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Home My WebLink About1993-08-05 1 . 7 PLANNING BOARD MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearing Wilbur - 01 7 : 30 August 5 , 1993 PRESENT : Chairperson Nancy Weitzel P lanning Board Members : Arch Dotson, Bill Farrell , Joel Gagnon , Donald Schaaf , Paul Visucso ABSENT : K en Horst ( Excused ) Others Present : Secretary - Carol Sczepanski Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Members of the Public : Michael Hovanec , Roland Bentley , Robert Rorick , Debbra Davis , James M . Davis , Mary A . Moon , Robert S . Strichart , Elinor and Rod Randall , Prudence Bentley , Scott Englehart , Pat Woodworth , Rosa Lee J ohnson Affidavit of neighbor notification was received . Chairperson Weitzel called the Public Hearing to order at 7 : 35 P . M . and read the following notice of publication . " NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that a Public Hearing will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Danby on Thursday , August 5 , 1993 , 7 : 30 P . M . , 1830 Danby Road , Ithaca , New York , 14850 . Purpose of hearing is to consider granting a Special Permit for the proposed construction of a 2160 + 1 - sq . ft . grading shed at Wilbur Lumber Company , Bald Hill Road south of Lieb Road , Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 15 . - 1 - 15 . 22 . Commercial Zone Cl , Ralph Wilbur , applicant . At such time and place all persons interested in the subject matter thereof will be heard concerning the same . A special meeting of the Planning Board will follow the public hearing . By Order of the Planning Board Carol W . Sczepanski , Town Clerk Published July 31 , 1993 " S cott Daigler - 282 Bald Hill Road - Asked the Planning Board why it is necessary to file for a special permit . S usan Beeners responded that it is necessary to hold a public hearing for a special permit because it is requirement in our Zoning Ordinance . Mr . Daigler said he lived down the road from the lumber mill and wondered what kind of an impact it might have on the residential area noise wise , etc . and asked if there were regulations regarding noise limits . Joel Gagnon and Arch Dotson responded that moving the grading shed away from the road ( as shown on the sketch plan ) should reduce the noise level from the neighborhood . Ronald Rorick ( an employee and neighbor to the lumber mill ) said that there should be less noise because it is set further back on the property . Mr . Daigler said that his neighborhood is becoming increasingly more residential and asked if there were restrictions on how late at night work could go on when the operation creates noise . Sometimes trucks come into the mill late at night . ( Has not noticed any this summer . ) He said the beeper on the loader disturbs him when trucks are unloaded . 2 Planning Board Minutes Public Hearing - Wilbur August 5 , 1993 Mr . Rorick said that three ( 3 ) or four ( 4 ) times a year trucks come in at night . He lives next door and sometimes doesn ' t hear trucks when they come in at night . Susan said that there is nothing in our ordinance that covers III noise . Rod Randall - 2016 Danby Road - said maybe this is a time for the Town of Danby to consider a noise ordinance . Chairperson Weitzel called the public hearing to a. close at 7 : 47 p . m . Respectfully submitted , attfa2 . Carol W . Sczep , ki , Secretary phm - 8 - 5 . 01 Affidavit of neighbor notification was received . III III v l TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING - HOVANEC Public Hearing H ovanec - 02 7 : 45 P . M . August 5 , 1993 PRESENT : Chairperson Weitzel P lanning Board Members : Arch Dotson , Bill Farrell , Joel Gagnon , Donald Schaaf , Paul Viscuso ABSENT : K en Horst ( Excused ) Others Present : Carol W . Sczepanski - Secretary S usan Beeners - Code Enforcement Officer Members of the Public : Michael Hovanec , Roland Bentley , Robert Rorak , Debbra Davis , James M . Davis , Mary A . Moon , Robert S . Strichart , Elinor and Rod Randall , Prudence Bentley , Scott Englehart , Pat Woodworth , Rosa Lee J ohnson Affidavit of neighbor notification was received . Chairperson Weitzel called the Public Hearing to order at 7 : 47 P . M . and read the following notice of publication . " NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that a Public Hearing will be held by the P lanning Board of the Town of Danby on Thursday , August 5 , 1993 , 7 : 4' 5 P . M . , 1830 Danby Road , Ithaca , New York , 14850 . Purpose of hearing , is to consider granting a Special Permit for the proposed placement of a doublewide mobile home on Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 11 . - 1 - 6 . 108 , 1 . 2 + / - acres net area , located on Danby Road north o f Steam Mill road in a Low Density Residential Zone . Michael H ovanec , Bailey Homes , applicant . At such time and place all persons interested in the subject matter t hereof will be heard concerning the same . A special meeting of the Planning Board will follow the public h earing . By Order of the Planning Board Carol W . Sczepanski , Town Clerk P ublished July 31 , 1993 " Members of the Public : E linor Randall - 2016 Danby Road - said she lives diagonally across from where this proposed doublewide will be placed . There is already one that was placed one ( 1 ) year ago and is nicely kept up . At that time she had strong feelings about this and wrote t o the Planning Board and sent copies of letters to their n eighbors . Rod and Elinor Randall have concerns about the fact t hat the Town does not require a foundation to be put under d oublewides , the resale value of their own land with the placement of doublewides in the neighborhood . She said that she is also concerned , after reading in the Danby Area News , that the Town is considering easing the restrictions on doublewides . Rod Randall - 2016 Danby Road - said that he felt that doublewides should be treated as modulars and placed on permanent foundations . J oel Gagnon responded that doublewides must be mounted on permanent foundations . Mary Moon - 132 South Danby Road - said she is concerned with the mobile home park the effect it may have on water in the area . She o perates a perennial nursery . She would feel badly about a mobile h ome placed in her neighborhood . P rudence Bentley - 296 Bald Hill Road asked if we want to structure n t 2 Planning Board Minutes Public Hearing - Hovanec August 5 , 1993 D anby with structures that are not going to generate as much tax dollars as homes placed on foundations . She is concerned that they are not going to pay as much in taxes . Is this something we want t o think about ? Maybe they ( doublewides ) should be taxed higher . J im Metz - 1979 Danby Road - said that he thinks it would add to t he tax base and contribute to the tax roll more than an empty lot . H e said he approves of it and has no objections to a doublewide placed in his neighborhood . Mr . Metz said that he was authorized t o speak for someone else ( name unknown ) who also approves of it . Michael Hovanec - applicant - reported that he received a letter from Mr . Louis Nezvesky who has no objection to the placement of a doublewide . Mr . Hovanec described the home as an $ 80 , 000 . 00 home to be placed on a permanent foundation . It is an affordable type of housing , financing is available , they are resalably priced , and they are permanent . He said that he has a buyer for the home . Mike said that he plans to build his own home on his remaining lot . Chairperson Weitzel closed the public hearing at 8 : 05 P . M . Res ectfully ubmitted . Carol W . Scze n ki , Secretary Ill 141 TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING - ANGELHEART DESIGNS Public Hearing Angelheart - 03 8 : 05 P . M . August 5 , 1993 PRESENT : Chairperson Weitzel P lanning Board Members : Arch Dotson , Bill Farrell , Joel Gagnon , Donald Schaaf , Paul Viscuso ABSENT : K en Horst ( Excused ) O thers Present : Carol W . Sczepanski - Secretary Susan Beeners - Code Enforcement Officer Members of the Public : Michael Hovanec , Roland Bentley , Robert Rorak , Debbra Davis , James M . Davis , Mary A . Mobil , Robert S . Strichart , Elinor and Rod Randall , Prudence Bentley , Scott Englehart , Pat Woodworth , Rosa Lee J ohnson Affidavit of neighbor notification was received . Chairperson Weitzel called the Public Hearing to order at 8 : 05 P . M . and read the following notice of publication . " NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that a Public Hearing will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Danby on Thursday , August 5 , 1993 at 8 : 00 P . M . , 1830 Danby Road , Ithaca , New York , 14850 . Purpose of h earing is to consider granting Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed renovation of the existing Angelheart Design barn . Such renovation is to include various repairs , conversion of 2600 + / - sq . ft . for office , production , and processing space , and a new drive and loading dock . The site is located at 303 Gunderman Rd . west of Comfort Rd . , Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 9 . - 1 - 9 . 12 , Zone P . D . 10 . Matthew Englehart , applicant , Thomas Kline , agent . At such time and place all persons interested in the subject matter t hereof will be heard concerning the same . A special meeting of the Planning Board will follow the public h earing . By order of the Planning Board Carol W . Sczepanski , Town Clerk P ublished July 31 , 1993 " S cott Englehart is representing his brother tonight . He said that t he only outside physical evidence of the proposed renovations will be a loading dock on the north side of the building . Robert Strichart - 708 Comfort Road - asked if there would be increased truck traffic . Mr . Englehart said that he does not think there will be an increase in truck traffic . The loading dock is more for the convenience of being able to unload the goods into the area where they are going t o be manufactured . Arch Dotson asked what goods were manufactured at Angelheart D esigns and how many persons they employ . Mr . Englehart said Angelheart Designs manufacture mostly women ' s clothing and employ twenty ( 20 ) persons including the office staff . Pat Woodworth - 205 Gunderman Road - asked how the waste water from dyes used in silk screening was disposed of . 142 Mr . Englehart said he did not know what the disposal system for the facility was . He assumes it is hooked into it ' s own septic system . Joel Gagnon said he thinks that in the original plans the disposal system was placed behind the barn structure . Mr . Strichart said that certain aspects of the operation have been disturbing . Lights are left on all night and shine in his windows , but the overall proposal does not seem like a major change . Susan reported that there may be two ( 2 ) or three ( 3 ) parking spaces added next to the loading dock . There must be a twenty - five ( 25 ) foot set back from the road right - of - way and some modest landscape to screen the parking lot from the road . The silo on the property may need to be removed . Chairperson Weitzel closed the public hearing at 8 : 18 P . M . Respectfully submitted , iA2dL c Carol W . Sczed: - ki , Secretary phm - 8 - 5 . 03 143 } Planning Board Minutes Speical Mee t img August 5 , 1991. TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES Special Meeting 8 : 20 P . M . August 5 , 1993 PRESENT : Chairperson Nancy Weitzel P lanning Board Members : Arch Dotson , Bill Farrell , Joel Gagnon , Donald Schaaf , Paul Viscuso ABSENT : K en Horst ( Excused ) O thers Present : S ecretary - Carol Sczepanski Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Members of the Public : Michael Hovanec , Roland Bentley , Robert Rorak , Debbra Davis , James M . Davis , Mary A . Moon , Robert S . Strichart , Elinor and Rod Randall , Prudence Bentley , Scott Englehart , Pat Woodworth , Rosa Lee J ohnson Chairperson Weitzel called the Special Meeting of the Planning B oard to order at 8 : 19 P . M . WILBUR LUMBER CO . , - GRADING SHED RESOLUTION NO . 14 OF 1993 S EQR NEGATIVE DETERMINATION - SPECIAL PERMIT - WILBUR LUMBER CO . , INC . B y Joel Gagnon : Seconded by Paul Viscuso WHEREAS , this action is the consideration of the granting of a S pecial Permit for the proposed construction of a 2160 + / - sq . ft . grading shed at Wilbur Lumber Co . , Bald Hill Road south of Lieb Road , Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 15 . - 1 - 15 . 22 Commercial Zone Cl . Ralph Wilbur , applicant , and WHEREAS , this is an Unlisted action for which the Planning Board is acting as Lead Agency in environmental review and for which no coordinated review is required , and WHEREAS , the Planning Board , at and following Public Hearing on August 5 , 1993 , has reviewed the Environmental Assessment Form and draft environmental review prepared by the Code Enforcement Officer , now be it RESOLVED , that the Town of Danby Planning Board , acting as Lead Agency in environmental review of this Unlisted action , makes a negative determination of environmental significance for this action . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : D otson Aye Farrell Aye Gagnon Aye S chaaf Aye Viscuso Aye Weitzel Aye Carried Unanimously RESOLUTION NO . 15 OF 1993 APPROVAL SPECIAL PERMIT - WILBUR LUMBER CO . , INC . B y Joel Gagnon : Seconded by Paul Viscuso WHEREAS , this action is the consideration of the granting of a S pecial Permit for the proposed construction of a 2160 + / - sq . ft . grading shed at Wilbur Lumber Co . , Bald Hill road south of Lieb Road , Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 15 . - 1 - 15 . 22 , Commercial Zone Cl . Ralph Wilbur , applicant , and WHEREAS , this is an Unlisted action for which the Planning Board on 144 - 2 - Planning Board Minutes Speical Meeting August 5 , 1993 August 5 , 1993 , has reviewed a map entitled " Wilbur Lumber Co . , Inc . - Proposed New Building - Grading Shed " dated June 30 , 1993 , and " Site Plan , Proposed Grading Shed " dated July 21 , 1993 , now be it RESOLVED , that the Town of Danby Planning Board grants a Special Permit for the project as proposed . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : Dotson Aye Farrell Aye Gagnon Aye Schaaf Aye Viscuso Aye Weitzel Aye Carried Unanimously H OVANEC REQUEST FOR SPECIAL PERMIT - PLACEMENT OF DOUBLEWIDE J oel Gagnon said that we keep getting requests for special permits for doublewides and asked what was the point . If we are going to have a special permit procedure there ought to be some sort of conditions that have to be fulfilled that we could review that would make it worth while . Otherwise it ' s just giving another hoop t o jump through and putting them to additional expense with nothing t o show for it . RESOLUTION NO . 16 OF 1993 APPROVAL - SPECIA.L PERMIT - DOUBLEWIDE MOBILE HOME - BAILEY HOMES By Arch Dotson : Seconded by Joel Gagnon WHEREAS , this action is to consider granting a Special Permit for the proposed placement of a doub _lewide mobile home on Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 11 . - 1 - 6 . 108 , 1 . 2 + / - acres net area , located on Danby Road , north of Steam Mill Road in a Low Density Residential Zone . Michael Hovanec , Bailey Homes , applicant , and WHEREAS , this is a Type II action for which no environmental review is required , and WHEREAS , the Planning Board , at and following Public Hearing on August 5 , 1993 , has reviewed the maps submitted July 1993 showing the site plan and specifications for the proposed home , now be it RESOLVED , that the Town of Danby Planning board grants a Special Permit for the project as proposed . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : D otson Aye Farrell Aye G agnon Aye S chaaf Aye Viscuso Aye W eitzel Aye Carried Unanimously ANGELHEART BARN RENOVATION The Planning Board reviewed the Site Plan for Angelheart Design and discussed the issue of light from the building disturbing the neighbors at night . J oel Gagnon offered a suggestion to consider putting curtains on the windows and closing them at night . S usan Beeners said that she would convey to the applicant the concerns raised at the public hearing regarding the lighting and screening near the parking area . RESOLUTION NO . 17 OF 1993 S EQR NEGATIVE DETERMINATION " ANGELHEART BARN RENOVATION " By Paul Viscuso : Seconded by Donald Schaaf WHEREAS , this action is to consider granting Final Site Plan mn 14 F - 3 - Planning Board Minutes Special Meeting August 5 , 1993 Approval for the proposed renovation of the existing Angelheart D esign Barn . Such renovation is to include various repairs , conversion of 2600 + / - sq . ft . for office , production , and processing space , and a new drive and loading dock . The site is located at 303 Gunderman Road , west of Comfort Road , Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 9 . - 1 - 9 . 12 , Zone P . D . 10 . Matthew .Engelhart , applicant , Thomas Kline , agent , and WHEREAS , this is an Unlisted action for which the Planning Board is acting as Lead Agency in environmental review and for which no coordinated review is required , and WHEREAS , the Planning Board , at and following Public Hearing on August 5 , 1993 , has reviewed the Environmental Assessment Form and d raft environmental review prepared by the Code Enforcement O fficer , now be it RESOLVED , that the Town of Danby Planning Board , acting as Lead Agency in environmental review of this Unlisted action , makes a negative determination of environmental significance for this action . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : D otson Aye Farrell Aye G agnon Aye Schaaf Aye Viscuso Aye Weitzel Aye Carried Unanimously RESOLUTION NO . 18 OF 1993 FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL - ANGELHEART DESIGNS RENOVATIONS B y Joel Gagnon : Seconded by Arch Dotson WHEREAS , this action is to consider granting Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed renovation of the existing Angelheart D esign barn . Such renovation is to include various repairs , conversion of 2600 + / - sq . ft . for office , production , and processing space , and a new drive and loading dock . The site is located at 303 Gunderman Road , west of Comfort Road , Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 9 . - 1 - 9 . 12 , Zone P . D . 10 . Matthew Engelhart , applicant , Thomas Kline , agent , and WHEREAS , this is an Unlisted action for which the Planning Board on August 5 , 1993 , acting as Lead Agency in environmental review , has made a negative determination of environmental significance , and WHEREAS , the Planning Board , at and following Public Hearing on August 5 , 1993 , has reviewed a map entitled " ANGELHEART DESIGNS RENOVATION - SHIPPING / RECEIVING " dated June 7 , 1993 , now be it RESOLVED , that the Town of Danby Planning Board grants Final Site P lan Approval for the project as proposed . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : Dotson Aye Farrell Aye G agnon Aye S chaaf Aye ✓ iscuso Aye W eitzel Aye Carried Unanimously ADJOURNMENT : O n a motion the meeting adjourned at 8 : 45 P . M . Respectfully s .s mitted , (Zed Carol W . Sczep t - 1 , Secretary