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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-22-24 PLANNING BOARD MINUTESTOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD MEETING April 22, 2024 Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road Board members Present: Al Fiorille, Chair Sandy Dennis -Conlon, Vice -Chair Christine Hass John Licitra Larry Sharpsteen Excused: Thomas Butler Dean Shea Also Present: Kelly Geiger, Planning Clerk, John Zepko, Director of Planning Mason Molesso, Planner, Public Present: Dennis Griffin, George Rushlow, Joe Cambridge, Kerry Moore, John Hatfield, Mike Koplinka-Loehr, Anto Parseghian, David Hatfield, Lisa Bonniwell, Rick Charla Hayes, Dan Topoleski, Dale Campbell, Gary Argetsinger, Scott Gibson, Steven Lehr, Tyler Parseghian Chair Al Fiorille opened the meeting at 6:32 pm. Action Items: Project: Site Plan Review - DMF Mechanical new storage barn Applicant: Dan Topoleski Location: 390 Peruville Road, Tax Parcel Number 30.-1-28.213 Project Description: The applicant proposes to build/ install a new 30' x 56' pole barn to be used for dry storage. This property is in the AG zone SEQR: This is a Type II action under SEQR 617.4 environmental review, no further review required Anticipated Action: Public Hearing, final approval/conditions Summary of Discussion: • Dan Topoleski was present to discuss this project. • Board Approved Page 1 of 9 39 RESOLUTION PB 24-03 40 41 TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION - STATE 42 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW (SEQR) NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND 43 SITE PLAN APPROVAL - DMF MECHANICAL NEW 30 x 56' STORAGE BUILDING, 390 44 PERUVILLE ROAD TAX PARCEL NO.30.-1-28.213 45 46 WHEREAS, an application was made by Dan Topoleski for Site Plan approval for the 47 construction of a new 30' x 56' dry storage building (pole barn), located in the AG Zoning 48 district; and 49 50 WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") 51 requires that a Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of projects in 52 accordance with state environmental law, and the Lead Agency shall be that local agency 53 which has primary responsibility for approving and funding or carrying out the action; and 54 55 WHEREAS, the Planning Board, being the local agency, which has primary responsibility for 56 approving the action declares itself the Lead Agency for the review of this action under 57 SEQRA; and 58 59 WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR § 617.5 (C)(9) determines "construction or expansion of a primary or 60 accessory/ appurtenant, non-residential structure or facility involving less than 4,000 square 61 feet of gross floor area and not involving a change in zoning or a use variance and consistent 62 with local land use controls, but not radio communication or microwave transmission 63 facilities" to be a Type II action, which is not subject to further review under SEQRA; and 64 65 WHEREAS, Project plans, and related information, were duly delivered to the Tompkins 66 County Planning and Sustainability Department per General Municipal Law § 239; et seq., and 67 such Department responded in a March 5, 2024, letter from Katherine Borgella, Tompkins 68 County Commissioner of Planning, pursuant to §239 -1, -m, and -n of the New York State 69 General Municipal Law found no intermunicipal impacts; and 70 71 WHEREAS, the Planning Board has considered and carefully reviewed the requirements of 72 the Town code relative to site plan review, the unique needs of the Town due to the Page 2 of 9 73 topography, the soil types and distribution, and other natural and man-made features upon 74 and surrounding the area of the proposed site plan, and the Planning Board has also 75 considered the zoning in the area and the project in light of the Towri s Comprehensive Plan 76 and compliance therewith, and as the underlying use is a permitted use in the zone in which 77 located; and 78 79 WHEREAS, upon due consideration and deliberation by the Town of Lansing Planning 80 Board, now therefore be it RESOLVED as follows: 81 82 1. That the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby grant Site Plan approval 83 for the construction of a new 30 x 56' dry storage building (pole barn) located at 390 84 Peruville RD - DMF Mechanical. 85 2. Pending Special Conditions: Applicant must, within 60 days from issuance of 86 Certificate of Compliance for new storage building, remove the northern most 87 (furthest north from building) existing storage container from property in addition to 88 enclosing all outdoor equipment and materials under new dry storage structure. 89 90 Dated: April 22, 2024 91 92 Motioned by: Christine Hass 93 Seconded by: Sandy Conlon 94 95 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: 96 97 Tom Butler -Absent 98 Sandy Conlon -Aye 99 Christine Hass -Aye 100 John Licitra -Aye 101 Larry Sharpsteen -Aye 102 Dean Shea -Absent 103 Al Fiorille - Aye 104 105 106 Proiect: Site Plan Review - MPK- Wildlife Resolutions new storage barn 107 Applicant: Kerry Moore 108 Location: 35 Town Barn Road, Tax Parcel Number 30.-1-23 Page 3 of 9 109 Project Description: The applicant proposes to build/ install a new 200' x 32' pole barn to be used for 110 dry storage. This property is in the IR zone 111 SEQR: This is an Unlisted action under SEQR 617.4 environmental review, requiring board to complete 112 SEAF pt. 2 113 Anticipated Action: Public Hearing, SEQR determination, final approval/conditions 114 115 Summary of Discussion: 116 • Kerry Moore was present to discuss this project. 117 • Dry Storage, no utilities, no locked gate, improve driveway, lopen side, 3 closed 118 • Neighbor concerned about lighting 119 • Board Approved 120 121 122 RESOLUTION PB 24-04 123 124 TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION - STATE 125 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW (SEQR) NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND 126 SITE PLAN APPROVAL - WILDLIFE RESOLUTIONS NEW 200' x 32' STORAGE 127 BUILDING, 35 TOWN BARN ROAD TAX PARCEL NO.30.4-23 128 129 WHEREAS, an application was made by Kerry More (owners agent) for Site Plan approval for 130 the construction of a new 200' x 32' dry storage building located in the IR Zoning district; and 131 132 WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") 133 requires that a Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of projects in 134 accordance with state environmental law, and the Lead Agency shall be that local agency 135 which has primary responsibility for approving and funding or carrying out the action; and 136 137 WHEREAS, the Planning Board, being the local agency, which has primary responsibility for 138 approving the action declares itself the Lead Agency for the review of this action under 139 SEQRA; and 140 WHEREAS, 6NYCRR § 617 classifies this project as an Unlisted action requiring further 141 review by the Planning Board, which upon further review found no significant 142 environmental impacts; and 143 Page 4 of 9 144 WHEREAS, Project plans, and related information, were duly delivered to the Tompkins 145 County Planning and Sustainability Department per General Municipal Law § 239; et seq., and 146 such Department responded in a March 19, 2024 letter from Katherine Borgella, Tompkins 147 County Commissioner of Planning, pursuant to §239 -1, -m, and -n of the New York State 148 General Municipal Law finding no significant county- wide impacts; and 149 150 WHEREAS, the Planning Board has considered and carefully reviewed the requirements of 151 the Town code relative to site plan review, the unique needs of the Town due to the 152 topography, the soil types and distribution, and other natural and man-made features upon 153 and surrounding the area of the proposed site plan, and the Planning Board has also 154 considered the zoning in the area and the project in light of the Town's Comprehensive Plan 155 and compliance therewith, and as the underlying use is a permitted use in the zone in which 156 located; and 157 158 WHEREAS, upon due consideration and deliberation by the Town of Lansing Planning 159 Board, now therefore be it RESOLVED as follows: 160 161 1. That the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing does hereby grant Site Plan approval 162 for the construction of a new 200' x 32' dry storage building located at 35 Town Barn 163 Road - Wildlife Resolutions 164 165 Dated: April 22, 2024 166 167 Motioned by: John Licitra 168 Seconded by: Sandy Conlon 169 170 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: 171 172 Tom Butler -Absent 173 Sandy Conlon -Aye 174 Christine Hass -Aye 175 John Licitra -Aye 176 Larry Sharpsteen -Aye 177 Dean Shea -Absent 178 Al Fiorille-Aye Page 5 of 9 179 180 Proiect: Minor Subdivision 181 Applicant: Michael & Carrie Koplinka — Loher 182 Location: 118 Ross Road, Tax Parcel Number 23.-1-20 183 Project Description: The applicants propose a subdivision of 118 Ross Road into three (3) smaller, 184 approximately 1.2-1.5 acre, labeled "Parcel A", "Parcel B" and "Parcel C". This property is in both L1 185 and RA zoning. 186 187 SEAR: This is an Unlisted action under SEQR 617.4 environmental review, requiring board to complete 188 SEAF pt. 2 189 Anticipated Action: Public Hearing, SEQR determination, final approval/conditions 190 191 Summary of Discussion: 192 • Michael Koplinka-Loher was present to discuss this project. 193 • Board approved 194 195 RESOLUTION PB — 24-05 196 197 TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION 198 STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW (SEQR) NEGATIVE DECLARATION 199 AND MINOR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL F OR 200 118 ROSS ROAD TAX PARCEL NO.21-1-20 201 202 WHEREAS, an application was submitted for Minor Subdivision review by Michael and 203 Carrie Koplinka - Loher, owners of 118 Ross Road, for the proposed subdivision of the 204 existing 47.2 acre lot, Tax parcel number 23.4-20, into four parcels: "Parcel A" (1.13 acres), 205 "Parcel B" (1.25 acres), "Parcel C" (1.35 acres) and the remaining parent lot. This property is 206 located in both L 1 and RA zoning; and 207 208 WHEREAS, this is a proposed action reviewed under Town of Lansing Code § 235-6 Minor 209 Subdivision, for which the respective completed applications were received April 2, 2024; 210 and 211 212 WHEREAS, 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") 213 requires that a Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of projects Page 6 of 9 214 in accordance with state environmental law and the Lead Agency shall be that local agency 215 which has primary responsibility for approving and funding or carrying outthe action; and 216 217 WHEREAS, the Planning Board, being the local agency, which has primary responsibility for 218 approving the action declares itself the Lead Agency for the review of this action under 219 SEQRA; and 220 221 WHEREAS, the Planning Board has considered and carefully reviewed the requirements of the 222 Town's local laws relative to subdivisions and the unique needs of the Town due to the 223 topography, the soil types and distributions, and other natural and man-made features upon 224 and surrounding the area of the proposed subdivision, and the Planning Board has also 225 considered the Town's Comprehensive Plan and compliance therewith; and 226 WHEREAS, this Board, acting as Lead Agency in SEQRA reviews and accepts as 227 adequate: "Final Subdivision Plat" prepared by TG Miller and dated December 21 2024; a 228 Short Environmental Assessment Form (SEAF), Part 1, submitted by the Applicant, and Part 229 2, prepared by the Planning Staff, and other application materials; 230 WHEREAS, this action is exempt from the General Municipal Law County Planning 231 referral requirements of General Municipal Law ("GML") §§ 239-1, 239-m, and 239-n 232 through an Inter -Governmental Agreement between the Tompkins County Planning 233 Department and the Town of Lansing dated 24 November 2003, as "residential 234 subdivisions of fewer than 5 lots all of which comply with local zoning standards and 235 Tompkins County Sanitary Code requirements, and do not involve new local roads or streets 236 directly accessing a State or county road" are excluded from GML referral requirements: and 237 WHEREAS, on 22 April 2024, the Planning Board reviewed and considered the 238 aforementioned subdivision application in the Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road, 239 Lansing, New York 14882 and duly held a public hearing on the Minor subdivision 240 application, and all evidence and comments were considered, along and together with the 241 requirements of the Town's subdivision regulations, existing development in the surrounding 242 area, the public facilities and services available, the Town's Comprehensive Plan and the 243 Land Use Ordinance, site characteristics and issues, and any potential on- and off -site 244 environmental impacts; and 245 246 WHEREAS, upon due consideration and deliberation by the Town of Lansing Planning Page 7 of 9 247 Board. 248 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing 249 determines the proposed project will result in no significant impact on the environment and 250 that a Negative Declaration for purposes of Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation 251 Law be filed in accordance with the provisions of Part 617 of the State Environmental 252 Quality Review Act for the action of Minor Subdivision approval for Town of Lansing Tax 253 Parcel Number 23.-1-20, Michael and Carrie Koplinka - Loher owner's; and be it further 254 255 RESOLVED, that the Town of Lansing Planning Board Grants Final Approval of the 256 Application for a Minor Subdivision of certain land at 118 Ross Road, Lansing, New York, 257 subject to the following conditions: 258 259 1. The sealing and endorsement of such Minor Subdivision Final Plat by the Planning 260 Board Chair, thereafter, presenting and obtaining the signing of the plat by Tompkins 261 County Assessment Department stamp followed by filing in the Tompkins County 262 Clerk's Office, followed by provision of proof of such filing within the time limit 263 requirements of 62 days with the Town of Lansing Code Enforcement Office. 264 265 Dated: 22 April 2024 266 267 Motion by: Sandy Conlon 268 Seconded by: Christine Hass 269 270 VOTE AS FOLLOWS: 271 272 Tom Butler -Absent 273 Sandy Conlon -Aye 274 Christine Hass -Aye 275 John Licitra -Aye 276 Larry Sharpsteen -Aye 277 Dean Shea -Absent 278 Al Fiorille - Aye 279 280 281 Page 8 of 9 282 Project: Sketch Plan Review- East Lake Cottages 283 Applicant: Larry Fabbroni 284 Location: 1950 East Shore Drive, Tax Parcel Number 37.1-1-9.2 285 Project Description: The applicant wishes to receive some feedback regarding the development of 286 1950 East Shore Drive. The applicant proposes to create a 12-cottage rental community including 287 community center to host "farmers market and catered events". Community pickleball courts are also 288 being proposed. This project is located in B2 zoning with a small portion (S.W corner of parcel) in R2 289 zoning. 290 SEQR: This is an Unlisted action under SEQR 617.4 environmental review, requiring further review 291 of project. 292 Anticipated Action: sketch plan review of project, initial SEQR discussion 293 294 Summary of Discussion: 295 • Lisa Bonniwell and Scott Gibson were present to discuss this project. 296 • Mix of short term (Airbnb) and long-term housing, oil & gravel road, parking for each house, 297 car charging station, public water, private sewer 298 • Community Center, Phase 2, after houses are built. Farmers Market, Tennis Court -Pickle Ball, 299 Open to public to rent. No heat, no bathroom, will have concrete floor. 40 spaces for 300 community center once built, 1 car charging station 301 • Concerns about drainage, lighting, buffers for neighbors and contact person for complaints 302 303 Other Business: 304 • The Planning Board discussed Planning & Zoning training being held May 13, 2024 305 Adiourned Meeting 306 Meeting adjourned at the call of the Planning Board Chair at 7:41pm. 307 Minutes Taken and Executed by Kelly Geiger 308 309 Access to public documents available online at: 310 Planning Board Email tolcodes(&,Iansin2town.com 311 Town Website https://www.lansin2town.com Page 9 of 9