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Home My WebLink About2001-11-15 TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES PUBLIC HEARING - WEST DANBY BAPTIST CHURCH NOVEMBER 15, 2001 PRESENT : Chairperson Laurene Gilbert Planning Board Members : Bill Farrell , Sarah Newman, Robert Roe, Nancy Weitzel ABSENT : Linda Hansen Olivia Vent Others Present : Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Secretary - Carol Sczepanski Applicant - Pastor Bruce A . Scott Members of the Public : Wayne A . Westmiller, Phil Rafferty, Cris Pasto , Paul Bard Public Hearing Declared Open : Chairperson Laurene Gilbert declared the public hearing open at 7 : 05 p . m. and the following Notice of Publication was read : "PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Planning Board of the Town of Danby will hold a public hearing on Thursday, November 15 , 2001 at 7 : 00 p . m . at 1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, New York to consider an application for a Special Permit for the proposed construction of a 11 ,050+/- square foot addition to the First Baptist Church of West Danby, for a gymnasium and classrooms , located at 2219 West Danby Road, Town of Danby Tax Parcel 16 . - 1 - 18 . 1 . Bruce A . Scott, Pastor, Applicant. All interested persons will be heard either in person or in writing. By Order of the Planning Board Carol W. Sczepanski , Town Clerk Published November 8 , 2001 " Communications Received 1 ) Affidavit of Service by Mail (Neighbor Notification) 2) Tompkins County Planning Review Pursuant to SS239 -I , -m, and -n of NYS General Municipal Law No public addressed the public hearing. Public Hearing Declared Closed Chairperson Laurene Gilbert declared the public hearing closed at 7 : 10 p . m . attati 5?I IdAtiti) phm-wdbc . 01 Carol W. Sczepan j; ecretary L 9 679 1 Planning Board Minutes November 15 , 2001 TOWN OF DANBY PLANNING BOARD MINUTES NOVEMBER 15, 2001 PRESENT : ll Chairperson Laurene Gilbert Planning Board Members : Bill Farrell , Sarah Newman, Robert Roe, Nancy Weitzel i ABSENT : Linda Hansen Olivia Vent Others Present : Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Secretary - Carol Sczepanski Applicant - Pastor Bruce A . Scott Members of the Public : Wayne A. Westmiller, Phil Rafferty, Cris Pasto , Paul Bard Chairperson Laurene called the meeting of the Planning Board to order at 7 : 10 p . m . following a public hearing to consider an application for a Special Permit for the proposed construction of an addition to the First Baptist Church of West Danby . RESOLUTION NO. 11 OF 2001 NEGATIVE DETERMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE By Robert Roe : Seconded by Nancy Weitzel WHEREAS, this action is the Consideration of an Application for a Special Permit for the proposed construction of an 11 ,050 +/- square foot addition to the First Baptist Church of West Danby, for a gymnasium and classrooms , located at 2219 West Danby Road, Town of Danby Tax Parcel 16 . - 1 - 18 . 1 ; and WHEREAS, this is an Unlisted action for which the Town of Danby Planning Board is acting as Lead Agency, and of which the Tompkins County Department of Planning has been notified for purposes of General Municipal Law 239-m review ; and WHEREAS, the Town of Danby Code Enforcement Officer has recommended that a negative determination of environmental significance be made for this action ; now, therefore, it is 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 . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : Farrell Aye Newman Aye Roe Aye Weitzel Aye Gilbert Aye Carried Unanimously (Hansen and Vent absent) RESOLUTION NO. 12 OF 2001. SPECIAL PERMIT FOR ADDITION TO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF WEST DANBY - APPROVAL By Nancy Weitzel : Seconded by William Farrell WHEREAS, this action is the Consideration of an Application for a Special Permit for the proposed construction of an 11 ,050 +/- square-foot addition to the First Baptist Church of West Danby, for a 680 2 Planning Hoard Minutes November 15 , 2001 gymnasium and classrooms , located at 2219 West Danby Road, Town of Danby Tax Parcel 16 . - 1 - 18 . 1 ; and WHEREAS,this is an Unlisted action for which the Town of Danby Planning Board on November 15 , 2001 has made a negative determination of environmental significance ; and WHEREAS, the Town of Danby Planning Board on November 15 , 2001 has held a public hearing on this action ; now therefore, it is RESOLVED, that the Town of Danby Planning Board grants a Special Permit to the First Baptist Church of West Danby for the addition and related site work as proposed. A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : Farrell Aye Newman Aye Roe Aye Weitzel Aye Gilbert Aye Carried Unanimously (Hansen and Vent absent) Reports : Robert Roe reported that the Draft Proposal for Purchase of Development Rights by the County is available and is a 73 pages . Privilege of the Floor Phil Rafferty from Seneca County reported to the Planning Board that he is considering the purchase of a piece of property in the Town of Danby. The property is a corner lot on. Short Road and NYS Rte . 34/96 . The Code Enforcement Officer said there may be problems with accessibility to the property from the Short Road side of the property . He asked the Board what he needs to do to get permission to put a driveway on Short Road for access to the lot. The property to be subdivided is a 7 . 85 acre parcel and he plans to purchase two (2) acres on the corner of the parcel to construct a residential home . Short Road is a seasonally maintained road. The driveway needs to be placed approximately 300 feet along Short Road . He described the area and the difficulty of placing a driveway on NYS Rte . 34/96 . He said he has not purchased the property at this time . Subdivision of this lot would need Planning Board approval because the property has frontage on a dashed line on the zoning map . If you have frontage on a seasonal road for any part of a parcel Planning Board approval is needed. New York State Town Law 280(a) says that no building permit shall be issued for a structure unless the street or highway giving access to the structure has been suitably improved to the satisfaction of the Town Board and found adequate for public safety. The Planning Board reviewed the map of the property and the area of the seasonal road . The proposed lot is located in the West Danby Water District and is located in a high density zoning area. The proposed subdivision of the lot will need to come to the Planning Board for approval . Susan said that the issues are : What is the adequate access that is needed on the 300 feet? Who is going to pay for improving it? Is the Town willing to chance the road from seasonal to year-round for 300 feet to maintain access? There is also more land there that may be sold and then there would be an improvement cost and a long range maintenance cost. Chairperson Gilbert said that as a Planning Board that the only thing we can do is say that it is in compliance with our comprehensive plan and that it is recognized that it is in a high density area . 681 3 Planning Board Minutes November 15 , 2001 We are encouraging development in those particular areas . The proposed new lot is in the water district . Mr. Rafferty reported that he would drill a well as to have the water line extended would cost in excess of $3 ,000 . Miscellaneous Reports : Bob Roe reported that the Draft Purchase of Development Rights for Tompkins County is available. Transportation - a letter to Tompkins County Planning Department from Elizabeth Keokowsky regarding public transportation was discussed . It was suggested that maybe the Board could ask Betsy Keokowsky to come to a meeting and describe what this could do for our community. Public Utilities - update The Board reviewed and discussed a memo update for a proposed Public Utilities Zoning Amendment dated November 15 , 2001 . Bob Roe said that all changes in DEC regulations take place in Albany. The fast track for changing DEC regulations is a minimum of three(3 ) years . A drilling unit in this area is 640 contiguous acres so there is not many places drilling could occur. Bill Farrell said that we are covered by the DEC regulations . Laurene Gilbert said that usually things are done on a case by case basis until it becomes too much of an overload and then an ordinance is inacted . Laurene will write a response to the Town Board from the Planning Board. She will circulate it to the Planning Board members to review and approve the content and to report to the Town Board at their next meeting . Laurene will report to the Town Board that there is a notification mechanism, and on the DEC permit it is required that the company must notify the Town . A policy could be developed by the Town that when notification to the Town has been made that a permit has been issued neighbors in the immediate area will be notified . Motion to Schedule Work Session for Comprehensive Plan A motion was made by Bob Roe and seconded by Bill Farrell that the Planning Board of the Town of Danby will not hold a regular meeting in December and schedule a work session of the Board for Monday, December 17 , 2001 at 7 : 00 p . m . to work on the comprehensive plan . A vote on the motion resulted as follows : Farrell Aye Newman Aye Roe Aye Weitzel Aye Gilbert Aye Carried Unanimously (Hansen and Vent absent) Approval of Minutes : A motion was made by Robert Roe and seconded by Nancy Weitzel that the Planning Board of the Town of Danby approves the October 23 , 2001 minutes of the Planning Board be aproved as submitted. A vote on the motion resulted as follows : Farrell Aye Newman Aye Roe Aye bZ5b 4 Planning Board Minutes November 15 , 2001 Weitzel Aye Gilbert Aye Carried Unanimously (Hansen and Vent absent) ADJOURNMENT : On a motion the meeting adjourned at 8 : 45 p . m . (dad' ' I a3/414; Carol W . Sczep . .%s i , Secretary mini 1 - 15 . 01