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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-06-14Planning Board - Town of Dryden overall Rotunda June 4, 1987 DRAFT Present: Absent: Also present: B. Caldwell, H. Slater, R. Chase K. Brown, A. Reed, G. Rotunda, B. Lavine, J. Lee,, R. Bobnick M/M S. Landau, R. Lampila 1. Public Hearing - Modif- ication of lot line to correct between Lotl -3 & 1 -4, Chelsey Circle - Gene Rotunda, Mr. Rotunda explained how the problem had come about, has agreed to the modification, it would make one lot in square footage but would not make any additional technical problem developer. the Health Dept. slightly lacking lots or increase the overall Rotunda density. abstained. Moved, 2nd,Carried to approve the modification. Mr. 2. Working session on zoning revisions and remapping A. Mr. and Mrs. Landau of Hunt Hill had appeared at our last meeting regarding impact of development on areas of steep slopes and /or poor soils. At that time we had told them of some of the earlier (c.1968 -) concerns regarding these issues and suggested he might bring back to us some criteria to address these concerns. Mr. Reed had served on the Planning Board at that time and was helpful with input. From that discussion the Planning Board agreed to consider recommending to the Town Board a new zoning category which would be somewhat as follows: i R -A (and are the designations R -A, R -B, R -B1, etc. appropriate ?) Sect. Purpose. The purpose of the R -A zone is to establish areas where there are steep slopes and /or poor soils, where preservation of watershed is significant, or where there are important environmental resources. In these areas allowed uses should be those having minimal impact (possibly requiring special permit procedure for some of them) Sect. Allowed Uses 0 One family homes what about accessory bldgs - e.g. detached garages, sheds ?) (2) An accessory apartment on a one family home where the apartment is not more than % of the one family home (Discussion was held regarding mandating owner- occupancy. Decided it might be difficult to enforce and might not achieve significantly better conditions.) (3) Farms, gardens, nurseries, and the appropriate farm buildings (4) Non - profit recreation facilities or parks (Discussion was held regarding why non - profit, not commercial recreation facilities. Possible questions of 'increased.usage, traffic, increased impact. This might be addressed with special permit process or site development review) (5) All timber cut for sale would have to be done from trees marked by professional forester and by accepted forestry practices designed to minimize impact on environment (need special permit procedure ?) Sect. Criteria 0 Minimum lot size 5 Acres (Discussion was held on this - 5 acres seemed to be the absolute minimum, 10 acres was discussed as still reasonable to achieve the purpose, possibly 10 or someplace in between) (2) Minimum frontage (more than at present) (Discussion was held regarding best method to avoid long, skinny lots, impacts on runoff and drainage patterns, impacts on Town roads. Increased frontage, concept of workable circle - greater than Health Dept requirements for their needs - separation distances and site development review might be ways to address this)