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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB Minutes 1971-01-19 � l r ' T0WN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD January 19 , 1971 The regular meeting of th•ef7own of Ithaca Planning Board was held Tuesday , January 19 , 1971 , in the Town of Ithaca offices , 108 E . Green Street , Ithaca , New York . Present : Chairman Barbara Holcomb , Reg Collins , Robert Christianson , > ' Jack Lowe , Maurice Harris, Fred Scott , and . Peter Francese ( Planning Consultant ) , Approv �aa of Wi n'ute' s : Barbara Ho' l c' o'mb sugogested the. foll . owi. ng changes be made in the minutes of the December 15 , 1- 1970 meeting U' nde- r " Snowmob -i l e Use"' . add to the 1 as' t sentence the phrase " at 'least on South Hill . " Under " Kennilworth change the last sentence to read " It was. reported that the Town B.oard feels it needs to be . acted- upon at the County level since the roads 'involved are both county roads . " Page three , second paragraph , second sentence- shou,l' d rea-d " K en n.i 1 wo r t h m a.y. not p .l,a-n- t o . d. e•v e 1 o p, t h-e Ba r n.e-so por- o, p e -r tp aosmo an historic site . A motion was made by Bob Christianson to accept the - minutes - of -the December 15 , 1970 -meeting as amended ; Reg Collins seconded the motion , and it was unanimously passed . Park Council Report : Bob Christianson reported from the Park Council that discussion had been held concerning whose responsibility it is to develop a park in the Easter .n , H.eights subdivision . The suggestion at the Park Council was that the Town should take over its development . The Planning, ; Board asked Mr . Francese to talk to the Park Council - and -draw up a document stating the kind of re-qu- i reme- nts we. sh.ou. l d• place for the development of a park area so that we may have gquidelines in the future to give to developers . The Planning Board will make specific recommendations for the development of this park in Eastern Heights to the Town Board at next mon .th ' s meeting - after we have more concrete facts . Public Hearing on Compton Subdivision ; A . preliminar.y. . public hearing was held on Mr . Roy Compton ` s - subdivision on Rich Road and Co 'dding`ton Rooad -. 'Mr . ''Com-ppto-n is asking for preliminary approval for development of seven lots , all of which are on public roads and have water and sewer available , -0, - 2 - Discussion was held and Bob Christianson moved that preliminary approval be granted Mr . Compton for lots - 5 . 7 , 5 . . 89 5 , . 95 5911 5 . 122 5 . 133 5 . 15 and 5 . 16 ( &sone - lot ) , and 5 . 10 which will be added to the lot at 111 Rich Road , with the provision that the proposed future roadway between 5 . 13 and 5 . 14 be straightened with a 60 ' right of ' way and that street numbers ' be assigned to the proposed lots . . by the Tompkins County Assessment Department . Evert though the rest of the subdivision is shown on the map being presented for the development of these seven lots , the Planning -Board does not approve or disapprove development of these other . lots at this ti, me . Reg Collins seconded the notion , aud- it was unanimously passed . A motion was made by Fred Scott and seco .nded . by . Maurice Harris to hold a final pudic hearing. on the . Compton subd -iv'ision at the February 23 , 1971 me'e, ting of the Planning Board at 8 : 00 p . m . The motion was approved unanimously . Ithaca College Student Apartments . Mr . Peter Brellocks of Tallman and Thomas Architects presented plans for the new Ithaca College student apartments presently being . built on - South Hill . There will be five dormatories , four of which= will be 5 - story and one which will be only one7 story , which w,i 1. 1 . house a, total of 412 persons . Parkin-g w.i .l : l b.e. p.rov=i. d" for 180 cars . Discussion was held on this development and the Planning Board decided to recommend approval of these plans to the Zoning Board of Appeals . ( Since four of thes °e dormatories are to be five stories in height , a variance in zoning is needed . ) Bob Christianson made a motion that the Planning Board recommend to the Zoning Board of Appeals approval for the construction of dormatories D25 - D29 inclusive at Ithaca College with the following request : that if possible , some estimate could be made by the architect of the quantity of , water which they expect will be draining into the 30 " culvert under . Coddington Rd . so that the Town of Ithaca may rie _tter plan - its pla . ns for what to do with the water when it crosses Coddington Rd . The motion was seconded by Fred Scott and unanimously passed . Vine - Chairman for Planning Board : A motion was made by Fred Scott and seconded by Reg Collins to elect Bob Christianson as Vice - Chairman of the Planning Board . The motion was . unani - mously approved . i I a Barbara Holcomb asked that in the future when members of the Board will . not be able to attend a meeting would they. please call either her , Peter Francese , or the Town offfi` ces in order to ' assure presence of a quorum . Zoning Officer : Discussion was held concerning . the employment of a full - time zoning officer for the Town of Ithaca . David Cowan , the present Zoning Officer , is empl� oyed only part - time and cannot accept a full = time position . It was pointed out that . a full - time , - Zoning Officer could better enforce zoning ordinances and perhaps could also be assigned various follow - up duties concerned with decisions made by. t-he- PJanni ng Board as well as the duty of issuing water and . se`we'r pe`.m' 11tS I, t was decided to ask David Cowan for his recommendations and at ` the next meeting the Board will, make a formal recommenda - tion to the 'Town BoardV concerning a full - time Z*oni ` ng . . Of Jc`er . The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 40 p . m : upon -a motion',' made by Fred Scott and seconded by Bob Christianson . Respectfully submitted . , Charlene Lawson , Secre -tary.