Nassau County is built fairly densely, especially along the LIRR lines. And in this case, a lower density is needed because you just have to get everyone to the LIRR station, rather than getting them to various dispersed destinations. Even having smaller dispersed parking lots along the feeder trolley lines is better than the huge central parking lots at LIRR stations. And then the parking lot land could be put to good use, like the aforementioned rezoning.
gotcha - thanks for elaborating