Town Withdraws Emergency Court Application Against Cyril's

Cyril's Fish House is out of hot water — at least in the immediate sense. 

The Town of East Hampton, which hauled the Amagansett road-side restaurant and bar into Supreme Court in Riverhead on Friday for an emergency hearing due to what it called "explosive, life-threatening electrical hazards," withdrew its request for a temporary restraining order on Monday afternoon. 

The town sought to close down the business until the alleged problems could be reconciled. 

During a court appearance on Friday before Justice Thomas F. Whelan, Tina Piette, the attorney for Cyril's, was able to prove that an electrician had removed wiring that the town claimed was too close to a propane tank. Whelan gave Cyril's until Monday after at 2 to replace the tank and ordered the business not to use the tank during Mother's Day weekend.

"The electrical hazards had been addressed Friday and the remaining issue of the propane tank has now also been resolved," said Patrick Gunn, a town attorney in charge of the code enforcement department. "The 500-pound propane tank in question has been removed from the site and four new 100 pound tanks have been installed at a location satisfactory to Chief Fire Marshal [David] Browne." 

He said the matter was now closed.

What remains open are the ongoing zoning violations in East Hampton Town Justice Court.