton' Village . Patrick . Healy . The New York Times . 2003-09-16 . 2022-12-27.
  5. Web site: Dunehampton Defeated . 2023-09-09 . easternli.surfrider.org . en.
  6. News: Healy . Patrick . 2003-09-16 . Southampton Blocks Petition for 'Dunehampton' Village . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-09 . 0362-4331.
  7. News: Mead . Julia C. . Beller . Peter C. . 2005-08-21 . Incorporation Fever Is Rising on the South Fork . en-US . The New York Times . 2021-08-07 . 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: January 30, 2010 . Long Island villages recently incorporated . 2021-08-07 . Newsday . en.
  9. News: Beller. Peter C.. 2005-09-03. Sagaponack Passes Measure to Incorporate. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-08-07. 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: January 30, 2010 . Long Island villages recently incorporated . 2021-08-07 . Newsday . en.
  11. Web site: Golson . Blair . 2003-08-25 . Dune, Where’s My Hampton? It’s Seceding! . 2021-08-07 . Observer . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2021-07-26 . Take a flyover tour of America's wealthiest zip code, where the average home costs more than $5 million . 2021-08-07 . Business Insider.
  13. Web site: Kadison . Dan . 2003-07-01 . Richest Rebels; Hamptoms Elite Push Shore-Thing Secession . 2021-08-07 . New York Post . en-US.
  14. News: Nahas. Donna Kutt. 2004-04-11. Judge Upholds Southampton On Dunehampton Petition. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-08-07. 0362-4331.