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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-07 Britton Woods Major Subdivision - SEQRA NegDec 07172020 v1 CJRRESOLUTION PB 20-07 TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION OF STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW (SEQR) NEGATIVE DECLARATION BRITTON WOODS MAJOR SUBDIVISION PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL, TRIPHAMMER ROAD, TAX PARCEL NO.37.1-4-2.12 - LANSING, NEW YORK WHEREAS, an Application was submitted for Major Subdivision review by Timothy Buhl, P.E., Applicant, on behalf of Scotty & Wayne Britton, Owners, for the proposed subdivision for ten (10) residential building lots on 9.70 acres of land located on Triphammer Road, Lansing, New York, also known as Tax Parcel Number 37.1-4-2.12 in the Residential Low Density (R1) Zoning District; and WHEREAS, this is a proposed action reviewed under Section 7 of the Town of Lansing Subdivision Rules and Regulations, for which the completed application was received December 2, 2019; and 0"k M6, WHEREAS, this proposed action is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Lansing Planning Board passed Resolution 19-39 on December 16, 2019 making a Declaration of Lead Agency for the purposes of environmental review, and a Public Hearing was duly noticed and held upon July 27, 2020 to consider such Major Subdivision and the potential environmental impacts thereof, and the public was free to provide opinions and evidence in respect of such matters and such matters were duly considered; and WHEREAS, the Town of Lansing Planning Board, in performing its independent and uncoordinated environmental review in accordance with Article 8 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law - the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA"), (i) pursued its thorough review of the applicant's completed Short Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, dated July 15, 2020, and any and all other documents prepared and submitted with respect to this proposed action and its environmental review, and (ii) thoroughly analyzed the potential relevant areas of environmental concern of the project to determine if the proposed action may have a significant adverse impact on the environment, including the criteria identified in 6 NYCRR Section 617.7(c), and (iii) reviewed and completed the SEAF, Part II on the record; and WHEREAS, each of the identified impacts were analyzed and duly considered by the Planning Board, as Lead Agency, in relation to the question of whether such impacts were so probable of occurring or so significant as to require a positive declaration of environmental impacts, and after weighing the potential impacts arising from or in connection with this site plan approval, and after also considering: (i) the probability of each potential impact occurring, including weighing the highly speculative nature of some potential future contingencies and the potential non -highly speculative nature of others; (ii) the duration of each potential impact; (iii) the irreversibility of each potential impact, including a consideration of permanently lost resources of value; (iv) whether each potential impact can or will be controlled or mitigated by permitting, reviews, or other regulatory processes; (v) the regional consequence of the potential impacts; (vi) the potential for each impact to be or become inconsistent with the Towns Master Plan or Comprehensive Plan and local needs and goals; and (vii) whether any known objections to the Project relate to any of the identified potential impacts; the Planning Board found that these factors did not cause any Page 1 of 2 potential negative environmental or related social or resource impact to be or be likely to become a moderate or significant negative impact; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: RESOLVED, that the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing be and hereby is again declared as Lead Agency for an uncoordinated SEQRA review; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing Planning Board, based upon (i) its thorough review of the EAF, Part 1, a subdivision plat entitled and any and all other documents prepared and submitted with respect to this proposed action and its environmental review, (ii) its thorough review of the potential relevant areas of environmental concern of the proposed project to determine if the proposed action may have a significant adverse impact on the environment, including the criteria identified in 6 NYCRR Section 617.7(c), and (iii) its completion of the EAF, Part 2 and its determination at Part 3, including any findings noted therein (which findings are incorporated herein as if set forth at length), hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance ("NEGATIVE DECLARATION") in accordance with SEQRA for the above referenced proposed action, and determines that an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED that a responsible Officer of the Town of Lansing is hereby authorized and directed to complete and sign, as required, the determination of significance, confirming the foregoing Negative Declaration, which the fully completed and signed EAF and determination of significance shall be incorporated by reference in these resolutions. Dated: July 27, 2020 Motion by: Dean Shea Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen VOTE AS FOLLOWS: NS Sandy Dennis Conlon — Aye Lin Davidson — Aye Al Fiorille — Aye Larry Sharpsteen — Aye Dean Shea — Aye Dale Baker - Aye Jerry Caward, Chair — Aye Page 2 of 2