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Home My WebLink About1995-09-11 To Seneca Falls To Auburn Yi „ �s , < w t ,tr. V ,, .. m TOWN of LANSING 1 r, x t'$7° fit. { .Jr. ,�" : V r� t-r id a $y -.r #. rpT as `�f`y�� P, � „ , J- " Nome of Industry, Agriculture and Scenic Beauty " u \ c. x -3:: tit < �YS f, t4:46,11A •nu :., `' .. r d4`3 is { a; V " p � +§' +' „�t. itic .�/j�. , w r af If *' ` Town of Lansing t, zw°� a ' 1 ORDINANCE DEPT. 1 "y� <� Box 186 liti Wei Lansing, New York 14882 't t ' ° a " To Ithaca TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD DATE : 09 / 11 / 9f5� rn TIME ® PLACE : LansingTown Hall - Board Room AGENDA 7 : 30pm - General Business - Approve August Minutes Submit member ' s name to Town Board to serve on Tompkins County Planning Federation . 8 : 00pm - Public Hearing - Flag Lot - Subdivision Tom Ellis Tax Parcel ( 32 . - 1 - 1 . 2 ) 8 : 15pm - Assume working with schedule I of Land Uses & Activities in the Town . TOWN OF LANSING Planning Board Monday, September 11 , 1995; 7: 30 p .m. PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS (* Denotes present) * Jackie Baker * Cheryl Nickel * Lin Davidson * Larry Sharpsteen, Chair Brad Griffin Robert Todd * Viola Miller * Al White Larry Tvaroha, Town Councilman * George Totman, Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer PUBLIC PRESENT Tom Ellis 249 Drake Road, Lansing, NY Ray Tiricho 978 Ridge Road, Lansing, NY Comprehensive Plan Larry Sharpsteen asked George Totman whether or not the Town Board has adopted the Comprehensive Plan previously submitted by the Planning Board. George stated that the Town Board has adopted the Plan. Larry mentioned that he had received a copy of a letter written by Jim Hanson addressed to Jeannine Kirby condemning the town for not working ® under a Comprehensive Plan. Larry stated that he will be responding in writing to Mr. Hanson's comments and attaching a copy of the Comprehensive Plan recently approved and adopted by the Town Board. The board members agreed to this response. Review of Minutes from August 28, 1995 Al White made a motion to accept the minutes as presented; Cheryl Nickel seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Nomination to Tompkins County Planning Federation The Town Board had asked through George for the Planning Board to nominate a member of the Planning Board to be a representative member of the Tompkins County Planning Federation. Larry stated that he had spoken previously with Viola Miller, who agreed reluctantly to continue serving for the near term but only if an alternate would also be appointed that would transition to being the member within one year. Larry asked for any volunteers; Lin indicated that he would be willing to be the alternate. George indicated that he would submit Viola's and Lin's names to the Town Board. Town Center Project Cheryl Nickel asked for the opinion of the Planning Board as to proceeding with the Town Center project, under the auspices of the grant, separate from all the other construction planning in relation to the new town hall building. She would like this project to be • something that the community could continue to work on in a positive way. She would like to plan on getting something on the ground in the spring, for example, a tree planting day. The board members felt it was a good idea to continue working on this project, but suggested checking with the Town Board for their approval as well. Larry suggested that the Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 2 Monday, September 11 , 1995 original plans for the town center were very good and had a great deal of time spent on 11) them; instead of starting over, the project should move forward with one of these plans. Cheryl began discussing how to get people in the community to help work on this project. She would like to get some type of commitment from the Town Board before she continues to work on this project. Before she can begin to try to convince people to work on the project, she wants to make sure that she should be moving ahead. The board members suggested several groups for Cheryl to contact to both inform them of the project and to try to recruit volunteers: Lions' Club, Lansing Rod and Gun Club, the Fire Department, Tompkins County Sportsman Club, North Lansing Auxiliary, and the Historical Association. PUBLIC HEARING, Tom Ellis, Ridge Road, Tax Map #32.4-1.2 Larry Sharpsteen read the public notice, opened the public hearing at 8:05 p .m., and invited any questions from the public present. As there were no members of the public present with ° questions relating to this subdivision, Al White made a motion to close the public hearing with the option to reopen if anyone does arrive with questions; Lin Davidson seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY As no one appeared with questions, Larry Sharpsteen closed the public hearing at 8: 15 p .m. Al White made a motion to approve the subdivision as presented, noting that the Planning Board was dissatisfied with the citing of the driveway but accepted the developers definition that the alternate site that was evident to the Planning Board was not possible. Lin Davidson seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Paper Roads Viola suggested closing Triphammer Terrace to Triphammer Road, and to move the entrance of Waterwagon Road onto Triphammer Road farther north. Larry agreed, and also suggested shifting Hillcrest Road to a 90 degree intersection onto Triphammer Road and bringing the entrance from Waterwagon Road out directly across from it. Larry encouraged the board members to pencil-in their suggestions for paper roads in the future and bring them to the next board meeting where they will be discussed in further detail. Schedule I - Schedule of Land Uses The Planning Board began their review of the Town Center District (TC) . Business Uses, Farming - It is the not the intention of the Planning Board to preclude a petting zoo from civic functions. Al agreed, but felt that a petting zoo or a circus is not a farming business use. Convenience (Mini) Mart - The area of Myers was designated as a hamlet. It was felt that once sewage becomes available in this area, the density and development will increase. These mini marts will be allowed with the special condition of being located within the hamlets . New and Used Car Sales, Service, and Repair - As the ordinance currently states, existing111) operations that have been "grandfathered" will be allowed to continue to operate, but not to expand their operations. Larry felt strongly that that should be changed based on the idea that if the potential exists for the owners to improve their operation by, for example, moving Town of Lansing Planning Board Page 3 Monday, September 11 , 1995 ® their car business entirely inside a building, they should be able to do so. The Planning Board considered the possibility that even though something might be "grandfathered" in, they would like the option left open to change, improve, or expand upon it as long as it is left with the same use. Convenience Gas Facility - This item was further defined as a "key pump. " Vehicle Body Shop - There are visual and audio concerns in the Lake Upland District which will be addressed by special conditions such as buffering for the visual aspect and time limits on when outside work can take place for audio aspect. Electric or Gas Transmission Lines - This item was further defined as to include distribution lines. Tower for the Reception or Transmission of Electronic Signals - This item was further defined to include ham operators. Lin Davidson made a motion to adjourn this meeting; Jackie Baker seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY This meeting was closed at 9:40 p.m. Submitted by Michelle Eastman The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 25, 1995, at 7:30 p. m.