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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-09-14Dryden Town Board September 14, 1965 Since 1952 the Turkey Hill Road area, from Route 366 to the Reed Farm,.has been building and developing into a pleasant area. Although an area of diverse homes, each family moving into the area was considerate and interested enough in the area, so that each new home improved the area. All homes were landscaped and maintained so that it was considered a desireable area. A change of ownership in one property has reversed the former trend. The building of apartments and the establishment of a junkyard on the corner of the Mt Pleasant Road and Turkey Hill Road threatens to blight the area and bring down property values. With the present reassessment of property within the town of Dryden, it would seem the town would be most cognizant of the condition of this property. Personal talks with the persons establishing the junkyard have resulted in promises of a building to house the wrecks and unlicensed vehicles now on all parts of the property. To date no such building has been erected, and it is our understanding no building permit has been requested or filed with the town board. Residents of the area wish to go on record as backing the Dryden town board concerning local ordinances and state law referring to junkyards and request whatever action necessarnto abate the present unlawful situation. f vop • lien Town of I3 ,yden House Fumbering Pragrese Report No.2 & Suggestions on Road Changes Reference should be7 made to Progress Report M n to. sept.1et R. H. Denman,Rural Consulant of Sept .1 s' 6 15 Par.(l).We still think that continuous numbering from 9P .Lansing to VEc ' on the_ "Peruville Road" under one name is rights This and the name "Peruville Road" should be strongly advocated. Support may 'he secured from Charles Weaver, head of co_ ord inated fire Protection for the County, Ithaca Regional Planning So ard and probably school board e. Par.(2)(3).New route 13 is definitely a new bane line for roods leading, � x ISE in Dryden. The travel pattern mates this so. The end of Lower Creek Rd* is thus. cut off. The so- called lkanohaw Rd.Fxt,- eman Rd, com_ biriat ion is also out in two and an obvious change id Indicated here* nue reeommendet irn now is for one name for the section from Rts.113 to the Monkey 'Run_Hanshar V. function and another name for the section from Rte.13 northerly to West Dryden Rd. w5e sutzgest "Prick: School" or 210ct ogcn School" 9,nd "Vnn Tine Road" respectively for the two seettons. VELn Tine Road was the' former name and is of hintrio interest. (241enn Norri.e, Tomlitine .County Hietarlan Supports on these namese It should be .pointed out - t o residents of this section that t h.e'r house numbers will '66--changed in any case .. so why evmplain about road names. •Par. 1; ."Etna. Road" is settled upon though we th nk that "Etna !"est Roan mould have,.been more descriptive. act ion has been , repoAed on ,these ra oomirn.ndat ions' as yet . N?ew Sut.Restions, N.- W,S©cticno Pnrt of Sapsucker Woods Rd. cut off rsy Rte.13 could be called "Mohewk. Road ". Lansing would no doubt agree. we have considered., Scofield Rd* as stp rt ing at the junction of W.Dryden. and Farrell ods. and extending Noly. There are no houses in this f'irst,animproved sec t i on but it As travelled and house- could be built here. The ground is a as high as much of Asbury Rd. Pwile school Rd. i!uTber from Red Mill ltd. W' ly instead Of V ly frao the Groton Rd. Rte.30,) as originel3.y planned.Ther is only one mouse on the we.st. end where the roal 1.0 poor9 and comet imps not enoplowed. Vlast Walionviller; Rd. Number from Cortland Rd. T11y. (This end Is wrong_ cal. a =d Fsvrt of -',Alf Hill ll *'d .) Tber? is only one occupied house on the west e- nd,six ".here. . Gvtf Hill roan; Number from McLean S'ly.to E.M a1loYyvil�.e rev. on The mixup of these two roads is another case of County Highway )ept* fluence thru paving and incorrect map making. S.E. Section, Dryden_Harford Rd. call South St. E.A.There is -,Harford road o East Lake Road could be a cone inuation of Lake S. _W. Sect. See previous reports. Jan.8,1966 , , H.,Denman i an of lie r Rd. in- p ii lXPPP Oa3X TONY PLANNING BOARD. TOXIN OF DRYDEN.L.NEW YORK \H _. - -. -- AdOOk oaf j t The Planning Board for the Town of Dryden met September I6, 1965 th b s Han ford She -P fy in the Town Butldtng at 8:00 P. M. wt mem er , , Hardesty, Lengemann, Chairman Curtiss, and Town Board Representative Benson. Minutes of the last meeting were approved. Mrs. Hardesty gave a report on the.last GIRPB meeting. She stated that the three areas reported in this sewage study, which are part of the Town of Dryden, are estimated to at least double in population in the next fifty years. The entire study area is expected to grow from 41,000 to 62,900 in the same period of time. Fewer sewage plants with larger capacities:to handle the bulk of the sewage is recommended. Varna is being isolated from the township in this matter,,. Dr. Benson recapped the Dryden Town Board Meeting of last evening: • #1 The Turkey Hill group presented a statement condemning the 1 condition,of Mr. Shearers present property. It was apparent that no 1 one has definite jurisdiction over the "junk yard type conditions" which exist on this property. The Town Board, through Mrs. Amdur, is j taking what legal action is possible. i #2 The Ithaca - Dryden Speedway had scheduled a motorcycle meet which had to be rescheduled due to the weather. Law enforcement agencies were contacted by speedway officials and reported no regulations pro- - hibiting a race on Sunday after 1:00 P. M. This is contrary to Town Law. The present owners of the Speedway are aware that proper steps will need to be taken in order to race on Sundays in the .future. It.was agreed informally that no action would be taken to prevent this one Sunday race. #3 Varna Fire Contract #4 Proposed increase in the present lighting district in Varna. Dr. Benson further stated that: (a) The Board of Health is making it impossible for a builder to handle sewage unless they are in a given area where a sewage plant is in existence. (b) The Taggin -Wagon Trailer Park is planning to expand to 250 units. (c) The Town Ik1as acquired a new road and is desirous of a name. "Hall Road" has been suggested as a name. (d) He is willing to m.eet.with adjacent Town.Boards, on their regular meeting night, to pursue the road naming project. (e) A copy o,f the minutes of the Town Board meeting be sent to each member of the Planning Board. He complimented the present Town Clerk on. the good job she is doing. r 1�f1. . r ".1 t !i 1 ;i kdoo 063X Dr. Ben Sheffy suggested of the Planning Board.. R -2- the name of Alton Reed as a possible member The 27th Annual Planning Institute of the N. Y. S. Federation of Planning Organi2ations will meet in Niagara Falls Oct. 18019. Chairman Curtiss is definitely planning to attend and he encouraged someone else to go. No one else could ,go. Members of the Planning Board felt this meeting would be very worthwhile. .Chairman Curtiss had received a report concerning the Basin survey. He gave a brief resume of the report. DrIs. Lengemann offered to study this survey and report in more next meeting. Cayuga Lake Sheffy and detail at the Four copies of Sketch Plan were submitted to the Planning Board from Honey- Butter Products Corp., signed by C. W. Sadd. These were thoroughly studied and covenants discussed. It was suggested that Mr. Sadd come before.a special, meeting cf the Planning Board I one week ,from tonight for ,further discussion. The main purpose of the' special meeting on Sept. 23, besides meeting with Mr. Sadd, is to work on road names. Chairman Curtiss reported that Mr. Denman is almost through with his numbering project but that there is a lot of work to do on road names. He also said Mr. Denman has been.most cooperative and helpful in providing information on problem areas, possible solutions, etc. A copy of the most' recent Subdivision Regulations will be mailed at once to the members of the Planning Board. Meeting adjourned at'11:30 P. M. I Respectfully submitted, Marion Steger, Sec... i OUso ! i i , I , ,y A W/ kcloo �3x *DRYDEN, September 29, 1965 �{ AdOO Ad00 o� a �{ Qd3x It IN THE HEART OF FINGER LAKES REGION Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Brainard 3 Mt. Pleasant Road Ithaca, New York 14850 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Brainard: This letter is addressed to you but also directed to the many other Turkey Hill area residents who signed the statement condemning the situation that has arisen over the Shearer property. As you and other residents who attended the Town Board meeting on September 15 must know, both the Town Board and the Planning Board had been informed of this un- fortunate situation and action was being taken to do what could be done, officially and legally, to alleviate the problem. It is regrettable that the exact circum- stances involved do not make this case an ideal one for legal action; the "hobby" • aspect is a serious roadblock both to the current Town of Dryden ordinance we have tried to operate under and the newly- enacted State law on junkyards, although there may be some kind of further action possible on the latter. I will be attending a Planning Institute in Niagara Falls on October 18 -19 and hopefully will be able to obtain some additional information on the new junkyard law as it pertains to spe- cific cases. Perhaps you noticed in the paper that Candor is getting set for some test cases. You can be sure that any helpful information I can obtain at this meeting will be passed on promptly to Mrs. Amdur and the Town Board. I might add for the record that it is unfortunate no serious, personal, in- formal request was made to Mr. Shearer by local residents, either individually or ._as a group. This is a most difficult and unpleasant thing to do, but in a situa- tion where law has only limited authority at best, it might have been more effective. I do want you to know that all of us on the Planning Board are most concerned with this situation and will do everything we can to resolve it. The new building that Mr. Shearer will construct should (hopefully) help the matter. Beyond this, of course, and of greater long -range importance is zoning. As you know, the attempt to adopt a zoning ordinance several years ago was overwhelmingly rejected by Town residents. It was not a perfect ordinance; the one we hope to evolve under the 701 program will be geared specifically for Dryden and should meet with greater approval. Also, I feel that more and more Town residents are seeing the tragedies of not having zoning_and the general climate for even thinking about zoning has changed. The most helpful thing you and other people can do for zoning is to talk about it and informally convince as many other people as possible that Dryden does need zoning. I'm sure people in your area realize this more than some other parts of the Town; however, the more you discuss and talk it up, the easier it will be for the Town Board to innaugurate such an ordinance when the time comes. • As we told you the other night, the Planning Board is not actually working on a zoning ordinance at the present time, although it is a topic of primary concern to all od us. We are working on other aspects of planning that may not be more i.m- portant but constitute action we are at least able to take. Experience has shown dOO iAdOO V� Oii33 (2) �Adoo( 0M J �7f AdOO ! Ot.-� it is extremely difficult and time - consuming for laymen to come up with a good zoning ordinance. The only way to have a good (and effective) zoning ordinance is to have experts work on it or at least help you with it, and this is exactly what the 701 program should do. We intend to work closely with the 701 people and get a zoning ordinance set up for evaluation and adoption by the Town Board as soon as possible. It may take up to two years, and unfortunately there is nothing that can be done to reduce this schedule. Our 701 application has not yet been approved by the Federal government, but we hope that it will be and that the program can actually get under way next Spring or Summer. When plans are firmer and we actually start working on zoning there will be public meetings and informal get - togethers set up by the Planning Board to resolve problems and find out exactly what type of zoning people do want. I lead into this last sentence because even with zoning, or at least many types of zoning, the unattractive general groundskeeping at the Shearer's would . not be affected by zoning. How extensive should zoning be? Well, I have gone on much longer than intended, but I feel about zoning the way many of you do and also the frustration of knowing it is not that simple or fast to enact. Please support the Planning Board and bear with us, talk up zoning whenever you get the chance, always let us know any suggestions you may have con - cerning zoning or other planning in the Town, and do what you can on an individual basis to maintain Turkey Hill as the very fine area it is until zoning can perma- nently guarantee at least some measure of security. I will get in touch with you if any relevant information comes out of the • Planning Institute meeting. Sincerely yours, Peter A. Curtiss, Chairman Town of Dryden Planning Board 12 Upper Creek Road Etna, New York 13062 cc, Dryden Town Board PS,. Your original statement submitted to the Town Board has been returned to them for their records. A copy has been made for the Planning Board records. r' �x JF' AdOJ '�AdOO AdOJ {�tl3X,FFFF �OL13X "S,Odax - Otf3 Xl� .TOWN OF DRYDEN *DRYDEN, NEW YORK i i i i • IN THE HEART OF FINGER LAKES REGION September 29, 1965 Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Brainard 3 Mt. Pleasant Road Ithaca, New York 14850 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Brainard: This letter is addressed to you but also directed to the many other Turkey Hill area residents who signed the statement condemning the situation that has arisen over the Shearer property. As you and other residents who attended the Town Board meeting on September 15 must know, both the Town Board and the Planning Board had been informed of this un- fortunate situation and action was being taken to do what could be done, officially and legally, to alleviate the problem. It is regrettable that the exact circum- stances involved do not make this case an ideal one for legal action; the "hobby" aspect is a serious roadblock both to the current Town of Dryden ordinance we have tried to operate under and the newly- enacted State law on junkyards, although there may be some kind of further action possible on the latter. I will be attending a Planning Institute in Niagara Falls on October 18 -19 and hopefully will be able to obtain some additional information on the new junkyard law as it pertains to spe- cific cases. Perhaps you noticed in the paper that Candor is getting set for some test cases. You can be sure that any helpful information I can obtain at this meeting will,be passed on promptly to Mrs. Amdur and the Town Board. I might add for the record that it is unfortunate no serious, personal, in- formal request was made to Mr. Shearer by local residents, either individually or as a group. This is a most difficult and unpleasant thing to do, but in a situa- tion where law has only limited authority at best, it might have been more effective. I do want you to know that all of us on the Planning Board are most concerned with this situation and will do everything we can to resolve it. The new building that Mr. Shearer will construct should (hopefully) help the matter. Beyond this, of course, and of greater long -range importance is zoning. As you know, the attempt to adopt a zoning ordinance several years ago was overwhelmingly rejected by Town residents. It was not a perfect ordinance; the one we hope to evolve under the 701 program will be geared specifically for Dryden and should meet with greater approval. Also, I feel that more and more Town residents are seeing the tragedies of not having zoning and the general climate for even thinking about zoning has changed. The most helpful thing you and other people can do for zoning is to talk about it and informally convince as many other people as possible that Dryden does need zoning. I'm sure people in your area realize this more than some other parts of the Town; however, the more you discuss and talk it up, the easier it will be for the Town Board to innaugurate such an ordinance when the time comes. As we told you the other night, the Planning Board is not actually working on a zoning ordinance at the present time, although it is a topic of primary concern to all od us. We are working on other aspects of planning that may not be more im- portant but constitute action we are at least able to take. Experience has shown • v -n /��n'r.� +T: {.K •. wf•.. a Yf..- ve4'Prel±rvs. . =` p r.a , ... - .. I I ,vio� _. !`ca' • Adool L08:3X I 14083 X' (2) it is extremely i1ifficult and time - consuming for laymen to come up with a good zoning ordinance. The only way to have a good (and effective) zoning ordinance is to have experts work on it or at least help you with it, and this is exactly what the 701 program should do. We intend to work closely with the 701 people and get a zoning ordinance set up for evaluation and adoption by the Town Board as soon as possible. It may take up to two years, and unfortunately there is nothing that can be done to reduce this schedule. Our 701 application has not yet been approved by the Federal government, but we hope that it will be and that the program can actually get under way next Spring or Summer. When. plans are firmer and we actually start working on zoning there will be public meetings and informal get - togethers set up by the Planning Board to resolve problems and find out exactly what type of zoning people do want. I lead into this last sentence because even with zoning, or at least many types of zoning, the unattractive general groundskeeping at the Shearer's would not be affected by zoning. How extensive should zoning be? Well, I have gone on much longer than intended, but I feel about zoning the way many of you do and also the frustration of knowing it is not that simple or fast to enact. Please support the Planning Board and bear with us, talk up zoning whenever you get the chance, always let us know any suggestions you may have con- cerning zoning or other planning in the Town, and do what you can on an individual basis to maintain Turkey Hill as the very fine area it is until zoning can perma- nently guarantee at least some measure of security. I will get in touch with you if any relevant information comes out of the Planning Institute meeting. Sincerely yours, Peter A. Curtiss, Chairman Town of Dryden Planning Board 12 Upper Creek Road Etna, New York 13062 cc. Dryden Town Board PS. Your original statement submitted to the Town Board has been returned to them for their records. A copy has been made for the Planning Board records. A do3i