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Home My WebLink About11-26-13 Planning and Development Board Meetng Agend 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, NOVEMBER 26TH, 2013 in the 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. Privilege of the Floor (3‐minute maximum per person) 3. Site Plan Review A. Purity Ice Cream, 700 Cascadilla St., John Snyder Architects, for Bruce Lane, Owner, Public Hearing & Consideration of Modified Site Plan Approval. The applicant is requesting changes to the site plan approved on July 23, 2013. The modified project includes interior renovations of the existing masonry and steel‐framed building, as well as the additional second‐story level to include 2,866 SF of new office space, elevator tower, lobby space, restrooms, mechanicals and an outdoor terrace seating area. Site work will include: an outdoor patio; pedestrian walkways; new sidewalk paving and pedestrian areas on Cascadilla Street; reorganization and repaving of the parking area to include 25 spaces (17 were approved in the previous site plan); landscaping; and a wooden guard‐rail fence along Fulton Street. The previously‐approved access road from the parking area to Cascadilla Street has been removed, as has the Fulton/Esty Street parking lot. The Cascadilla Street parking lot is unchanged from the approved site plan. Proposed modifications are consistent with the environmental review (including required mitigations) that was completed for this project on June 25, 2013. B. South Meadow Marketplace Expansion, 744 S. Meadow St. (former K‐Mart), James A. Boglioli, for Buffalo‐ Greenbriar Associates, LLC, Owner. Consideration of Preliminary & Final Approval. The applicant proposes to construct a 14,744‐SF addition to the southern end of the existing 128,879‐SF commercial development. The expansion is located in an area currently occupied by paving and the former garden center of the previous retail tenant. Site work will include re‐orientation of the existing drive aisle into the site to accommodate: the front vestibule of the adjacent retail tenant; installation of a new sidewalk; relocation of three existing planting beds; a dumpster enclosure; new paving; an increase of 4 parking spaces; striping; and signage. The project is in the SW‐2 Zoning District and is subject to the Southwest Area Design Guidelines (2000). 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; and it is under review to determine consistency with the findings of the 2000 Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for the Southwest Area Land Use Plan. The project has received the required area variance. 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.) “An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification.” C. Green Street Garage ― Trash & Recycling, 120 E Green St. (Green Street Garage), Scott Whitham for David Lubin (City of Ithaca, Owner). Declaration of Lead Agency & Review of Full Environmental Assessment Form (FEAF), Part 2. 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 the 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. Rearrangement of the ground floor of the parking garage 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 the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and is subject to environmental review. The project requires approval by the Board Public Works and Common Council. D. Duplex with Parking Area, 122 Sunrise Rd., Noah Demarest, STREAM Collaborative Architects. Declaration of Lead Agency, Public Hearing, Determination of Environmental Significance, and Consideration of Preliminary & Final Approval. The applicant proposes to construct a two‐family residential building located at 122 Sunrise Road on West Hill. The project involves construction of an owner‐occupied home with an accessory walk‐out basement apartment, a 4‐car parking area, and associated driveway. The project spans 2 adjacent (and currently vacant) parcels. Due to the slopes on the western‐most parcels (on which the house is proposed), access is through a driveway originating on the eastern parcel. This is an Unlisted Action under both the City of Ithaca Environmental Quality Review Ordinance and the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and is subject to environmental review. A cross‐easement agreement will be required. E. Commercial Building, 241 Cherry St., Mad4Cherry, LLC, Applicant & Owner. Declaration of Lead Agency, Public Hearing, Determination of Environmental Significance, and Consideration of Preliminary & Final Approval. The applicant proposes to construct a 10,384‐SF commercial building, gravel, and asphalt parking for 41 cars, landscaping, a sidewalk, signage, lighting, and other site improvements on the currently vacant parcel. The project is in the Industrial (I‐1) zoning district. 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. F. 4‐Story Hotel, 371 Elmira Rd. (Tax Parcels #128.‐2‐7.1 & #128.‐2‐8.11), Optima Design & Engineering, for Ithaca Hotels, LLC, Declaration of Lead Agency & Public Hearing. The applicant proposes to construct a 4‐story, 11,769‐SF hotel with approximately 76 rooms and 76 parking spaces. The 1.4‐acre project site contains two contiguous tax parcels, containing a +/‐7,500‐SF commercial office building fronting Elmira Road, and an auto‐ body shop in the rear ― with access from Spencer Road and large paved parking areas. Project development will require demolition of both buildings and removal of approximately 0.25 acres of vegetation. Site improvements include retaining walls, a privacy fence, walkways landscaping, lighting, and bike racks. The project is in the SW‐2 Zoning District. This is a Type I Action under both the City of Ithaca Environmental Quality Review Ordinance §176‐4 B. (k) and an Unlisted Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, and is subject to environmental review. Parcel consolidation will be required. “An Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to workforce diversification.” G. Statler Hall, East Avenue Entry Renovations & Second Floor Infill, Statler Hall, 106 Statler Dr., Cornell University Campus, Davies Orinda, Applicant for Cornell University. Declaration of Lead Agency. The applicant proposes to infill the second‐floor atrium area to create academic program space and increase energy‐efficiency in winter. A major goal for the entry renovation is to create a sustainable and long‐lasting structure, which will deal with air infiltration effectively and efficiently by not allowing excessive heat loss and by conditioning the air captured in an adjusted volume of space. The design reconfigures the entry and re‐orients the entrance doors towards the south. The project adds 319 SF to the ground floor and 1,300 SF to the second floor, and aims to provide a consistent architectural vocabulary with the recently renovated parts of Statler Hall along Campus Road and Statler Drive. The project also includes a new sidewalk and corner treatment, outdoor gathering space, seating, and lighting. 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. 4. New Business A. New NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Model Environmental Assessment Forms (EAFs) 5. Reports B. Planning Board Chair (verbal) C. Board of Public Works Liaison (verbal) 6. Approval of Minutes [deferred until 12/17/13 meeting] 7. Adjournment 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.”