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TOWN OF GROTON
PLANNING BOARD
Thursday August 16q :lggon. ea. ctc_t P . M .
BOARD PUBLIC PRESENT
*George Totman , Chairman Merle I=' loss , Old Peruvi l 1 e Rd .
* Cecil Twi gg Mr . and Mrs . William Ripley
Verl Rar: k: in 40 Smith Rdo
ow-Mon i c a Carey
* David Chatt. ertor,
George VanSl. yl :: e
t *present )
George Totman , Chairman , opened the Planning Board meeting
at O „ c_ 0 p . m . David Chatterton made the motion the minutes of the Jt..cl y
1990 Planning Board meeting he approved as presented and Cecil Twigg second
the motion .
SUBDIVISION_REVIEW Merle_W. _ and _ Lois_ M. _Flosss _ 12 _ Peruv_ ille_Rd . ,L, _ Town _ of _
Gr oton ._Ta>:. _Mao __No . _ 3b_ 1 -67 .2
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G . TOTMAN : Mr . Pl o <r> s , as I understand not 1•-%- nowi ngl y q sold a lot to his
daughter and then sold another to someone named Mitchell and when the
=.sec .. ond person applied for a building permit he found out that by selling
the third lot off a parcel of land i. t becomes a subdi vi cz i ern . Apparently
Mr . Pl. o =..s didn 't lnow -that .
M . PLOSS : 11i tc: hel 1 ' s lot was the second one .
G . TOTMAN : It sraloes three parcels . The original is one parcel , you sell
(::) ne you have two parcels , you sell a second lot you have three parcels ,
that is wham_ triggers the subdivision . When you get all done with this
there will be three parcels of land where there was only one before ,
correct ?
M . PLOSS : Well , yea, the f4arm , yea .
G . TOTMANO. So Mr . Mitchell had t_t problem getting a building permit . it
is almost identical to -the situation you ran into last -tame on La -f ayette
1=; d . where Mr . Si. ckel s sold some land and when the buyer applied for a
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building permit it ' fell :Into this same category . You got with your
ma. nutes a copy of the tax map and where the two lots are . His daughter i. e.
-the Newton lot and Mi. tchel l ' s lot :is east of her 1 ot. .
D . CHATTERTON : Is this Rte 38 here
G . TOTMAN : Yes . '
D . CHATTERTON : Where is -this l oc <_tted ?
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TOW !`••4 OF GRO 'TON PLANNING BOARD August 16 V 1990
G . TOTMAN : When YOU go South on Rte 8 the County Highway Department is
right here ( to the east ) .
D . CHATTERTON : 01:: ay .
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G . TOTMAN : 'This i s 1 occnted on what i s cal. 1 ed the Old 1=' eru ✓ :i 1 1 e Rd . #=, o
!-.te is asking for a Minor Subdivision and is here to answer any questions .
The Board is to see whether they want to approve it , talk about it , do an
environmental review on it .
C . TWIGG : The lot is big enough „ right "?
D . CHATTERTON : It ' s 220 feet , this Mitchell lot '?
M . PLOSS : Mitchell ' s is just an acre You have the survey can :i t .
Co TWIGG : It ° needs to be an acre , right , George ':'
Be TOTMAN : Yes .
Co TWIGG : They road frontage he has too .
D . CHATTERTON : Looking at the map it looks l i E:: e ? 210 feet by , it ' s hard to
reac:i .
G . TOTMAN : I don ' t see the survey here . Do they have the Health
Department ' s: approval for a septic ?
M . PLOSS : Ili t c h e I I s '? I don ' t know , there are a Couple of buc !•: etS
setting out there next to a couple of holes . They have a driveway .
D . CHATTERTON : We can always approve it with the provision that he has the
foot minimum ,
G . TOTMAN : The + r clad frontage on -the map shows '�' :=� � } feet .
M . PLOSS : Mitchell must have brought her Survey in .
G . TOTMAN : It is 200 foot of road frontage and 217 feet depth and
Milton Greene the surveyor ways} it is one ;=icre . The parcels set out of
this parcel were sold years gone by and are not considered in this . The
one on the corner its the old school house . When Mr . Ploss bought the land
the parcels along Rtc:. '.�, S were already mapped off , aS I understand it .
Cecil. Taiigg made the MOTION the Planning board determine -the
subdivision application of MERLE W . & LOIS M . PLOSS on Old Peruville Rd .
Town of Groton Tay. Map No . 36 --- 1 -- 67 . y' i. s a MINOR SUBDIVISION , David
Chatterton second the motion
VOTE : ALL IN FAVOR
MOTION CARRIED
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TOWN OF GROTON Pl._. ANN I NG BOARD August t 6 5 1990
SHORT ENVIRONMENTAL_ ASSESSMENT FORM
- � _ - uPar.t _ 1: _was �f :i l l ed �out �by owner
Part_ _ III I reviewed by the Board
_ ._ ._ An Action E :cceed any 'Type 1 threshold NO
l-+ „ Will Action Receive Coordinated
Rev ew NO
C „ Could action result: in ANY adverse
Effects C1. to C7 NO
C1 negative effects „ for residential
purpose surrounded by open fields
C ^ -- it: does not appear to
C - they/ will remain open except for
residential activity
C4 - it follows the adopted ordinance
in conjunction with the general
plan of -thee 'Town
C5 the C. is riot going to change the general.
character of the neighborhood
D „ Is ^ there any controversy related to
po -tential ;adverse environmental impacts NO
Part _ III _ Dete`rmi. nat i on - a •f _ Si grii •f i canoe
The Board determined based on the information and analysis of
Part•. I and Part II arid any supporting documenti� tion , that the proposed
action WILL NOT result in any significant adverse environmental impacts „
G . TOTMANa Mr . Floss ., or somebody , Dias supplied all -the names and
addresses of all the adjoining property owners which would be a =tied if we
decide we need a public: hearing on this . What is the Board ' s feelings .
Cecil Twi gg made the MOTION the Planning Board proceed with
the short form miner subdivision and as no controversy can be foreseen
Proceed without a public hearing and approve the MINOR SUBDIVISION of MERLE
W . ?: LOIS M . PL OSS for- Tax Map No . 36 - 1 - 67 . 2.1 David Chatterton second the
mot: i on q
VOTE : ALL IN FAVOR
MOTION CARRIED
SITE_ PLAN_ REVIEW_ for _ a _ Retail _ Meat _ Sales_ by_ WILLIAM_ W . RIPLEY _ located _ at _
617 _Per �� _Rd . � _Town _of _ Groton .
G . TOTMANa Mr . Ripley , do you understand why you had to come in ?
W . RIPLEYa Not exactly , I don ' t V:: now wheat. this Site Plan Review is .
G . TOTMANa Did everyone get in the mail the letter by Mr . Ripley
describing what i <.� ,ti appeni ng at the old Pnrtz 1 i ne Dairy b u i I di ng '-`
Normally , i. n towns with ordinances ices a person would come to the board anti cask
permi ssi on to start , something instead of starting and then come -to the
board and slay this i, s what we are doing „
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MRS . RIPLEY : We went: to Ithaca and filled out the form for d / b / a and we
a !-eked what. else wr--_ had to do and she said ' not a thing , this s ice all you
have to do ' .
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TOWN OF GROTON F' LANlq I NG BOARD August 9. b 4 1990
G . TOTMAN : As f ar as they were concerned . Every tows� and village has
different rules and regulations . In the Town of Lansing right now there is
no regulations. on' this but i. n the Town of Groton there is . A Site Plan
Review ew i -to inform everybody what is going on in their neighborhood and so
the town has some control. over what happens in -the town .
What I ' d like to have you do is explain to the Board what
you are doing .
W . RIPLEY : I rented the empty building there and put a little retail
meat shop in there . There was a cooler in there already running .
MRS . RIPLEY : All:' we had to do was paint and clean . It was something that
was needed . Everybody had talked about i. t .
D . CHATTERTON : So ` you bring in the whole carcass and then cut it up ?
W . RIPLEY : yes in
MRS . RIPLEY : No .
W . RIPLEY : I can either bring in sides or- quarters of already
slaughtered animals or bo ced beef like Paul ' s does and work:: it up from
there .
MRS . RIPLEY : Right now we are just bringing in -the boned beef . We aren ' t
doing any swinging meat or anything like that at this time .
D . CHATTERTON : Is there a possibility that you may start doing that '?
W . RIPLEY : Swinging beef ?
D . CHATTERTON : Yes . ''
W . RIPLEY : I would bring it in already slaughtered , I wouldn ' t do no
slaughtering there , ' raio . That would tak:: e too muc i of an investment .
G . TOTMAN : Basically , what you are talking about is just a retail.
mark:: et .
W . RIPLEY : Yes , ",a retail meat market .
G . TOTMAN : Not whoI esaI e , j c_+ st retai 1 .
W . RIPLEY : yes .
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G . TOTMAN : And you have the Health Department ' s approval .
W . RIPLEY : New York: State , yes .
G . TOTMAN : Tompkins County Health Depz, rtment has been :in and chec: l:: ed :it
all out and approved , it ?
W . RIPLEY : As far , as I know they don ' t have any regulations on i t .
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G . TOTMAN : It. is all pack- aged then ?
W . RIPLEY : Ye's .
G . TOTMAN : You dais " t unpackage anything . There is no edible -food
touched by human hands , then ?
W . RIPLEY : Certainly , yes .
Be TOTMAN : Their• e i s . The County Health Department doesn ' t i-iave
anything to do with it ?
M . CAREY : They would be under New York: State Ag and MarketWe
G . TOTMAN : I just wanted to make sure .
MRS . RIPLEY : We had a slaughter house in Locke -that are worked at and the
rules -there are a lot different than the rules Here . We are getting more
involved .
G . TOTMAN : What ; are the difference in the rules there and here ?
MRS . RIPLEY : It CLAStom there ., we didn ' t have any rules . F" ar• merw: would
bring their meet in and have it clone . Now this is all Has to be inspected
and such . It ' s all ', different now .
D . CHATTERTON : Is there the possibility you could expand into a deli idea
with salads and -things l i l:: e that ?
W . RIPLEY : Possibly sell a . . . . salad or something like -that . We have
Cold Cuts and cheesed As far- as sandwiches and SUCh l i k: e -that no .
MRS . RIPLEY : Right . now we have all. vie Can handle doing just because it
:is just him and I thdree now . gettingJust : into a lot of expense and a lot
of time we are getting t-tsed to what vie are now .,
D . CHATTERTONQ You need to ach./ er•• ti se .
MRS . RIPLEY : We have put- acts in the Shopper and people come in and. say
they didn ' t see -them . They saw -the sign out in front „
G . TOTMAN : We give -the site plan approval here but when you want to put
zt sign up you have to get a sign permit .
MRS . P. IPLEYa That is' why we have a free standing sign now .
W . RIPLEY : Do you have a pamphlet on that or something that has all
this information- .
G . TOTMAN : That yot.i would get from the Zoning Enforcement Officer- q Gar `{
Wood and because :it is a place of busi nesS under the New York State
Building Codes the Zoning Officer hac=_• -to inspect it once a year- . Thaat has
nothing -to do with this tonight but I think: you should know that . On a
CocrMer- cial. building a -fire safety inspection has to be done once a year .
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TOWN OF GROTON PL. AN14lING BOARD August 1. 6 .1 1. 990
Does anybody{ have any questions about this ?
C . TWIGG : There seems to be adequate parE ing .
D . CHATTERTON : What about garbage , refuge ?
W . RIPLEY : The bones and such are picked up by a rendering company and
they dispose of them .
G . TOTMAN : I would suggest tonight we send the application to the
County along with Our comments . As I understand it if the County does riot
agree with us and according to Sec - ion to 239 of ' he Municipal Law vie have
to pass it with a ;+ 1. instead of a ma j or i ty . According to that law anything
within 500 feet of a County or State highway or County or State building or
park: the local municipality are suppose to send notification to the
respective boards wi t. 1, their comments before they act on them . With that
part: i. cul ar part. of the law if the other agency acts negative we can G.st i 1 1
pass it but we have to pass it with + 1 instead of a simple majority .
If - here are no ft..trt. hEr comfy-tents I will entertain a motion .
David Chatterton made the MOTI01'd the Planning Board approve
the Site Plan Review application of WILL_ IAM RIPLEY for a Retail (neat Market
located at: fat .` Peru Rd in the Town of Gr- o •t_ ony Monica Carey second the
motion
VOTED ALL IN FAVOR
MOTION CARRIED
SHORT _.ENVIRONMENTAL _ASSESSMENT .-FORM
Par-t _ i was filled out by owner•
Fart _ I T I r• evi ewed by the Board
AU Action `. E :; ceed any 'Type 1 threshold NO
BU Will Action Receive Coordinated
Review NO
co CCoul. d action result in ANY adverse
Effects Cl -to Ce NO
C1. - negative effects
it does not appear to
C3 -- negative effects
C4 - it follows -the adopted or• dinanc-. e
in conjunction with the general
plan of -the 'T' own
C a - thi re. i s not going to change the general.
character of the neighborhood
D . Is there ' any controversy related to
potential adverse environmental. impacts NO
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Part _ III _ Determination _ of Si 9ni f i. rrinc e
The Board determined based on the information and analysis of
1 f= a is- t I and !Fart II and any supporting documentation , that the proposed
action WILL NOT reet..+ l •t in any significant adverse environmental impacts .
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TOWN OF GROTC, N PLANNING E40ARD August 16 , 1990
SUBDIVISION_ PRELIMINARY_ REVIEW_ of _.. nrop. erty _owned __ by __ HELEN _ LANE_ located _ on _
Bird ._.Cemeter.Y_ .....Rd . and __ W . __Grot.on __ Rd . _Tax
__Mae _.No. _ 14 _._ 1 - 17
G . TOTMAN : I assumed someone was going to ' be here tonight . I assume if
You reac_1 this you can i rt. er• pret it as saying this is being auctioned off if
they buy it in =small enough lots they will be told before the bidding
starts , if it falls within the jurisdiction of the Town: subdivision
r- egul. at i. ons -they are buying it with advanced pretense that they have to get
it subdivided . They are telling them up front that -they have to do t h i s .
But i f they bUV it in big enough lot =, then i. t won ' t come to this Board "
C . TWIGG : We got this prel i mi nc-Ary map last month at our meeting and
didn ' t understand what. -they were doing with i t . It wasn ' t that clear" .
D . CHATTERTON : They sell them in parcels or in their entirety . When they
sell -them in parcels then that: is a major subdivision because there are
seven parcels .
G . TOTMAN : The people that buy them are told up front that they are
s: ub j ect. to Planning . Board approval .
D . CHATTERTON : Thera is nothing for us to do with it: then except -to be
informed about it then ?
G . TOTMAN : If someone should ask: you about what is happening ng up there
you are aware what is happening .
D . CHATTERTON : It do sn ' t look 1 :ilee there would be any problem . They all
have adequate road fr- ontage .
G . TOTMAN : They are all s acre lots on Bird Cemetery Rd .
David Chatterton made the motion the meeting be adjourned
George VanSlyke second the motion . Meeting 4Ja5 adjourned at 9 : 15 p . m .
The next regUl ar meeting of the Planning Board will be held
Thursday , September :? r) , 199C at 8 : 0C. p . m .
Typed from a gape recording
Respectfully ,
4Margar t A . Pal mer
Stenogr- apher..
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