HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-02-27 GROTON TOWN PLANNING BOARD MEETING
Held in the Town Hall
Groton , N . Y .
Wednesday - February 27 , 1980
8 * 00 P . M .
PRESENT : R , Gleason - Chairman* G . Evans - County Planning Board
L , Raymond - Vice - Chairman*
G . Totman*
M . Adams *
C . Twigg*
D . Payne
J . MacNeil J . Bell - Recording Clerk
* - Denotes those present .
R . Gleason called the meeting to order
at 8 : 20 P . M .
R . Gleason : Are there any corrections to the minutes of our last meeting?
If not , they stand approved as written .
Just want to call your attention to the fact that I have
vouchers here for the people who went to New York for the
Association of Towns Meeting . Mary , will you be seeing
Cecil by any chance ?
M . Adams : He ' ll come to the farm , - - I won ' t see him but he ' ll find it .
I ' ll call him and he can pick it up .
R . Gleason: It has to be in by next Monday .
Is there any old business ? Any new business ? George , do you
have anything ?
G . Totman : No .
R . Gleason: 0 . K . then we ' ll go into Gary ' s presentation .
G . Evans : At the last meeting we went over a number of corrections to the
subdivision ordinance , dfs,cussed. < them . 'and so- on.and fi went home
and revised a bunch of mistakes probably .
Mr . Evans passed out the subdivision revisions to
everyone .
G . Evans : I don ' t know how fine a toothcomb you want to go over this with .
G . Totman : This is what we have already approved , - -you ' ve just retyped
and fixed it up ?
G . Evans : Yes , - - I would like to direct your attention to the last page
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G . Evans : which is a list of corrections that ' are sort of scattered through
the remainder of the ordinance and , again , we went over every one
of these at the last meeting ,
R . Gleason : Page 33 , paragraph C in which we designated the official -an official of the County Health Department and as I was thinking
about it are we saying that the on- site sanitation and water
facilities are to be designed by - - what we want is to be sure
tt at ,--they -7AI;6 t designed by an engineer or County Health
Department so it will meet the code but why is it necessary for
anybody like that to sign it ? Why can ' t the Chairman of the
Planning Board do it ?
G . Evans : Because it has to be signed by an official of the County Health
Department certifying the sanitary code has been complied with .
R . Gleason : We could have a subdivision approved and we can approve it before
the Health Department requirements are met , right ?
G . Evans : Yes , if the lots are 5 acres or more .
R . Gleason: Even if they are less , can ' t you? He only has to do it after they
get a building permit .
G . Evans : That ' s right ,
R . Gleason: What I was thinking of is the piece I had up there . Nobody is going
to build on it so why does it have to be signed ? I still can ' t
get it through my head why any particular official has to sign a i
statement to that effect ,
G . Evans : 0 . K . I think if you get back to the first clause of that
sentence . " all on- site . . . . . . . . . . . . . " What if there aren ' t any ?
If there aren ' t then obviously no certification is called for .
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What about the situation where it is going to be on the edge of
public water and sewer ? Before you even approve the subdivision
they want this issue dealt with to make sure the sanitary and
water facilities meet the County Health code . Now in the case
of a rural subdivision where it ' is not intended to ever have
public water facilities this does not come up . !
R . Gleason: 0 . K . , - - I thought when you meant on - site you meant the septic
system which would be something the builder would have to have
designed but if you only bought a lot to say play baseball on - -
G . Evans : There wouldn ' t be any need . How about at the end of the first
line we say " if any " ? I
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R . Gleason : 0 . K . And if there is•: �none cans -see no reason� � -to have it .
Do you understand what I ' m talking about ?
M . Adams : Yes ,
L . Raymond : Should we have made some mention of the State SEQUA regulations
in there ?
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G . Evans : Yes and no . This first phase of work on the subdivision ordinance
is just corrections and we were going to save substantitive changes
until later . I ' m not saying yes or no about SEQUA but I would
think it would be considered in the next stage .
L . Raymond I ' m . still a little bit unsure as to why it ' s inappropriate at this
time .
G . Evans : Do you have in mind any particular place you would put it ?
L . Raymond : For the guidance of future members of the Board it might serve
as a reminder of the appropriate time they should start considering
that . I ' m not that strong on having it put -down but couldn ' t see
why it couldn ' t be since it ' s a mandated requirement anyways .
You could put an asterisk and a footnote saying that since this
ordinance was compiled by the Town the State has new requirements
that should be met or considered at this time . I ' m going back to
my experience with the subdivision we just considered and I felt
there was some unsureness there as to when we were supposed to
do something like that . Whether we should have done so at the
time we considered the sketch plan or considered that and maybe
waited a little later when we did this . There isn ' t any guidance
there for someone who is doing this for the Planning Board . I
took the option on my own to do it as soon as possible but the I
fact of the matter was I didn ' t have any guidance on it . That
was my only concern .
G . Evans : Well , - - if you wanted to - -
L . Raymond : I guess on your suggestions Gary - - here I would suggest maybe
just as I said a footnote or something that would indicate when
we should start thinking about it and later on we could make a
full - sized statement .
G . Totman : We keep these and give them to the Town Board changing errors
or mistakes in the ordinance but now we ' re going to start on
changes to the subdivision regulations . You don ' t think
they will print up new ones on this - - - this wouldn ' t be
something the public sees until we get it all done .
Some discussion was held on this by all .
R . Gleason: I left a note with Teresa on what we were going to do and I have
heard nothing back .
G . Evans : Well , if you wanted to make some note about SEQUA seems to me
on the first page " Procedures in Filing Subdivision Applications "
could make some statement there about it .
Further discussion was held on this by all .
G . Evans : At the end of the introductory paragraph add " Provisions of the
New York State Environmental Quality Review Act must be
complied with . "
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L . Raymond : I make a motion we adopt the wording on the State Environmental
Quality Review Act as proposed by Gary Evans ,
G . Totman: I second the motion .
Motion carried unanimously .
R . Gleason: 0 , K . Are there : any�- other corrections anyone cares to bring out
here ? I mentioned that one on page 33 paragraph C and Gary
suggested we put in there " if any . "
G . Evans : It would require rewriting the thing .
R . Gleason : Maybe we should let it go for now .
G . Totman: I think so .
R . Gleason: Well , - - let ' s go on and we ' ll thrash that out another time . Now
shall we - - how do we want to handle this ? Shall we approve
this submission now as we have it and forward it ?
G . Evans : This has to be a recommendation from this Board to the Town Board
that the rules and regulations of the subdivision be amended .
G . Totman : We have to go to the Town Board and submit this for their approval .
R . Gleason: We have to have a formal motion .
G . Totman : I move we accept this as presented and direct our chairman , and
whoever he wants to appoint to go with him to meet with the Town
Board and ask them to approve it and make it a part of the
subdivision regulations .
M . Adams : I second the motion .
Motion carried unanimously .
R . Gleason: Lyle , would you care to go ?
L . Raymond : If someone else would be willing to do it - - I don ' t think I
should occupy the spotlight all the time .
M . Adams : I think you do us all a favor.
L . Raymond : It ' s a nice way to get out of it .
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G . Totman : I ' d just as soon go with you but I can ' t make it Monday night .
Do they meet at 8 o ' clock ?
R . Gleason: I ' m not sure .
G . Totman : I wouldn ' t mind if I get through with my other meeting .
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R . Gleason: I ' ll go but I would like someone else to go .
L . Raymond : Alright , I ' ll go .
Mr . Evans gave Mr . Gleason 4 additional copies to
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give to the Town Board members .
R . Gleason : 0 . K . , - -now we ' ll go back to the zoning business I guess
hope .
G . Evans : Well , - - I ' ve been scratching my head trying to remember where
we were there and what we were doing and I ' m not sure I have
it all exactly straight but I believe we went through Articles
I and II Administrative Procedures and Article VI District
Regulations and the three basic zones , - -medium , low and agricul -
tural I think were the names . We went through and wrote very
detailed district regulations for each of the three districts .
One of the three questions that remained unanswered was did
there need to be an additional new district or two .
G . Totman : I think the general concensus at that time was that there needed
to be .
G . Evans : I think so too but we just did those three and then went on .
We started working on Article IV which is the General Regulations
which apply throughout the Town in all the districts and the
existing general regulations of the present ordinance were
virtually all retained .
We started in trying to reorganize the parking regulations so they
were keyed in with the facility and activity type classification
that were used in the district regulations . As we worked our way
through this it got rather complicated . The parking regulations
that you have in the ordinance at the present time are pretty
complicated and then trying to translate them worked very well in
some categories but didn ' t work at all in some others . In fact ,
there were some categories ' where the present ordinance has no
restrictions on parking whatever .
The material that I ' ve handed out on parking would be Section
440 and I don ' t know if you have Section 440 of \your -previous
ordinance or not .
G . Totman: I didn 't get home tonight , - - didn ' t even get home from work yet .
G . Evans : Assuming -.,that everyone would have taken the opportunity to clean out
their closets in the last few months I brought new copies of
Section 4400 ;
Mr . Evans handed these out to all present .
G . Evans : Now certain kinds of activities , such as agricultural activities ,
the present ordinance doesn ' t say anything at all about parking .
There are two things that can be done - - go through this and
look at all of them and decide what the parking requirements ought
to be or go look at the last page of this little handout I gave you .
Here ' s something I showed you once before , - - this is a considerably
simplified parking requirement which applies to all different
activities and what it does basically is replace the previous
G . Evans : 3 pages . So , instead of having a Section 440 . 4 that ran on for 3
pages , you would have a smallish paragraph such as you see on this
last page .
R . Gleason: This is from the Danby ordinance ?
G . Evans : Yes , this is what they are considering in Danby - - they haven ' t
adopted it yet .
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This is an approach to the parking regulations which I think is
simple and easy to understand and easy to administer .
G . Totman: I think so . You have to have something that -people can under -
stand . This makes more sense . What do you think , Lyle ?
CO Twigg : So , in other words , all this up here is just not really needed ?
This whole 440 even this front - page ?
G . Evans : The third paragraph on the first page I think would not be needed .
Section 440 . 3 and 440 . 4 to be replaced by the text on this
last page 444 . 1 and 444 . 2 . Replace 440 . 3 with the paragraph
on the last page and call it 440 . 3 .
G . Totman: Number 5 says one parking space for every 400 square feet - of
floorspace , - - that ' s not requiring very much parking , is it ?
G . Evans : Nq , it isn ' t .
G . Totman : This is commercial property , you know .
G . Evans : In your present regulations you require one space for every 200 -
25E and in some cases 500 sq . ft .
C . Twigg : Well , actually a business , - - let ' s say a fast food store , - -they
are going to want adequate parking places . They don ' t want
people coming in and not being able to find a place to park .
They are going to provide ample parking space or people won ' t
come in .
Some discussion was held on this by all .
G . Totman : What I was thinking of here was you have a building 100 ' by 60 '
and it ' s 6 , 000 sq . ft . so divide four into that and you get 15
parking places . I ' m thinking of ar: place like a big restaurant
where they have bands and 500 people coming in .
Further discussion was held on this by all .
G . Totman: I like this idea but I think -number 5 should be just a little bit
different . It should be at least 200 .
Further discussion was held on this by all .
G . Totman: I like the idea of making it .simple .
R . Gleason: I do , too .
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L . Raymond : It ' s the exceptions where you run into trouble.
R . Gleason : That ' s why I ' m wondering if we could come up with some formula .
G . Evans : One possibility would be if that kind are permitted only by
special permit then the Board who issues that would have to
handle that .
R . Gleason: We ought to have an asterisk in here for anybody that is reading
it .
G . Evans : Like here as - you could say at the end of that paragraph - -
" additional parking may be required by the Board issuing the
special permits . "
Further discussion was held on this by all .
L. . Raymond : Commercial activities now - how did that - I have forgotten
now some of the discussions we had earlier - - so probably I ' m
raising an issue here we have already discussed but , for instance ,
an activity that is related to commercial farms that brings in
occasionally at certain seasons of the year quite a number of
cars - - is that considered commercial activity in this definition?
G . Evans : Yes ,
G . Totman : I remember -what you ' re talking about and I ' m quite sure that ' s
under -special permit .
R . Gleason: If we keep in mind , while we are proceeding with this , that parking
is one of the needs considered by special permit , we ' ll be able
to catch any activity and make sure it ' s only permitted by special
permit . That would do it .
G . Evans : Now where else were we ? We talked awhile about signs , seenremember
that ? Let ' s see if I can piece together where we were on that .
The material on signs was Section 445 and there ' s a good chance
you may have Section 445 with you . If not , I have copies for
everyone .
Mr . Evans passed copies out to all present .
G . Totman: This is one we worked on when we were talking about signs .
G . Evans : Right , and I think we were fairly well satisfied with this with the
exception of the third page toward the bottom - - agricultural
activities and Extraactive activities and limited impact activities .
None of them permit any signs at all and I think perhaps you might
-want to permit signs .
Some discussion was held on this by all .
L • Raymond The fast moving signs as - does that include a sign held by chains ?
G . Evans : No , moving signs are ones with a motor that go round and round .
There ' s a lot of stuff in that Danby ordinance you might want
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G . Evans : to consider but I didn ' t add it to this . Well , to polish off this
section it appears to me we need to come up with three numbers - -
-one is the maximum square footage of the sign for agricultural
activities - - how big can it be ? Two - - how big your gravel pit
sign can be and three - how big your hair dressing sign can be .
342 - limited impact activit"ies - - this is a no
enterprise of some type that takes place in conjunction with
a residence but is not in the house itself . - - you know like a
shop in a garage or it can be a non-residential activity taking
place in a pre -existing mon-residential building in an otherwise
residential area . In other words , if you have a barn you may
permit some activity rather than have the building there gathering
dust .
M . Adams : 342 - - "how about 4 ' x 21 ?
G . Evans : 0 . K ,
R . Gleason : Now on 335 how about 3 ' x 3 ' ?
C . Twigg : A farm sign or extraactive - - most of those are out - they are
not like someone having a sign in where there are a number of
houses so` l f this is out by a gravel pit somewhere - - if you ever
had to deliver stuff driving a truck around trying to find an
establishment without " a sign or with just a little sign, - -they
give you an address on a certain road and you ' re driving down
the road and expect to see something telling you it ' s the place of
business and when you drive by two to three times it ' s aggravating .
R . Gleason: Now extraactive activities - -
Some discussion was held by all on this .
G . Evans : Why don ' t you make it on par with a lumber yard 60 sq . ft . ?
M . Adams : For a farmer that would be too big , wouldn ' t it ?
G . Totman: I ' d go along with that .
M . Adams : 0 . K . , - - " 60 sq . ft .
Further discussion was held on the size of signs by all .
G . Evans : On 445 . 4 - - I ' ve done a little jimmying around . How about
"No sign may be higher than the overall heighth of the
facility to which it is an accessroy or "25 ft . from the ground ,
whichever is higher" ?
Now this means if you had a one - story building you could have
a sign that went 25 ' in the air . If you had a facility that went
70 ' high you could have a sign right at the very top of it .
C . Twigg : That sounds much better .
G . Evans : 445 . 8 says the maximum number of signs is one per lot unless
indicated otherwise . Now you ' re saying it ought to be indicated
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G . Evans : otherwise . You ' re saying it ought to be indicated otherwise on
agricultural activitiesI
L . Raymond : All I ' m saying is you can find up to 3 - 5 signs on a guy ' s farm .
G . Evans : What you might want to say here is - - agricultural activities - -
x number of signs with an aggregate area of a maximum of so much .
C . Twigg : Those signs are alright on a building.
L . Raymond : I would say no limit on signs of .a certain size .
G . Totman : These signs you ' re talking about are no bigger than 12 ' so if you
say 12 ' that would protect the farmer . I don ' t see anything
wrong with that .
Some discussion was held on this by all .
G . Evans : Is there a sort of generic name for those signs - - say hybrid
corn and so on?
L . Raymond : They are advertising signs .
R . Gleason : Some advertise products and some advertise organizations - - we
call them barn signs . That ' s the only generic name I can think
of .
G . Evans : How about calling them Agricultural Association and Crop
Identification signs ? Something of that sort ?
Further discussion was held on this by all .
R . Gleason : Really it ' s out in a rural area and is not obnoxious but in a
totally residential area it could be obnoxious to people.
G . Evans : Regulating signs is a very , very complicated thing and it comes
to a point where you have to say the regulations we have are
more or less fair but realize there will be exceptions and
those will have to be dealt with on appeal .
Would it be reasonable to add something like this :
" Signs smaller than x - square ft . identifying association
memberships , field crops , etc . are exempt from these
regulations in the X -district"
so in the areas recognized as agricultural areas they would be
exempt ?
L . Raymond : Yes , something like that .
Further discussion was held on this by all .
G . Evans : You could make it exempt throughout the Town .
M . Adams : I ' m sorry but I have to leave .
L . Raymond : Yes , I have to go , too .
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M . Adams : I don ' t want to break you up but - - now the next meeting
will be the last Wednesday in March ? The 26th of March?
R . Gleason : Yes ,
G . Evans : I have a little note here at the end of Supplemental Sign
Regulations - - " Signs smaller than . . . . . . . . . . . "
C . Twigg : We talked about -activities being - - 'if we kept it the way
it is now - in other words if someone wanted to put up a
business outside of this little area we have it would be
better for a commercial business .
R . Gleason : I think we have it now so with special permits or PUD .we can
have it most anywhere .
G . Evans : In fact you might get a little bit of a backlash from that .
People might -say they want it pinned down a little more than
that. And one way of handling it is to say PUD is permitted
only on properties fronting on State or County roads or
something of that sort . Anyway there ' s a lot of flexibility
here. You address that when you look at the number of dis -
tricts .you have and whether they are appropriate.
L,. Raymond : What were we going to do with those signs as part of the
building ? Like on silos and so on? Almost every farm building
these days is prefabricated such as silos , dryers , - - they come
as part of the building just -about .
G . Evans : These regulations are for business signs and if your farm
" Gleason Enterprises Inc . " you would paint that on the side of
your barn say - - that would be a business sign . If your farm
was a prefabricated building that said say" BUTLER" that' s not
a business sign .
L . Raymond : It ' s an advertising sign as far as Butler is concerned .
R . Gleason : No different than saying EXXON or Mobile or something . I
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G . Evans : Here you' re getting into this very complicated field . !
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L . Raymond : I move the meeting be adjourned . !
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C ., Twigg : I second the motion.
Motion carried unanimously .
The meeting adjourned at -10 : 05 P . M .
Resp tfully submitted ,
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ARTICLE III : Procedure in Filing Subdivision Applications
• Whenever any subdivision of land is proposed to be made , and
before any contract for the sale of , or any offer to sell
lots in such subdivision or any part thereof is made , and
before any permit for the erection of a structure in such
proposed subdivision shall be granted , the subdivider or
his duly authorized agent shall apply in writing for approval
of such proposed subdivision in accordance with the following
procedures .
3 . 1 Sketch Plan
3 . 1 . 1 Submission of Sketch Plan
Any owner of land shall , prior to subdividing or resubdividing
land , submit to the Chairman of the Planning Board at least
10 days prior to the regular meeting of the Board two copies
of a Sketch Plan of the proposed subdivision , which shall
comply with the requirements of Article V , Section 1 , for the
purpose of classification and preliminary discussion .
The Chairman of the Planning Board may decide to advertize
that the Sketch Plan will be discussed at the regular Planning
Board meeting by placing a legal notice in the official paper ,
by notifying neighboring property owners , or by other means .
• 3 . 1 . 2 Discussion of Requirements and Classification
The subdivider , or a duly authorized representative , shall
attend the meeting of the Planning Board to discuss the
requirements of these regulations for street improvements ,
drainage , sewerage , water supply , fire protection , and similar
aspects , as well as the availability of existing services and
other pertinent information . The Planning Board may decide by
resolution to continue discussion of the Sketch Plan at a
later regular or special meeting which may be held in conjunc -
tion with an advertized Public Hearing on the Sketch Plan .
Classification of the Sketch Plan as to whether it is to be
treated as a Major or Minor Subdivision is to be made without
unnecessary delay , at the first meeting at which it is
discussed , if possible , but in no case later than the second
meeting at which it is on the agenda .
In classifying a Sketch Plan the Board may require , however ,
when it deems it necessary for protection of the public health ,
safety , and welfare that a Minor Subdivision comply with all or
some of the requirements specified for Major Subdivisions . If
the Sketch Plan is classified as a Minor Subdivision , the sub -
divider shall then comply with the procedure outlined in
• Article III , Sections 2 and 6 of these regulations . If it is
classified as a Major Subdivision , the subdivider shall then
comply with the procedure outlined in Article III , Sectiors3 ,
4 , 5 , 6 , and 7 .
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3 . 1 . 3 Study of Sketch Plan
The Planning Board shall determine whether the Sketch Plan
• meets the purposes of these regulations and shall , where it
deems it necessary , make specific recommendations in writing
to be incorporated by the applicant in the next submission
to . the Planning Board .
3 . 2 Approval of Minor Subdivision
3 . 2 . 1 Application and Fee
Within six months after classification of the Sketch Plan as
a Minor Subdivision by the Planning Board , the subdivider
shall submit an application for approval of a Subdivision Plat .
Failure to do so shall require re - submission of the Sketch Plan
to the Planning Board for re -classification . The Plat shall
conform to the layout shown on the Sketch Plan plus any recom -
mendations made by the Planning Board . Said application shall
also conform to the requirements listed in Article V , Section
2 . 1 .
All applications for Plat approval for Minor Subdivisions shall
- be accompanied by a fee of $ 20 . 00 . Fees are not refundable .
3 . 2 . 2 Number of Copies
Five ( 5 ) copies of the Subdivision Plat shall be presented to
the Chairman of the Planning Board at least ten days prior to a
scheduled monthly meeting of the Planning Board .
3 . 2 . 3 Subdivider to Attend Planning Board Meeting
The subdivider , or his duly authorized representative , shall
attend the meeting of the Planning Board to discuss the
Subdivision Plat .
3 . 2 . 4 When Officially Submitted
The time of submission of the Subdivision Plat shall be con -
sidered to be the date of the regular monthly meeting of the
Planning Board at least ten days prior to which the application
for Plat approval , complete and accompanied by the required
fee and all data required by Article V , Section 2 of these
regulations , has been filed with the Chairman of the Planning
Board .
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3 . 2 . 5 Public Hearing
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• A public hearing shall be held by the Planning Board within
thirty ( 30 ) days from the time of submission of the subdivision
plat for approval . Said hearing shall be advertised in a
newspaper of general circulation . in the town at least five ( 5 ) �,
days before such hearing .
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3 . 296 Action on Subdivision Plat
The Planning Board shall , within forty - five ( 45 ) days from the
date of the public hearing , act to conditionally approve ,
conditionally approve with modification , disapprove or grant
final approval and authorize the signing of the Subdivision
Plat . This time may be extended by mutual consent of the
subdivider and the Planning Board . Failure of the Planning
Board to act within such time shall constitute approval of the
plat .
Upon granting conditional approval with or without modification
to the plat , the Planning Board shall empower a duly authorized
officer to sign the plat upon compliance with such conditions
and requirements as may be stated in its resolution of condi -
tional approval . Within five ( 5 ) days of the resolution i
granting conditional approval , the plat shall be certified by
the Chairman of the Planning Board as conditionally approved , a
• copy shall be filed in the Town Hall , and a certified copy mailed
to the subdivider . The copy mailed to the subdivider shall
include a certified statement of such requirements . Upon com -
pletion of such requirements , the plat shall be signed by the
Chairman of the Planning Board . Conditional approval of a plat
shall expire one hundred eighty ( 180 ) days after the date of the
resolution granting such approval unless the requirements have
been certified as completed within that time . The Planning
Board may , however , extend the time within which a conditionally
approved plat may be submitted for signature , if in its opinion
such extension is warranted in the circumstances , for not to
exceed two additional periods of ninety ( 90 ) days each .
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3 . 3 Preliminary Plat for Major Subdivisions
• 3 . 3 . 1 Application and Fee
Prior to the filing of an application for the approval of a
Major Subdivision Plat , the subdivider shall file an applica -
tion for the consideration of a Preliminary Plat of the
proposed subdivision . . Such Preliminary Plat shall be clearly
marked ' Preliminary Plat ' and shall be in the form described
in Article V , Section 3 , hereof . The Preliminary Plat shall ,
in all respects , comply with the requirements set forth in
the provisions of Sections 276 and 277 of the Town Law , and
Article V , Section 3 of these regulations , except where a
waiver may be specifically authorized by the Planning Board .
The application for conditional-- approval of the preliminary
plat shall be accompanied by a fee of $ 25 . 00 , plus $ 10 . 00 per
lot for each lot in the proposed subdivision . Fees are not
refundable .
3 . 3 . 2 Number of Copies
Five ( 5 ) copies of the Preliminary Plat shall be presented to
the Clerk of the Planning Board at least ten ( 10 ) days prior
to a regular monthly meeting of the Planning Board .
• 3 . 3 . 3 Subdivider to Attend Planning Board Meeting
The subdivider , or his duly authorized representative , shall
attend the meeting of the Planning Board to discuss the
Preliminary Plat .
3 . 3 . 4 Study of Preliminary Plat
The Planning Board shall study the practicability of the
Preliminary Plat taking into consideration the requirements
of the community and the best use of the land being sub -
divided . Particular attention shall be given to the
Additional corrections to Subdivision Regulations :
p . 10 . Change Section 3 . 3 . 5 . 6 to 3 . 3 . 6
p . 13 . Line 4 . Change Town to Tompkins
p . 14 . Line 5 . Change Engineer to Attorney
p . 14 . Paragraph ( 2 ) , line 11 . Change Engineer to Attorney
p . 18 . Section 4 . 1 Heading should read : General
p . 18 . Section 4 . 1 . 1 Heading should read : Character of Land
p . 32 . Paragraph ( F ) . Change Section 2 . 1 - D . to Section 2 . l -C
p . 33 . Paragraph ( C ) . Change State Department of Health to Tompkins County
Sanitary Code ; change a licensed engineer to an officer of the
County Health Department .
p . 34 . Line 3 . Change Conditional Approval to Approval .
p . 34 . Section 5 . 3 . 1 . The first sentence should read : Five ( 5 ) copies of
preliminary plat prepared at a scale of not more than one hundred
( 100 ) but preferably not less than fifty ( 50 ) feet to the inch ,
showing :
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t. Section 440 Offstreet Parking Requirements
C: 440 . 1 Offstreet parking facilities must be provided for new
facilities and for newly established activities as
specified in this Section . An offstreet parking space
must be paved or graveled , drained , maintained , and
provided with ` necessary access driveways . The minimum
size of an offstreet parking space is 8 feet/ 2 . 5 meters
by 20 feet/6 meters . Offstreet parking requirements
may not be met with spaces on the public right - of - way .
All required parking space is considered to be required
space on the, lot on which it is located , unless other -
wise stifulated , and must not be encroached upon in any
way that impares its function as required offstreet parking ,
440 . 2 The requirements for offstreet parking are based on the
type of building ( e . g . , apartment house ) , the type of
activity taking place in the building ( e . g . , grocery store ) ,
or a combination of the type of facility and the type of
activity ( e . g . , shopping plaza ) .
The parking requirements for a combination of two or more
activity types or facility types on one .lot ( e . g . , retail
store and office space ) are determined by establishing
the requirements for each component activity or facility
from the schedules and adding them together .
For detailed descriptions of the facility types and activity
types on which the regulations are based see Section 323 ,
Residential Buildings , and Sections 332 through 342 , the
nonresidential activity types .
440 . 3 Offstreet parking requirements for residential facilities
are in accordance with the following schedule :
Residential Building Type Number of Required Spaces
323 . 1 One - unit res . bldg . 1
323 . 2 Two - unit res . bldg . 2
323 . 3 :Multiple -unit res . bldg . 1 per dwelling unit
323 . 4 Rooming unit res . bldg . 1 per rooming unit , in addition
to spaces required for dwelling
units in the same building
323 . 5 Mobile home res . bldg ., 1
• 323 . 6 Experimental
323 . 7 Group quarters
323 . 8 Recreational cabin .JUL 2 ) °l � �
323 . 9 Permanent camp
(\ 440 . 4 Offstreet parking requirements for nonresidential
• activities are determined by the Zoning Enforcement
Officer using the following schedule or by the Board
issuing a Special Permit ,
Nonresidential Activity Type Number of Required Spaces
332 . 0 Civic Activities : 1 per ' nonresi. dent employee , plus ;
332 . 01 Community education 1 per student over 16 years old .
332 . 02 Nonassembly cultural 1 per 3 permanent seats , or
1 per 250 sq ft of floorspace .
332 . 11 Limited childcare none
332 . 12 Nursing home
332 . 13 r.; ajor medical 1 per 4 beds , or
1 per examining room .
332 . 21 Community assembly 1 per 3 permanent seats , or
1 per 40 sq ft of floorspace .
; • 332 . 22 Recreational camping
332 . 23 Educational , training ,
or religious . camp
332 . 31 Essential service
332 . 32 Administration
332 . 33 Vehicular
332 . 34 Utility none
332 . 35 Communication none
332 . 41 Extensive impact
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440 . 4 ( cont )
Nonresidential Activity Type Number of Required Spaces I
333 . 0 Commercial Activities :
333 . 01 Medical service 1 / 200 + 1 /empl 8
. 02 Gen . personal service 1 / 250
. 03 Consultative and financial 1/ 200 + 1 /empl
04 - ` 'Und ertaking
333 . 11 Food sales and service 1 / 250 6
112 Eating and drinking 1 /100 5
. 13 Convenience sales and sery 1 / 250
. 14 General retail sales 1 / 250
. 15 Agriculture service
333 . 20 Repair and cleaning
333 . 31 Administrative
. 32 Business service 1 /500 14
• 33 Retail business supply
. 34 Research office or lab 1 / 200 9
.. 35 Communication service
333 . 40 Goods handling
333 . 51 Group entertainment : theater 1 /8 seats 12
" bowling alley 5/alley 13
, 52 Training or gen . education
• 53 Group outdoor recreation 1 / 200 + ample 4
333 . 60 Vehicle sales or rental
333 • 70 Vehicle service
333 . 81 Traveler ' s habitation 1 /ru + 1/empl 2 i
. 82 Tourist camping {
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333 . 91 Animal care
. 92 Building arid yard service 1 /500 14
. 93 Construction sales
_ 334 . 0 Industrial Activities :
33401 Custom manufacturing 1 per 2 employees 11
334 . 2 Light manufacturing . 1 per 2 employees 11
334 . 3 General manufacturing 1 per 2 employees 11
� . 33404 Heavy manufacturing 1 per 2 employees 11
334 . 5 Salvage and scrap processing
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440 . 4 ( cont )
Nonresidential Activity Type Number of Required Spaces
335 : 0 ' Agricultural ' Activities :
336 . 0 Extractive Activities :
341 . 0 Secondary Residential 1 per 100 sq ft in addition 10
Activities : to spaces required for
Home Occupations ) residential facilities
342 . 0 Secondary Nonresidential 1 per 100 sq ft in addition 10
Activities : to spaces required for
primary activity
440 . 5 Supplemental parking regulations :
enters or shopping plazass
For shopping c PP 7
3 sq ft parking/1 sq ft of flsp
For public ' or private park or playground :
115 , 000 sq ft up to 10 spaces ; 1 / 10 , 000 sq ft 3
thereafter
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Section 444 Required Parking Facilities
«• 444 . 1 -Parking facilities are required according to the
- � following schedule :
` ( 1 ) 2 parking spaces per . dwelling unit , plus
( 2 ) 1 parking space per rooming unit , plus
( 3 ) 1 parking space for every 2 residents in
group quarters , plus
( 4 ) 1 parking space per employee , plus
( 5 ) 1 parking space per 40 centares or 400 square
feet of floorspace used for a Commercial Activity
( Section 311 . 3 and 312 ) .
44402 A parking space must be at least 2 . 5 meters by
6 meters or 8 feet by 20 feet •
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Section 445 Sims
445 . 1 Purpose
The intent and purpose of this section is to establish
specifications for the provision of signs in the Town
of Groton which will permit proper identification ,
preserve and enhance the visual character and quality
of the area , and prevent installations which are
particularly distracting and hazardous to vehicular
traffic .
445 . 2 Location
Unless otherwise specified in this section , signs
must be located on the premises they advertise . No
sign may be located closer than 10 feet/3 meters to
any road right - of - way line or overhang any road
right - of - way .
445 . 3 Illumination
No illuminated sign shall be permitted or installed or
allowed to continue which , by its design , would be
distracting or hazardous to vehicular traffic . Signs
illuminated by or incorporating flashing lights are
• not permitted .
445 . 4 Height " _
No sign may be higher than two times the overall
height of the facility to which it is an accessory , or
25 feet/7 . 5 meters from the ground , whichever is lower .
445 . 5 Maintenance
All signs must be properly repaired and painted as
necessary to maintain their appearance . If such repairs
or painting is not provided by the owner the Town Board
may order removal of the sign after the owner has
received written notice .
445 . 6 Area of Sign Face
The permitted total area of the face of signs , counting
doublefaced signs as one face , is the same for all
districts but different for different types of signs
and for different activity types .
On lots with more than one type of sign the size
restriction for the type of sign with the largest
permitted total area applies .
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445 . 6 ( cont )
If a sign is irregular in shap or consists of independent ,
detached letters or - 'symbols , the area of the sign face
is determined by measuring the area within a polygon
completely enclosing the sign or enclosing such `
. independent letters or symbols as they are intended
to be installed . In determining the permissable area
of any :: sign only one side of a two - sided sign need be
measured .
445 . 7 Maximum Area and Number of Sign Faces
The maximum number of signs is one per lot unless
indicated otherwise in the following schedule .
Tvpe of Sign Size Limit
Facility Type 325 )
325 . 1 Residential 9 sq ft/0 . 9 ca
325 . 2 Special 15 sq ft/1 . 5 ca
325 . 3 Development 32 sq ft/3 . 2 ca
325 . 4 Realty 15 sq ft/1 . 5 ca
• 325 . 5 Civic
50 sq ft/5 ca
325 . 6 Business Size limits and num -
ber vary by activity
type . See Sect , 445 . 8 .
325 . 7 Advertising 250 sq ft/ 25 ca
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445 . 8 Business Sign Size and Number Limits by Activity Type
The maximum_ number of signs is one per lot unless indicated
otherwise in the following schedule .
Activity Type ' Number and Size Limit
333 Commercial Activities :
333 . 00 Personal service 9 sq ft/0 . 9 ca
333 . 10 Retail sales 50 sq ft/5 ca
333 . 20 Repair and cleaning 50 sq ft/5 ca
service
333 . 30 Business service and 50 sq ft/ 5 ca
administration
333 . 40 Goods handling 50 sq ft/5 ca
333 . 50 Group service 2 signs , 90 sq ft/9 ca total
333 . 60 Vehicle sales or rental 2 signs , 90 sq ft/9 ca total
333 . 70 Vehicle service 2 signs , 32 sq ft/3 . 2 ca each ,
plus ' 2 signs , 6 sq ft/0 . 6 ca each
• . 80 Traveler ' s service 2 sin s 10 c
333 signs , 100 CDq ft/ a each
333 . 90 Iliiscellaneous :
333 . 91 Animal care 50 sq ft/5 ca
333 . 92 Building and yard 60 sq ft/6 ca
service
333 . 93 Construction sales 2 signs ', 90 sq ft/9 ca total
334 Industrial Activities : 120 sq ft/12 ca
335 Agricultural Activities :
336 Extractive Activities :
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341 Home Occupations : 9 sq ft/0 . 9 ca
342 Limited Impact Activities : r'� � !� 02- �
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445 . 9 Supplemental Sign Regulations
Development signs ( 325 . 3 ) must be removed after
construction is completed .
Business signs ( 325 . 6 ) for Home Occupations ( 341 ) shall
bear only the name of the person residing on the premises
and the profession or occupation being conducted on the
premises .
Business signs ( 325 . 6 ) for Commercial Activities
Serving Travelers .( 333 . 60ff ) shall not be closer than
15 feet/5 . meters from any road right - of - way .
Advertising signs ( 325 . 7 ) may not be located closer
than 50 feet/15 meters from any road right - of - way .
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