The move comes four months and an election after the town rejected the plans on a technicality: the D'Amato proposal included a tiny piece of property owned by the town.
In the amended filing, the D'Amatos -- operating as Deb Steve Development -- said the parcel was deeded to Hempstead Town in 1984, for a traffic light at the land's entrance. They said it's been used by the current and former owners and should continue if they get the approval and buy the property.
In May, the group filed a request to change the zoning from marine recreation to multifamily residential, so that developer Engel Burmann could build 20 five-story buildings, a pool and community center. Currently, a catering hall is on the site.
Residents in the tiny oceanfront community are opposed. The D'Amatos declined to comment.
"We don't see that this change in the application is in any way significant to us or would any way cause us to change our opinion about the project," said Steve Mahler, mayor of the Village of Atlantic Beach.
Hempstead Councilman James Darcy (R-Valley Stream), said the town board created the special zone in 1987 to prevent development along the beach.
"Any plans that come before the board are going to be looked at very closely to see why this board should deviate from the 20-year history," he said.
The D'Amatos have not scaled back the number or size of the buildings in the revised plans, which were filed with the town on Monday. They did, however, increase the number of parking spaces, from 233 to 243 for the 100 units.
The total area to be rezoned went from 12.16 acres to 13.96 acres, to include the 1,500-square-foot town-owned parcel. The group also submitted revised surveys and maps, prepared in late August by a new engineer.
Also in August, the adjacent Lawrence Beach Club filed a formal protest with the town citing state law that would require a supermajority, six of the seven town board members, to approve the D'Amato plan.
Supervisor Kate Murray has already voiced her opposition to the original proposal.
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