Dunehampton, New York

Dunehampton is the name of a village that 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 in the Town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The attempts to incorporate were unsuccessful.

Ira Rennert's mansion would have been in Dunehampton. It remains in Sagaponack, New York.

Overview

The proposal 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

One of the most prominent residents along the narrow strip is Humvee tycoon Ira Rennert.[1]

The petition to form the village was filed with the Southampton Town Supervisor Patrick A. Heaney on July 3, 2003. Residents of Sagaponack filed incorporation papers with the clerk on October 2, 2003.[7] 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.[8] Sagaponack's incorporation moved forward.[6]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.</ref>[9] Subsequent court cases have upheld the decisions.[10]

Geography

The village would have included 200 houses, 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.[1]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Long Island villages recently incorporated". Newsday. January 30, 2010. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  3. Golson, Blair (2003-08-25). "Dune, Where's My Hampton? It's Seceding!". Observer. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  4. "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.
  5. Kadison, Dan (2003-07-01). "Richest Rebels; Hamptoms Elite Push Shore-Thing Secession". New York Post. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  6. 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.
  7. Nahas, Donna Kutt (2003-10-12). "Sagaponack Residents Fight Fire With Fire". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  8. Healy, Patrick (2003-09-16). "Southampton Blocks Petition for 'Dunehampton' Village". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  9. Beller, Peter C. (2005-09-03). "Sagaponack Passes Measure to Incorporate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  10. Nahas, Donna Kutt (2004-04-11). "Judge Upholds Southampton On Dunehampton Petition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-07.


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