Politics & Government

Town: No Work Violations Spotted at Kings Park Biz

Public Safety director reports KPE complying with court's restraining order since 24/7 monitoring began March 22.

Smithtown town officials say a Kings Park pre-cast concrete business has ground to a halt in compliance with court orders now that round-the-clock monitoring is in place.

Newsday reports that John Valentine, Smithtown's public safety director, said his officers have not seen KPE II take any actions that violate the temporary restraining order from New York Supreme Court to cease all industrial practices in violation of the town code. 

"I think we're in pretty good shape," he said to Newsday. "We'll keep our monitoring there until we're told otherwise."

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Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio ordered the town's Public Safety Department to monitor KPE II, located off Old Northport Road,  24/7 after Kings Park residents complained the company's trucks were continuing to haul material at the March 21 town board meeting. 

John Zollo, town attorney, won a temporary restraining order to stop KPE from operating in New York State Supreme Court on March 4. 

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The temporary restraining order prevents KPE II from running a solid waste facility, storing commercial vehicles and heavy industrial equipment, running a concrete aggregate processing center or other actions that are in violation of town code. 

Smithtown officials moved forward with filed a lawsuit against the Kings Park business for repeatedly carrying out illegal business practices on March 1, after years of complaints from neighboring residents about trucking, noise and odors impacting their quality of life. 

KPE II had filed for a certificate of existing use to legalize 13 industrial uses of its property including pre-cast concrete and cesspool fabrication, concrete manufacturing, concrete aggregate processing, concrete recycling and rock crushing. Its application was denied by Smithtown's zoning board on Feb. 12. 

The town's next scheduled court date is April 4, according to Zollo. 


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