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• REPORT OF ENGINEER - November 1976
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Final inspection of the alterations and additions to the Sewage Treatment Plant are
scheduled for Tuesday, November 16, 1976. On that same day, our Consulting Engi-
neers, Teetor- Dobbins, will meet with the Board at a special meeting to discuss any
questions that the Board has for them.
On October 21st, the Engineer traveled to Albany to meet with the DEC and the EPA
on the proposed septic disposal addition to the Cayuga Heights Wastewater Treatment
Plant. Frank Liguori, County Planning Commissioner, and Joe Vassali, Director of
Environmental Health for Tompkins County, were also present. A copy of the memo
on the meeting from Mr. Liguori is attached.
VILLAGE HALL
A purchase order has been sent to the Evans Roofing Co. to repair the slate roof on
the Village Hall. Work should begin the week of November 15th. Their estimate for
this work was Just under $400. Estimates have been requested for storm windows for
the Clerk's Office and the Police Office. The addition of these windows will
reduce the drafts on personnel sitting near the windows and also reduce heating
costs. Repair of the glass roof on the greenhouse was accomplished by the Village
workmen.
Is VILLAGE FIRE STATION
A roofing contractor has completed his work on the old roof replacement except for
removal of some dripping tar on the interior of the building. Village work forces
have finished their work in connecting the roof drain to an outside storm drain and
have painted the exterior trim and roof structure that was in addition to the ori-
ginal contract.
STREETS
The addition of shoulder material on Triphammer Road and Hanshaw Read Is now com-
plete. It was not originally intended to add shoulder material to Hanshaw Road
but it was necessary for safety reasons. This required additional paving material,
not only because of the additional street frontage but also because the dropoff
next to the road paving was considerable in some areas.
REPORT OF THE ZONING OFFICER - November 1976
Requests have been received by Attorney Buyoucos and other local attorneys for indi-
cations by the Village that a particular property meets the zoning requirements of
the Village. This is claimed'to be necessary for mortgage financing and other
legal requirements. As it now stands, there is a resolution on•lhe books which pre-
vents the Zoning Officer from issuing such a statement. A discussion, I believe,
• Is necessary to establish a procedure for meeting the needs of the attorneys, if
they are truly needs, and doing so without the adoption of an unnecessary amount of
work and liability by the Village. It is suggested that submission of a profes-
sional engineer's or land surveyor's plot plan with all necessary dimensions, yard
setbacks, height of buildings, square footage of buildings, etc., be submitted along
with the fee the same as for a building permit. The Zoning Officer could then make
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• a statement bnsnd on that information as to whether a property did or did not meet
the zoning requirements. It then would be up to the Zoning Board of Appeals, as It
is now if the property does not meet the zoning requlrements,to issue a pre-exist -
int, non- Wnforming use.
In a letter dated November 4th, Mr. Buyoucos has requested the Board of Trustees to
confirm the action of the Zoning Board of Appeals in connection with the variance
granted to Mrs. Peggy Cornwall for her present sign erected on her premises. The
Zoning Board of Appeals met on October 20th and granted a variance to Mrs. Peggy
Cornwall for a free - standing sign In front of her property on Hanshaw Road.
The Zoning Board of Appeals Is scheduled to meet at 7:30 p.m. on November 16th to
consider a request from Mr. Alan Gunn for a zoning variance involving a non- conform-
Ing, pro• - existing use of a building and lot at 103 Midway Road.
During the past month there were no zoning permits issued, but there were two road
opening permits Issued.
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