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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-12-11 I . ,1 1 1 r 9 • 327 PUBLIC HEARING December 11 , 1973 Public Hearing ' was called to order by Supervisor McCord at 7 : 32 p . m . at Town Hall . Present : Supervisor McCord , Councilmen Gridley , Cotterill and Webb ; Zoning Officer , Stewart and Attorney Amdur . Absent . : Councilman . Tarr . Purpose of the hearing was upon the application for a special permit by Kenneth Hoover of 121 Bone Plain Road to build an addition to his garage for his business at said address . Mr . Hoover stated that this addition would enable him to do work. inside on bused . Stated that it should not effect the surrounding neighbor - hood as nothing is changing except the size of the present building by 10 feet in length at the rear . Mr . Hoover stated this in a statement to the Board and Zoning Officer . Ray Dennis from Bone . Plain Road spoke relative . to his business not being considered compatible to the neighborhood and if . Mr . Hoover ' s business was considered compatible he felt he should also be considered as such . Supervisor McCord stated that the starting of a junk yard was a new business and not compatible with the neighborhood and longterm interest of that area . The total size of the ' building will be 46 feet with the inclusion of the additional 10 feet . on the rear of the building . Being no other questions �. or comments , the public hearing was declared closed at 7 : 40 P . M . Charles G . McCord - Supervisor Rosemary Stelick . - Town Clerk PUBLIC HEARING December 11 , 1973 • Public Hearing was called to order by Supervisor McCord at 7 : 40 p . m . at Town Hall . Present : Supervisor McCord , Councilmen Gridley , Cotterill , Webb and Tarr ; Zoning Officer Stewart and Attorney Amdur . _ Purpose of the hearing was upon the application for a special permit by the Love - Inn of 1764 Dryden Road to build a multiple residence at the said address . A representative of the Love - Inn presented a written statement that it will be used as housing for both single members of the staff and transient visitors . It will be used in connection with the religious . program , drug rehabilitation and run - away rescue programs . It will provide no income and will be tax exempt . . The location of the building will be behind the Love - Inn barn to the east and back . The size of the structure will be .22x35 feet . They are aware of the multiple residence requirements . Town Clerk read a statement from Mrs . Prince of _ the Prince Farms stating that they were in favor and that the people . of the Love - Inn were good neighbors . , • ` ; Being ' no other questions or comments the public hearing was declared closed at 8 : 00 P . M . Charles G . McCord - Supervisor Rosemary Stelick - Town Clerk • 328 MONTHLY BOARD MEETING December 11 , 1973 Minutes of the Town Board of the Town of Dryden commencing at 8 : 00 p . m . at the Town Hall . . Present . : Supervisor McCord , Councilmen Gridley , Cotterill , Webb and Tarr , Attorney Amdur and Zoning Officer Stewart and H ighway Superintendent Case . Supervisor McCord called the meeting to order and left the members and guests in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag . . Roll Call was by the Town Clerk . 111 There being no addition , , corrections or alterations of the Minutes, of O ctober 30th and November 13th and November 19th , the following motion was made . . Motion was made by Councilman Gridley , seconded by Councilman Cotterill , that the Minutes of the Public Hearing of October 30th , Minutes of the . Regular. Monthly Board Meeting of November• 13th and Minutes of a Public Hearing and Special Meeting of November 19th be approved as submitted . Carried INSURANCE REVIEW William Bailey of the George B . Bailey Insurance Agency was present to review insurance coverage of the town . He recommended that the town consider a excess indemnity policy at a cost of $ 350 . 00 per year . This w ould cover known and unknown hazards on town roads . . COUNTY BRIEFING : Supervisor McCord said that County Representative Lee sent his regrets that he could not attend tonight ' s meeting as he had a conflicting meeting regarding the hospital . D EVELOPMENT STUDY This study was done by four graduate students of the Cornell Business and Administration school , Nelson Rose , Dave King , Rob Cheketh and Jim O uchi . During the periodJanuary 1970 through October 1973 there were permits issued for : Mobile homes , 493 units = 49 % ( 408 in mobile home pks , Multi family 271 " = 27 % Single fam . 213 " = 21 % • . Duplex 26 " . = 3 % There were : 54 % approved by building permits = 541 units 45 % approved by special permits = 45 units 1 % approved by variances = 14 units These figures were based on approvals not actual development . It was n oted that one mobile home park did not develope . The students divided the town into eight geographical areas : West Dryden , . Freeville , Etna , N . E . Dryden , Central Dryden , Varna , S . E . Dryden and Ellis Hollow . They found S . E . Dryden , Varna , Ellis Hollow and Freeville • lightly developed and West . Dryden , Central Dryden and Etna as heavily developed since zoning went into effect . The following observations and recommendations w ere presented to the Board in the form of a written statement : ( 1 ) A need for updating and evaluation of the 1966 General Plan and the 1969 Zoning Ordinance . Ex . Development in W . Dryden proceeding at much greater density than . called. for in Dryden General Plan . ( 2 ) Zoning Ordinance offers insufficient control over density and location of residential development . Specifically , the zones per - taming to mobile home parks and multi - family developments have little effect on their location , density and nature . Options : Identify areas where mobile home park development is impractical due to poor topology , lack of adequate services , etc . ( b ) Establish new zones in the Ordinance such as a " floating zone " concept . - ( 3 ) Zoning Ordinance relies top heavily on the Special Permit procedure , which produces piecemeal decisions on locations of various types of . development . Options : ( a ) Revise Z . O . so that building permit pro - cedure applies to some forms of development now handled through special permits . ( b ) Revise approval procedure so that Planning Board conducts initial hearings on special permits . ( 4 ) Further studies of problem areas are needed . Ex . ( a ) Demographic data ( age , family size , etc . ) on occupants of mobile homes . ( b ) Impact of development patterns on property tax and public service requirements . They further stated that the heaviest development is in the RC zone in West Dryden , Central Dryden and Etna due to more suitabletopography and proximity to Route 13 and zoning is much less restrictive . Supervisor McCord thanked the students1expressed appreciation for all their work . 329 CITIZENS PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Jeanne Vanderbilt spoke relative to the condition of the portion of Hanshaw Road • ( formerly Zeman Road ) in that it is in very poor condition . She requested that it be traded to the county for Neimi Road as was under consideration at one time . Highway Superintendent Case reported that it does not seem as though the transfer of roads will take place . He has a topping scheduled for that section of Hanshaw Road in 1974 . Alton Reed placed Arthur Cook ' s name before the Board to serve as a representative to the Enviromental Management Council . COUNCILMAN PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR . Councilman Gridley spoke relative to a special census for 1975 . Felt 4 the Board should give this some thought . Councilman Cotterill spoke relative to the sign ordinance re phasing out signs : It was decided that Attorney Amdur and Councilman Webb get together and draft something up . ATTORNEY Attorney Amdur reported that she received a reply from District Attorney Sullivan requesting • that Supervisor McCord and Attorney ' Amdur go down and talk to him by the first ofthe year . Estimate for extension of sewer main on Freese Road ( 2400 feet ) is $ 48 , 000 including all construct costs and other fees according to Tom Miller . Ambulance Service : proposal by the Perkins ambulance service . Supervisor McCord appointed Councilman Cotterill , committee of one , to meet with Attorney Amdur and Mr . Perkins and view the proposals and get back to the board . Short Road : It has been requested - that the town completely abandon said road or maintain it . TOWN CLERK Clerk Stelick read a letter from Judge Millard J . Hoagland stating that he would be resigning the position of Town Justice effective 1 / 1 / 74 . Councilman Gridley was appointed by Supervisor McCord as a committee of one to organize procedure for finding a new justice . Clerk Stelick reported that the Board of Elections has informed her that District # 2 ( Etna ) and - District # 1 ( Varna ) must be made into at least three districts . This has to be done by the middle of January in order to get it in the registration book . If the town does not do it , . the Board of Elections will have to split the districts by June 1st and it will cause a ' lot of confusion as the people will not know where they are to vote . Supervisor McCord appointed the Town Clerk to head up a committee and make a proposal . Councilman Gridley offered his help . ZQNING OFFICER Issued 7 permits for the last period . A public hearing is scheduled for December 18 . Councilman Webb inquired of the Zoning Officer as to what happens if a guy takesa truck bed and tips it over and makes it into a garage . No oneseemed to have an answer for this . Zoning Officer Stewart said he has not issued any permit for this type of construction . PLANNING BOARD Mrs . Barbara Caldwell formally presented a new zone catagory , more restictive than RC but less restrictive than RB . She recommended that this new catagory be set up . This is at the request of the Etna residents . Discussion was had re setting a public hearing . It was decided that a map indicating the zone area was necessary . Supervisor McCord requested that the Planning Board specify a designated area for the new zone . Bob Keech opinioned that the corridor close to Route 13 in the Etna area should be kept commercial . It was decided that after the map was presented the Board would get together and go over it and set a date for a public hearing . RESOLUTION # 168 HIGHWAY BILLS Councilman Gridley . offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that the Highway Bills be paid as audited . 2nd Councilman Cotterill Roll call vote - all voting YES RESOLUTION # 169 GENERAL BILLS • Councilman Tarr offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that the General Bills be paid as audited . . 2nd Councilman Webb Roll call vote - all voting YES 330 CORRESPONDENCE Letter from Gary A . Lee to Frank Liguori requesting that an informational meeting at the Dryden High School be called re Route 13 improvements through the Town of Dryden . L etter from Peter Levatich re town hall building plans to set up a meeting with him and the Board to discuss said plans and see where we might go from there . It was decided to schedule January 3rd at 8 : 00 for this purpose . L etter from the Office for Local Government re Energy Crisis outlin °ng assistance , etc . Memo from Harry A . Kerr re flood insurance legislation and land use planning . Meeting scheduled for December 13 , 7 : 30 P . M . in Room 124 , Stocking Hall , Cornell . Alton Reed said he would represent the town at this meeting . Letter from Jack Miller , re town justice position , was passed to Councilman Gridley . L etter from Howard Stevenson requesting action from the town reducing the maximum speed on town and county roads to 50 MPH . ' RESOLUTION # 170 LOWER SPEED LIMIT Supervisor McCord offered the following resolution & asked its adoption . WHEREAS the President of the United States has requested the adoption of a fifty mile per hour maximum speed limit , and WHEREAS Governor Rockefeller has requested the State and its municipalities to cooperate in lowering the maximum speed limit to fifty miles per h our , NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Dryden h ereby request the Department of Transportation to reduce the maximum speed limit for all town highways and county roads outside of cities and villages within the Town of Dryden not having a speed limit lower than fifty miles per hour , to forty - five miles per hour . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the TownBoard ofthe Town of Dryden thanks President Nixon and Governor Rockefeller for their concern and sets and example by exceeding the request . 2nd Councilman Gridley Carried Memo from Hicks Down re Tompkins County Municipal Officials Assoc . Clerk Stelick was instructed to make copies and distribute to the Town Board . Acknowledge receipt of minutes of Tompkins County Sewer Agency meeting . Memorandum from Tompkins County SPCA outlining their duties . Clerk Stelick w as instructed to write Mr . Kallfelz regarding the enforcement of the n ight quarantine . Clerk Stelick maintained that the SPCA does not enforce this quarantine as their office closes at 5 P . M . daily . A copy o f the letter to go to G . A . Lee and Robert Watros . FINANCIAL REPORT Highway Fund : Receipts - 0 - ; - Disb . 18 , 900 . 00 ; + Redeem Inv . 136 , 513 . 70 - Inv . 105 , 000 . 00 = Bal . $ 18 , 938 . 19 General Fund : Receipts 22 , 077 . 27 ; - Disb . 7 , 714 . 23 , + Redeem Inv . 191 , 455 . 62 - Inv . 190 , 633 . 65 = Bal . $ 19 , 046 . 79 JUSTICE REPORT Justice Newhart - $ 2 , 560 . 00 Hoagland - $ 1 , 490 . 50 RESOLUTION # 171 TRANSFER FUNDS - JUSTICE ACCOUNT Councilman Gridley offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that the Supervisor be and hereby is authorized to make an interfund transfer of $ 243 . 19 from Justice equipment to Justice contractual . 2nd Councilman Tarr Roll call vote - all voting YES TRUCK BIDS Three bids opened at noon . ( 1 ) Brockway of Elmira $ 37 , 485 less tires ; ( 2 ) Brockway of Binghamton $ 38 , 340 less tires ( 3 ) C . C . O Construction Equipment Co . $ 39 , 400 . 00 . RESOLUTION # 172 ACCEPT TRUCK BID Councilman Gridley offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that the Highway Superintendent be empowered to handle the • transaction with Brockway of Elmira with regard to Option # 1 ; the bid being $ 37 , 485 . 00 , and be it further RESOLVED , that the Highway Superintendent be empowered to purchase ten tires at state pricing for a total price of $ 1 , 015 . 42 . 2nd Councilman Cotterill Roll call vote - all voting YES 331 RESOLUTION # 173 APPOINTMENTS Councilman Cotterill offered the following resolution & asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that ' this Board reappoint Robert Everett to the Town Planning Board for a term -of . 7 years . , and reappoint . Kermit Marquis to the Board of Zoning Appeals • for a term of 5 years . . 2nd Councilman Webb Carried INSURANCE . Discussion was had re insurance option . RESOLUTION # 174 INSURANCE COVERAGE Councilman Gridley offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that the Town take out an excess indemnity policy with the Bailey Insurance Agency at a annual cost of $ 350 . 00 . 2nd Councilman Webb Roll call vote : . Councilman Gridley - YES Councilman Tarr - YES Councilman Cotterill - NO Councilman Webb - YES Supervisor McCord - YES Councilman Cotterill's objection was that he feels- the town is paying oupt too much in insurance and the total bill - is way out of line for what it ought to be . RESOLUTION # 175 APPOINT ARTHUR COOK Councilman Gridley offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . . RESOLVED , that this Board appoint Arthur Cook to the Environmental Management Council . , 2nd Councilman Cotterill Discussion was had regarding insurance of fire trucks of the fire companies . Councilman Webb was instructed to check with Jack Miller , Fire Coordinator and request certificates of insurance of fire trucks . RESOLUTION # 176 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING Councilman Webb offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that this Board schedule the Organizational Meeting for January 3 , 1974 , at 7 : 30 p . m . . 2nd Councilman Tarr Carried RESOLUTION # 177 AUDIT . Councilman Cotterill offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that this Board schedule the annual Audit for January 3 , 1974 , at 8 : 30 p . m . 2nd Councilman Gridley Carried • It was noted that there will be a discussion with Peter Levatich re building plans for Town Hall . Said meeting to take place 1 / 3 / 74 at 8 p . m . Meeting adjourned 11 : 00 p . m . Charles G . ' McCord - Supervisor Rosemary., Stelick - Town Clerk' Meeting reconvened at 11 p . m . by Supervisor McCord for the purpose of acting on the public hearings . RESOLUTION # 178 SPECIAL PERMIT — HOOVER Councilman Webb offered the following. res. olution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED;" that "this fl and approve the issuance of a special permit to Kenneth Hoover to construct an addition to his garage at 121 .. Bone Plain i Road for his business at said address . " 4 2nd Councilman Tarr . Carried RESOLUTION # 179 SPECIAL PERMIT - LOVE INN . , Councilman Cotterill offered the following resolution and asked its adoption . RESOLVED , that this Board approve the issuance of a special permit to the Love Inn to construct a multiple residence building at 1764 Dryden Road . 2nd Councilman Gridley Carried Adjourned 11 : 15 p . m . Charles G . McCord - Supervisor Rosemary Stelick - Town Clerk D ecember 17 , 1973 P ublic Hearing Public Hearing was called to order by Deputy Supervisor Gridley at 7 : 31 p . m . at the Town Hall . Present : Deputy Supervisor Gridley , Councilmen Cotterill , Tarr and Webb , Attorney Amdur and Zoning Officer Stewart . Also present Rodney Besemer and Wife and approximately l4 Etna residents . Purpose of the public hearing was the application by Cayuga Crushed Stone o f 56 Pinckney Road to convert existing building and to build on existing foundation to be used for warehouse , storage and maintenance at 44 Etna Lane , southeast of railroad tracks . Meeting was ' opened to the floor . Mr . Turecek questioned the legality of holding hearing in the area where a request for a new zone is pending . He commented that it has been 9 months since they submitted their petition for a new zone in the Etna area . Attorney Amdur reported that the new zone request has had a lot of activity and is not lying ' still . It will have to go to a public hearing according to Attorney Amdur . Mrs . Nielson read section 1303 of the zoning ordinance " specific requirements " . Mr . Besemer stated that they purchased the land in September , 1973 . He submitted a map , legal dis - cription of boundaries and adjacent land . It consist of 16 . 2 acres . He ✓ eported that there are some partial buildings left and footings and walls and would like to put these into use for warehouse and storage . There is a 80 ' x48 ' foundation and 20 ' x25 ' walls that are up . The use of the buildings will be for storage and warehouse of vehicles and equipment . Parking will be way back where the buildings are . It will be small parking . N o aggregate storage of stone , sand , etc . Marjorie Dobson said she does n ot want this type of business there and her objection still stands . The objections were as follows : lots of children go up and down this lane , likes the quite neighborhood without noise and vibration , lower property ✓ alues , bird sanctuary and the fact that this area is under consideration for a stricter zone . Mr . Turecek said that with the request signed by 80 people for a new zone and in view of the two petitions against the previous applicant to develop ) it commercially , it is obvious that the people do ' not want this .a ea to develop in a commercial vein . He opinioned that it conflictliAat the people in the area - want . Councilman Cotterill spoke relative to the new proposed . route 13 and asked the peoplell present if they still feel that the board should not reserve for commercial development ? Mr . Turecek , speaking for them , said the residents still feel that it is a considerable distance from route 13 and feel that it should not be zoned commercial . Mrs . Nielson cited use of the premises on adjacent properties . She stated that all are residential ; the only commercial item they have is a small store . She feels that this business w ill upset the character of the neighborhood and lower property values . Mrs . Dobson stated that a new Route 13 will generate the traffice through the village 'of Etna and with the additional vehicles from Mr . Besemer ' s operation , they did not want this . Mr . Lancaster stated that this section is the most dangerous intersection of all route 13 as it has limited ✓ ision . He stated that he was opposed to this business starting operation o n Etna Lane . It was questioned: : asttb'-lwhyo ,t hisrheartng ' was :; taking `- plaee it': e .:tthe area; Asr :ono :thenagen_da . . .torbe . rezonedf: e (Attbrney : 'A dur said we h ave no right to reject an application pending rezoning . A resident of E tna Lane stated that he purchased- property there because of the nature of the area and the bird sanctuary . He also stated that he had heard from Mrs . Spofford and she requested that it be announced that _lshe _ opposed this venture . Discussion was has re railroad noise and vibration harming the • bird sanctuary more than this operation according to Mr . Besemer . It was noted that the railroad will be supported for 12 years . Mrs . Nielson expressed f ear that further development would take place once they go into operation - It was asked if the Board would reserve decision until the new zone is created . Attorney Amdur said " no " , they would have to make a decision w ithin 45 days . Mr . Besemer spoke of shaping up the field as a ballfield for the kids . Mrs . Dobson stated that they ( the kids ) already use this field for . that purpose . . Hearing declared closed 8 : 16 P . M . Lewis H . Gridley - Deputy Supervisor • Rosemary Stelick - Town Clerk