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Home My WebLink About09-23-19 APPROVED PLANNING BOARD MINUTES APPROVED 1 Town of Lansing 2 PLANNING BOARD MEETING 3 Monday, September 23, 2019 6:30 PM 4 5 Present Absent 6 Jerry Caward, Chair Al Fiorille, Vice-Chair 7 Sandra Dennis Conlon Dale Baker, Second Alternate 8 Norman (Lin) Davidson 9 Larry Sharpsteen 10 Dean Shea 11 Deborah Trumbull 12 Thomas Butler, Alternate 13 14 Other Staff 15 C.J. Randall, Planning Director Sue Munson, Code Office 16 Joseph Wetmore, Town Board Lynn Day, Code Enforcement Officer 17 18 Public Present (2) that signed in 19 Raymond Tuhro Agnese Moroni Suong Nguyen Chris Hesse Sarah Hesse 20 21 Chair Jerry Caward enacted Alternate Thomas Butler as a voting member, due to an 22 absent voting member. 23 24 Chair Jerry Caward opened the meeting at 6:31 pm. 25 26 Motion to approve the Planning Board minutes for September 9, 2019 meeting 27 Motion by: Dean Shea Seconded by: Sandy Dennis Conlon (Motion Carried) 28 29 Privilege of the Floor 30 No Public Comments 31 32 Ridge Road Imports Expansion- Sketch Plan Review: Applicant: Raymond Tuhro for 33 Ridge Road Imports, LLC. Location: 2025 East Shore Drive; Tax Parcel No. 37.1-2- 34 53.4 Project Description: The Applicant proposes construction of a 1,320 sq. ft. 35 single-story addition to the existing used car sales site (including garage service and 36 repair) to accommodate a new wheel alignment lift and cargo lift. The property is in 37 the Commercial, Mixed-Use (B-1) Zoning District. This is a Type II Action under the 38 State Environmental Quality Review Act 6 NYCRR 617.5(c)(9). 39 40 Ray Tuhro applicant for Ridge Road Imports approached the front table to discuss 41 project with the Planning Board. 42 43 Page 1 of 10 APPROVED 44 Summary of Discussion: 45 - 30' x 44' (1320 sq. ft.) Steel Building/Pole Barn Construction in back of the 46 existing building 47 - Building is needed for storage and needed equipment 48 - Addition will have three overhead doors, one regular lift and one drive on lift 49 - No Plumbing needed,just heat and electric 50 - Two LED wall packs spaced evenly between the three doors for lighting on the 51 south toward wooded area. Will be dark sky compliant with 3,000 Kelvin or less 52 about 12' off the ground 53 - The steel will match the rest of the building 54 - No changes in landscape, parking or security lighting 55 - The existing building will be its own buffer 56 - No changes in either road accesses 57 - No requirements to refer to the County or for an Environmental Review it is a 58 small project 59 60 Board considers this project an extension of an existing use and it is an allowed use 61 with no significant disturbance. 62 63 RESOLUTION PB 19-33 64 65 PRELIMINARY AND FINAL APPROVAL - SITE PLAN REVIEW 66 OF RIDGE ROAD IMPORTS GARAGE ADDITION, 2025 E. SHORE DRIVE, 67 TAX PARCEL NO. 37.1-2-53.4 68 69 WHEREAS, an Application was submitted for Site Plan approval by Raymond Tuhro, 70 Applicant,for Ridge Road Imports, LLC, to construct a 1320 sq.ft. single-story addition 71 to the existing used car sales (including garage service and repair) to accommodate a 72 new wheel alignment lift at 2025 E. Shore Drive, Lansing, New York, also known as Tax 73 Parcel Number 37.1-2-53.4, located in the Commercial Mixed Use Zoning District (B1); 74 and 75 76 WHEREAS, this action allowing the expansion to the existing building was determined 77 to be a Type II Action under 6 NYCRR § 615 (c)(12) of the State Environmental Quality 78 Review Act ("SEQRA"); and 79 80 WHEREAS, this is a proposed action reviewed under Section 701.0 Site Plan Review of 81 the Town of Lansing Land Use Ordinance, for which the completed application was 82 received September 11, 2019; and 83 84 WHEREAS, this Board did on September 23, 2019, review and accept as adequate: Plans 85 of Tax Parcel Number 37.1-2-53.4 dated September 11, 2019 prepared by McCormick 86 Engineering P.C.; and Page 2 of 10 APPROVED 87 WHEREAS, The Public Hearing and 600 feet parcel notices were waived by the 88 Planning Board on September 23, 2019; and 89 WHEREAS, this action is exempt from New York State General Municipal Law §239 -1, 90 -m, and-n referral requirements as there is no change in commercial use in the existing 91 building and the action does not change in vehicular access on a State or County 92 highway are excluded per an Inter-Governmental Agreement between the Tompkins 93 County Planning Department and the Town of Lansing dated December 17, 2003; and 94 95 WHEREAS, the Planning Board has again considered and carefully reviewed the 96 requirements of the LUO relative to site plan review, the unique needs of the Town due 97 to the topography, the soil types and distribution, and other natural and man-made 98 features upon and surrounding the area of the proposed site plan, and the Planning 99 Board has also considered the zoning in the area and the project in light of the Towri s 100 Comprehensive Plan and compliance therewith, and as the underlying use is a 101 permitted use in the zone in which located, now therefore be it 102 103 RESOLVED, that the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby grant 104 Preliminary and Final Site Plan approval for Town of Lansing Tax Parcel Number 37.1- 105 2-53.4 for Ridge Road Imports, Applicant, Raymond Tuhro, Owner, as submitted in the 106 Elevation Views (A-1.0) prepared by McCormick Engineering, P.C, dated 9/11/19 and 107 subject to the following specifications and conditions: 108 109 1. Lighting must be International Dark-Sky compliant and limited to a color 110 temperature of 3000K degrees or less. 111 2. In accordance with LUO § 701.10, this site plan approval is valid for only 36 112 months from the date hereof. 113 3. Building Permits will be required to construct the approved building and site 114 facilities and such plans must meet all code requirements, including the sealing 115 of plans by a licensed engineer or architect, and be constructed in compliance 116 with all state and local building code requirements. 117 118 Dated: September 23, 2019 119 120 Motioned by: Deborah Trumbull 121 Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen 122 123 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: Sandra Dennis Conlon - Aye 124 Lin Davidson-Aye 125 Larry Sharpsteen - Aye 126 Dean Shea-Aye 127 Deborah Trumbull - Aye 128 Thomas Butler,Alternate -Aye 129 Gerald Caward- Aye 130 131 Received and filed in the Lansing Town Clerk's Office Page 3 of 10 APPROVED 132 Salt Point Farm Brewery &Tasting Room-Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval 133 Applicant: Chris Hesse for Salt Point Brewing Company, LLC Location: Auburn 134 Road at Town Center Lands (across from ballfields, adjacent to Milton Meadows); 135 Tax Parcel No. 31.4-16.6 Project Description: The Applicant proposes construction 136 of a new 4,250 square foot wholesale production facility for Salt Point Brewery, 137 including on-site retail sales / taproom and outside seating, on the 5.479-acre parcel 138 connected to the Town Center Trail. The property is in the Commercial, Mixed-Use 139 (B-1) Zoning District. This is an Unlisted Action under the State Environmental 140 Quality Review Act and is subject to environmental review. 141 142 Chris &Sarah Hesse applicants for Salt Point Brewery &Tasting Room approached the 143 front table to discuss project with the Planning Board 144 145 Summary of Discussion of the Updates to the Site Plan: 146 - Adjusted the trail on the north side of the property to match the original trail 147 plan 148 - Labeled sidewalk across the southern edge of the property 149 - Signs were moved a little bit to account for the tree or shrub plantings 150 - Trees that were recommended for landscaping from a local nursery were a 151 variety of Red Maples, River Birch and Spruce Trees 152 - Added drains north of the driveway and another one further down to enhance 153 existing drainage on the property 154 - Added a transformer that NYSEG will be adding to the northeast corner of the 155 property 156 - Labeled trail easements 157 - Patio will not be over sand filter 158 - Patio will be crushed stone until they can afford to update 159 - Soil qualities are good for the leach field only in the front south east corner 160 - Handicap parking is located in the first four parking spots closest to the entry 161 door of the building 162 - Temporary lights will be used for the overflow parking until people are safely to 163 their cars. 164 - Amplified music will end at 11pm agreed to by the applicants 165 - Trash will be located to the right of the outside walk-in cooler 166 - Will use ground or air source heat pumps. At some point will add solar panels to 167 cover electricity 168 - Looking into a Pellet Steam Boiler option for the production portion of the 169 building. Produce heat from pellets coming from local mills 170 - Katrina Binkewicz will help with the landscaping. Should avoid using Norway & 171 Blue Spruce if possible Page 4of10 APPROVED 172 - SWPPP is completed just waiting on the Town Engineers Stormwater 173 Management Officer acceptance 174 - No sign on building if there are Two signs by the road. (Limit of two signs in the 175 Town of Lansing Sign Law) 176 - Outside features of building will be part wood and metal 177 - State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Permit not required due 178 to holding tanks 179 180 RESOLUTION PB 19-34 181 182 PRELIMINARY AND FINAL APPROVAL - SITE PLAN REVIEW, 183 SALT POINT FARM BREWERY AND TASTING ROOM AT LANSING TOWN 184 CENTER 185 186 WHEREAS, an Application was submitted for Site Plan approval on behalf of Salt Point 187 Brewing Company, LLC,by Chris Hesse, Applicant,for the proposed new 4,000 square 188 foot wholesale production facility for Salt Point Brewery, including on-site retail sales / 189 taproom and outside seating, (including restaurant) and other site improvements 190 including parking spaces on 5.479 acres at Auburn Road at Town Center Lands 191 connected to the Town Center Trail (across from ballfields, adjacent to Milton 192 Meadows), Lansing, New York, also known as Tax Parcel No. 31.-1-16.6 (Parcel D) 193 located in the Commercial, Mixed-Use (B-1) Zoning District; and 194 195 WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") 196 requires that a Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of 197 projects in accordance with local and state environmental law and the Lead Agency shall 198 be that local agency which has primary responsibility for approving and funding or 199 carrying out the action; and 200 201 WHEREAS, this proposed action is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Lansing 202 Planning Board is the sole involved agency for the purposes of a State Environmental 203 Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") review; and 204 205 WHEREAS,the Planning Board,being the local agency which has primary responsibility 206 for approving the action, did on August 12, 2019 declare itself the Lead Agency for the 207 environmental review; and 208 209 WHEREAS, this is a proposed action reviewed under Section 701.0 Site Plan Review of 210 the Town of Lansing Land Use Ordinance, for which the completed application was 211 received August 10, 2019; and 212 213 WHEREAS, the Planning Board, acting as Lead Agency in environmental review, did 214 on August 12, 2019 and August 26, 2019,review and accept as adequate: Site Plan (A1.0) 215 "Proposed Site Plan, Proposed Development of Lansing Meadows Parcel 'D," prepared 216 by Jonathan Wolfe Architecture; and a Short Environmental Assessment Form (SEAF), Page 5of10 APPROVED 217 Part 1, submitted by the Applicant, and Part 2, prepared by the Lead Agency; and other 218 application materials; and 219 220 WHEREAS, the Planning Board,having declared itself Lead Agency in this matter, on 221 August 26, 2019 determined the proposal will result in no significant impact on the 222 environment and that a Negative Declaration for Purposes of Article 8 of the 223 Environmental Conservation Law be filed in accordance with provisions of 6 NYCRR § 224 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA"); and 225 226 WHEREAS, this action was referred to Tompkins County Department of Planning and 227 Sustainability under the referral requirements of General Municipal Law ("GML") §§ 228 239-1, 239-m, and 239-n and a September, 11, 2019 letter from Commissioner of Planning 229 and Sustainability Katherine Borgella determined that the proposal has no negative 230 inter-community or county-wide impacts; and 231 232 WHEREAS, legal notice was published on August 17, 2019 and adjacent property 233 owners within 600 feet were notified by mail on August 16, 2019, and pursuant to 234 Section 701.6.2 of the Land Use Ordinance ("LUO") of the Town of Lansing, the 235 Planning Board held a Public Hearing on August 26, 2019, which was heard by the 236 Planning Board to assure full opportunity for citizen participation; and 237 238 WHEREAS, the Planning Board has duly considered the proposed Site Plan and 239 proposed Utility Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Town of Lansing Land 240 Use Ordinance Section 701.4 et seq., including consideration of site characteristics, site 241 lighting, nearby residences, landscaping, parking, and screening, and any potential on- 242 and off-site environmental impacts, and upon due consideration and deliberation by the 243 Town of Lansing Planning Board, 244 245 NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 246 247 Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval be and hereby is granted for the Salt Point Farm 248 Brewery and Tasting Room at Lansing Town Center with the landscaping and amenities 249 as submitted in the final Site Plan (A1.0) "Proposed Site Plan, Proposed Development of 250 Salt Point Brewing Parcel 'D,'" and Utility Plan (A2.0) "Proposed Utility Plan, Proposed 251 Development of Salt Point Brewing Parcel'D,' prepared by Jonathan Wolfe Architecture, 252 both dated 9/10/2019 and all subject to the following specifications and conditions: 253 254 1. In accordance with LUO § 701.10, this Site Plan approval is valid for only 36 255 months from the date hereof, and the applicant/owner is required to commence 256 and substantially complete the construction or other activities for which the site 257 plan is applicable within said 36 months or this approval shall, unless extended 258 upon application timely made, expire, lapse, and be of no further validity, force 259 or effect. 260 2. Building Permits will be required to construct the approved building and site 261 facilities and such plans must meet all code requirements, including the sealing Page 6of10 APPROVED 262 of plans by a licensed engineer or architect, and be constructed in compliance 263 with all state and local building code requirements. 264 3. Receiving approval from New York State Department of Environmental 265 Conservation ("DEC") and the State and Tompkins County Health Departments 266 (together, the "DOH") for the proposed sanitary sewer or septic treatment 267 system servicing the Salt Point Farm Brewery and Tasting Room. The patio/ 268 deck shall not be installed atop the sand filter associated with the On-Site Water 269 Treatment System. The obtaining of final approvals and permits for such sewer 270 or on-site wastewater treatment system(s) shall be a requirement of this Site Plan 271 approval,both as pre-conditions to obtaining a building permit and a Certificate 272 of Occupancy ("CO"). 273 4. Approval from the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission 274 ("Bolton Point") for the installation of one or more master water meters located at 275 points selected by Bolton Point substantially adjacent to the public highways upon 276 such Map. The Developer and owner will be responsible for the installation and 277 maintenance of the complete water system throughout the Project, including fire 278 hydrants, and the payment of all water bills. The obtaining of final approvals and 279 permits from Bolton Point and the final testing and approval of all water lines, 280 hydrants, and systems shall be a requirement of this Site Plan approval, and no 281 building permits and no certificates of compliance or occupancy shall be applied 282 for or delivered until such permits and approvals are duly obtained, and such 283 system is tested, up, running and operational. 284 5. Review and approval of the overall stormwater plans, retention basins, and 285 drainage systems as included within the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan 286 ("SWPPP") dated 9/18/2019, including specific approvals as follows: 287 a. All stormwater calculations and designs shall be approved by the Town 288 Engineer. 289 b. The final SWPPP shall be duly approved by the Town Engineer and the 290 Towri s SMO. 291 c. All permanent stormwater practices shall be subject to adequate easements 292 and a stormwater operation, management, and reporting agreement 293 ("SOMRA") to ensure the long term viability of stormwater practices and 294 improvements,as well as mandated reporting per EPA Phase II Stormwater 295 Rules and the requirements of DEC and the Towri s Stormwater Local Law, 296 with the form of such easements and SOMRA to be approved by the Town 297 Engineer and the Attorney for the Town. 298 d. The execution of such SOMRA and emplacement of such easements shall 299 be a requirement of this site plan approval,and no certificates of compliance 300 or occupancy shall be applied for or delivered until such SOMRA and any 301 such easements are duly executed, dedicated and accepted, and filed in the 302 Tompkins County Clerk's Office (at Developer's sole expense). 303 6. Applicant agrees with the following recitation and consents to the following 304 conditions and, in connection therewith The Towri s rights, as set forth in Page 7of10 APPROVED 305 Applicant's deed (Instrument # 2019-08380, filed in Tompkins County Clerk's 306 Office July 15, 2019), to keep, maintain, locate, and relocate the Town Center Trail 307 (the "Trail") and its rights-of-way as per the Lansing Town Center Trail Policy 308 (adopted by the Town Board September 5, 2018) in such manner as ensures the 309 continuity and existence of the Trail: 310 a. The Towns Trail rights-of-way, which shall be sited and located along the 311 southerly and westerly boundaries of applicant's parcel,being 20' in width, 312 as shown on the final Site Plan. 313 b. The Towns right to install within the southerly extent of such right-of-way, 314 and together with or adjacent to the Trail, a 5'-8' wide concrete (or other 315 hard-surfaced) sidewalk. 316 7. The applicant must be issued a Sign Permit in compliance with the Towns Sign 317 Local Law (#1 of 2014) in order to erect, install, build, place, emplace, site, or 318 substantially rebuild or repair any Sign. 319 8. Modification to landscaping, lighting, or signage as shown on the Site Plan must 320 be in accordance with LUO § 701.7.5; significant changes in aesthetic appearance 321 will be referred to the Planning Board at the discretion of the Code Enforcement 322 Officer. 323 9. Lighting must be International Dark-Sky compliant and limited to a color 324 temperature of 3000K degrees or less. 325 10. The Applicant agrees to end amplified music at 11 pm. 326 327 Dated: September 23, 2019 328 329 Motioned by: Dean Shea 330 Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen 331 332 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: Sandra Dennis Conlon-Aye 333 Lin Davidson - Aye 334 Dean Shea - Aye 335 Larry Sharpsteen-Aye 336 Deborah Trumbull - Aye 337 Thomas Butler, Alternate -Aye 338 Jerry Caward - Aye 339 340 Received and filed in the Lansing Town Clerk's Office on September 25 341 342 The Town is getting ready to have a Town Center Traffic Impact Study as the County 343 Municipal Affordable Housing Grant awarded funding. We would also like to have a 344 whole parcel Stormwater Review of the Town Center Property and with that; they can 345 do a Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for the entire Town Center Area, 346 which will allow zone design as part of the Site Plan Review. It would also give an idea 347 of what the area will look like. The Planning Board would like to have the Town Center 348 with similar architectural standards. 349 Page 8 of 10 APPROVED 350 Town Board Liaison Report for September 18, 2019 Town Board Meeting 351 - The Town Board has set up a meeting on Monday, September 30 at 4:00pm to 352 discuss the Budget. Look over the Budget as now is the time to get your feedback 353 and thoughts heard. 354 - Made a recommendation to the State for a speed limit on Conlon Road 355 - Authorized a new digital Town Board Sign that should be going up soon 356 - Passed an agreement with Tompkins County Soil &Water Conservation District 357 that they can take care of some of the Stormwater work as needed 358 - Upgrading all the Town Computers, as they will be out of date with Windows 7. 359 There will be no more security updates with that version 360 - Photo sessions will be coming up soon for the Board Members so we can get the 361 pictures on the website 362 - There is a real contention with the prime soils being used with Solar Farms. 363 - Investigating the Economic Impact of the Solar Farms 364 365 The Planning Board is ok with a larger Solar Farm as long as anything 25 acre and 366 above will not receive a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) or other subsidies if it contains 367 prime soils on the siting. 368 369 If an applicant wants to use prime farmland in excess of 25 acres then a request for a 370 PILOT or other subsidies should not be granted. The land and improvements should be 371 taxed at the full-assessed value. 372 373 There is an agricultural conversion penalty for changing land qualified to receive an 374 agricultural assessment into some other use even with grazing animals. It is a onetime 375 penalty of$600 per acre along with five times the taxes saved. 376 377 - Who gets the money? C. J. Randall will look into 378 379 Motion from the Planning Board recommending the Town Board not endorse 380 requests for PILOTs or other subsidies for Solar Energy Systems in excess of 25 acres 381 sited on any_prime farmland; The Planning Board recommends that Solar Energy 382 Systems larger than 25 acres sited on any prime farmland should be assessed at the 383 full market value (land and improvements). 384 385 Motioned by: Larry Sharpsteen 386 Seconded by: Sandra Dennis Conlon 387 388 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: Sandra Dennis Conlon - Aye 389 Lin Davidson - Aye 390 Dean Shea - Aye 391 Larry Sharpsteen- Aye 392 Deborah Trumbull - Aye 393 Thomas Butler, Alternate - Aye Page 9of10 APPROVED 394 Jerry Caward - Aye 395 396 The message is you can do what you want to with your property as long as it is 397 considered an allowed use, but we are not going to subsize it. 398 399 Planning Board Chair asked if there is anything else to be discussed. 400 401 Adjourned Meeting 402 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Planning Board Chair at 7:52 pm 404 Minutes taken and executed by Sue Munson. 405 Access to public documents are available online at: 8� Planning Board Email tolcodes@lansingtown.com 8� Town Website https://www.lansingtown.com 410 Planning Board agendas, minutes &submittals 411 https://www.lansing!own.com/town-docs Page 10 of 10