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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-10-16 407 TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING - IACOVELLI 7 : 30 P.M. OCTOBER 16 , 1996 PRESENT : Vice Chair - Nancy Weitzel Planning Board Members : Gerald Catlin, Arch Dotson, Mary Lou Hardesty, ABSENT : Kenneth Horst (Excused) • William Farrell (Excused) Others Present: Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Secretary - Carol W . Sczepanski Applicant - Sally Iacovelli Public Hearing Declared Open Vice Chair Nancy Weitzel opened the public hearing 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 Wednesday, October 16 , 1996 at 7 : 30 P .M. , Danby Town Hall 1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, New York, 14850 . Purpose of public hearing is to consider granting a Special Permit for the proposed conversion of "Preschoolers' Paradise" a Day Care Home located at 602 West King Road, Town of Danby Tax parcel No . 1 . - 1 - 19 .7 into a Day Care Center. Sally Iacovelli , Owner/Applicant. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard either in writing or in person. By Order of the Planning Board Chair Carol W . Sczepanski , Town Clerk Dated : October 8 , 1996 Published : October 10, 1996 " Affidavit of Mailing off Neighbor Notification received October 10 , 1996 . Applicant Sally Iacovelli reported that she was told by Tompkins County Department of Social Services, that to renew her application for licensing the "Preschoolers ' Paradise" day care home, the number of children must be reduced or be licensed as a Day Care Center. The program is licensed as a Family Group Center at this time . There are more than ten ( 10) children in the program with some of them part time participants and she would like to continue the program as it now exists as a family center . She said there are no plans at this time to increase the number of children in her program . She asked the Planning Board to consider the approval the conversion of "Preschoolers ' Paradise," into a Day Care Center. Susan Beeners said that any required changes to the center would be very minor and it is a very clean • and organized place . There is a requirement of a 40-inch exit door. A permit was not required for the day care home but to be licenced as a day care center a special permit is required. Public Hearing Declared Closed Vice Chair Nancy Weitzel declared the Public Hearing closed at 7 : 55 P . M . /la" -SeC) ' amte-1-4-7 Carol W . Sc ,r s . nski , Secretary phm-iac . 96 408 1 Planning Board Minutes October 16, 1996 TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES Regular Meeting 7 : 30 P.M. October 16, 1996 PRESENT : Vice Chair - Nancy Weitzel Planning Board Members : Gerald Catlin, Arch Dotson, Mary Lou Hardesty, ABSENT : • Kenneth Horst (Excused) William Farrell (Excused) Others Present : Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Secretary - Carol W . Sczepanski Members of the Public : Sally Iacovelli Vice Chair Nancy Weitzel called the Planning Board Meeting to order at 7 : 56 P . M . Proposed Day Care Center Special Permit Request - Iacovelli Susan Beeners asked the Board to review the application for a Special Permit request from Sally Iacovelli for the proposed conversion of "Preschoolers ' Paradise," a Day Care Home located at 602 West King Road, into a Day Care Center. If a special permit is approved, the application will be reviewed for any building code requirements that are necessary for modifications . Any modifications to the building will be minor. TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 26 of 1996 APPROVAL OF DAY CARE CENTER SPECIAL PERMIT - IACOVELLI By Mary Lou Hardesty : Seconded by Arch Dotson WHEREAS, this action is the consideration of Granting a Special Permit for the proposed conversion of "Preschoolers ' Paradise," a Day Care Home located at 602 West King Road, Town of Danby Tax Parcel No . 1 . - 1 - 19 . 7 into a Day Care Center. Sally Iacovelli, Owner/Applicant, which is a type II SEQR action for which no environmental review is required, and WHEREAS, the Planning Board, at and following Public Hearing on, October 16, 1996, has reviewed the application materials for this proposal , now be it RESOLVED, that the Town of Danby Planning Board grants a special permit to Sally Iacovelli for the proposed conversion of "Preschoolers ' Paradise," a Day Care Home located at 602 West King Road, Town of Danby Tax parcel No . 1 . - 1 - 19 . 7 into a Day Care Center. Sally Iacovelli , Owner/Applicant. • A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : Catlin Aye Dotson Aye Hardesty Aye Weitzel Aye Carried Unanimously Corrections to the September 18, 1996 Planning Board Minutes 1 ) Page 2 - insert to job responsibility after the word committing in the first sentence ; 2) Page 2 - under Motion to Deny insert the word and after Mary A . Moon 3 ) Page 2 - add Horst after Chairperson in the last paragraph OJ 2 Planning Board Minutes October 16, 1996 4) Page 3 - delete the word (detection) replace with protection in third para. Approval of September 18, 1996, Planning Board Minutes A motion was made by Arch Dotson and Seconded by Mary Lou Hardesty to approve the September 18 , 1996 Planning Board Minutes as corrected . A vote on the motion resulted as follows : Carried Unanimously Approval of September 18, 1996, Public Hearing Minutes • A motion was made by Arch Dotson and seconded by Gerry Catlin to approve the September 18 , 1996 Public Hearing Minutes - Moon as submitted. A vote on the motion resulted as follows : Carried Unanimously Other Reports : Tompkins County Federation Report Arch Dotson reported that he has been attending the Tompkins County Federation meetings . At the last meeting there was a report on the Tompkins County Waterfront Plan. Susan Beeners reported : 1 ) that Chairperson Horst at the October 1996 Town Board meeting, asked the Town Board to consider funding for assistance of the County Circuit Rider in the 1997 budget ; 2) Tompkins County will resubmit the Town of Danby HUD Grant proposal for 1997 at no charge to the Town ; 3 ) Becky Bilderback from Better Housing reported to the Town Board that there was other grant funding available and interested residents should contact her office for application information. The eligible income level is lower than for HUD funding . 4) The Town is making progress with closing down the Delta Kappa Fraternity building located on Durfee Hill Road. The property is in violation of junk codes, building code inadequacies for gatherings, and there are no gatherings permitted . It has been difficult finding a responsible fraternity member to serve with papers . It also appears that high school students often use the building without permission. Census Information : Susan distributed 1990 Tompkins County Census information and some demographics from the Town of Ithaca Comprehensive Plan for the Board to review. ADJOURNMENT : On a motion the meeting adjourned at 8 : 40 P . M . (2), e Carol W . SczeparAY, Secretary min10- 16 . 96