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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB Minutes 1998-07-07TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD JULY 7, 1998 Fri ErL TOWN OF ITHACA Dais U.� The Town of Ithaca Planning Board met in regular session on Tuesday, June 16, 1998, in Town Hall, 126 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, New York, at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Eva Hoffman, Greg Bell, Robert Kenerson, Jim Ainslie, Lawrence Thaver, John Barney (Town Attorney, 7:44 p.m.), Daniel Walker (Director of Engineering, 7:52 p.m.), Susan Ritter (Environmental Planner, 7:50 p.m.), Christine Balestra (Planner). EXCUSED: Fred Wilcox. ALSO PRESENT. Doria Higgins, 2 Hillcrest Drive, Gary Tennant, Cornell University Farm Service, Daniel M. Winch, Cornell University Farm Service, David Fernandez, 2712 North Triphammer Road, David Herrick, T.G. Miller, Larry Turchin, Traffic Solutions, A. Frost Travis, 150 Highland Avenue, Chairperson Hoffmann declared the meeting duly opened at 7:39 p.m., and accepted for the record the Secretary's Affidavit of Posting and Publication of the Notice of Public Hearings in Town Hall and the Ithaca Journal on June 29, 1998, and July 1, 1998, together with the Secretary's Affidavit of Service by Mail of said Notice upon the various neighbors of each of the properties under discussion, as appropriate, upon the Clerks of the City of Ithaca and the Town of Danby, upon the Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning, upon the Tompkins County Commissioner of Public Works, and upon the applicants and /or agents, as appropriate, on July 1, 1998. (Affidavit of Posting and Publication is hereto attached as Exhibit #1.) Chairperson Hoffmann read the Fire Exit Regulations to those assembled, as required by the New York State Department of State, Office of Fire Prevention and Control. AGENDA ITEM: PERSONS TO BE HEARD. Doria Higgins, 2 Hillcrest Drive, provided two hand -outs to the board concerning Lake Source Cooling. Ms. Higgins read the opening statement to the Planning Board. She asked the board to read the hand -outs. Ms. Higgins stated in her opinion the Town of Ithaca Town Board had betrayed its constituency, as well as the larger community, by approving the Cornell University Lake Source Cooling Project with such inadequate monitoring safeguards. She explained the Planning Board was the last hope she had in asking for remediation of the SPDES permit. The fact was that the SPDES permit process was not completed. Cornell University still had not handed the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation its plan to fulfill the meager specifications in the permit. For that reason, legal or not, the board had every decent, ethical, moral, and spiritual right at the present time to insist that there be proper protection for your constituents in the matter. She asked the board to remember as an involved agency, according to SEQRA, the board was not just to PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 2 JULY 71 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED consider the matters and issues. It must give approval, but the agency is to consider the entire project in coming to their decisions. The letter from the Vice President of Cornell University made it clear that the monitoring situation granted to the town stated that all meetings would be for information sharing and discussion only. It would not be to vote on or to direct the project monitoring or outcomes in general. Ms. Higgins had the statement she was referring to underlined on the board member's copy of her hand -outs. In other words, Cornell University had only given the town the right to attend meetings and to discuss the project. According to the letter (her hand -out), the town did not have any right to direct the monitoring. Cornell University had given the town $50,000 to hire an independent person to review the data which Cornell University would give the consultant. Ms. Higgins stated it was not a good situation and the Planning Board still had some power at this point because they had not give Cornell University Final Site Plan Approval. Ms. Higgins stated that she figured the money given to the town for monitoring was 1/300 of the $15,000,000 the tax payers would be paying to clean-up the Cornell Radiation Disposal Site. She feels that the amount of money was not significant to the overall picture. She stated that without criteria in the SPDES permit for when changes in measurements of the collected data becomes meaningful, the permit is meaningless. The area in the lake identified for collecting samples is so large there was no way any significant changes could be associated with the Lake Source Cooling Project. The sampling may be taken such a great distance away that there would not be a way of saying the problem was a result of the Lake Source Cooling Project, On September 2, 1997, Jim Hanson sent a letter making certain requests to the town that were not carried out. On June 8, 1998, Mr. Hanson sent a letter to the town concluding that the Town Board Approve Lake Source Cooling Project. (The letters Ms. Higgins was referred to were included in her two hand - outs). Ms. Higgins explained in Mr. Hanson s letter he stated it was important for monitoring to begin before the project became on-line. In the final SPDES, there was no such requirement. The monitoring was asked to be more stringent and the Final SPDES was less stringent than the Draft SPDES he commented on. Ms. Higgins stated in Mr. Hanson's 1997 letter he had asked that Cornell University be required to mitigate the negative impacts of the Lake Source Cooling and offer a solution in a relatively short period. The final permit requires that Cornell University produce a plan to mitigate any problems within six months. The permit does not have any requirements about implementing such a plan. In Mr. Hanson s 1997 letter he also asked for local involvement in the monitoring process. Ms. Higgins explained his concerns regarding monitoring had been adequately addressed through written comments from Cornell University. She felt that this was something the board needed to take care of. letter. Chairperson Hoffmann asked Ms. Higgins if she had provided the board with a copy of the Ms. Higgins stated that she had. PLANNING BOARD MEETIovG PAGE 3 DULY 71 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Chairperson Hoffmann felt that the letter should have been provided to the board prior the meeting. Attorney Barney explained the subject of the letter was not on that evening's agenda. Chairperson Hoffman stated she would like the letter to be included in the next Lake Source Cooling packet. Attorney Barney stated that if she wanted, the letter could be included. He explained the letter was a negotiated letter between the town and Cornell University. In order to get as far as the letter did, there was quite a bit of negotiation between the parties. Attorney Barney stated that one of the crucial sections of the letter Ms. Higgins misunderstood was that the Town of Ithaca could ask the consultant to do anything. They could ask the consultant to review if the monitoring was appropriate or not, if the monitoring was occurring in the proper location, if there should be different monitoring, or supplemental monitoring. Cornell University did not have to abide by what the consultant said, but the Town of Ithaca did not have the authority to control that. The could take the information that was developed to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that does have a regulatory authority over the lake. That was the reason they had specified the language they way they did. Ms. Higgins stated that if the board were to read the letter, Attorney Barney's interpretation was questionable. Attorney Barney read from the letter, "Such review may include any matters requested of the consultant by the town." He asked Ms. Higgins how that was different from what he had said previously. It was made clear that the "any matters" would include, if the town chose to do it, if there should be something different done in terms of monitoring. He wanted Ms. Higgins to understand that the history and negotiations of the letter were that the consultant could be used for any purpose in which the town chose to use them. Cornell did not want to agree to that, but they eventually agreed upon the language. Ms. Higgins stated that what she had outlined made clear the sense of the letter. Board Member Ainslie asked Ms. Higgins about the sentence in which the consultant would be chosen by the town. Ms. Higgins explained a new agency was being formed and the plan at the present time was to hire this agency to do the work. Board Member Ainslie stated the letter said the consultant would be chosen by the town. He asked if that helped her at all. Ms. Higgins stated all the monitoring expert would do was look at the data given to him /her by Cornell University and make their interpretation. That did not mean anyone had to pay any attention to the data results. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 4 JULY 73 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Attorney Barney stated that was not true. He explained that they may look at it. It was on the bottom of the first page of the letter. The town had gone through a lot to get that specific language in the letter for that specific reason. The town did not want Cornell University dictating to the town what the consultant would do and under what circumstances they could act. Ms. Higgins stated she was talking about the power to effect things, not about the duties and responsibilities of the person chosen to monitor. She was talking about what power the town would have and according to the letter the town did not have any power. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Recommendation to the Town Board regarding an amendment to Local Law No.1 of the year 1998 Providing For a Moratorium for the Establishment of Adult Entertainment Businesses for a Period of Ninety (90) Days, as well as an amendment to Local Law No. 5 of the year 1998 which provided for an initial Seventy -five (75) day extension to said moratorium, said amendment proposed to extend the moratorium for an additional ninety (90) days. Attorney Barney stated the Town Board considered the local that was recommended by the Planning Board and the Codes and Ordinances Committee for locating these enterprises in the light industrial zones and the certain set back requirements. The people that surround and adjoin those zones were not happy and made a persuasive case to the Town Board about the THERM zone. As a result, the Town Board wanted more time to study the matter and determine rather light industrial zones were appropriate. In order to work it back through Codes and Ordinances and the Planning Board and to the Town Board, another Ninety days would be required. Board Member Kenerson asked if they would have to extend the moratorium again. If so, why could they not extend it for one hundred twenty days. Attorney Barney stated that the town has already had one hundred sixty -five days of moratorium. A moratorium cannot be used to prohibit something for an indefinite period of time. Each time the town has had a moratorium there has been good reason. Chairperson Hoffmann stated that after the site visits she felt it was very complicated and that the town was being forced into having the businesses somewhere. Attorney Barney stated the problem without legislation there could be an applicant requesting to have an Adult Entertainment Business anywhere in the town. Board Member Bell stated that did not matter what the boards decided. An entertainment business in any area of the town would cause problems. Board Member Thayer asked if they could eliminate the THERM area without eliminating the other light industrial zones. Attorney Barney stated that could be done. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 5 JULY 7, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 62 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the idea was to have the businesses restricted to the light industrial zones that front on a state highway. Chairperson Hoffmann opened the public hearing at 7:59 p.m. With no persons present to be heard, Chairperson Hoffmann closed the public hearing at 8:00 p.m. MOTION by Robert Kenerson, seconded by Lawrence Thayer: WHEREAS: 1. The Town Board adopted Local Law No. 1 of the Year 1998 "Providing for a Moratorium for the Establishment of Adult Entertainment Businesses for a Period of Ninety (90) Days," on February 9, 1998, and 2. Said proposed local law establishes interim regulations prohibiting the establishment of adult entertainment businesses for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of enactment of the local law, in order to provide a reasonable period of time for the Town Board to draft and consider regulations regarding the development of such uses within the Town of Ithaca, and 3. Said proposed local law was amended on May 5, 1998, to extend the moratorium on adult entertainment businesses for an additional seventy -five (75) days, and 4. The above referenced moratorium is set to expire on or about July 24, 1998; and the Town has proposed extending the current moratorium for an additional ninety (90) days in order to provide sufficient time to revise the draft proposed local law, and 5. The Town Board has been diligently pursuing the preparation of a draft local law which would regulate adult entertainment businesses, and has also prepared an Adult Entertainment Use Study outlining the secondary effects of such uses (April 6, 1998; revised May 8, 1998), and 6. The Town Board referred said proposed moratorium extension, to the Town of Ithaca Planning Board for their recommendation, and T The Planning Board, at a Public Hearing held on July 7, 1998, has reviewed the above referenced local law. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, pursuant to Article XIV, Section 78 of the Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance, hereby finds that PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 6 _JULY 73 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED a. There is a need for the proposed ninety (90) day extension of the moratorium for the establishment of adult entertainment businesses by said proposed moratorium extension, and b. The existing and probable future character of the Town will not be adversely affected, and c. The proposed amendment to the local law is in accordance with a comprehensive plan of development of the Town and will allow the proper consideration of a draft local law regarding the regulation of such uses, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby recommends that the Town of Ithaca Town Board enact the proposed "Local Law Extending for an Additional Ninety (90) Days a Moratorium for the Establishment of Adult Entertainment Businesses." AYES - Hoffmann, Kenerson, Thayer, Ainslie, Bell. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding a sign variance for a proposed directional sign for the Cayuga Professional Center, said sign to be located on Dates Drive on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 243 -2.1, owned by Cayuga Medical Center, Residence District R -30. Cayuga Professional Center, Applicant; Cayuga Medical Center, Owner; A. Frost Travis, Agent. A. Frost Travis, 150 Highland Avenue, stated the purpose of the sign was to safely direct traffic exiting the Professional Center. Usually when exiting, the vehicles make a left turn onto Route 96 across traffic. When he came before the board at the renovation hearing he had asked the Town Board to consider a caution light at that intersection. Mr. Travis stated they had planned several different signs out through Dates Drive Extension onto Dates Drive and out to the caution light at the Medical Center. He would ask his Tenants to refer their patients to use that exit and to enter at the caution light or at their entrance. The would assist people entering the complex. They would enter at the Medical Center Entrance, then see the directional sign directing them to the Cayuga Professional Center. Mr. Frost stated he had read the recommendation to move the sign off the road thirty feet for an unobstructed site line. The reason for the size of the sign was to have it visible at the distance from the road. Board Member Kenerson asked if Dates Drive was a town road. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 7 ,JULY 71 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Attorney Barnev stated it was in the process of being conveyed to the town. Boardmember Hoffmann asked to have Dates Drive and Dates Drive Extension showed to the board on the map. That would enable the board to record the proper names of the road on their drawing. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the sign would be on private property of the Cayuga Medical Center, but the variance was needed because it fell into the category of off: premise signs. Board Member Kenerson asked if this would be a town sign that other signs could be added to it. Director of Engineering Walker stated there currently was a directional sign at that intersection directing people to the hospital and six other destinations. At the Biggs complex a vertical orientation sign that was erected in conjunction between the county and the hospital. The county would continue to own the smaller Biggs building. Board Member Kenerson asked if there would be multiple signs or one sign that would be inclusive. Director of Engineering Walker stated that a sign for the Biggs building would come before the board as part of site plan approval for that project. Planner Balestra presented the locations of Dates Drive and Dates Drive Extension on a small rendering she presented to the board. Chairperson Hoffmann asked what the name of the second turn -off was. There was a discussion among staff and boardmembers about which road was Dates Drive and which road was Date Drive Extension. Chairperson Hoffmann stated there was not enough information to decide which road was Dates Drive and which road was Dates Drive Extension. She asked that on the original map the correct names be labeled for the file. The board decided to temporarily named the roads. Board Member Bell stated they should suggest to the Town Board to rename one of the roads so that it was not so confusing. Chairperson Hoffmann agreed and she stated that names of Cayuga Medical Center, Cayuga Professional Center, Professional Medical Office Building led to confusion. Board Member Thayer stated the sign location confused him unless they were trying to route the traffic in that direction. The most logical way to get to the Professional Center was off Route 96. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 8 ,JULY 71 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the idea was that there was much traffic between the Cayuga Professional Center and the hospital. The applicant was trying to get people from the hospital to their doctor's office in the Professional Center by making the turn instead of going up onto Route 96. People traveling from Ithaca are not the problem. It was people traveling from the hospital going north on the highway. Attorney Barney stated there was the Medical Office Building, and then there was a sign saying Cayuga Professional Center Building, people might become confused if they were coming there for the first time. Board Member Ainslie stated if you were traveling on Harris Drive, and up to the Professional Building, a sign saying not a through street was posted. The road was not to be used because there were two speed bumps preventing constant travel. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the purpose of the sign was a way of drawing traffic off Route 96, Board Member Ainslie stated many people who were at the Professional Building automatically traveled that way. Mr. Travis stated that they had signs on their property that stated Exit to Ithaca at Hospital Light. Chairperson Hoffmann stated she felt that the names of the roads and facilities were confusing. Mr. Travis explained the reason they named the facility Cayuga Professional Center was that the medical Tenants had an affiliation with the Cayuga Medical Center. They had chosen to have their private practices in the facility near the hospital. They had a very strong informal affiliation with the Cayuga Medical Center. He felt there was a strong enough differentiation between the medical office building and Cayuga Professional Center. He understood the confusion between Cayuga Medical Center and Cayuga Professional Center but he hoped the words medical and professional would differentiate the two. In his opinion it was appealing name than the Tompkins County Professional Building that sounds like a government office building. They wanted to make it clear it was a medical, dentist office building. Chairperson Hoffmann asked Planner Balestra to explain the location of the sign. Planner Balestra explained in the picture she had passed around the orange sign was approximately thirty feet from the road. Due to the architectural graphic standards for site distance, someone who was at a stop sign at Dates Drive and Dates Drive Extension would need to be able to see the cars coming in either direction. The sign needed to be placed at least thirty feet north of that intersection from the edge of pavement from Dates Drive Extension. She explained the location of the sign on the map was a little closer to the road than it actually would be. Board Member Bell asked Planner Balestra to explain the location of the sign in the picture. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 9 JULY 7, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Planner Balestra showed and explained Board Member Bell the location of the sign. Board Member Ainslie asked if it would be a two sided sign. Planner Balestra responded it would be a two sided sign in order to see the sign from both directions. Mr. Travis stated he would be coming before the board to add another smaller sign directing people at Harris Dates Drive, Chairperson Hoffmann stated she felt the sign was quite a distance from the intersection. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated it would be visible. He explained that as people were coming out of the hospital they would be stopped and looking in that direction. At the other intersection because of the curvature of the driveway the sign would be visible. Chairperson Hoffmann stated she was worried about the people entering from Route 96. Assistant Town Planner Frantz responded that was not going to be an issue because people traveling to the Cayuga Professional Center from downtown would turn at the light. The point of the sign was to serve people coming out of the Cayuga Medical Center and headed towards the Cayuga Professional Center, Board Member Thayer asked if another sign at the other intersection would be needed. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated eventually it may be needed. Board Member Ainslie stated the sign was trying to keep the traffic internally than people traveling onto Route 96. Board Member Bell asked Assistant Town Planner Frantz to draw the location of the sign on the map. After seeing the location, Board Member Bell stated it would be thirty feet from the Dates Drive Extension and not from Dates Drive, Chairperson Hoffmann stated that when the Biggs building was converted to apartments, there would be more traffic traveling there. The board also needed to consider if they wanted to have another sign in the location, or if this sign could be built in a way that another sign could be added to it. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated that if the Biggs Complex was converted to residential use was a major office building until recently and generated much traffic. This is not a building that will create more traffic onto Dates Drive. He felt there was no reason to worry about the traffic implications. The Cayuga Professional Center generated 8,000 patient visits a month, roughly 350- 400 vehicle trips per day that is not a large volume of traffic over an eight hour day. The additional traffic if the Biggs Building were to be built would be a problem. His recommendation would be to PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 10 JULY 7, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED direct the developer of the Biggs Building to come up with a consolidated sign with the Cayuga Professional Center. Chairperson Hoffmann stated the board was allowing a separate sign for one applicant, and to the following applicants that they could not have a separate sign. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated he was not saying that they would not consider more signs, but at that point, the Planning Board could sav it was too much. One of the things that works in their favor is the fact that they are requests for variances. Chairperson Hoffmann opened the public hearing at 8:31 p.m. With no persons present to be heard, Chairperson Hoffmann closed the public hearing at 8:32 p.m. Board Member Bell stated the graphics on the sign were confusing because of the red triangle and white square. He explained it looked like an up arrow on an elevator and the graphic for Pizza Hut. Board Member Bell felt the applicant could come up with something clearer to express their intent. Mr. Travis stated it was part of their letterhead and it tied into the renovation of the exterior with the red roofs. He explained it would look a little different from what was shown because the white square was off center and it would be more closely aligned with the red triangle. Chairperson Hoffmann stated on the drawing of the sign stated the dimensions of the sign were to be four feet wide, two feet high, elevated no more than four feet off the ground for a total height of no more than six feet off the ground, but it showed four feet off the ground. Planner Balestra stated that when she went on the site visit, she and the Assistant Town Engineer estimated that you were able to see underneath the bottom panel of the sign. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated given the landscape in the area, the sign would not be very large at all. It would not make a big difference. Mr. Travis stated they would be willing to have a sign below theirs as long as it was compatible with their existing sign. Chairperson Hoffmann complimented Mr. Travis on the difference the renovations made. The board decided that they would like to add in a condition stating that Mr. Travis had agreed to permitting one sign below his in the future. Board Member Bell asked about the second sign Mr. Travis had suggested. Board Member Thayer stated the board would have to look at the location. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 11 JULY 71 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED - APPROVED -APPROVED Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the staff did not have a chance to look at the second sign. MOTION by Gregory Bell, seconded by Lawrence Thayer: WHEREAS. 1. The Town of Ithaca Zoning Board of Appeals has received an application for an off - premise directional sign for the Cayuga Professional Center to be located on Dates Drive, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 24- 3 -2.1, Residence District R -301 Cayuga Professional Center, Applicant; Cayuga Medical Center, Owner; A. Frost Travis, Agent, and 2. Said sign measures approximately 8 square feet in size, whereas the Town of Ithaca Sign Law permits a maximum size of 4 square feet for freestanding signs in residential districts, and said sign would be an off - premise sign, where such signs are prohibited in the Town of Ithaca Sign Law, and 3. The Board of Appeals, pursuant to the Town's Sign Law, has referred the application for said sign to the Sign Review Board (Planning Board) for its review and recommendations, and 4. The Planning Board, acting as the Sign Review Board, at a public hearing field on July 7, 1998, reviewed a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part I, prepared by the applicant, and Part II, prepared by Planning staff for the Zoning Board of Appeals, who will act as Lead Agency in the environmental review of the proposed sign; drawings of the proposed Cayuga Professional sign, with a date stamp of June 17, 1998, prepared by A. Frost Travis, and additional application materials, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as the Sign Review Board, hereby recommends that the Zoning Board of Appeals approve the proposed special approval for the sign shown in the Cayuga Professional Center sign application materials, date stamped June 17, 1998, subject to the following conditions: a. That the total height of the sign shall not exceed 6 feet, as measured from ground elevation; b. That the sign shall be located a distance of at least 30 feet from the edge of pavement of Dates Drive Extension, so that motorists stopped at the stop sign on Dates Drive have an unobstructive view for at least 130 feet eastward along the entrance drive to the Cayuga Medical Center; C, The applicant consenting to the placement of one additional sign of substantially equal size on the same supports as the sign applied for, provided the design of such sign is PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 12 ,JULY 73 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED compatible with the design of applicant sign, such second sign to provide directional guidance to other facilities in the vicinity of the hospital. AYES- Hoffmann, Bell, Thayer, Ainslie, Kenerson. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: SEQR Determination, Cornell University Food Compost Processing Operation, 751 Dryden Road. Daniel Winch, Cornell University Farm Service and Dining and Retail Services, stated he was present to obtain Final and Full Special Approval without limitations for their Compost Food Waste Project. They were before the Planning Board one year ago. At that point in time the Compost Food Waste Project was an idea and currently up and running. He stated he was proud of the progress they have made on the project. They were concerned when they started and found once they began the project that they were spending less time than what they had proposed. Mr. Winch stated they were not dumping the food waste on the pad and picking it up and putting into the mixer that was proposed previously. Instead, the food waste is going directly from a truck into a front end loader on either a tractor or skid steer. In result the material does not hit the ground. Some items of concern before the project was up and running were noise, birds, varmints, smells, and number of vehicular traffic. The process has taken much less time than what was proposed with one and sometimes two vehicle loads per day. On Route 366 and in that neighborhood one additional trip cannot be noticed. This spring they were able to have tours and the Planning Board was invited. Environmental Planner Ritter came out and they were able to visit the mixing operation at the Farm Service Complex and at the compost pad. They received positive feedback and have not had any citizen complaints about the operation at the Farm Service Complex. The numbers given to the board in the line of tonnage's have been very close. Mr. Winch stated he was no longer with the project but was present with the permission of John Lipkin of the Agricultural School. He felt an enormous amount of pride in what had been produced. Mr. Winch was confident that it will be on going and the operation they are running is clean. He explained he had seen comments from the Town of Ithaca staff about the project and are very happy about where they currently stand with the project At the second tour they had invited the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Solid Waste Division to come and review the project. Since they only accept Cornell University food waste and the end product is used on Cornell University land they did not have to have a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation permit. They had asked the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to review the project to give them some feedback. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation gave the project an unofficial thumbs up. Chairperson Hoffmann asked Mr. Winch to let the Planning Board know when they were having more tours. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 13 JULY 71 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Winch responded there was a great amount of interest. He felt that what they were doing was the environmentally right thing to do. Mr. Winch thought they would become an educational facility for alternative farming. Board Member Kenerson asked if they had two sites. Mr. Winch stated in the Town of Ithaca was where they did the mixing. Board Member Kenerson asked if there were any problems with rain run -off. Gary Tennant, Cornell Farm Services, stated the saw dust and horse manure that was mixed with the food waste was stored in a shed, so there was no run -off from that After the material is mixed it is put into a mixing wagon and then back into the sheds. Mr. Winch explained that they broom cleaned the site. They did not use water to wash down the site and they are able to clean the site every day. As Environmental Planner Ritter witnessed there is not much that drops -off from the complete operation. The operation uses approximately 3500 tons a year of other material and approximately 700 tons of food waste injected into that. Board Member Ainslie asked if they were taking all of the food wastes from all of the cafeteria sites. Mr. Winch replied they currently were not. A couple of the cafeterias did not have loading docks and were very small facilities. They were taking the majority of the food waste and the two largest dining halls were on -line, but they would be 100% on -line within the next academic year. Board Member Ainslie asked if they were going to try to make the other facilities on -line. Mr. Winch responded that they would and all of the facilities in the current plans were the ones ran by the Dining and Retail Services Department. Board Member Bell asked how long the cycle ran. Mr. Tennant responded the compost action takes place in about three months. Then there was another six month puring period before they had finished compost. After the three months they can spread it on the fields. One of the things they plan on doing is to enlarge the storage so they are able too pure the compost for a year. Then the Plantations and Grounds Department could use it instead of Pete Moss. Chairperson Hoffmann asked Mr. Winch to describe the increase of the run -off capacity of the pond and what it meant. Mr. Winch replied that they wanted to increase the size of the pad approximately one hundred feet up the hill and by two hundred feet wide. The retention pond at the end was barely big enough to keep them through the winter. They were unable to irrigate the water out of the pond PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 14 JULY 71 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED onto the surrounding pasture land in the spring and summer. So the pond either needs to be increased in size or build a second pond farther up the hill that water can be pumped into and then irrigated out. The site was on the base of a hill and all the land that needs to be irrigated is above the base. Chairperson Hoffmann asked what the size of the second pond would be. Mr. Tennant stated it would be about a quarter of the size of the original just to give them a little more space. Chairperson Hoffmann stated she just wanted to be sure there were not any negative environmental impacts. Mr. Winch stated they had been working with Cornell University's Environmental Compliance Office, Statutory Facilities Office and several others to help them design the site. Before they started the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation came down and looked and the site. A few suggestions were made and he had seen the site after it was in operation. Mr. Tennant stated they had visited compost sites around the country and. this was one of the few that they would find a retention pond. Most of the run -off goes into the ground. Environmental Planner Ritter stated she strongly supported what they were doing. There were many environmental benefits. Mr. Winch and Mr. Tennant have been great managers and have received rave reviews from staff not affiliated with the project, but said the conditions found during the tour were there all of the time. Chairperson Hoffmann asked if Cornell University would have to come in for approval on the expansion. Environmental Planner Ritter responded that would be in the Town of Dryden. The only thing being done in the Town of Ithaca was the grinding of the food. Then the food becomes brought to the site in Dryden. MOTION by Lawrence Thayer, seconded by James Ainslie: WHEREAS. 1. This action is consideration of the continued operation of approximately 500 tons /year tons /year of food waste at the a portion of Town of Ithaca Ta District (SLUD) No. 9. Cornell Special Approval as required by Local Law No. 14 of 1995, for a food compost processing operation consisting of mixing of bedding /sawdust and manure, with approximately 700 existing Farm Service Complex, located at 751 Dryden Road, on x Parcel No. 6444, consisting of +/- 50 acres, Special Land Use University, Owner; Gary Tennant, Agent; and PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 15 JULY 7, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is legislatively determined to act as Lead Agency in environmental review with respect to Special Approval in SLUD No. 9, and 3. This is an action for which the Planning Board, on July 15, 1997, granted preliminary and final site plan approval, and granted a one year temporary Special Approval, and accepted as adequate a site plan entitled "Cornell Compost Project, Farm Services Department' dated 1996 and updated 6/96, 4/97, and 6/97 by Cornell University, Planning, Design and Construction, a two -page project description entitled "Cornell Compost Project: A History and Proposal" and other application materials; and 4. The Planning Board, on Julv 7, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part I prepared by the applicant, a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part II prepared by planning staff, and additional application materials; and 5. The Town Planning staff have recommended a negative determination of environmental significance with respect to the proposed Special Approval; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act for the above referenced action as proposed, and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required. AYES- Hoffmann, Thayer, Ainslie, Kenerson, Bell. NAYS- None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Special Approval as required by Local Law No. 14 of 1995, for the continued operation of a food compost processing operation that consists of mixing bedding(sawdust and manure with food waste at the existing Farm Service Complex, located at 751 Dryden Road, on a portion of Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 6414, consisting of +/- acres, Special Land Use District (SLUD) No. 9. Cornell University, Owner; Gary Tennant, Agent. Chairperson Hoffmann opened the public hearing at 8:59 p.m. With no persons present to be heard, Chairperson Hoffmann closed the public hearing at 9:00 p.m. Board Member Bell stated in 2b he was curious about the language. He felt that the language was too strict and normally there was a procedure where notices were given, and had a chance to correct the problem. Environmental Planner Ritter stated she had copied it from the previous year's Resolution. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 16 .JULY 72 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Attorney Barney stated they could amend it that the town Planning Board reserved the right to hold special approval after notice and hearing to the applicant that should there be found there was a violation. Chairperson Hoffmann asked if the figures the applicant had given were correct for the expanded facility also. Mr. Tennant stated the figures were estimates and they did not have any concrete figures until they had run for a year. Attorney Barney added an amendment stating that revoking the permit was not the only action the town could take. The Planning Board revoted on the resolution to accept the amendment. MOTION by Robert Kenerson, seconded by James Ainslie: WHEREAS: 16 This action is the consideration of Special Approval as required by Local law No. 14 of 1995, for the continued operation of a food compost processing operation that consists of mixing approximately 500 tons /year of bedding /sawdust and manure, with approximately 700 tons /year of food waste at the existing Farm Service Complex, located at 751 Dryden Road, on a portion of Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 64 -1 -1, consisting of +/ -50 acres, Special Land Use District (SLUD) No. 9. Cornell University, Owner; Gary Tennant, Agent; and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as lead agency in environmental review, has, on Julv 7, 1998, reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part I prepared by the applicant and a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part H prepared by planning staff, and made a negative determination of environmental significance with regard to Special Approval; and 3. This is an action for which the Planning Board, on July 15, 1997, granted preliminary and final site plan approval, granted a one year temporary Special Approval, and accepted as adequate a site plan entitled "Cornell Compost Project, Farm Services Department' dated 1996 and updated 6/96, 4/97, and 6/97 by Cornell University, Planning, Design and Construction, a two -page project description entitled "Cornell Compost Project: A History and Proposal' and other application materials; 46 The Planning Board, at a Public Hearing on July 7, 1998, has reviewed and accepted the above referenced application materials as complete; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 17 JULY 72 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED 1. That the Planning Board determines the following: a. that the health, safety, and general welfare of the community in harmony with the general purpose of this ordinance are promoted by the proposed action; be that the premises are reasonably adapted to the proposed use; ce that the proposed use will not be detrimental to the general amenity or neighborhood character in amounts sufficient to devaluate neighboring property or seriously inconvenience neighboring inhabitants; and d, that the proposed access and egress for all structures and uses is safely designed. 2. That the Planning Board hereby grants Special Approval, as required by Local Law No. 14 of 1995, for the continued operation of a food compost processing operation that consists of mixing approximately 500 tons /year of bedding/ sawdust, and manure with approximately 700 tons /year food waste at the existing Farm Service Complex, located at 751 Dryden Road, on a portion of Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 64 -14, within Special Land Use District (SLUD) No. 9, as shown on the map entitled "Cornell Compost Project, Farm Services Department' dated 1996 and updated 6/96, 4/97, and 6/97 by Cornell University, Planning, Design and Construction, and other application materials, conditioned upon the following: a. that this Special Approval allows the mixing only of compost materials emanating from Cornell University sources, and that mixing of compost materials from other sources on this site is a violation of the Special Approval, and be that this operation comply with all the regulations within Local Law No. 14 of 1995, including sections 7(e) Noise, 7(h) Odor, and 7(1) Vermin, and that the Town Planning Board reserves the right to revoke Special Approval at any time, should this operation violate Local Law No. 14 of 1995, after at least 10 days notice of violation to the applicant, and a hearing before the Planning Board on the violation, and a finding by the Board that a violation has occurred. Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude any Town agency from any other legal recourse related to such violation. AYES - Hoffman, Kenerson, Thaver, Ainslie, Bell. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: SEQR Determination, Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, Ellis Hollow Road and Summerhill Lane. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 18 ,JULY 7, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Bob Witty, Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, stated they had done much work since the Sketch Plan Review. The project was similar to the Meadow Street Project. The Meadow Street Project had four drive -up teller lanes and a drive -up ATM without a bypass. He explained their current plan had a bypass when exiting out. The teller drive -up areas had nomadic tubing. The driver -up next to the building would be a normal drive -up window. Parking would be in the front of the building. The front of the building would be facing towards Ellis Hollow. They had decided to close the previous curb cut, and that solved many problems onto the Cornell Access Drive. They were able to create a second curb cut on the Cornell Access Drive. The front yard setback, facing Ellis Hollow, was fifty feet. The set back on the side yard, the rear was thirty feet. They were going to conform with the same lighting as the parking complex. Cornell was going to revamp the parking lot, but since P & C was not going to expand, they did not have plans to do that Cornell University would fix the access road. John Lavrish, HBE Corporation, stated the project was 4920 square feet. Member parking would be on the south side of the building facing Ellis Hollow. Additional, separate parking for employees at the north end of the site, behind the building. The drive -up would be accessed through the member parking area in front of the building, around to the east side of the building, and turn back to the West to access the exit. There was space for five cars stacking in each of the four drive -up lanes. The fifth lane was available for a drive -up Automatic Teller Machine. From a visual point of view the exterior design of the building was very similar in character to the Meadow Street Project, and was just a slightly larger version. It had a brick structure, and standing seen metal roof. Chairperson Hoffmann stated she understood there was a possible problem with the drainage being relocated through the parcel because of the construction. David Herrick, T.G. Miller Engineers, stated the site was at the lower end of approximately a 170 acre water shed which begins in the Hungerful Hill area, crosses Ellis Hollow Road to the East. Much of the agricultural land tilled by Cornell University to the East of the site ultimately drains into an area behind the apartment buildings. Then through Summerhill Lane, across this property in the existing drainage ditch. Then under the coverts at the East Hill Plaza Entrance Drive before it passes under Ellis Hollow Road again, then back under the new realigned Pine Tree Road. The concepts for their water shed management were slightly different from what they had presented to the board on other projects. Their focus for this site was to mimic as best they could the detention volume that was inherent in that existing swale. Mr. Herrick referred to drawing C 1.1 in explaining the drainage. The existing drainage swale under Summerhill Lane cuts through the property under what would be the drive through area. It then enters coverts that were under the entrance plaza just to the South of the Trust Company. The easiest solution in managing the water that runs through the site would simply be to hard pipe it from where it exits Summerhill Lane all the way to the existing covert. What had been done was extensive grading to the North of the proposed parking that would mimic the capacity that was currently in the drainage swale. The second concept they held to was they looking not to create a flood stage problem at Summerhill Lane that could ultimately have PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 19 JULY 7, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED effects upstream to the residential properties. They scrutinized the water shed the best they could. They have created in the grading and the pipe sizes, the combination of hydraulic situations to avoid creating back water effect on Summerhill Lane and possibly create higher water levels at the adjoined properties. They had to modify the site plan recently so that they had that combination of pipe size and the ability to have over land flow when the pipes are flooded during the hundred year storm. They have been able to maintain an existing condition that would allow over land flow and serious flood events to not effect the people upstream. Recently they shifted the whole site slightly to the East so that they could better accommodate hydraulic conditions that they needed for the existing covert. Chairperson Hoffmann stated she thought she saw something that was a concern about the down stream effects of the water from the site. Mr. Herrick stated there really would not be down stream impacts. There is additional impervious surface from the project. They were maintaining some detention volume within this the open channel north of the channel. There would be some slight increases but they are not going to be an effect on anything local to the project. What is a larger impact is the lack of capacity and systems below the site. On Ellis Hollow Road there is a concrete box covert. Under the new realigned Pine Tree Road there was a new covert put in place. In his opinion in going through the water shed analysis is that the covert was undersized underneath the new Pine Tree Road. It has the effect of creating back water on everything upstream. As the site was looked at, there was not much fall from this project to the point where that covert passes under Pine Tree Road. It was fairly flat given the drain. Mr. Herrick stated the inability of the covert at Pine Tree Road to pass the larger storm event has direct impacts to this site. Yes, they are adding additional impervious surfaces, the conditions that exist at Ellis Hollow Road and at the Pine Tree Road covert negate any impact from additional impervious surfaces. Chairperson Hoffmann asked if the system was already undersized. Mr. Herrick responded that for the serious storm events, he could recall Ellis Hollow Road being closed due to flooding. Board Member Bell stated the pipe he was talking about was put in two years ago when Pine Tree Road was realigned. There was an intentional artificial wetland area, created for as a substitute for other wetlands that was removed. He asked if the wetland provided any quantity of storage to make up for the undersized coverts. Mr. Herrick stated it did not. It was a very small basin. Board Member Bell stated that if the pipe under Pine Tree Road was made larger, and at a lower elevation, it would obviously drain the wetland. So it would have to be above the level that is there now. He asked if the county made a mistake when they created it. Director of Engineering Walker stated he thought they did not look at the total impact on the water shed when they designed it. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 20 JULY 71 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Mr. Herrick stated there was probably more scrutiny on the water shed as a result of this project than there was for the Pine Tree Road. Director of Engineering Walker stated he thought the covert was undersized. He thought that the design of the replacement wetland was probably a nice concept but he felt they forgot about capacity under the road. If the pipes were to be two feet lower than it presently was, would probably have twice the capacity it currently did. The impact was that it did not over top Pine Tree Road. He did not know if they looked far enough upstream to realize that they were using Ellis Hollow Road as a storage area. Or maybe they did, they might have felt it was worthwhile to close the road during high events. The impact of this project by maintaining the existing volume storage was minimizing any negative impacts. With the nature of the run -off and the nature of the water shed, just above this in Summerhill Lane there was a significant natural storage area. If the natural area was removed or channeled, it would impact down stream areas much more. So they need to look at the whole area of the water shed. Considering the length of the water shed and it flow through Cornell University's fields, there was a significant lag time and most of the run -off from this site will be gone before the upper water shed area comes down through. Director of Engineering Walker stated they really did not want to detain too much of it. They wanted to get it out of the way before the rest of the came down into the storage area. He felt the concept would not make the problem any worse. The road would be raise a little. Mr. Herrick stated they were not adjusting the grades to the point where they would create a dam. They were not damming up the water, they were trying to maintain elevations primarily the lower drive and equally on the upper one. So that any flooding of the pipes that had to escape is going to occur across the tops of the driveways. These are talking about serious flood events. Director of Engineering Walker stated before this site were to flood, Ellis Hollow Road would flood. Mr. Herrick stated he was trying to avoid creating an impact on the housing that was built on top of the drainage ditch. Board Member Kenerson asked what kind of material shifting they would have to do in the storage area. Would they be taking materials out or bringing some in. Jerry Petry, Vice President of Project Develop with HBO Corporation, stated they were in a slight haul situation. Board Member Kenerson asked if they were going to gravel it to make it a storage overflow, or a dry well out of it. Mr. Herrick stated it was a very large graded area. He explained there was really no opportunity for infiltration. Mr. Witty stated they had a similar pounding situation on Craft Road and it worked very well in rapid run -offs. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 21 JULY 73 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Chairperson Hoffmann stated she understood they did not anticipate any great problems even though there were already current problems. Mr. Witty asked Director of Engineering Walker if he thought they were improving it with the pounding. Director of Engineering Walker stated he did not think they were going -to improve it. The constriction down stream was so great that there would need to be a big whole to stop the problem. He stated the best way to fix a lot of it would to be to raise Ellis Hollow Road, increase the size of the coverts, and provide a secondary outlet at a higher elevation for that wetland area. The county created the problem, and the biggest problem is for their own roads. Mr. Witty stated they put the current building out for bid and they had one bidder and they ended up putting in the highest bid. So they were not going to be tearing the building down and hauling it to the dump. The bidder was going to take it from the pad up. So all they had to do was get rid of the cement pad that was part of the excavation work. David Aduse, Cayuga Landscape, stated that the significant vegetation, the Black Locus Trees on the east side of the site would remain. From the view stand point, the impact of this project is positive. He tried to use the planting plan to beautify the site for the residence and for the people who use the site. At the top of the landscape map, there is a grove of Norway Spruce in the far northeast corner. The intent there is not only to screen the site from people walking along the pedestrian path, but to provide a visual break between the apartment complex and the huge expansive parking beyond. He noticed many of the residence from Summer Hill used the asphalt walk. So he included a hedge of double file by Bernum. One reason was to soften the impact of the water retention basin, but also to make the experience of walking over to the supermarket a little more pleasant. At the west side of the site they will have an allay of flowering pairs. Some years ago they did the design and planting of the Trust Company. He tried to add some of the same species so there was some integration from side to side. Flowering pairs were also a trade was a great long lasting tree that are quite tolerate of poorly drained soils, and salt run -off. For the back of the parking lot there were a couple of Amercork Trees. In a couple part of the site he fried integrate little use species. There is a tendency in landscape development for the same species so that they are subject to insect disease. On the east side of the site several Kentucky Coffee Trees were planted. On the south side of the site, one of the concerns was to maintain the view shed stretching out across Pine Tree Road through the gap that was left between Reis Tennis Center and the Equestrian Facility. The intent is to break up the view of the parking lot while maintaining the view shed. Closer to the building was a low maintenance planting of Winter Gem Boxwood and a variety of low flowering shrubs. Japanese Tree Lilacs at the corners of buildings on the southwest and southeast corners of the building. Compact Coverts, Dwarf Crabs directly in front of the building. There was also a desire to add shrubs on the east side of the building to further screen the facility from Summerhill Lane, Board Member Bell asked if they were adding additional Black Locus. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 22 JULY 71 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Mr. Aduse stated that they were not. For one reason diversity was strength in a landscape, if not it could lead deterioration of the site. The Black Locus was an under used tree. They grow very quickly and have many values. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the staff suggested there be some shrubs planted closer to the Summerhill Lane right -of -way to break up the mass of the mass of the building. The reason they recommended a revised plan be submitted was because this was done before the building was shifted. He did not see any major changes, it was more of a matter of having to shift some plantings. Chairperson Hoffmann asked that when the building was moved eastward, would the parking area closest to Ellis Hollow Road be moved also so that there was a grassy area between the road and the parking lot. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated there would be a wider lawn area between the East Hill Plaza access driveway. He explained he had brief comments from the Environmental Review Committee and stated they expressed a strong concern for increase traffic in the general area. They recommended mitigation measures for increase traffic as a result of the project. They had an idea of the placement of exterior lights from the C 1.1 drawing, but they would like to see more details of the lighting fixtures before Final Site Plan Approval. The town does prefer sharp cut -off fixtures to minimize the amount of light that spills off the site. The Environmental Review Committee was in favor of removing the existing curb cut on Ellis Hollow Road. Chairperson Hoffmann stated at the last Conservation Board Meeting there was a discussion about the number of drive -in lanes and rather if they were encouraging more cars to stand with their motors running there. Mr. Witty stated he thought the more lanes would accommodate the project much easier to get the cars in and out quicker. The interior design that they found down at the Meadow project that they had to rework the interior of the building where the window was. At Meadow Street the drive - up window was much narrower so they only had two tellers. They had to stack thirty or twenty cars on that site with two tellers. In order to make traffic move quicker was add a third teller. The third teller had their station on the back wall and running back and forth. With this site, they were going to have three tellers serving so that the cars would move out at a rapid pace. He did not anticipate that they would receive the traffic at the proposed site as they received on Meadow Street. They hope to mitigate some of Meadow's traffic to the proposed project. Chairperson Hoffmann explained the basic concern was having a lot of cars standing there with their motors running and clouding up the air. Larry Turchin, Traffic Solutions, stated that when a car sits idling it produced more pollutants. Then it becomes a question of if you could move the cars through quicker than the cars idling for a shorter frequency. So the more lanes there are, the quicker the cars move through, the lesser the cars are idling, and less air pollutant. Chairperson Hoffmann stated it was also a function of how many tellers there were. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 23 JULY 7, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED -APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Witty stated that at peak hours they would have three tellers. Most of the time they would only have one teller because most of the time there would only be one or two cars there. The cars do not idle for too long for a transaction. It is just a couple of minutes. Mary Oberhouse, Executive Vice President at Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, stated they have an existing office at the site since 1979 and it is a very busy office. She felt the new building would be a benefit to the members because they will have extended hours due to the drive through. It will accommodate many people at Cornell coming and leaving work. She felt that the traffic would be more evenly distributed throughout the day. The drive through would be open Monday through Saturday and they would have earlier hours so people were able to do their transactions before work. Mr. Witty stated that they needed to keep in mind that the East Hill Branch was already present. Most of the people park and walk into the bank. The building at East Hill they were leasing from Cornell University and they would have to sublease it to someone else and they may generate as much traffic as CFCU does. Mr. Turchin stated he did the impact study that was done in conformance with the outlines provided by Institute of Transportation and Engineers. They set out guidelines to be followed. The traffic numbers in the report were real time. He counted the cars and incorporated them into the existing peramas. The study was done in essence as a worse case scenario. He compounded the peak hours of morning, evening, and Saturday with the peak hours of the bank and they do not really coincide. Mr. Turchin stated he covered all problems regardless of what happens in this fashion. If there was something wrong it would show up quickly. The capacity analysis was the key. There was not much of an impact. The bank present was an existing traffic perimeter. The only new traffic perimeters would be the ones coming through the drive - through. All of the materials were generated out the Trip Germination Handbook. It was split up by the existing and teller bank by the existing traffic flow percentages. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the staff reviewed the traffic study against the staffs data. Essentially, they came to the same conclusion independently. It is going to increase traffic but it will not create any significant adverse impacts concerning traffic. One thing the staff did do was operate under a worse case scenario that the 4000 square feet the credit union is vacating is going to be filled by a business that generates more traffic, or the same level. Whoever fills the space will more likely be before this board for Site Plan Approval. At that point more information will be received on potential traffic impacts. Chairperson Hoffmann stated she was disappointed that they were not going to have the improvements to the East Hill Plaza traffic pattern and landscaping that had been proposed even before the P & C expansion for other projects. Mr. Witty stated that they were the Cornell FingerLakes Union and were not a part of Cornell University. So he was unable to speak for what they were doing. He was just going on what he was being told. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 24 .JULY 71 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 -APPROVED - APPROVED -APPROVED Chairperson Hoffmann stated she saw the letter from Cornell University and they said they were holding off on the rest of the parking lot improvements until the P & C expansion plans moved forward. Mr. Witty stated he did not know about that He only knew what he had read in the papers. Chairperson Hoffmann asked Assistant Town Planner Frantz if there was something specific the staff was concerned about the lighting. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated it was the submission of design details and construction materials because there was not enough information at the present point. Chairperson Hoffmann stated to the applicant that when they talked to the staff about lighting it needed to be carefully done. It needed to work with the applicant's project, but at the same time work with its neighbors. Mr. Witty stated if the board were to go to any one of their parking lots, the lights were shaped and pointed down so that the light so that the light did not interfere with its neighbors. It was enough light to see when getting into a car at night, but not enough to cause problems. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated it was just a matter of cutting sheets out of a catalog and presenting them to the staff. Board Member Bell asked if the fixtures would match what was presently in the parking lot. Mr. Witty stated he did not know if the fixtures would match, the light would be the same. The fixtures would match what was at the Meadow Street Branch. It would be about the same color of the building. Board Member Bell stated they would rather see that their fixture matched what was at the East Hill Plaza rather than what was present at their other branches. Director of Engineering Walker stated he did think the fixtures were going to be significantly different because they were talking about lighting large areas compared to a smaller area at the bank. The lights really needed to be more compatible to the building than what was in the parking lot. Board Member Bell asked about their compatibility with the doctor's office and the Trust Company. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated he had two photographs. One of the new facility on Meadow Street showing one of the fixtures and the other was the fixtures at the East Hill Plaza. Chairperson Hoffmann explained that one of the things they were concerned about when the lights went up that they also be done in a way that they light properly but do riot disturb a persons vision. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 25 JULY 72 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated that when driving by the Meadow Street Branch that the lights have a sharp cut -off. Mr. Witty stated there was a difficult situation at Meadow Street because there is a house next to the employee parking. The light did not cause a problem with the neighboring houses. MOTION by Gregory Bell, seconded by James Ainslie: WHEREAS: 10 This action is Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 +/- square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, located adjacent to East Hill Plaza at the intersection of Ellis Hollow Road and Summerhill Lane, on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 62 -2- 1.125. The proposed project would be a full service branch for the Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, containing a teller lobby and offices, with a drive -up teller operation with four lanes plus a fifth lane for an automatic teller machine. Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, Owner /Applicant, Robert O. Witty, Agent, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is legislatively determined to act as Lead Agency in environmental review with respect to Site Plan Approval, and 3. The Planning Board, on July 7, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Long Environmental Assessment Form Pt. I submitted by the applicant and a Part II prepared by the Town Planning Department, a site plan submission which includes drawings entitled, "Ellis Hollow Road Branch Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union — Civil Site Plan", dated June 29, 1998, and , "Ellis Hollow Road Branch Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union — Site Study/ Floor Plan", dated June 29, 1998, both prepared by HBE Financial Facilities, a "Stormwater Management Study - Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union at East Hill Plaza', dated May 1998, a "Traffic Impact Study for the New Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union, East Hill Plaza ", dated April 30, 1998, and other application materials, and 4. The Town Planning staff has recommended a negative determination of environmental significance with respect to the proposed site plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED. That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act for the above referenced action as proposed and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 26 JULY 72 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED AYES- Hoffmann, Bell, Ainslie, Kenerson, Thayer. NAYS- None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 +/- square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, located adjacent to East Hill Plaza at the intersection of Ellis Hollow Road and Summerhill Lane, on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 62 -2- 1.125. the proposed project would be a full service branch for the Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, containing a teller lobby and offices, with a drive -up teller operation with four lanes plus a fifth lane for an automatic teller machine. Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, Owner/Applicant; Robert O. Witty, Agent. Mr. Herrick stated the realignment of the proposed striping in the driving lanes on East Hill Plaza entrance drive. He passed out reduced copies to the board of the 1996 Proposal and the 1998 Proposal. Chairperson Hoffmann opened the public hearing at 10:05 p.m. With no persons present to be heard, Chairperson Hoffmann closed the public hearing at 10:06 p.m. Mr. Herrick stated he was referring to a drawing entitled East Hill Plaza Entrance dated 7/7/98 prepared by T.G. Miller. He presented an alignment plan that was part of the 1996 East Hill Plaza Landscape improvements project. At that time there was only one curb cut to the Old Page Book Binder Site that was fairly close to Ellis Hollow Road. That curb cut is being moved to the North and in addition CFCU has a second egress even farther to the North. The landscape island will remain and everything right adjacent to the intersection remains unchanged. The substantial difference is between the CFCU's driveways. It really is just the way that the road is tapered from four lanes back to two lanes. On the 1996 Plan there was a straight line on the proposed pavement in front of the company and now there is a taper in that line. It is not a significant change, but it is one that will better facilitate the traffic movements given the changed location of the curb cuts for CFCU. Board Member Bell asked why the curb cut for the Trust Company not shown. Mr. Herrick stated it was shown. Board Member Bell stated it was shown as a driveway, not a curb cut. Mr. Herrick stated the Trust Company had a large length of curb cut. They had three drive - thru's plus the ATM that all fronted on the entrance. Board Member Bell asked why the northern line of the access driveway shown as a double solid line. It did not indicate a curb cut to him. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 27 JULY 73 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Herrick stated the dashed line represented the property line. Board Member Bell stated there were turning radiuses and natural curb cut onto the CFCU property but they are not indicated on the other property. Mr. Herrick stated there would be very limited use of curbing on the entrance drive. There is curbing at the island, on the returns for the CFCU driveway. The double solid line represented what would become an asphalt guard. There would be a slight depression to form a "V" shaped gutter in the pavement that will pick up the run -off in the street. The Trust Company will end up having the same width curb cut that they presently have. Traffic will simply cross the small "V" section in the paving before they go onto the street. Chairperson Hoffmann asked Mr. Herrick to show her on the drawing where the curbing was. Mr. Herrick showed the board on the drawing what he was referring to. Board Member Bell stated he was concerned that there were no ways for pedestrians to get to the facility. The way the drainage basin was constructed it was parallel to the existing asphalt walkway. The only way for someone to get to the facility was from the space between the bridge basin and the parking lot, walks along the access road, and into the driveway to get to the building. He stated he would like to see a way for pedestrians get to the facility. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated from Summerhill Lane side on the East, the Ellis Hollow Road Elderly Apartments were almost directly east of the building. Could an extension of the sidewalk that runs along the front of the building, east, would benefit the elderly housing, but the people in Summerhill Town House. There is a pedestrian and bicycle connection between Summerhill owned and maintained by the Town of Ithaca does not serve the proposed facility. Another possibility would be to extend the sidewalk to the Summerhill East Hill Plaza access drive that is near the bus stop. Mr. Witty stated they did not have a problem extending the sidewalk in both directions. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the sidewalk crossed a road right -of -way to Summerhill Lane. They would have to coordinate with the highway department and get the work permit. Mr. Witty asked if there was landscape in that area because he wanted drivers to be able to see the pedestrians. Chairperson Hoffmann stated the landscaper could make sure there was nothing obstructing the view. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated there had been talk of a bike lane following Summerhill Lane and crossing Cascadilla Creek and it could eventually tie into that sidewalk. He suggested a bike rack would be appropriate at the facility. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 28 JULY 73 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Witty stated they did add a bike rack to the Meadow Branch. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the facility was close to the largest concentration to bicycle traffic in the county, the Cornell University Campus. Chairperson Hoffmann asked if CFCU agreed with the addition of a bike rack. Mr. Witty stated that was fine. They had assumed it was just going to be drive -up traffic. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated his suggestion was bike rack with the capacity for five bicycles. Chairperson Hoffmann stated she noticed on page 3 of the Traffic Study, the Ellis Hollow Apartments were referred to as student housing. She asked for it to be changed. Chairperson Hoffmann also added the section of Judd Falls Road was really Pine Tree Road. MOTION by Lawrence Thaver, seconded by Gregory Bell: WHEREAS: 1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 +/- square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, located adjacent to East Hill Plaza at the intersection of Ellis Hollow Road and Summerhill Lane, on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 62 -2- 1.125. The proposed project would be a full service branch for the Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, containing a teller lobby and offices, with a drive -up teller operation with four lanes plus a fifth lane for an automatic teller machine. Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, Owner /Applicant; Robert O. Witty, Agent, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as lead agency in environmental review with respect to Site Plan Approval, has, on July 7, 1998, made a negative determination of environmental significance, and 3. The Planning Board, at a Public Hearing on July 7, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Long Environmental Assessment Form Part I submitted by the applicant and a Part II prepared by the Town Planning Department, a site plan submission which includes drawings entitled "Ellis Hollow Road Branch Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union — Civil Site Plan", dated June 29, 1998, and , "Ellis Hollow Road Branch Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union — Site Study /Floor Plan ", dated June 29, 1998, a "Stormwater Management Study - Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union at East Hill Plaza ", dated May 1998, a "Traffic Impact Study for the New Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union, East Hill Plaza ", dated April 30, 1998, and other application materials. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 29 .JULY 71 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED That the Planning Board hereby grants Preliminary Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 +/- square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, located adjacent to East Hill Plaza at the intersection of Ellis Hollow Road and Summerhill Lane, on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 62 -2- 1.125, as shown in a site plan submission which includes drawings entitled "Ellis Hollow Road Branch Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union — Civil Site Plan", dated June 29, 1998, and , "Ellis Hollow Road Branch Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union sees Site Studv/ Floor Plan", dated June 29,1998, both prepared by HBE Financial Facilities, and other application materials, subject to the following conditions: a* granting by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the required Special Approval for the proposed project prior to Final Site Plan Approval; be submission of a revised landscaping plan that reflects the shift of the proposed building, parking facilities and driveways eastward on the site, to include additional shrub plantings between the proposed facilities and Summer Hill Lane prior to Final Site Plan Approval; co revision of the site plan to include addition of a sign at the northwest driveway to the Cornell Fingerlakes Credit Union site indicating "EXIT ONLY - DO NOT ENTER" to vehicles traveling on the East Hill Plaza entrance drive prior to Final Site Plan Approval; do revision of the site plan to include addition of provisions for the safe parking and securing of a minimum of 5 bicycles; prior to final site plan approval; e. submission of design details and construction materials for all proposed exterior lighting fixture and signs, prior to Final Site Plan Approval; f* revision of the site plan to extend the proposed walkway on the Ellis Hollow Road side of the proposed building westerly to the East Hill Plaza entrance drive, and easterly to Summerhill Lane, prior to Final Site Plan approval; go receipt of application for and approval of a modification of the Cornell University Site Plan for East Hill Plaza affecting the realignment of the access drive as shown on the drawing by T.G. Miller entitled "East Hill Plaza Entrance' dated 7/7/98 and submitted to the Board at this meeting, prior to Final Site Plan approval; he submission of an original or mylar copy of the final site plan to be retained by the Town of Ithaca prior to the issuance of a building permit. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. 1. That the Planning Board, in making recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals, determines the following: PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 30 .JULY 711998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, l 998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED a. there is a need for the proposed use in the proposed location, as demonstrated by the applicant; bo the existing and probable future character of the neighborhood will not be adversely affected as a result of the proposed project; ce the specific proposed change in land use as a result of the proposed project is in accordance with a comprehensive plan of development for the Town of Ithaca. 2. That the Planning Board reports to the Zoning Board of Appeals its recommendation that the aforementioned request for Special Approval be approved. AYES- Hoffmann, Thayer, Bell, Ainslie, Kenerson. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - APRIL 7,1998. MOTION by Greg Bell, seconded by Lawrence Thayer. RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the April 7, 1998 Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board be and hereby approve the following minutes as written with corrections. Board Member Bell stated he had typed out corrections for pages 11 and 15. Board Member Ainslie stated he was excused for the April 7, 1998 Meeting and he was listed as being present. Chairperson Hoffmann submitted her changes to the Minutes Secretary. She asked Assistant Town Planner Frantz to look over what he stated in the middle of page 10. Assistant Town Planner Frantz later submitted the changes to the Minutes Secretary. Attorney Barney stated that the corrections needed to be made because requests were being made for almost everything to do with Lake Source Cooling. THERE being no further discussion, the Chair called for a vote. AYE - Hoffmann, Bell, Kenerson, Thayer. NAY - None. ABSTENTION - Ainslie. The MOTION was declared to be carried. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 31 ,JULY 72 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1998 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED AGENDA ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - APRIL 21,1998. MOTION by Lawrence Thayer, seconded by Robert Kenerson: RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the April 21, 1998 Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board be and hereby approve the following minutes as written with corrections. Chairperson Hoffmann submitted her changes to Minutes Secretary. THERE being no further discussion, the Chair called for a vote. AYE - Hoffman, Bell, Kenerson, Thayer. NAY- None. ABSTENTION - Ainslie. The MOTION was declared to be carried. AGENDA ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES - MAY 5119980 MOTION by Jim Ainslie, seconded by Lawrence Thayer. RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the Mav 5, 1998 Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board be and hereby approve the following minutes as written. THERE being no further discussion, the Chair called for a vote. AYE - Hoffman, Bell, Kenerson, Ainslie, Thayer. NAY - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: OTHER BUSINESS. Assistant Town Planner Frantz asked if the board had received their copies of the Park and Open Space Plan Executive Study. The board responded that they did not and Assistant Town Planner Frantz passed out the Plan to the board. AGENDA ITEM: ADJOURNMENT. PLANNING BOARD MEETING PAGE 32 ,JULY 711998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - OCTOBER 6, 1 998 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Upon MOTION, Chairperson Hoffmann declared the July 7, 1998, Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board duly adjourned at 10:57 p.m. Prepared by. Carrie L. Coates, Keyboard Specialist/ Minutes Recorder Mary Bryant, Administrative Secretary for the Town of Ithaca Planning Board. TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD 126 East Seneca Street Ithaca, New York 14850 Tuesday. Julv 7. 1998 AGENDA 7:30 P.M. Persons to be heard. 7:35 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Recommendation to the Town Board regarding an amendment to Local Law No. 1 of the year 1998 Providing For a Moratorium for the Establishment of Adult Entertainment Businesses for a Period of Ninety (90) Days, as well as an amendment to Local Law No. 5 of the year 1998 which provided for an initial (75) day extension to said moratorium, said amendment proposed to extend the moratorium for an additional ninety (90) days. 7 :45 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding a sign variance for a proposed directional sign for the Cayuga Professional Center, said sign to be located on Dates Drive on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 24- 3 -2.1, owned by Cayuga Medical Center, Residence District R- 30. Cayuga Professional Center, Applicant; Cayuga Medical Center, Owner; A. Frost Travis, Agent. 8:00 P.M. SEQR Determination, Cornell University Food Compost Processing Operation, 751 Dryden Road. 8:10 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Special Approval as required by Local Law No. 14 of 1995, for the continued operation of a food compost processing operation that consists of mixing bedding/sawdust , and manure with food waste at the existing Farm Service Complex, located at 751 Dryden Road, on a portion of Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 64 -1 -1, consisting of +1-50 acres, Special Land Use District (SLUD) No. 9. Cornell University, Owner; Gary Tennant, Agent. 8:25 P.M. SEQR Determination, Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, Ellis Hollow Road and Sumrerhill Lane. 8:35 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 +/- square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, located adjacent to East Hill Plaza at the intersection of Ellis Hollow Road and Summerhill Lane, on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 62- 2- 1.125. The proposed project would be a full service branch for the Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, containing a teller lobby and offices, with a drive -up teller operation with four lanes plus a fifth lane for an automatic teller machine. Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, Owner /Applicant; Robert O. Witty, Agent. 8. Approval of Minutes: April 7, 1998; April 21, 1998; May 5, 1998 (distributed at 6/16/98 Planning Board meeting) 9. Other Business. 10. Adjournment, Jonathan Kanter, AICP Director of Planning 273 -1747 NOTE: IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD IS UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE NOTIFY MARY BRYANT AT 273 -1747. (A quorum of four (4) members is necessary to conduct Planning Board business.) TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS By direction of the Chairperson of the Planning Board, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Public Hearings will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Ithaca on Tuesday, July 7, 1998, at 126 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, N.Y., at the following times and on the following matters: 7:35 P.M. Consideration of a Recommendation to the Town Board regarding an amendment to Local Law No. 1 of the year 1998 Providing For a Moratorium for the Establishment of Adult Entertainment Businesses for a Period of Ninety (90) Days, as well as an amendment to Local Law No. 5 of the year 1998 which provided for an initial (75) day extension to said moratorium, said amendment proposed to extend the moratorium for an additional ninety(90) days.. 7:45 P.M. Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding a sign variance for a proposed directional sign for the Cayuga Professional Center, said sign to be located on Dates Drive on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 24- 3 -2.1, owned by Cayuga Medical Center, Residence District R -30. Cayuga Professional Center, Applicant; Cayuga Medical Center, Owner; A. Frost Travis, Agent. 8:10 P.M. Consideration of Special Approval as required by Local Law No. 14 of 1995, for the continued operation of a food compost processing operation that consists of mixing bedding /sawdust and manure with food waste at the existing Farm Service Complex, located at 751 Dryden Road, on a portion of Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 64 -1 -1, consisting of +/ -50 acres, Special Land Use District (SLUD) No. 9. Cornell University, Owner; Gary Tennant, Agent. 8:35 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 +/- square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, located adjacent to East Hill Plaza at the intersection of Ellis Hollow Road and Summerhill Lane, on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 62 -2- 1.125. The proposed project would be a full service branch for the Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, containing a teller lobby and offices, with a drive - up teller operation with four lanes plus a fiftl:i lane for an automatic teller machine. Cornell FingerLakes Credit Union, Owner /Applicant; Robert 0, Witty, Agent, Said Planning Board will at said times and said place hear all persons in support of such matters or objections thereto. Persons may appear by agent or in person. Individuals with visual impairments, hearing impairments or other special needs, will be provided with assistance as necessary, upon request. Persons desiring assistance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the time of the public hearings. Jonathan Kanter, AICP Director of Planning 273 -1747 Dated: Monday, June 29, 1998 Publish: Wednesday, July 1, 1998 The Ithaca Joumal Wednesday, July 1.1998 _ r, TOWN Of ITHACA PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Tuesday, July 7, 1998 By direction. of th Chairperson of the Plannin Board, NOTICE IS HEREB GIVEN that Public Hearing will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Ithaca I on Tuesday, July 7, 1998 a 126 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, N.Y., at the following times and on the following matters: 7:35 P.M. Consideration of t a Recommendation to the Town Board regarding an amendment to Local Law No. 1 of the year 1998 Providing i for a Moratorium for the Establishment of Adult Enter- tainment Businesses for a Pe. riod of Ninety (90) Days, as well as an amendment to Lo- cal'Law No. 5 of the year 1 1998 which provided for on I initial (75) day extension to said moratorium, said amendment proposed to ex. t tend the moratorium for an i additional ninety (90) days. 7:45 P.M. Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals re- garding a sign variance for a proposed directional sign for the Cayuga Professional Center, said sign to be lo- cated on Dates Drive on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 24- 3 -2.1, owned byy Cayuga Medical Center, Resincr� t district R-30. Cayuga Prc fessional Center, Ap licant Cayuga Medical Center Owner; A. Frost Travis ent. 8: 0 P.M. Consideration o: I Special Approval as required by local law No. 14 of 1995, For the continued op- eration of o food compost processing operation that consists of mixing bedding/ sawdust and manure with food waste at the existing Farm Service Complex, lo- cated at 751 Dryden Road on a ortion of Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 64 -1 -1, consisting of ±50 acres, S cial [and Use District (S[ Sp e. 9. Cornell University, Owner; Gary Tennant, Agent. 8:35 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Ap. _ proval and a Recommendo- hon to the Zoning Board of appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 t square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, lo- cated adjacent to East Hill e Plaza at the intersection of 9 Ellis Hollow Road and Sum - s Ithac�la Lane, Tax Parcel w Nor 62 -2- 1.125. The proposed t vicelebranchldor the Clor el'. FingerLakes Credit Union, containing a teller lobby anc offices, with a drive -up teller operation with four lanes plus a fifth lane for an automatic teller machine. Cornell Fin - gerLakes Credit Union, Owner /Applicant; Robert Q_ Witty Agent. Said Planning Board will at said times and said place hear all persons in support of such matters or objections thereto. Persons may appear by agent or m person. Individuals with visual impair- ments, hearing impairments or other special needs, will be provided with assistance as necessary, upon request. Persons desiring assistance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the . time of the Public hearings. Jonathan Kanter, AI�P Director of Planning '273 -1747 Dated: Monday, June 29, 1998 July 1, 1998 Le gals 1 processing operation that consists of mixing bedding/ sawdust and manure with food waste at the existing Farm Service Complex, lo- cated at 751 Dryden Road on a ortion of Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 64 -1 -1, consisting of ±50 acres, S cial [and Use District (S[ Sp e. 9. Cornell University, Owner; Gary Tennant, Agent. 8:35 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Ap. _ proval and a Recommendo- hon to the Zoning Board of appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 4,920 t square foot, one -story credit union (bank) building, lo- cated adjacent to East Hill e Plaza at the intersection of 9 Ellis Hollow Road and Sum - s Ithac�la Lane, Tax Parcel w Nor 62 -2- 1.125. The proposed t vicelebranchldor the Clor el'. FingerLakes Credit Union, containing a teller lobby anc offices, with a drive -up teller operation with four lanes plus a fifth lane for an automatic teller machine. Cornell Fin - gerLakes Credit Union, Owner /Applicant; Robert Q_ Witty Agent. Said Planning Board will at said times and said place hear all persons in support of such matters or objections thereto. Persons may appear by agent or m person. Individuals with visual impair- ments, hearing impairments or other special needs, will be provided with assistance as necessary, upon request. Persons desiring assistance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the . time of the Public hearings. Jonathan Kanter, AI�P Director of Planning '273 -1747 Dated: Monday, June 29, 1998 July 1, 1998 TOWN OF ITHACA AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND PUBLICATION I, Karen M. Van Etten sworn, depose and say that I am a Secretary for the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York; that the following Notice has been duly posted on the sign board of the Town of Ithaca and that said Notice has been duly published in the local newspaper, The Ithaca Journal. Notice of Public Hearings to be held by the Town of Ithaca Planning Board in Town of Ithaca Town Hall, 126 East Seneca Street, Ithaca. New York. on Tuesday, July 7 1998 commencing at 7.30 P.M., as per attached. Location of Sign Board used for Posting: Bulletin Board, Front Entrance of Town Hall. Date of Posting: Date of Publication: June 29, 1998 July 1, 1998 Karen M.Van Etten, Secretary Town of Ithaca. STATE OF NEW YORK ) SS.: COUNTY OF TOMPKINS ) Sworn to and subscribed before me this / th day of Sj 9.r otary Public. Mary J. Saxton Notary Public, State of New York Registration #01SA5044003 Qualified in Tioga Count My Commission Expires 19 1998.