Residents seeking zoning protection and the preservation of their rural lifestyles was the main reason behind the incorporation effort.
During the late 1980s, an incorporation effort began and in 1991, the city was incorporated with a population of 42,000.
No date is currently set for approval of an incorporation effort.
If it fails, we can expect more dog-eat-dog incorporation efforts.
Council members did indicate that they were open to future incorporation efforts using the river as a boundary.
But successful incorporation efforts have become rare on the Island.
Many were not opposed to incorporation but rather to the timing of the incorporation effort.
The latest incorporation efforts have been simmering for several years.
Montauk is not alone in its incorporation efforts on the South Fork.
An incorporation effort for the community failed in 2001.