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HomeMy WebLinkAbout9-25-23 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road Board members Present: Al Fiorille, Chair Thomas Butler Sandy Dennis -Conlon, Vice -Chair Christine Hass Laurie Hemmings John Licitra Larry Sharpsteen Dean Shea Excused: Deborah Trumbull Also Present: Kelly Geiger, Planning Clerk, John Zepko, Director of Planning Joe Wetmore, Councilmember. Public Present: George Breuhaus, Bill Duthie, John Duthie, Andy Sciarabba. Chair Al Fiorille opened the meeting at 6:29pm. Chair Al Fiorille enacted Alternate Christine Hass as a voting member in the absence of a regular voting members. Action Items: Protect: Site Plan- Duthie/United Storage Applicant: United Storage TBR, LLC, owner Location : 8-18 Verizon Lane, Tax Parcel Number 30.-1-16.32 Project Description: The applicant proposes to construct an approximately 9,600 square foot building on the existing —9-acre lot. The property is in the IR — Industrial/Research Zone. SEQR: This is an Unlisted action under SEQR 617.4 environmental review. Anticipated Action: Public Hearing, Decision Motion to open the public hearing for Duthie/United Storage, 8-18 Verizon Lane. at 6:56 OM Page 1 of 6 38 Moved by: Sandy Dennis -Conlon Seconded by: Laurie Hemmings (Motion Carried) 39 40 Summary of Discussion: 41 • George Breuhaus, Bill Duthie, John Duthie and Andy Sciarabba were present to discuss 42 this project. 43 0 The Planning Board reviewed SEAF Part 1 and Part 2 44 • The Planning Board discussed concerns including landscaping, lighting, signage, tree 45 removal, dumpster enclosure and stormwater. 46 47 Motion to close the public hearing for Duthie/United Storage, 8-18 Verizon Lane. at 7:00 48 pm 49 50 Moved by: Christine Hass Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen (Motion Carried) 51 52 RESOLUTION PB 23-18 53 STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW RESOLUTION - 54 NEGATIVE DECLARATION & SITE PLAN APPROVAL 55 UNITED STORAGE/DUTHIE SITE PLAN 56 WHEREAS, an application was made by George Breuhaus, Architect, for United Storage, Owner, 57 for site plan approval for a 9,600 SQFT warehouse at 8-18 Verizon Lane, on the approximately 9- 58 acre lot owned by United Storage TBR, LLC, in the Town of Lansing, New York, otherwise known 59 as Tax Parcel 30.-1-16.32. The property is in the IR — Industrial Research Zone; and 60 61 WHEREAS; this is a proposed action reviewed under Town of Lansing Code § 270-27 Site Plan 62 Review for which the completed application was received 31 July 2023; and 63 64 WHEREAS; 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") requires 65 that a Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of projects in accordance with 66 state environmental law and the Lead Agency shall be that local agency which has primary 67 responsibility for approving and funding or carrying out the action; and 68 69 WHEREAS; the Planning Board, being the local agency, which has primary responsibility for 70 approving the action, did on 28 August 2023 classify the project as an Unlisted Action and declared 71 itself the Lead Agency; and 72 Page 2 of 6 73 WHEREAS; legal notice was published on 14 September 2023 and adjacent property owners within 74 600 feet were notified by mail pursuant to Town Code § 270-27(F); and 75 76 WHEREAS; a public hearing was duly held before the Board upon 25 September 2023 and the public 77 was duly allowed to speak upon and address the proposed Site Plan, including the SEQR 78 environmental review thereof; and 79 80 WHEREAS; Project plans, and related information, were duly delivered to the Tompkins County 81 Planning and Sustainability Department per General Municipal Law § 239; et seq., and such 82 Department responded in a letter dated 10 August 2023, from Katherine Borgella, Tompkins 83 County Commissioner of Planning, pursuant to §239 -1, -m, and -n of the New York State General 84 Municipal Law. The proposed action was determined to have no significant county wide for inter- 85 community impacts; and 86 87 WHEREAS; the project has submitted a stormwater pollution prevention plan which complies with 88 the NYS General SPDES Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction and sufficiently 89 attenuates any increase in erosions or stormwater runoff that project may create; and 90 91 WHEREAS; the project is not visible from an officially designated federal, state, or local scenic 92 resource and is consistent with the zoning for the area as well as the character of the area as a passive 93 land use; and 94 95 WHEREAS; each of the identified impacts were analyzed and duly considered by the Planning Board, 96 as Lead Agency, in relation to the question of whether such impacts were so probable of occurring or 97 so significant as to require a positive declaration of environmental impacts, and after weighing the 98 potential impacts arising from or in connection with this site plan approval, and after also considering: 99 (i) the probability of each potential impact occurring, including weighing the highly speculative nature 100 of some potential future contingencies and the potential non -highly speculative nature of others; (ii) 101 the duration of each potential impact; (iii) the irreversibility of each potential impact, including a 102 consideration of permanently lost resources of value; (iv) whether each potential impact can or will be 103 controlled or mitigated by permitting, reviews, or other regulatory processes; (v) the regional 104 consequence of the potential impacts; (vi) the potential for each impact to be or become inconsistent 105 with the Town's Master Plan or Comprehensive Plan and local needs and goals; and (vii) whether any 106 known objections to the Project relate to any of the identified potential impacts; the Planning Board 107 found that these factors did not cause any potential negative environmental or related social or 108 resource impact to be or be likely to become a moderate or significant negative impact; and 109 110 Page 3 of 6 III NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: 112 The Town of Lansing Planning Board, based upon (i) its thorough review of the EAF, Parts 1 & 2, a 113 Site Plan application and any and all other documents prepared and submitted with respect to this 114 proposed action and its environmental review, (ii) its thorough review of the potential relevant areas 115 of environmental concern of the proposed project to determine if the proposed action may have a 116 significant adverse impact on the environment, including the criteria identified in 6 NYCRR Section 117 617.7(c), and (iii) its completion of the FEAF, Part 2 and its determination at Part 3, including any 118 findings noted therein (which findings are incorporated herein as if set forth at length), hereby makes 119 a negative determination of environmental significance ("NEGATIVE DECLARATION") in 120 accordance with SEQRA for the above referenced proposed action, and determines that an 121 Environmental Impact Statement will not be required and that a responsible Officer of the Town of 122 Lansing is hereby authorized and directed to complete and sign, as required, the determination of 123 significance, confirming the foregoing Negative Declaration, which the fully completed and signed 124 EAF and determination of significance shall be incorporated by reference in these resolutions; and it 125 is 126 127 FURTHER RESOLVED; That the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby grant Site 128 Plan approval for Town of Lansing Tax Parcel Number 30.-1-16.32, for a 9,600 sq ft warehouse, 129 which includes all site plan layouts, building elevations, landscaping plan, and other site conditions 130 listed in the plan set titled "New Building Verizon Lane 8-18 Verizon Lane" prepared by Sciarabba 131 Engineering and Design, George Breuhaus, Architect, and Timothy Buhl, Professional Engineer, 132 subject to the following conditions: 133 134 1. In accordance with Town Code § 270-27(K), this site plan approval is valid for only 36 months 135 from the date hereof, and the applicant/owner is required to commence and substantially 136 complete the construction or other activities for which the site plan is applicable within said 137 36 months or this approval shall, unless extended upon application timely made, expire, lapse, 138 and be of no further validity, force, or effect. 139 140 2. Building Permits are required to construct the approved building and site facilities. Plans 141 must meet all code requirements, including the sealing of plans by a licensed engineer or 142 architect. All improvements shall be constructed in compliance with all state and local 143 building code requirements. 144 145 3. Lockboxes: The Developer shall assure proper building labelling. Building labels shall be 146 no less than 12" in height and will be of a high contrast color to the building exterior. If 147 required under Chapter 137, Article 1 of the Town of Lansing Code, Rapid Access 148 Lockboxes, lckboxes are duly installed in accord with such local law, with input and Page 4 of 6 149 approval from the applicable Lansing fire department(s). 150 151 4. The applicant will be required to obtain i) a Bolton Point water permit for a new water 152 service and meter to connect to the existing Consolidated Water District Mains, and ii) a 153 Tompkins County Health Department Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) 154 permit. Both permits shall be obtained prior to obtaining any building permit or Certificate 155 of Occupancy ("CO"). 156 157 5. The applicant must be issued a Sign Permit in compliance with Town Code Chapter 210 to 158 erect, install, build, place, emplace, site, or substantially rebuild or repair any signs. 159 160 6. All plantings (including as shown on the plans described above) shall be maintained as 161 healthy and natural non-invasive vegetation designed to provide both visual and sound 162 buffering. Existing and any new vegetation shall be properly maintained and any dead, 163 diseased, or dying trees or plants shall be promptly replaced, and any tree or plants that, 164 whether singularly or in combination, due to lack of growth, death, recession, disease or 165 other cause, cease to function as buffers shall be replaced in a manner as promotes the goal 166 of such buffer as stated in this site plan approval. This condition shall be deemed to 167 augment and further define prior site plan approval conditions and site plan features hereby 168 or heretofore approved by the Town. 169 170 7. All lighting fixtures will be "dark sky compliant" glare -free, downward directed, and 171 shielded lighting as promotes the dark -sky standards of the International Dark -Sky 172 Association (IDA) and lamps will be not higher than 3000K CCT to minimize adverse 173 human and ecological impacts. 174 175 8. Compliance with the recommendations of the Town's Engineer and SMO for any final 176 stormwater plans and the terms of the approved final Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan 177 (SWPPP) for the developed site, and proper completion of all stormwater reports, permits, 178 and facilities in a form and manner as approved by the Town and NYSDEC, including 179 execution and filing of Stormwater Operating, Management, and Reporting Agreement 180 ("SOMRA") in the form as set forth pursuant to Town Code § 225-8(D), which executed 181 and filed SOMRA (and any supporting easements) is required to be submitted to the SMO 182 prior to the issuance of any certificate of occupancy or compliance for 183 the Project. 184 185 9. Screened dumpster locations shall be located on the site plan along with a detail of 186 typical fencing for enclosure. Page 5 of 6 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 Dated: 25 Sept 2023 Motioned by: Christine Hass Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen VOTE AS FOLLOWS: Tom Butler Sandra Dennis Conlon Christine Hass Laurie Hemmings John Licitra Larry Sharpsteen Dean Shea Deb Trumbull Al Fiorille Aye Aye Aye Alternate -Not Voting Aye Aye Aye Absent Aye Other Business: • Joe Wetmore gave a liaison report from the September 20, 2023 Town Board meeting. • The Planning Board discussed the potential tax base losses from Cargill. Adiourned Meeting Meeting adjourned at the call of the Planning Board Chair at 7:23pm. Minutes Taken and Executed by Kelly Geiger Access to public documents are available online at: Planning Board Email tolcodes(&lansingtown.com Town Website https://www.lansin2town.com Page 6 of 6