HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB Resolution 25-15 Minor SubdivisionRESOLUTION PB 25-15
TOWN OF LANSING PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW (SEQR) NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND
MINOR SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL FOR
0 RIDGE ROAD TPN 15. 1-12.2
WHEREAS an application was submitted for Minor Subdivision Plat approval by Clayton Mabry, owner
of 0 Ridge Road (15.4-12.2), for the proposed subdivision of the existing 41.967-acre lot into 2 parcels:
the new "Parcel B" (8.923 acres) and the remaining parent parcel "Parcel A" (33.044). This property is
located in the RA Rural Agriculture zoning; and
WHEREAS this is a proposed action reviewed under Town of Lansing Code § 235-6 Minor
Subdivision, for which the respective applications were received 12 May 2025; and
WHEREAS 6 NYCRR § 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") requires that a
Lead Agency be established for conducting environmental review of projects in accordance with state
environmental law and the Lead Agency shall be that local agency which has primary responsibility for
approving and funding or carrying out the action; and
WHEREAS the Planning Board, being the local agency, which has primary responsibility for approving
the action declares itself the Lead Agency for the review of this action under SEQRA; and
WHEREAS this Board, acting as Lead Agency in SEQRA reviews and accepts as adequate: "Lands of
Clayton A &." prepared by G.B Davison LS and dated 5/5/2025; a Short Environmental Assessment
Form (SEAF), Part 1, submitted by the Applicant, and Part 2, prepared by the Planning Staff; and
WHEREAS this action is exempt from the General Municipal Law County Planning referral
requirements of General Municipal Law ("GML") §§ 239-1, 239-m, and 239-n through an Inter -
Governmental Agreement between the Tompkins County Planning Department and the Town of Lansing
dated 24 November 2003, as "residential subdivisions of fewer than 5 lots all of which comply with local
zoning standards and Tompkins County Sanitary Code requirements, and do not involve new local roads
or streets directly accessing a State or county road" are excluded from GML referral requirements; and
WHEREAS on 23 June 2025, the Planning Board reviewed and considered the aforementioned
subdivision application in the Lansing Town Hall, 29 Auburn Road, Lansing, New York 14882 and duly
held a public hearing on the minor subdivision application, and all evidence and comments were
considered, along and together with the requirements of the Town's subdivision regulations, existing
development in the surrounding area, the public facilities and services available, the Town's
Comprehensive Plan and the Land Use Ordinance, site characteristics and issues, and any potential on -
and off -site environmental impacts; and
WHEREAS the Town of Lansing Planning Board, as the lead agency, has evaluated the potential
unique impacts of such Subdivision upon the Town based upon the developmental patterns, topography,
and unique natural and non -natural features of the Town of Lansing, including known streams, wetlands,
UNAs, agricultural resources of value, and archeologically sensitive sites within or near the Minor
Subdivision area, and determines the proposed project will result in no significant impact on the
environment; and
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WHEREAS upon due consideration and deliberation by the Town of Lansing Planning Board;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Board of the Town of Lansing
determines the proposed project will result in no significant impact on the environment and that a
Negative Declaration for purposes of Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law be filed in
accordance with the provisions of Part 617 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act for the action
of Minor Subdivision approval for Town of Lansing Tax Parcel Number 15.4 -12.2, for Clayton Mabry;
and be it further
RESOLVED that the Town of Lansing Planning Board Grants Final Approval of the Application for a
Minor Subdivision of certain land at 0 Ridge Road (15.-1-12.2), Lansing, New York, subject to the
following conditions:
1. Three endorsed copies of the final plat of Minor Subdivision must be provided to the Planning
Department for signature by the Chairperson of the Board.
2. The sealing and endorsement of such Minor Subdivision' Final Plat by the Planning Board Chair,
thereafter, presenting and obtaining the signing of the plat by Tompkins County Assessment
Department stamp followed by filing in the Tompkins County Clerk's Office, followed by provision
of proof of such filing within the time limit requirements of 62 days with the Town of Lansing Code
Enforcement Office.
Dated: 23 June 2025
Motion by: Sandy Conlon
Seconded by: Al Fiorille
VOTE AS FOLLOWS:
Tom Butler - Aye
Sandy Conlon - Aye
John Duthie — Not Voting
Al Fiorille - Aye
Christine Hass - Aye
Danielle Hautaniemi - Aye
John Licitra - Aye
Fredric Villano —Not Voting
Dean Shea - Aye
Received in the Lansing Town Clerk's Office on
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Debbie Munson, Town Clerk
Town of Lansing
Tompkins County, New York
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