Saturday, October 10, 2026
The Sea Cliff Board of Trustees followed up on multiple village issues, including the zoning code update and a public hearing scheduled for its next meeting. Mayor Elena Villafane and trustees also discussed potential renovations to Sea Cliff’s Central Park. Here are three things to know from the Oct. 5 public conference meeting.
1. Glen Cove Avenue zoning reviewed
The Sea Cliff Board of Trustees and representatives from BFJ Planning held their third public workshop on updating the village’s zoning code in June. On Monday night, Villafane and trustees revisited details for the business district on Glen Cove Avenue with Building Inspector Shane Dommin.
The zoning code is being updated in accordance with the village’s Comprehensive Plan, passed in 2023. One change to the Glen Cove Avenue business district, Business B, discussed at the workshop in June was breaking it into four subdistricts. The subdistricts were reviewed with Dommin on Monday night.
Per the current plan, the four subdistricts within Business B would include one for social uses, one for mixed residential and commercial buildings, one for small multiple residential use buildings and one for small establishments that already exist.
2. Public hearing set for Oct. 13
The board, at its Sept. 14 meeting, scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 13 on its drafted legislation that would regulate residential battery energy storage systems. Villafane said Monday night that no changes had been made to the draft.
Trustees began drafting the legislation in March. The law would allow residents to install BESS units that store a maximum of 41 kilowatt hours. Residents would have to go before the village’s planning board for approval of a larger unit. New York State does not allow residential units to exceed 80 kilowatt hours. At that point, it is classified as a commercial unit.
Storage system owners would also have to place them at least 30 feet from neighboring houses. Outdoor installation would be allowed, as would indoor installation with proper ventilation and enclosures designed to prevent fire from spreading.
3. Central Park renovation discussed
Villafane said she and Village Clerk Sarah Beaudin met with roughly five residents and a representative from KOMPAN, a playground equipment company, about updating Central Park. Central Park is located on Central and 14th avenues. Villafane added that the current plan is for a multi-age space to be created where there is currently a picnic table and benches because there is flat ground. An expansion of the children’s playground would be below.
Though she said the existing equipment likely cannot be reused, the green and brown aesthetic will be maintained. Villafane added that there has been consideration about moving memorial stones to the opposite side of the park’s walkway in order to create more “play space.”
Villafane said there will be another meeting with the KOMPAN representative in two weeks.
