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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApril 3, 2024 - Town of Enfield Planning Board Meeting Minutes1 Town of Enfield Planning Board Meetfng Wednesday April 3, 2024 7 pm Town of Enfield Courthouse and via the Zoom Meetfng Platiorm Present: Chairman Dan Walker; Planning Board members; Henry Hansteen, Ann Chaffee; Planning Board Alternate Greg Hutnik; Town Clerk Mary Cornell; Code Officer Alan Teeter; Town Councilperson Robert Lynch. Absent: Richard Teeter. Virtual Attendance: Planning Board Member Michael Carpenter. Call to order: Chairman Walker called the meetfng to order at 7:05 pm. Review of Minutes: March 6, 2024. A. Chaffee moved and H. Hansteen seconded. All Aye; Carried. Status of subdivision: Review for Tax Parcel 9.-1-23.13, 166 S Van. Dorn Road – Adam Scholl Adam would like to proceed with the stfpulatfons that the planning board has requested. He will be contactfng the Health Department to start the process of drilling the well. He will also be working on the required driveway specificatfons. Dan asked board members if they had reviewed the email from Greg, who had received input from an attorney on what a town can impose in regards to water requirements. There are some requirements that the planning board requires for large lots/projects, that would not pertain to small lots or less dense building lots. Adam Scholl will complete the requirements before Dan brings it to the Town Board for the approval of a special district. Discussion of Site Plan Review Law to address land use concerns in the Town of Enfield Chairman Walker asked A. Teeter how many storage units are going up on Teeter Rd and if he knew how many total units there would be. A concern was shared about the additfonal traffic that would be added to the road by people accessing the storage units. Dan asked board members if they want to add requirements of storage units of certain sizes (over 5,000 sq’ is already being reviewed for commercial use). Greg H. added that projects over 4,000 sq’ are already subject to SEQR review. There are 21 building classes that require review as of now. In the review consideratfons we only had minor additfons/changes to Item 5 on page 6. The planning board needs to address the impacts of water resources, which is the recommendatfon from the Towns drinking water protectfon plan. There was discussion of adding ADU’s to the V1 exemptfon, or if it is even necessary to have this sectfon as it may be redundant. It is already stated, should it be removed from here? Dan they are exempt unless they are it a wet land or they have already exceeded the three units per property. Chairman Walker shared that Item #11 already covers it and to take the exemptfon out for two-family homes, as this would simplify any confusion. Chairman Walker took it out, there is only one exemptfon which is agricultural related. Dan W. shared that we have all the actfvitfes that need site plan reviews or have exemptfons. The definitfon of an ADU is 800sq’ or less, Dan will add this. General standards of review were not changed. G. Hutnik asked if dark sky requirements should be included. M. Carpenter - if someone else has already created these requirements than those could be used. Is there a dark sky lightfng requirement like the school has already created? Chairman Walker shared there is language for designing the lightfng so that it has a cutoff, for stadium lights, etc., which directs all of the lightfng down to the surface, which reduces glare to area propertfes. Road standards needs to be defined; we do have outdated road standards. Chairman Walker will sit down with Highway Superintendent Rollins to go over the definitfons at a later date. The questfon here is the process of the sketch plan or preapplicatfon conference may be held is optfonal and cannot be required, however, this can be helpful to the applicant. 2 Comprehensive Plan Review Process Chairman Walker handed out copies of the Towns Comprehensive plan, which was last modified in 2019, and he has asked the Planning Board members to review it and give recommendatfons at the next planning board meetfng. The plan was based on the 2010 Census and there was an extensive survey sent out to Enfield Residents. Survey’s take resources and tfme to complete. Chairman Walker asked Councilperson Lynch if the Town Board wants another survey sent out to Town Residents. Councilperson Lynch shared that Supervisor Redmond and Councilperson Hinkle have been the leaders of this project review and it might be best to ask them what they are looking for at the Town Board meetfng. Chairman Walker does not necessarily think the plan needs much updatfng, but it is tfme to review it for suggestfons/comments, and to see what has been completed. Adjournment: Chaffee motfoned to adjourn, adjourned at 8:34 pm Respectiully submitted, Mary Cornell Mary Cornell Town Clerk/Planning Board Clerk