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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReg Mtg. Minutes 9/2/1952134 MINUTES of a regular meeting of the Village Board held on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1952, at 7:30 P.M. at the home of Mayor Shirey, 106 Northway Road. PRESENT: Henry J. Shirey, Mayor W. S. Randel, Trustee E. A. Whiting, Trustee C. H. Guise, Treasurer Carl Crandall, Engineer 1. The minutes of the June 3rd meeting were read;;and approved. 2. The following bills paid on authority of the Mayor were approved: GENERAL C. H. Guise - postage Ithaca Journal u n State Building Code Commission Edward Thompson Co. POLICE WATER & FIRE City of Ithaca McKinney Agency City of Ithaca n n n Ithaca Fire Department SANITATION W. D. Lyme City of Ithaca - upkeep of dump Jacob Novidor - rent W. D. Lyme HIGHWAYS General Crushed Stone State Insurance Fund W. D. Lyme General Crushed Stone J. J. Driscoll Lumber E. M. Rumsey & Son General Crushed Stone W. D. Lyme General Crushed Stone N.Y.State Eleo. & Gas J. J. Driscoll Lumber College Chevrolet Co. C. J. Rumsey & Co-. Chas. Collins & Son Co. Co. Co. Co. Co. - June lights Co. new truck .68 8..59 2.00 2.00 530.52 11.20 880.00 1.50 24.79 16.70 150.00 25.00 16.38 21.34 14.6o 21.19 16. 9 102.20 13.4o 2.40 73.00 16.37 116.8o 189.23 17.60 29.09 2P279 63. 2.68 325.00 t 1 135 General Crushed Stone Co. 14.60 N.Y,.State Elea. & Gas - July lights 194 23 General Crushed Stone Co. 14.60 Ithaca Paving nc. jj W. D. Lyme g 2721.34 General Crushed Stone Co. 14.60 E. M. Rumsey & Son 116.36 J. J. Driscoll 24.x+0 College Chevrolet Co. 2.00 3. The following additional bills were approved: HIGHWAYS N.Y.State Elea. & Gas - Aug. lights 159.23 General Crushed Stone Co. 14.60 Cornell University 34.00 4. The Mayor asked Trustee Whiting to report on his conver- sations with Prof. Freeman. Trustee Whiting stated that he had had talks with Prof. Freeman in which the latter said it was hard to believe from appearances that the four Indelicato houses on Triphammer Road, the Austin house on the corner of Triphammer & Upland Road, and the Cioolietti house on the corner of Upland Rd. & Cayuga Heights Road did not exceed the 15% limit. Trustee Whiting said that he was sure they did not exceed the limit as the Engineer had checked this fact but thought it would be a help to the Trustees if they could be furnished information in doubtful cases such as these that would enable them to satisfy complainxants or people inquiring for specific information. He thought if the trustees had available the number of square feet in the lot and the number of square feet to be occupied by the house and the percentage it would be helpful. The Mayor agreed with this and the Engineer said he would furnish such information in the future so tha t it could be entered in-the minutes and thus be available to the Trustees or anyone interested. A long discussion was held regarding the complications of Mr. Austin removing his old garage from the lot at the corner 136 of Triphammer and Upland Road to 211 E. Upland Road. As the moving of this garage will exceed the 15% limit on the lot at 211 E. Upland Road a hearing will be held by the- Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 10th. 6. Treasurer Guise reported a cash balance on Aug. 31st of $16,001.92 and he reported that Mr. Indelioato had paid the $400 sewer connection charge for his four new houses on Triphammer Road and that the annual sewer charge as far as the Village is concerned would be $16.90 per year each. 7. The Engineer reported that he had let the contraot. for street resurfacing to the Ithaca Paving Co. in the amount of $2,754-57 and that the work had been completed. The Engineer reported that the first mowing of lots had been completed and practically all of the second mowing. 9. The Engineer reported on a request of Garrett Felton for a sewer connection, pointing out that the policy had.been so far to permit sewer connections only on adjacent perimeter properties to the Village; that this case involved a new policy in permitting a sewer connection on a property not adjacent to the Village line. He stated that Mr. Felton's septic tank had never been satisfactory due to soil conditions and that he was desirous of connecting with the Village sewer even though he realized the expense might run .around $1,000. The Engineer pointed out that Mr. Felton was close enough to the Village so that if his septic tank did not function properly it was in the interest of the Village to permit the connection to prevent his sewage from getting into the Triphammer Road gutter. Questioned as to whether or not this would set a , bad precedent because of possible future applications from people 131 even farther east, the Engineer said that a request from the ' Sheldon property which is opposite would be reasonable, however if the next house east should make such a request it would be un- reasonable due to the fact that they are far enough from the Village and soil conditions are such that the Village would not be contaminated. It was the opinion of the. Engineer and the Trustees that no sewer connections should be made unless the Village might be affected by the overflow from the septic tanks. IT WAS THEREFORE VOTED that Garrett Felton be given permission at a fee of $200 to connect with the Village sewer line with the understanding that he would pay the cost of installation and the usual annual payment to the Village of 016.90. The Engineer reported that a speeding case had been brought to his attention in which a 015 fine had been imposed by the ' Justice of the Peace. The - Engineer reported that an accident had occurred on the curve on Hanshaw Road opposite Stickler's new house a few hours previously in which one car sideswiped another without personal injury. This brought to mind the efforts of the Village to get the State to put up a speed limit sign of 15 miles per hour and a line in the middle of the road. It was felt that this had helped and possibly prevented more accidents. The Engineer reported that he hoped the sidewalk on Triphammer Road would be completed in the month of September and was con- sidering having the work done by the Village workmen rather than letting it out on contract,. and he reported that some sidewalk ' repairs had been done this summer by the workmen. The Engineer reported that some difficulty existed with the catch basin in front of Sherwood Holt's house on Sunset Drive. �•z This might be corrected by running a pipe line in a northwest direction aovoss his property to dump into the oreek or a pipe could be run across the, road in a northeast direction across Gilbert Weeks' property to dump in the creek. As the latter seemed more advisable and as Gilbert Weeks offered no objection It was decided that Mr. Holt would furnish the cost of the forty feet of pipe and that the Village would do the work. 9. Trus.tee Randel said there was some expense involved in having public, hearings of the Zoning Board of Appeals, mentioning that advertising ran from $3 to $5. He asked if it would not be reasonable to assess a fee of $5 against each person who presented a petition for an exemption from the Zoning Ordinance. After discussion IT WAS VOTED to assess a fee of $5 to accompany each application to the Zoning Board of Appeals. 10. It was reported that the University would request tax exemption on the University owned house on the corner of Triphammer and Oak Hill Road occupied by President Malott. After a discussion of the merits of the proposed application it was decided that this should be decided at the next meeting when properties would be assessed. 11. IT WAS VOTED that the next meeting would be held on Oct. 13th at 7 P.M. at Engineer Crandall Ia offioe and that the Trustees would meet for dinner at 6.ololook at the Hotel Marilyn. 12. IT WAS VOTED that the next regular meeting should be set at the time of the Oct. 13th'meeting. 13. Adjourned at 10:20 P.M. r f i I� J 1