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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-04-19 - PB ` 4 TOWN OF ULYSSES PLANNING BOARD MEETING APRIL 19 , 1993 TOWN HALL P resent : Chairman David Tyler ; Members Gregg Hoffmire , Budd Stover , Dan Smith , Krys Call , Gerry Keil ; Building / Zoning Officer Alex Rachun ; Secretary Roxanne Smith . The Chairman called the meeting to order at 7 : 40 P . M . Copies of the minutes from the April 5th meeting were dis - t ributed to each member . Gregg made the motion to approve them , Rudd seconded . The minutes were approved unanimously . The chairman asked the members if they all had a copy of the revised application for the PUD for Pleasant Grove . ( This is the March 29 , 1991 revision . ) For the members to arrive at a recommendation for this application they decided that a closer look at the Route 96 corridor was needed . David pro - ✓ ided members with individual maps of the Route 96 corridor . For the next forty minutes the members plotted their own map with the known commercial and private locations . Upon completion of their maps the chairman opened the discussion with the question " What are your thoughts about the future of Route 96 ? " . He mentioned that comments have been made about needing more space for development . It ' s not whether you have designated space , it ' s whether you have quality space available . The focus of their attention should be on that . If commercial development is allowed to happen randomly differ - e nt businesses will not support each other . Marginal businesses w ill exist ; businesses that don ' t do much for the community in t erms of economics , appearances and in general character . Krys commented that the existing businesses do not support each o ther now . David asked where does Pleasant Grove fit into the plan ? K rys responded that without them that is the longest stretch o f residential road in that area . ( Which is kind of nice said G erri . ) The proposal is s. odest with initially one building which w ill house the shop and owner . Hopefully people will be attract - e d ; then a professional building will be built with offices . There will be four buildings total , said David . People should recognize that there is an office space glut ( the old Oddfellows Home has been opened for office space again , and the new Medical O ffice Building consistently has available space , along with space in the old professional building ) mentioned Krys . Alex said a mixture of retail and light industry would go in there . What is appealing is the fact that they would be the first to have a curb cut . There exists a lot of commercial space that has not lent itself to development in the last 25 years . You have a tax base that should be looking for commer - cial development . You have developers willing to take that ✓ isk . You have a good area to develop in . Perhaps a swap should be in order ? This would sit in a field , if properly buffered it would provide a good use for a field ( almost better use than a house ) . It bothers me though that it is right in the middle of the only . They WoUld ha. oe one cad) cc.J for rYkti , pr€ ComrnerciA. I Use. 449 TOWN OF ULYSSES 2 P LANNING BOARD MEETING APRIL 19 , 1993 big open space that we have available on that road stated Gerri . Alex mentioned that it shouldn ' t be the only location to look to place a B2 . You could look at the stretch immediately south of that to see if a trade off could be made . Commercial space could be created in an area that has an even field , a g ood line of sight , a place where you could get a good curb cut and you could get a lot of cars in there as opposed to what is offered . ( OF the exrz,+In5 cbvmmrrt:Gcl on the east side the. . 4-opc,Jraphy is better than ilhe west wh ,'ch has a depresseor) roe feet 'p { the n . hw -�, and u.hBch is toe' fce. t deep and u%ouId need maniple curb cuts . ) �t more ideal to have ' ( t se4 back +oo, .a.id H lex . The parcel for the County Home is being actively market - e d as a commercial property ( across from Rascal ' s ) said David . The Chairman suggested that the group come up with an o verview of Route 96 , how they ' d like to see it in 20 years . H e suggested that they each use their larger map to plot what is there now , keeping in mind the residential areas also . Look at Route 96 as a package , come up with a rational . This could be t heir homework he said . Alex mentioned that there has been a request submitted for cluster housing ( a high density request ) on the back side o1 P leasant Grove . It comes out on Cole Grove Road above Denmark ' s . plan Terri said she ' d like to see a rationalbde.veloped to util - ize the empty space behind the frontage . There is a lot of big o pen space . The Planning Board meetings for the month of May are scheduled for the 3rd and the 17th . The meeting was adjourned at 9 : 30 P . M .