HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-10-15 TOWN OF GROTON
PLANNING BOARD
Tuesday , October 155 1985
BOARD ( *present ). OTHERS PRESENT
*George Totman , Chairman Gary Wood , Zoning Enforcement
*Mike Post , Vice - Chairman Officer
*Nancy Ostrander , Core Secretary Louie Wolf
*Cecil Twigg Richard Tillotson
*Monica Carey Eleanor Kragor
*Verl ,. Rankin Harold Kragor
Jim McNeil Robert Knapp
George Totman , Chairman , opened the meeting at 8 : 00 p . m . Minutes of the
September 17 , 1985 meeting were read and approved .
SITE PLAN REVIEW : Application of Louie Wolf and Richard Tillotson for a
Gravel Mine on Chipmans Corners Rd . Town of Groton , Tax Map No . 16 - 1 - 9 . 3 .
Louie Wolf advised the Board as follows :
We have a Borrow Pit permit . We now need a Gravel Mine permit because
we planar on taking more than a thousand tons out * we have approval from the
DEC by word of phone . We put up a bond on Friday , October ll , _ 1985 to cover
restoration after the operation is over . The Towns of Summerhill and
Dryden want to use the gravel . Summerhill has already been using some .
They come south on Rt . 38 and then north on Chipmans Corners -Rd .
There is roughly 80 to 100 thousand ton there . the yearly output will
be approximately up to 7 , 000 ton . We have verbal approval for a five year
permit with DEC ; broken down to 3 years then if need extension they will
extend the permit for 2 more years . We,-. are ,_ looking for approval for
next spring and summer operations . Right now the Towns would , like to
remove winter sand and that would probably put us over the 15, 000 -ton
Borrow Permit limit .
Board discussion :
-Would require a PUblic Hearing
- The Town of Groton would be the Lead Agency
- The Lead Agency can put stipulations in the permit and ' the DEC would
add those stipulations to their permit : Hours of operation , travel
direction of traffic ; control of noise and dirt , etc .
- Before the Public Hearing should get input from Town Highway Superintendent
on conditon of roads and any possible damage to them .
- cross section of land showing contours be provided by public hearing date .
PUBLIC HEARING set for Tuesday , November 12 , 1985 at 8 : 00 p . m .
PLANNING BOARD MEETING - 2 - October 15 , 1985
SITE PLAN REVIEW : Application of Eleanor Kragor to3operate a Craft Shop at
90 Cemetery Lane , Hamlet of McLean , Town of Groton, Tax Map No . 39- 1 - 2 . 3 .
Eleanor and Harold Kragor related the following details to the Board :
Eleanor Kragor has run a craft shop from her home for the last ten years .
She now wishes to move it to a garage built 50 to 51 feet from their
residence . ( Eleonor Kragor gave the Board a sketch of the lay out of the
site ) . Workshop will be mainly heated by the kiln used in operation
of workshops . An electric wall heater will provide heat at other times .
The worshop area will comprise a 12 by 24 foot area in the garage .
The elevation of the land is 8 feet above the bottom of the creek bed .
The site is bordered on one side by the creek and on two sides by woods
with the road bordering the fourth side .
Board discussion :
located in a RA Zone
defined as light manufacturing
- be a part time operation
ample parking space
located in a State Flood Plain Zone : declare building in flood area
constitute a threat to health and safety of the public .
G . TOTMAN stated the worse flood in over 50 years was in 1981 . At
that time the bridge .in the Hamlet of McLean was taken out . This
particular area on Cemetary Lane was not affected by the flood .
The points on the map do� >not correspond with the actual flood hazard
area ,
determined not inRthe flood hazard area
NANCY OSTRANDER made the motion the Board follow the short Site Plan Review
procedure as: described by Section 440 . 13 of the Town of Groton Zoning
Ordinance and accept the application for a Craft Shop at 90 Cemetery Lane ,
Hamlet of McLean , Town of Groton submitted by ELEANOR KRAGOR ;
MIKE POST seconded the motion .
VOTE : all in favor
motion carried .
ROBERT KNAPP related his situation of operating a business on
in the Town of Groton :
I have been operating my business since May of 1985 - I install glass .
I repair broken glass , install windows , mirrors , plexiglass . I travel
to the sites to do the work ; i : e . schools , industry , construction of
residential . I have a shop in my -garage where I do repair work on glass .
People drop items off to be repaired . I do not run a retail business
I am mostly on the road . If people catch me home - I do work for them ,
otherwise cars are usually just stopping to drop things off and not
remaining any length of time .
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PLANNING BOARD MEETING - 3- October 15 , 1985
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Board discussion :
- majority of business done away from home
does do reapir work in garage
- not a retail business
located in low density area
classified Section 142 . 2 repair services
determined a Public Hearing necessary .
PUBLIC HEARING set for Tuesday , November 12 , 1985 at 7 : 30 p . m .
G . TOTMAN reminded the Board of the Association of Towns Conference in New
York City in February , 1986 , majority of Board felt they would be going ,
at this time .
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N . OSTRANDER made the motion the meeting be adjourned , V . RANKIN seconded
the motion . All in favor . Motion carried .
-Next regular meeting of the Planning Board will be Tuesday , November 19 , 1985
at 8 : 00 p . m .
Respectfully submitted .
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1Mrfga 'et A . Palmer
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