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Home My WebLink About01-28-14 Planning and Development Board Meeting Agenda CITY OF ITHACA 108 E. Green Street — 3rd Floor Ithaca, New York 14850-5690 DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, BUILDING, & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOANN CORNISH, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PHYLLISA A. DeSARNO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Telephone: Planning & Development – 607-274-6550 Community Development/IURA – 607-274-6559 E-Mail: dgrunder@cityofithaca.org Fax: 607-274-6558 E-Mail: iura@cityofithaca.org Fax: 607-274-6558 NOTICE OF MEETING The regular meeting of the PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BOARD will be held at 6:00 p.m. on TUESDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2014 in COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBERS, City Hall, 108 E. Green Street, Ithaca, NY. 1. Agenda Review If you have a disability and you would like specific accommodations of any kind in order to participate, please contact the City Clerk at 274‐6570 by 12:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting. 2. Special Order of Business ― Superintendent of Public Works 3. Privilege of the Floor (3‐minute maximum per person) 4. Subdivision Review A. Major Subdivision, 128 W. Falls St., Tax Parcel #13.‐2‐20, Ron Ronsvalle, Applicant & Owner. BOARD ACTIONS: Declaration of Lead Agency & Public Hearing. The applicant proposes to subdivide the existing 0.375‐acre (16,352 SF) tax parcel into 4 lots: Lot 1, measuring 3,687 SF with 37.5 feet of frontage on W. Falls Street; Lot 2, measuring 4,085 SF with 46.28 feet of frontage on W. Falls Street and containing an existing single‐family home; Lot 3, measuring 4,094 SF with 37.5 feet of frontage on W. Falls Street; and Lot 4, measuring 4,485 SF with 61.1 feet of frontage on W. Falls Street. The parcel is in the R‐2b Zoning District, which requires a minimum lot size of 3,000 SF for single‐ or two‐family dwelling and a minimum street frontage of 35 feet. Maximum lot coverage of 30% and minimum front‐, side‐, and rear‐yard setbacks of 35’, 10’, and 25% or 50’, respectively. The applicant seeks to subdivide the property to build a two‐family dwelling on each of proposed Lots 1 and 3 and a one‐family dwelling on proposed Lot 4. Site Plan Review will be required for the project and a variance is required for an existing front‐yard deficiency. This is an Unlisted Action under the City of Ithaca Environmental Quality Review Ordinance and the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and is subject to environmental review. 5. Site Plan Review A. Green Street Garage Trash & Recycling, 108 E. Green St. (Green Street Garage), Scott Whitham for David Lubin (City of Ithaca, Owner). BOARD ACTIONS: Public Hearing, Determination of Environmental Significance, and Consideration of Preliminary & Final Approval. The applicant is proposing to reconfigure/relocate the trash and recycling area, and rearrange existing ground‐level parking and vehicular circulation on the ground‐floor of City‐owned Green Street Garage. The proposal is to relocate the trash and recycling to the service alley, south of Center Ithaca. Site work will require: demolition of a portion of the loading dock; construction of a new ramp and concrete platform along the south side of the alley; modification of the existing clean‐out; and installation of a new access gate, overhead door, and roof canopy over the dock. Re‐arrangement of the parking garage ground floor consists of the following: widening the pedestrian walkway under the garage; refitting the snow storage silo to include materials storage; converting the 7 diagonal spaces into a loading zone; adding 15 new parking spaces; and creating a loading zone with 3 spaces. The project is in the CDB‐140 Zoning District. This is an Unlisted Action under the City of Ithaca Environmental Quality Review Ordinance and State Environmental Quality Review Act, and is subject to environmental review. “An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification.” B. Sketch Plan ― 212 Hook Place Subdivision C. Sketch Plan ― Gannett Student Health Center 6. Zoning Appeals A. Appeal #2927: 119 Stewart Avenue 7. Old Business A. Proposed Collegetown Zoning ― Megan Wilson B. Comprehensive Plan Update: Overview of Draft Land Use Chapter ― Megan Wilson 8. New Business ― 2014 Planning Board Training 9. Reports A. Planning Board Chair (verbal) B. Director of Planning & Economic Development (verbal) C. Board of Public Works Liaison (verbal) 10. Approval of Minutes: 11/26/13 & 12/3/13 (Special Meeting) 11. Adjournment APPLICANT OVERHEAD PROJECTOR NEEDS: The City only has a VGA plug/cable available to connect to our overhead projector. If you need to connect another way, you will need to provide your own ADAPTOR. (Macs & many newer, lighter laptops may not have a VGA port.) Site Plan Review/Subdivision Applications & Associated Materials are accessible electronically via the “Online Documents” portion of the City web site (http://www.egovlink.com/ithaca/docs/menu/home.asp), under “Planning_and_Economic_Development” > “Site_Plan_Review_Project_Applications,” in the relevant year/month folder. Subdivision application materials can be similarly located, in the “Subdivision_Applications” folder. Zoning Appeal Materials are also accessible electronically via the “Online Documents” portion of the City web site, under “Planning_and_Economic_Development” > “Planning_and_Development_Board” > “Zoning_Appeals,” and in the relevant year/month folder. Other Meeting Materials scheduled for substantive discussion at this meeting, but not associated with a specific Site Plan Review application or Zoning Appeal, may also be accessible electronically via the “Online Documents” portion of the City web site, under “Agendas” > “Planning_and_Development_Board,” in the relevant year/month folder, alongside today’s agenda. ACCESSING MEETING MATERIALS ONLINE “An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification.”