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 5 miles (8.0 km) of Atlantic Ocean beach between Village of Southampton and the hamlet of Wainscott. The attempts to incorporate were unsuccessful.
Dunehampton, New York | |
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 Ira Rennert's mansion would have been in Dunehampton. It remains in Sagaponack. | |
  Dunehampton, New York Location on Long Island  Dunehampton, New York Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates: 40°54′6.61″N 72°18′23.47″W / 40.9018361°N 72.3065194°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| County | Suffolk |
| Town | Southampton |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 631, 934 |
Overview
editIn 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][2]
One of the most prominent residents along the narrow strip is Humvee tycoon Ira Rennert.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5][6]
The Heaney Administration ultimately blocked Dunehampton's incorporation petition on September 16, 2003.[1] 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.[3][10][11][12][13][7]
Residents of Dunehampton filed suit following the town's rejection of the incorporation proposal.[6] Subsequent court cases have upheld the town's decisions.[14]
Geography
editIt would have had an area of 1,730 acres (7.0 km2), 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.[3]
Demographics
editThe village would have included 1,079 residents and roughly 260 houses.[1]
See also
edit- Half Hollow Hills, New York – Another Suffolk County community which unsuccessfully attempted to incorporate as a village.
References
edit- ^ a b c Healy, Patrick (2003-09-16). "Southampton Blocks Petition for 'Dunehampton' Village". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ Nahas, Donna Kutt (2003-07-27). "Villages, Inc". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ a b c Gootman, Elissa (2003-08-03). "Hamptons Revolt: Push for New Village Draws Lines in Sand". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Nahas, Donna Kutt (2003-10-12). "Sagaponack Residents Fight Fire With Fire". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Healy, Patrick (2003-09-16). "Southampton Blocks Petition for 'Dunehampton' Village". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
- ^ a b "Dunehampton Defeated". easternli.surfrider.org. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- ^ a b Mead, Julia C.; Beller, Peter C. (2005-08-21). "Incorporation Fever Is Rising on the South Fork". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "Long Island villages recently incorporated". Newsday. January 30, 2010. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Beller, Peter C. (2005-09-03). "Sagaponack Passes Measure to Incorporate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "Long Island villages recently incorporated". Newsday. January 30, 2010. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Golson, Blair (2003-08-25). "Dune, Where's My Hampton? It's Seceding!". Observer. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ "Take a flyover tour of America's wealthiest zip code, where the average home costs more than $5 million". Business Insider. 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Kadison, Dan (2003-07-01). "Richest Rebels; Hamptoms Elite Push Shore-Thing Secession". New York Post. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
- ^ Nahas, Donna Kutt (2004-04-11). "Judge Upholds Southampton On Dunehampton Petition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
