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10 TOWN OF DRYDFN
Planning Board
July 21, 2011
Members Present: Joseph Lalley, Chair; David Weinstein; Megan Whitman; Martin Hatch;
Toni Hatfield; Wendy Martin.
Excused: Martin I-latch, Joseph Laquatra, Jr.;
Staff Present: Dan Kwasnowski, Planning Director; Jane Nicholson; Planner; Patty Millard,
Recording Secretary.
Town Officials: Joseph Solomon, Town Board Liaison, Mary Ann Sumner, Town Supervisor.
Meeting called to order at 7:02 pm.
Minutes postponed to August meeting.
Gas drilling agenda item from Town Board meeting on 7/20/11.
Report on Town Board meeting attendance last night and the opinions presented which were for,
against, and everywhere in between.
ODA Public Way application - Planning Board review.
if.'you have a lot that connects to a public road by way of an easement, and you want to build a
. building on it, there is a special procedure you have to go through. The application goes to the
Town Board. They can establish an open development area (ODA) with conditions. Then the
ZBA has to get involved to get a frontage variance. The Planning Board is being asked to
consider this and recom-mend whether or not the Town Board should approve the ODA and, if
so, possible conditions for the To%vn Hoard to place on the approval. It's a 32 acre parcel of land.
Zoning is RB 1. He has built a 60 foot wide road/driveway to DEC specs.
On a motion made by D Weinstein and seconded by T Ilatfield, the Planning Board supports the
ODA as presented in the context of the existing zoning and proposed zoning and the fact that this
parcel will be zoned Conservation District. All voted in favor, motion carries.
Varna Plan
Varna Public Workshop results and Varna Plan Initial Outline were given to the PB. They had
maps and buildings and broke people up in to two hours and they got. to visualize different
scenarios in the hamlet area to see what looked and felt like developments they would like to see.
Discussed some of the comments that came out of this workshop. Reviewed the outline. The goal
is to have a recommendation to the Town Board by September.
Next meeting Tuesday, August 16`', 11.1, at the Town Hall.
Training
There are a couple of trainings coming up. There is money in the budget. if anyone is interested,
let Dan know. Is there a TC3 training corning up'? Yes, but we haven't gotten the date yet.
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Planning Strategy for next year
Next year, we should start the update of the Comprehensive Plan. There were a few items that
weren't wrapped up when the original Comprehensive Plan was completed. The initial topics
we7re looking at are: Sustainability, Transportation, Affordable Housing, and Consolidation of
Municipal Services. The Consolidation topic should include the Village Planning Boards as well.
The Local Government Efficiency Program has funding to help with researching the topic of
Consolidation. In addition to multiple villages, the number of water and sewer districts in the
town could potentially be reduced as well.
Proposed Zoning Update from Town Board last night
The following questions were asked in regards to Section 903 Signs. The section has been
reorganized to read more easily. Attorney Perkins had a few questions and asked for clarification
from the Planning Board as to what they intended.
Signs on windows are not allowed. Please clarify that is indeed the case or change to be allowed.
f. Gasoline stations — This section States two advertising signs are allowed but not to exceed 10
sq It. Is this 10 sq ft each or 10 sq ft total? 10 feet each.
5. Signs advertising the sale, lease or rental of premises upon which the sign is located. One sign,
not to exceed 10 sq ft if not located on the building and one sign not to exceed 50 sq ft if located
on the building. it said fagade in one place and it said on the building in another place. Which
should it be? This should be anywhere on the exterior of the building.
D.2. Signs shall not be illuminated from within, but shall be illuminated by a shielded light
® source or sources to restrict the area illuminated to the sign face and downward. Some of the
office signs in the area are lit from within. These are allowed now. Internally lit. Leave as is.
D.1. intermittent lighting. These aren't allowed now and it's not intended for them to be
allowed. LEI) lights might be allowed by special permit with the technology of signs
available now.
Possible agenda items for the meeting on August 18t1i:
Minutes approval
Varna Update
ODA
Update on proposed zoning timeline
There being no further business, on motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the
meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Patty Millard