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Home My WebLink About1996-12-09 TOWN OF LANSING Planning Board Monday, December 9, 1996 ; 7 : 30pm PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS (* Denotes present) * Larry Sharpsteen, Chair * Jacoba Baker Viola Miller * Brad Griffin * Lin Davidson Al White * Robert Todd * Larry Tvaroha, Town Councilman * George Totman, Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer PUBLIC PRESENT Mary Harper 89A Farrell Road . Ithaca Michael Simms 87 Farrell Road Ithaca Lawrence Conlon 56 Conlon Road Lansing Larry Fabbroni 127 Warren Road Ithaca Pogo Paolangeli 6 Winners Circle . Ithaca Michael Paolangeli 128 Honness Lane Ithaca Mike Milliman 84 E Lansing Road Groton z ., Larry Sharpsteen opened the meeting at 7 : 35 p .m. Review of Minutes from Meeting held November 11 , 1996 Page Two, First Paragraph, Line Two - On behalf of Brad Griffin, George Totman corrected " . . .was going to talk with. . . " Page Three, Line Ten - delete ". . .they were judgement calls." Line Twelve - " . . .the Unique Natural Areas Inventory. . . " Line Twenty-three - " . . . couldn' t develop in these areas, which wasn ' t so. You . . . " Line Thirty - ". . .these things listed as resources. . . " Page Four, Last Paragraph, Line Five - " . . .to restate the provision of . . . " Brad Griffin made a motion to accept the minutes as amended; Robert Todd seconded. VOTE : ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY • GENERAL BUSINESS George Totman reported after talking with the Regional Office of the DEC in Syracuse, a SPDES permit was required only if you have public sewer and were taking sewage off the land . Subdivisions that have all of the sewage remaining on the land, do not need SPDES permits . Larry Sharpsteen stated at the seminar, the SPDES permit required was for sediment and erosion ;7 ovn `of Lansing Planning Board ali llrloriday;_December,_9*1996 Page 2 control during construction, not sewage. George responded that when he asked if a SPDES permit was required? DEC did not know what he was talking about. Larry stated he had requested• to :receive the '•booklet with, the permit application which may clarify some things . It wassoinetliing thetlaniiing Board would probably not have to deal with but should be aware of and Larry felt they should look into it further. George, drstributed'two :resolutions to be signed by the Board that were requested at the Planning Board meeting held oniNovember 11 , 1996 . Larry Sharpsteen reported that the Sewer Committee has decided to delay the request for the second questionnaire for HUD approval. Larry also stated that HUD was in the process of being dissolved, certain granting capacities will be farmed out-to-a revised- urban development - bureaucracy . Dave Herrick has a meeting scheduled with DEC concerning discharge questions . Lin Davidson askedabout';the time line. Larry stated the time line had not officially changed but it l a slipped',`only' by:months because of the questions raised by the HUD Grant. George Totipan ;announced he had copies of the proposed new charter change for the County 1 Board ifarion ,w e 'uld like ' to read it. George was interested in yany comments anyone might have after readir g,it_ . 11, . . Larry Shar`psteenwondered if the Planning Board "members received their invitations for the meeting fa lie. held15y.' the Lansing Recreation Department, Tuesday, December 10 , 1996, Room 101)a1-#he l:ahsii g High 'S.chool . An architectural Class at Cornell University offered a hypothetical `p `oject to= be 'done by 18 students` using U. C . Point (the North point) at Myers Park. Nine di fferert' projects will' be submitted using a lower impact setting, public access and natural areas. :' :s ' . • . . . Larry Sharpsteen reported he attended the EMC meeting and reviewed the agenda for projects in the coming. year. He was very pleased with the master plan for development presented to the CountyBoard. Larry stated with the passing of the Environmental Bond Act, he learned the money would rather be used to purchase watershed land instead of spending it on water quality and solving existing problems with pollution and sewerage. PUBLIC HJWARTNc lViary Harper. 95 Farrell" Road , Tax Map' #39.- 1-20. 63 Lar6 harpSteareadithe public notice, opened the public hearing at 8 : 00 p . m . , and invited questions from• the public . .. Michael Simms of 87 Farrell Road, stated he had just learned of this subdivision and wanted to .know how it was going ltd ib'e divided. George presented the subdivision map to Mr. Simms and l ® Town of Lansing Planning Board2': t ; , Monday, December 9, 1996 Page. 3 : ' ,: explained the division of parcels . Lin Davidson made a motion to adjourn the public hearing until 8 : 15 p. m. at which, time the ", firi ' <' public hearing will officially be dosed. Brad Griffin seconded. VOTE : ALL IN .FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Lin Davidson made a motion to approve this Subdivision/Flaglot as presented ; Jacoby Baker ' , seconded . VOTE : ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY • GENERAL BUSINESS Larry Fabbroni, representing Autumn Ridge Subdivision, appeared in front of the Planning . Board to update their situation. Mr. Fabbroni stated Mr. Paolangeli has taken over the project' as developer, their request is to continue the dead end road and extend Autumn Ridge for further development. Larry Sharpsteen stated the lack of a second access road created. a health and life I, 'I„ safety issue that detained any further progress . The number of lots is currently based on the single access road and Health Department regulations . The Planning Board suggested putting paper roads to the North(Butler property) , East(property owned by DePew University) and South(property owned by Paolangeli, the developer, that fronts Burdick Hill Road) on the subdivision map . Mr. Fabbroni stated they have appeared in front of the Village of Lansing ' for approval of a second access road to Burdick Hill Road and were turned down. Larry Sharpsteen `• 'i requested a new map be presented to the Planning Board at the next meeting in January with the ' correct number of lots and paper roads drawn in. Larry Tvaroha asked for a copy so the Town Board could look at the new map and review it prior to that meeting . George stated Viola Miller `: could not be here tonight but wanted him to voice her opinion. Viola was always in favor of Autumn Ridge but did not approve of the dead end road, if it were to come to a vote tonight, she '; • would vote yes to approve the continuation of Autumn Ridge Road loop. It was determined to ' put Larry Fabbroni and Mr. Paolangeli on the Agenda for the Planning Board meeting to be held -.. on January13 , 1997 . r ' r '“ I IA 41 SUBDIVISION/FLAGLOT, Michael Milliman; E Lansing Road, Tax Map ,#20.-1=21 .31 t, '; ; Michael Milliman appeared before the Planning Board requesting a one-lot subdivision/flaglot,df; it) his property on E Lansing Road. A 60-foot strip or path accessible to the back lot has been left ; ,. for future development. The Planning Board reviewed the SEQR and received a negative declaration. Town of Lansing Planning Board Monday, December 9, 1996 Page 4 Robert Todd made a motion to accept this one-lot subdivision/flaglot as presented and to waive a public hearing. Lin Davidson seconded. VOTE: ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY En Davidson made a motion to adjourn this meeting . Robert Todd seconded. VOTE; ALL IN FAVOR; MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY This meeting was adjourned at 9 : 04 p.m. Submitted by Sue Davenport The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 13, 1997, at 7: 30pm. 40 • • Y