HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-01-16 Groton Town Planning Board Meeting
Held at
Groton Town Hall , Groton , N . W.
Wednesday , January 16 , 1974
8 P . M . - 9 : 10 P . M .
D . Payne - Chairman*
G . Totman - Vice - Chairman*
Z . Kane - Secretary*
Be Bucko - Town Attorney*
F . Scheffler*
R . Gleason*
J . Bell *
William Lockwood *
# - Denotes those present .
D . Payne : Has everyone read the minutes ?
G . Totman : I make a motion that the minutes be approved , as
written .
Z . Kane : I second the motion . ( Motion carried . )
D . Payne : The purpose of our meeting tonight is to discuss the
minor subdivision proposed by Mr . Lockwood . Mr .
Lockwood has had the land - - the total plat - - sur -
veyed of which we have five copies here .
( Mr . Payne passed the copies out to the Planning
Board members and Mr . Bucko to look at . )
I5r . Lockwood : I gave him a little more on this one lot so the line
would be straight . I wasn ' t thinking when I did it .
D . Payne : It cuts it off from you , right ?
Z . Kane : It shouldn ' t bother anything , should it ?
Be Bucko : Not as far as a minor subdivision is concerned .
D . Payne : The Tompkins County Board of Health forwarded a letter
to me stating that they can no longer issue permits on
sand filters without State approval . They did say they
have given preliminary approval on this particular land
now in the process of being sold : The one for Lee and
Charlotte Kelley . And they don ' t expect any problems
from the State Health Department for final approval .
Mr . Lockwood has filled out his application - -
Be Bucko : Has he paid the fee ?
D . Payne : No , he hasn ' t yet .
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Z . Kane : He came here with the understanding that he had that
approval .
Some discussion was held on this by B . BUbko , D . Payne ,
Z . Kane , W . Lockwood and others .
D . Payne : Now , let ' s set something else here straight , too . Mr .
Lockwood mentioned before if he wanted to go and sell
10 acres of land and you said he couldn ' t do it , - - but
once this is approved he can sell two more lots , - - am I
correct ?
Be Bucko : No . When he files this he is saying these are lots to
be in the subdivision . If he wanted to sell this whole
piece right here he wouldn ' t have to come in for an
amendment but if he sold this lot over here he would
have to come in for an amendment because that would then ,
or could , create a land lot situation or road .
Some discussion was held on this by Z . Kane , Be
Bucko , W . Lockwood and others .
G . Totman : Let ' s set the public hearing date .
D . Payne : 0 . K .
Be Bucko : When do they want to get in , - - the Kelleys ?
W . Lockwood : In the spring .
Be Bucko : What I ' m trying to say is today ' s the 16th , if they
publish the notice for the hearing , - - say they publish
it on the 30th and have the hearing on the 6th of
February .
W . Lockwood ,* It will take two or three weeks to get that .
Be Bucko : We can get the notice drawn upm ready to submit the
28th - 12 days from now - - to be published on the
30th with the hearing on the 6th and 45 days from that
takes you until around the 20th March .
D . Payne : They told me they weren ' t interested in building for
a few years .
Be Bucko : They told Hicks Dow around New Year ' s they didn ' t know
when they were going to build .
W . Lockwood : They can put a trailer there though , can ' t they ?
Z . Kane : After this is approved - it can be anything .
W . Lockwood : Say I want to put a house on my own lot , - - do I just
need a building permit ?
Z . Kane : Yes , - - that ' s all .
Be Bucko : You would have to locate the house so the trailer will
have a lot by itself .
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D . Payne : What Ben means is make sure you locate the house so
each one has the required lot .
Some discussion was held on this by G . Totman ,
Z . Kane , W . Lockwood and others .
G . Totman : Then we are setting the date for the hearing on
February 6th at 8 P . M . here ?
D . Payne : Zana , - - you write the necessary letters but check with
me beforehand so I ' ll be sure we have the State approval .
Be Bucko : Who is going to draw the notice up ?
D . Payne : I will .
Z . Kane : You call me when you get the approval , Don and then
I ' ll get the lettdrs � off , - - right ?
Mr . Gleason suggested the notice be put in the
paper by January 25th in order to be sure it
was published in time .
D . Payne : Can we go ahead with the public hearing without the
State approval if we give conditional approving pending
acceptance by the State ?
Be Bucko : Let me put it this way , - - this subdivision can be
approved with the sand filters . The only problem that
would come up is whether or not 5 . 47 acres is big enough
for the State of New York ^ to accept for sand filters .
You can approve the subdivision with the requirement
that sand filters are in there but the Kelleys can ' t
construct until they get the approval .
Z . Kane : 0 . K . I can go ahead and write these people . When
would be a good time to write to these people ?
D . Payne : The last week in January because it won ' t be until
the 6th of February .
G . Totman : Don ' t you think in the meantime if you are going to
meet with Mr . Lockwood , Ben , and change this line right
here over to right here , that this should be done before
the public hearing so we can check the map and see it
is right before we hold the hearing ?
Be Bucko : Right , - -we can meet this week . I ' ll talk to the Woods ' s
and all they are concerned about is their trailer and
the stream and as long as they get their trailer here
and get their 400 ft . that is all they care about .
W . Lockwood : I ' m not that hard to get along with .
Be Bucko : And then we ' ll submit new maps before the hearing .
D . Payne : You ' ll take care of that ?
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Be Bucko : Right .
G . Totman : 0 . K . That ' s it then .
D . Payne : And you make sure Mr . Kelley drops off the check .
W . Lockwood : 0 . K . - - thanks - - good night .
D . Payne : As of this date� we haven ' t heard anything from Mr .
Holecek concerning his minor subdivision or -Z . Kane : You ' ll never hear from him .
D . Payne : Or from Mr . Barber concerning his proposed major
subdivision . Mr . Barber does have two trailers on
lots up where he wants his subdivision and there has
not been a permit issued for the second one .
G . Totman : The one issued for the first one - - the trailer is not
where the permit calls for it to be .
Some discussion was held on this by Be Bucko , G .
Totman , D . Payne and others .
D . Payne : Would someone make a motion that this meeting be
adjourned ?
Z . Kane : I make a motion that the meeting be adjourned .
F . Scheffler : I second the motion . ( Motion carried . )
Re pectfully submitted ,
Jos phine Bell it
January 17 , 1974 - - Don Payne telephoned me this date and said to
note at the bottom of these Minutes that he had
received the $ 20 . 00 fee from Mr . Lockwood at
his ( Don ' s ) home o this date .
Y
J ep ine Bell
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