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Home My WebLink About08-12-19 APPROVED PLANNING BOARD MINUTES APPROVED 1 Town of Lansing 2 PLANNING BOARD MEETING 3 Monday, August 12, 2019 6:30 PM 4 5 Present Absent 6 Sandra Dennis Conlon Jerry Caward, Chair 7 Al Fiorille, Vice-Chair Norman (Lin) Davidson 8 Larry Sharpsteen Deborah Trumbull 9 Dean Shea 10 Thomas Butler, Alternate 11 Dale Baker, Second Alternate 12 13 Other Staff 14 C.J. Randall, Planning Director Sue Munson, Code Office Doug Dake, Town Board 15 Liaison 16 Lynn Day, Code Enforcement Officer 17 18 Public Present (6) that signed in 19 Dan Veaner Barry Ford Carrie Ford Steve Ruoff Sue Ruoff 20 Jeannine Kirby 21 22 Vice Chair Al Fiorille opened the meeting at 6:34 p.m. 23 24 Motion to approve the Planning Board minutes for July 22,2019 meeting as amended 25 Motion by: Larry Sharpsteen Seconded by: Dale Baker (Motion Carried) 26 27 Director of Planning C.J. Randall would like to report that Village Solars is behind on their 28 Stormwater reporting. The Planning Department and Code Enforcement Officer will include 29 a written recommendation to the Town Board requesting that the Stormwater Reports be 30 kept up to date before granting the Planning Board's Recommendation for the Waiver. 31 32 Privilege of the Floor 33 No Comments 34 35 Town Board Liaison Report for July 17 Town Board Meeting 36 -Village Solars Presentation - Request for Planned Development Area Waiver 37 -Finger Lakes Land Trust Presentation-Proposed Cayuga Cliffs Land &Water Protection 38 Project-Max Heitner. Located just past Beckwith Lane/South of Ross Road 39 -Passed a Resolution to Endorse Finger Lakes Land Trust Grant Application to the New 40 York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Environmental Protection 41 Fund for Cayuga Cliffs Land and Water Protection Project at Tax Parcel #25.4-6 42 -Passed Resolution Approving Nexamp-Lansing Renewables Solar Decommissioning 43 Bond Page 1 of 6 APPROVED 44 -Draft 2018 Audit Presentation - Insero & Co. CPAs, LLP - Patrick Jordan saying the Town 45 is doing a good job 46 -During Privilege of the Floor -Joe Wetmore had a letter from a former board member Ruth 47 Hopkins endorsing Cayuga Cliffs 48 -Tompkins County Legislator — Mike Sigler is working on a way to have reliable electric 49 service in the Town &Village of Lansing 50 -Parks and Recreation Report — Patrick Tyrrell 51 -Agriculture Committee Report — Connie Wilcox - Tompkins County voted on the 52 Mattoon/Kingdom Farm adding more acres to the Ag District 53 -Passed Resolution Approving NYSEG Communications Tower Removal Bond 54 -Passed Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of a $298,081.23 Town of Lansing BARN #02- 55 19 56 -Passed Resolution Authorizing Grant Applications to Implement Myers Park Master Plan 57 -Passed Resolution Approving Application for Funding from the New York State Office 58 of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, for the Purpose of Funding the 59 Development of Myers Park Master Plan 60 -Passed Resolution Declaring Intent to Establish Lead Agency for Adoption of a Local Law 61 to Amend the Land Use Ordinance Relating to Solar and Wind Energy Systems 62 -Passed Resolution Accepting Tompkins County Municipal Housing Affordability 63 Grant Agreement to Implement Town Center Traffic Impact Study 64 -Passed Resolution Hiring Part Time Seasonal Employees for Parks & Recreation for the 65 Town of Lansing 66 -Passed Resolution Authorizing Pitney Bowes Postage Meter Lease 67 -Passed Resolution Declaring Consent and Approval of and to the Dedication and Laying- 68 Out of Louse Bement Lane, and the Opening of the First Roadway Segment of Said Louise 69 Bement Lane as a Dedicated Lansing Public Highway 70 -Approve Audit and Budget Modifications 71 -This summer we had to close the beach at Myers Park due to a harmful algae bloom the 72 second week in July and it was cleared to open a week later. 73 -Parks & Recreation will be adding a fence line along Woodsedge to keep people safe as the 74 road will be moved to align with Louise Bement Lane. 75 -A Donation was received for temporary baseball fencing 76 77 Project Title: Finger Lakes Marine Service, Inc. Modification of Site Plan approval 78 Applicant: Barry Ford, Owner Location: 44 Marina Road; Tax Parcel No. 33.-1-67 79 Anticipated Board action(s) this month: Determination of Modification of Site Plan 80 Project Description: The Applicant proposes modification of the project's previously- 81 approved Site Plan granted by Planning Board Resolution 19-01 on January 14, 2019 to allow 82 running water and composting toilets in each cabin to provide separate use from the 83 marina's customers for convenience of the temporary renters. Town of Lansing Land Use 84 Ordinance Section 701.7.7 requires Planning Board approval of amendments to the express 85 condition that no cabins shall have bathrooms or kitchens/food processing facilities, and 86 they shall at all times be U-classed buildings. The property is in the Lakeshore (L1) Zoning Page 2 of 6 APPROVED 87 District. This is a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act 6 NYCRR 88 617.5(c)(13). 89 90 Discussion with Barry Ford: 91 - Applicant would like to put holding tank toilets (compostable), small (RV size) sinks, 92 kitchenette with a 2 burner stove into the four cabins. Application only referenced two 93 cabins the number of cabins has been changed to four cabins, which is consistent with 94 the Site Plan approval. Two of the cabins have not been built yet 95 - Sinks are hooked to a holding tank that is approved by the Health Department 96 - All gray water in the Marina goes to the existing holding tanks, except for the 97 bathrooms in the office 98 - Water is tested once a month by the Health Department 99 - The cabins will be permanent/ seasonal use, they have egress, smoke detectors, not 100 heated but may have some insulation in them 101 - The classification needs to be changed from a "U" building to an"R1". The building 102 permits and COs for the cabins are labeled correctly with R1. 103 - The boating industry is changing from boating to a cottage industry, may boaters are 104 using their boats as a cottage and rarely take the boats out 105 - The choice to put in cabins was to avoid looking like a trailer park 106 - Cabin renters do not have to own a boat slip 107 - Correction on application page 1 Ownership intentions add "including #3 and #4 108 cabins 109 - Correction on the application page 2 Character of the surrounding lands should 110 include "Residential and Wetlands" 111 - In reference to traffic concerns; the Marina has reduced boat slips to balance out the 112 cabin rental traffic 113 - The Marina was built in the 1950's and designed with 50 boat slips. The boat sizes are 114 much larger today than they use to be. To accommodate the larger sizes we are 115 eliminating docks. Last year we removed 12 docks to fit the larger boats 116 Planning Board has decided that a Public Hearing in not necessary as the Finger Lakes 117 Marina request does not change the exterior site plan and it is not a substantial change and 118 may potentially mitigate noise issue of campers going to the public facilities. The two cabins 119 currently built are smaller than what was requested on the site plan. 120 121 A resolution will be created to amend the change to reflect the bathrooms and kitchenette to 122 be added to the four cabins by amending Resolution 19-01 condition 3 0) will end at the word 123 "annually", thus removing the sentence "No cabins shall have bathrooms..." The Amended 124 Resolution will be voted on at the next meeting on August 26. 125 126 Page 3 of 6 APPROVED 127 Project Title: Salt Point Farm Brewery and Tasting Room Applicant: Chris Hesse for Salt 128 Point Brewing Company, LLC Location: Auburn Road at Town Center Lands (across from 129 ballfields, adjacent to Milton Meadows); Tax Parcel No. 31.-1-16.6 Anticipated Board 130 action(s) this month: SEQRA Declaration of Lead Agency Project Description: The 131 Applicant proposes construction of a new 4,250 + square foot wholesale production facility 132 for Salt Point Brewery, including on-site retail sales / taproom and outside seating, on the 133 5.479-acre parcel connected to the Town Center Trail. The property is in the Commercial, 134 Mixed-Use (B-1) Zoning District. This is an Unlisted Action under the State Environmental 135 Quality Review Act and is subject to environmental review. 136 137 Review of Resolution 19-28 Declaration of Lead Agency 138 Revise first paragraph"4,250" square foot to "4,250 +" square foot and remove "80 parking 139 spaces" to "parking spaces" 140 141 RESOLUTION PB 19-28 142 143 STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW RESOLUTION - 144 DECLARATION OF LEAD AGENCY, SITE PLAN REVIEW, 145 SALT POINT FARM BREWERY AND TASTING ROOM AT LANSING TOWN CENTER 146 147 WHEREAS, an Application was submitted for Site Plan approval on behalf of Salt Point 148 Brewing Company, LLC, by Chris Hesse, Applicant, for the proposed new 4,000 + square 149 foot wholesale production facility for Salt Point Brewery, including on-site retail sales / 150 taproom and outside seating, (including restaurant) and other site improvements including 151 parking spaces on 5.479 acres at Auburn Road at Town Center Lands connected to the Town 152 Center Trail (across from ballfields, adjacent to Milton Meadows), Lansing, New York, also 153 known as Tax Parcel No. 31.4-16.6, located in the Commercial, Mixed-Use (B-1) Zoning 154 District; and 155 156 WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") 157 requires that a Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of projects in 158 accordance with local and state environmental law and the Lead Agency shall be that local 159 agency which has primary responsibility for approving and funding or carrying out the action; 160 and 161 162 WHEREAS, this proposed action is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Lansing 163 Planning Board is the sole involved agency for the purposes of a State Environmental Quality 164 Review Act ("SEQRA") review; 165 166 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 167 168 That the Town of Lansing Planning Board does hereby declare itself Lead Agency for the 169 environmental review for the action of Site Plan Review approval for Town of Lansing Tax 170 Parcel Number 31.4-16.6 for Salt Point Brewing Company, LLC,by Chris Hesse, Applicant. 171 172 Dated: August 12, 2019 173 Page 4 of 6 APPROVED 174 Motioned by: Sandy Dennis Conlon 175 Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen 176 177 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: Sandra Dennis Conlon - Aye 178 Larry Sharpsteen - Aye 179 Dean Shea - Aye 180 Thomas Butler, Alternate - Aye 181 Dale Baker, Second Alternate - Aye 182 Al Fiorille - Aye 183 184 185 Received and filed in the Lansing Town Clerk's Office 186 187 Planning Board final review of draft Solar &Wind Energy Local Law: 188 - Would like solar array tracking systems to be permitted 189 - Fencing shall be 8 feet high to be consistent with the tower requirements 190 - Would like to see fencing around perimeter of the project to be required 191 - Require locked gate entrance 192 - Shall require a Knox-Box for emergency access 193 - If Wind Energy is not viable in the Town of Lansing why is it "not allowed" on the 194 Land Use Ordinance. If it is deemed "not viable", a commercial system would not be 195 installing a wind farm. Should be allowed in the (RA) or (IR) area subject to site plan 196 review. Currently Viable Wind Energy is more in Newfield, Enfield, Ulysses 197 - Page 13 802.18.11 (i) currently the "Ten or more contiguous acres of actively-farmed 198 prime agricultural soils" is what the County uses in their review of the 239. The Town 199 Board would need a super-majority to override the County recommendations when 200 adopting the Local Law. 201 o What would the Town Planning Board feel the number should be? 202 ■ 100 or more contiguous acres was an answer given 203 - The Planning Board would like to hear from the Ag Committee Members on the 204 acreage question 205 The above conditions will be added to the Draft Local Law to amend the Land Use 206 Ordinance relating to Solar and Wind Energy Systems proposed to be sited in the Town of 207 Lansing, NY 208 209 Director of Planning Update 210 - The Conservation Advisory Council is formed and has had one meeting 211 o They are working on maps and collecting spatial data 212 o The Planning Board would be interested in the CAC input when a Full 213 Environmental Assessment is required as long as the project process is not held 214 up for too long during the process Page 5 of 6 APPROVED 215 216 Planning Board Chair asked if there is anything else to be discussed. 217 218 Adjourned Meeting 219 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Planning Board Chair at 7:54 p.m. 220 221 Minutes taken and executed by Sue Munson. 223 Access to public documents are available online at: ?2?2� Planning Board Email tolcodes@lansingtown.com 2222� Town Website https://www.lansingtown.com 228 Planning Board agendas, minutes & submittals https://www.lansin2town.com/town-docs Page 6 of 6