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TOWN OF GROTON
PLANKING BOARD
Tuesday , January 21 , 19 W ;
BOARD ( *Present )
*Seorge Totman , Chairman Gary Wood , Zoning Enforcement
Mike Post , Vice Chairman Officer
*Nancy Ostrander , Cor . Sec . Roger Gleason
*6ecil Twigg
Monica Carey
*Verl Rankin
George Totman opened the meeting at 815 p . m . Minutes of
the December , 1985? A,; meeting were approved as presented .
RO,a:ER GLEASON presented the Board with some questions
concerning . his property on Old , Stage Rd . ( running southwest
of Old Stage Rd . and west- of Clark St . Ext . )
GLEASON : I ' ve approached you about this property before . At
the time it was decided that because the farm was
intersected by roads , each section divided by a road
were separate . That each section can be considered
separately and not as a whole . Correct ?
TOTTr1AN : That is what we agreed on .
GLEASON : Lot on the corner was sold to Burdick with a sub -
division approval . The lot sold to Dunne was originally
my parents , sold originally in 1955 and sold to Dunne
around 1972 . The scond question is dealing with how
do we count this ? If we sold one , could we sell three
more ; if we sold two , could we sell two more ? If
I sell one lot more , Burdick being one , whatever I sell
is two , is . there one remaini-A
TOTTv1AN : If you sold one lot , it made two lots out of one .
The Ordinance was chaged to read ' 3 ' . If you sell
two , with one remaining , that makes three .
gLEASON : When does this become a major subdivision `: Can I sell
four with one left ' If I go with a major subdivision
is it possible to cut through the red tape of roads ,
sewers , etc . ? I could do this several ways . I could
apply for a Minor Subdivision or a Rural Subdivision ,
depending on the size of the lots . Since I had a Major
Subdivision before , for the Burdick Lot , do we start
from scratch now ? Can we make a subdivision out of
the rest of it ? I have two different maps here . One
showing a Minor Subdivision and one showing a Rural
Subdivision ,
TOTMAN : Which one are you going for ?
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GLEASON : I have a buyer for the lot west of Burdicke' s . He does
not really want five acres . The question is how to go
about dividing up the area .
TOTMAN : What you have to do now is make a formal proposal
and get it in ten days before the next meeting .
GLEASON # Can I sell One lot without subdividing and then come
back when I want to sell more ?
TOTMAN : The problem that is facing us now with the diagram
showing three large parcels , one parcel of five acres
with 400 frontage the other has 600 foot . You might
sell one five acre with this offer and then this summer
want to split the lots up next to it . Then it would be
a Major Subdivision . To protect yourself , you might
better ask for a Major subdivision .
GLEASON : That 600 foot westside , unless somebody wants to fill
it in , is not more than one lot .
WOOD : Are there any natural boundaries ?
GLEASON : There is a swamp in the southwest corner , an open
ditch . We tried to tile drain it 20 years ago . It
could not be done . The question , what about a Major
Subdivision , if I go with that can I waive the
requirements of roads , etc . ?
WOOD : I think you should get a tax map with a larger scale
to see what makes sense in the area for lots . Make
a set plan and come in once and for all .
TOTMAN : If proper paperwork received , we ' ll call a meeting .
After reviewing Burdick Subdivision and the Ordinance Roger
was told the Burdick and Dunne property are considered part of
the original parcel . He can ' t sell more than three more pieces
without going to a Major Subdivision ,
George Totman will appoint a committee to review the
Zoning Ordinance for inconsistencies and report back to the
Board at the March meeting . After review by the Planning
Board a proposal for changes to the Ordinance will be made
to the Town Board .
GARY WOOD brought up the question of Sherry W Brien .
The letter of May 24 , 1985 , approving O ' Brien ' s Special Permit ,
was reviewed . He is in violation of the stipulation to
maintain cars in an orderly fashion . Gary was instructed by
the Board to send rim a letter to that fact .
Meeting was adjourned . The next regular meeting of the
Planning Board will be March 18 1986 at 8 : 00 p . m .