From a derelict home restoration to the destruction and rebuilding of a Centerport home, and from a car port to a heated exchange over a shed, the Huntington Board of Zoning Appeals had a full schedule at its latest meeting Thursday.

The board held over half a dozen public hearings during the three and a half hour meeting, granting most of the applicants and tabling a few decisions until a later date.

The meeting started off with a request from Robert Domini, a Dix Hills resident, to get a variance for a roofed front porch. After the appeal was quickly granted, Domini and his attorney Michele Wagner Nebbia walked out of the hall without a word.

"You're welcome," Board chair Christopher Modelewski deadpanned.

The second hearing also featured poor manners. Joseph and Marie Fritch, of 32 Oswego Drive, were seeking relief for a 320-square-foot storage shed built along the back wall of their property.

"It cannot be seen from the street. It can barely been seen from the property line," said Jackie Fritch, the couple's daughter and representative at the hearing. Fritch also testified the shed was well hidden and served as a barrier between the property and a nursery school behind the house.

But the hearing took a strange turn just after Modelewski closed it. The chairman called for any who wished to speak on the matter, and closed the hearing after no one came forward.

A few seconds later, attorney David Johnson of Patchogue raised his hand, stood up and approached the podium with his client. The board re-opened the hearing and asked the pair to swear in, but Johnson stunned the room when he accused the board of taking a harsh tone with him.

"I have no tone. Please don't interrupt me," Modelewski said, his patience thinning.

Johnson went on to argue the board interrupted first by requiring him to swear to tell the truth before he testified. After tempers cooled, Johnson briefly testified that his client, Ronald Ringen, had a similar situation and left.

A decision on the application was tabled for a later date.

The next hearing concerned a house that was non-compliant because of an incorrect resolution written in 1949. Catherine Grey's variance was granted with little dispute.

Later, real estate expert John Breslin represented WPI Properties, who were seeking clearances to renovate and restore a house that has been abandoned for 15 years. Bresline said the interior of the house will be gutted and redone with original wood, but the exterior of the house will remain unchanged.

Ron Goldman, a neighbor to the restored home on 38 Goose Hill Road, praised the applicants for "doing a wonderful job on the house" but asked the board if the garage could be moved to the opposite side of the yard. The board told him it was outside their jurisdiction and granted the request. Breslin agreed to meet with the neighbor to negotiate the garage's position.

Ramy Zaifman and July Chang were the next two applicants, who were seeking permission to raze a narrow Centerport ocean-front house on Adams Street and rebuild a two-story home in its place. Michael McCarthy, their attorney, said the garage and a possibly illegal apartment inside would be destroyed, leaving the house 50 feet from the road.

The board was receptive to the plan, except for an upstairs lookout area that gave the owners roof access. They asked whether the roof would then be used for parties.

Breslin, who represented these clients as well, said the neighbors already had the option to add a lookout.

"That's not an uncommon situation in this area," he said. The board voted to okay the construction.

Attorney Karen Nora, who represented Huntington resident Christopher Bracco, was next to speak. Bracco was requesting for a number of serious variances for his property, including legalizing a car port that stood on the property line.

Nora testified that Bracco purchased the property eight years ago, but wasn't told that the home didn't have a certificate of occupancy from the town. He didn't find out until he tried to sell his home earlier this year.

Board member Robert Slingo asked whether a carport, which is missing a back wall, could be moved. Bracco said that it would be difficult to keep the garage standing if they needed to move it, since it was built into the house.

"The whole thing comes down" if you move it, he said. A decision on the house was tabled for later discussion, while board chair Modelewski said the garage was "problematic."

To end the meeting, the board heard hearings on a new sushi restaurant, Kashi, and a permit for street displays outside two Value Drugs locations.