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TOWN OF DRYDEN • DRYDEN, NEW YORK
65 EAST MAIN STREET; DRYDEN, NEW YORK 13053
607 -844 -9120 In the Heart of the Finger Laker Region
ZONING & BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT
Date. March 19th, 1990
To: Barbara Caldwell, Chr., Dryden Town Planning Board
1624 Ellis Hollow Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
From; Henry M. Slater, Zoning & Building Code Enforcement Office
Town of Dryden
65 E. Main Street
Dryden, New York 13053
Sub.: Possible Agenda for April 12th, 1990 Planning Board Meeting
Copies of (3) Letters that will involving the Planning Board
1). I have receieved an appl
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2). I have also received a copy of a layout proposing
subdivision and +/- 1000' of proposed Dryden Town
Samuel A. Cincotta. The propsed site is the land
the Lovein Community Church at 1764 Dryden Road,
This one will be a Sketch Conference only.
3). Rotunda Home Improvements, I've received
Dryden Town Planning Board to be the SEQR
that it is time to schedule this hearing.
Thank you,
Henry M. Slater
CC: All Dryden Town Planning Board Members
Ronald Roberts, Dryden Town Board
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• Notes from meeting at Town Hall 5/4/90 to clarify any issues
and concerns on the draft proposal for the R -A overlay_ zone
prior to formal discussion at Town Board meeting 5/8.
Present: R.Roberts, P. Walbridge, Be Caldwell
The issue is best divided into two parts:
a. Draft of language
b. Mapping
Using the draft #2 submitted to the Town Board dated 7/20/89
we came up with the following comments and suggestions to be
addressed in preparing this for public input.
1. Three definitions needed:
a. Overlay zone (will also be useful definition for such things
as flood zones, designated wetlands etc.)
b. Timbering (the Planning Board was not concerned about proper
harvesting of wood with a woodlot management plan but we
were concerned about extensive cutting /clearing whether for
individual use, commercial purposes, private roads, etc.
which result in changed patterns of runoff, siltation, etc.
in these fragile areas)
c. Forester - (can we define someone with professional expertise
in woodlot management, who knows how to cut and remove mature
• trees or who can mark them for proper removal, and who might
have some degree of responsibility for runoff change)
2. Need to add a provision in Art. XVI,Sec.1603 (where one lot is
in two zones. By adding the phrase "except in overlay zones"
would solve most of this potential problem for the R -A and for
any other future overlay zones. In most cases the proposed map
has existing frontage in the current zone (125' frontage) and
the R -A area starting in the backland. This may give us some
long lots, relatively narrow at the existing frontage with
houses perched on the hillsides which would have to meet the
R -A requirements for impermeable surfaces and set - backs. The
Town may also wish to consider, as we have often required in
subdivision approval, some minimum driveway standards as a
condition of a certificate of occupancy if a driveway is longer
than feet. This would lessen our concern about emergency
equipment getting in (or back out!) of some of these places.
3. Page 1 -lines 20 -21 Regarding drainage plans by a licensed
engineer - It might be more appropriate to delete the mandate
for preparation by a licensed engineer if we had some provision
that they were to be reviewed by the Town Engineer...-would
this put a greater liability burden on the Town Engineer...and
would it lead to requiring more complex (more expensive) reports
than are necessary? Some reports would have to be complex, but
some probably could be minimal. There also would have to be
• some method of compliance, not 3ust as a condition of building
permit or certificate of occupancy because some of these actions
such as timbering might not be connected with a building permit.
(p.2 of notes of meeting of 5/4 to clarify issues and concerns
on draft proposal for the R -A overlay zone.....)
4. Page 2 -line 2 and page 2 -line 20 should be made consistent with
is whatever is decided regarding who makes and who approves
drainage plans -(note 3)
5. Page 1- line 24. You may wish to add something here about
public roads not being used in computation of the maximum
area of "impermeable surfaces ". Obviously new roads in the
R -A overlay zone will receive very close scrutiny from the
Planning Board in any of their reviews for drainage and
runoff concerns but the mechanics of trying to calculate chunks
of road /lot and its effect on impermeability formulas seems
overly complex.
Mapping
We have at hand the large map prepared for us by the County
Planning Dept. based on soil types, slopes and areas adjacent
to those slopes (hilltop areas where excessive development or
cutting would affect those slopes). Also somewhere in the files
is a set of detailed maps showing the proposed area on a tax parcel
by tax parcel basis. Even in preliminary consideration of
mapping it would be very helpful to separate in some fashion
the proposed parts of R -A which are state lands, probably over
half the area. This could be done with transparencies which could
also be used to mark out areas where there may be some question
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