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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-02-25 • • - - PUBLIC HEARING ® Date February 25 , 1985 Time : 7 : 30 P . M . Present : Chairman L . Hirvonen , J . Kirby , J . Homa , Jr . , L . Sharpsteen Absent : V . Miller , C . Kammen , S . Rollins • • Guests : . R . Swearingen , S . Uhrovick , Calvin Volbrecht , G . Woods , • Claudia Montague , G . Clay • L . Hirvonen opened the Public Hearing for the proposed major sub - division of . Randy Swearingen to be located off Waterwagon Road and 34B in the Town of Lansing . She presented a letter received from the Tompkins County Health Department and R . Swearingengave the Board a letter from Calvin Volbrecht stating that he was the owner • • of the adjoining property in question . L . Hirvonen asked if there was anyone who would like to speak for or against the proposed subdivisionand no one did . A discussion followed including the fact that John Hicks had called saying he had no objections to the proposed subdivision but he wanted the people to know of the disadvantages of living near his dairy - farm . G . Woods suggested that R . Swearingen put a note to this effect on the drawing . L . rest that a buffer of trees would not diminish the oder. problem , he wanted this warning to be included in the sales agreement too . He was also concerned about the industrial owner. on the back of the lots . - . . • MOTION : L . Sharpsteen moved that the proposed major subdivision of Randy Swearingen to be located off Waterwagon Road and 34 -B:. in the Town of Lansing be approved subject to the wording of a warning of commercial , industrial and agricultural uses adjoining the said proposed major subdivision be in- cluded on the drawing and also that a letter stating the above be attached to it . J . Homa seconded the motion , carried unanimously . C . Montague will send a letter to R . Swearingen containing the above motion and that the Planning Board would like a drawing with the wording on it . • Public Hearing closed at 7 : 45 P . M . TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD • ® Date : . February 25 , 1985 . Time : 7 : 45 P . M . Present : Chairman L . Hirvonen , L . Sharpsteen , J . Kirby , J . Homa , Jr . Absent : V . Miller , C . Kamen , S . Rollins Guests : . G . Wood , G . Evans , A . Cima , Candy Bryant , George Clay , Claudia Montague L . The Horizons Subdivision - A . Cima A . Cima appeared before the Board requesting approval for his proposed forty- eight unit development to be located on eight lots . He presented sketches of the proposal for each member' to study . The units would be set up as duplexes appearing as individual homes , attached garages , off street parking set in. a circle with appropriate landscaping . They will be called " Villages " and possibly not more then two duplications if at all . Mr . Cima then introduced his public relations person , Candy . Bryant to the Board . She stressed the desire to maintain a ✓ esidential atmosphere for the area . A . Cima said the duplexes would be one and possibly two story , stick built or preconstructed shells . He will keep them as ✓ ental units with the possibility of being sold off individually at some later date . Provisions in construction will be made f or that possibility . L . Hirvonen informed him that the Board needed a planting de - . ® sign and advised C . Bryant to keep in touch as the plans progressed . J . Kirby asked about parking more than one car per unit and A . . Cima told her no cars would be allowed to park in the circle , there would be a shrubbed area for parking . He also said that possibly there would be provisions for storing recreational vehicles . L . Hirvonen asked if he was submitting this as a preliminary proposal , she asked about a written one citing that the PDA required it . A . Cima said he was submitting it as a preliminary at this time , not a written one . C . Bryant will send a written proposal . At this point A . Cima and C . Bryant left the meeting . L . Hirvonen would like to see the road going down to the eight . . lots more imaginatively drawn ,. She told the members ' that the Board had 45 days to act and then a statement of intent is due . She wanted to know if they felt a statement of proposed financ - ing was necessary . L . Sharpsteen felt that it was not their business to know . J . foma disagreed as he asked what would h appen if something was started and then died . L . Hirvonen said that Fiddlers Green was a good example of that . J . Kirby d idn ' t know what the Board could do if they knew Cima ' s finances and he still went broke . She said that farming was kading for bad times and that building usually followed . More discussion will follow at the next meeting . . ®II ... Gary Evans - Tompkins County Planning Department G . Evans gave a very informative talk about the population pro - jections for Tompkins County up to the year 2020 , using charts and tables to explain the procedures used to obtain the figures . He felt that ten years was tops in predicting population . He d isagreed with several of the charts passed out . er Gary Evans - continued . . . II I He said that the Master Plan for the Town of Lansing was a good document but that it should be updated constantly . • L . Hirvonen asked . where Lansing stood in . relation to other- towns in Tompkins County . G . . Evans said Lansing grew about the same as the other communities in the area . She wanted to know if there was more growth to the north and east then to the south and west of Ithaca . He said that Newfield was one of the tops . He felt that Route 1 3 was a big factor in changing the areas around it ., L . Sharpsteen asked if Route 13 was extended if it would relieve the pressure on Lansing and G . Evans thought possibly it might . L . Hirvonen wanted to know if Morse Borg Warner influenced Lansing development and he said no , places of employment do • not necessarily mean people will live near them . Sewer and water did have that affect . J . Kirby asked if high quality schools determined population changes and he said no , different people wanteddifferent things from their children ' s schools . , G . Evans reiterated that strong regulation controls helped to determine which direction a community went , towns have the . legal right to control subdivisions and an official map was very, important .. He said that his job consisted of helping municipalities set up controls , developing according to their needs . . G . Wood asked if views could be zoned and G . Evans said not to fl his knowledge , possibly a special view easement ordinance _ could be adopted . J . Homa wanted to know the status of the right - of -way for the Ithaca -Auburn shortline and J . Kirby replied that it went back to the farms not too long ago . G . Evans felt that timing was very important in planning especially when it came to subdividing land . Strip development he thought of as being the biggest buggaboo and it could only be prevented by tough regulations . Residential development he continued , should be encouraged on side roads , not on main ones . L . Sharpsteen said that a good planning development policy could be as effective as a zoning ordinance - and G . Evans agreed . it it would be enforced . . III . Other Business L . Hirvonen informed the members that another subdivider was coming in at the March 11th meeting . , , Meeting closed at 19 : 00 P . M . - Next Meeting : ' March 11 , 1985 - 7 : 30 P . M . • • cern • - 2 -