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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-01-24 - PB S TOWN OF ULYSSES PLANNING BOARD MEETING JANUARY 24 , 1994 TOWN HALL P RESENT : CHAIRMAN : DAVID TYLER ; MEMBERS : BUDD STOVER , DAN SMITH , GREGG HOFFMIRE , GERRI KEIL , PETER DEM.7ANEK AND KRYS CAlL ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH G UESTS : MATT ANDERSON , JESSE ELLER AND TOM REITZ The meeting was called to order. at 7 : 45 PM . The minutes from January 17 , 1994 were reviewed . On page 1 , the second paragraph , second sentence " potentioal " should be potential . In the same ® paragraph , midway down it should say " As far as research , Cornell Ag Schools ' emphasis is on theory , not practice said Dan . In the following sentence " forth coming " should be forth - coming . On page 2 , the Members decided to change the questions that will be put to the area businesses . They are : Do you want to expand ? What geographical area would you consider to expand in to ? What changes are needed in zoning and infrastructure to encourage you to expand ? The last change to the minutes was that horsefarm should be horse farm . Dan made the motion to accept the friendly ammenrlments to the minutes , Krys seconded . The minutes were passed unanimously . Tom Reitz took the opportunity to let the Planning Board and Roxanne know that the computer in Chris Springer ' s office will be available on Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays for Roxanne to use . It will be necessary for someone to always be in attendance . He then left the meeting . The Members discussed enlarging the list of businesses that are to be invited . Gregg will go over his copy of The Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce , highlighting the businesses that the Members missed . He will provide that list to Roxanne . Krys suggested that a note be sent to the Tompkins County Chamber. of Commerce for them to include in their monthly bulletin . This will • inform the businesses out of the Town of Ulysses that the Town is interested in hearing their thoughts . The Members decided to have two meeting dates available to them . The meetings will take place on Mondays , March 14th , and March 21st , each at the Town Hall at 7 : 30 PM . Roxanne will put together an invitation ( one page , folded flier ) to send out to the businesses . Tom King ( from Tompkins County Chamber. of Commerce ) will be coming to speak on Monday , February 28 , 1994 at the Town Hall at 7 : 30 PM . He will speak on tourism in the area . Since the computer will now be available to Roxanne , David asked that the revamping of the Residential Zone be added to the Zoning Ordinance on an extra disc . When completed Roxanne will distribute the printed copies to the Members . This should occur in the next two or three weeks . One suggestion of Mike Stamm ' s that has not been followed up on is to have someone from the Town of Ithaca ' s planning department ® come and speak said Krys . She suggested that the Assistant Planner , George Frantz , be contacted . From a planner ' s perspective he could share his thoughts on planning for retail , and commercial zoning . He ' s from Pennslyvania Dutch Country and he has some real interesting • t hings to say about agriculture . He will be invited after the area businesses come in March . It was decided that the following would also be included in t he invitation extended to the area businesses : If your focus is on increasing the tourism industry in this Town , we ' d like to invite you to come hear our guest speaker , Tom King , from the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce on February 28 , 1994 at the Town Hall at 7 : 30 PM . The Members agreed that the Downtown Business Association would be extended an invitation also . 2I Sit TOWN OF ULYSSES 2 PLANNING BOARD MEETING JANUARY 24 , 1994 TOWN HALL Though it is poor timing , Krys did get some more information concerning Residential . She was referring to contiguous lots and the number of rental units the health department would allow before it became necessary to have a water manager . It is not necessarialy o ne tax parcel , or one tax unit . If you have an existing two unit house , buy the lot next door , put up another, duplex , then it is considered four . Four, is the limit before that fifth kicks in t he water manager . They aren ' t necessarialy sitting next to each o ther or on the same tax parcel . It ' s contiguous . As David pointed Oout , though the Members had decided on three families or less , t hey didn ' t necessarialy have to go with four . It could stay at w hat they arrived at . The Chairman took a moment to sign the guests ' document stating that the students had attended the meeting . They then left ( 8 : 30 PM ) . The Members decided to take a look at the Business Zone . They h ad decided on three zones ( as opposed to the two that the Ordinance presently has ) in mid December . David mentioned that the Auble P arcel was a lesson to all of them . It was re -- zoned about two years ago this spring , ( under a lot of pressure interjected Gerri ) and it just sits there , people still are not beating a path to t heir door . They ' ve been given enough flexibility with it . He would like to go out to the Dryden corridor ( Rt . 13 ) as a group some evening . There are some business establishments between N YSEG and the Village of Dryden ( along Rt . 13 ) that are very nice , they have nice setbacks ; some are just horrendous . The Members should note what is good about it and enact that for Rt . 96 . Krys n oted that the quality of housing stock seems to be better on Rt . 96 than on the Dryden corridor . Also , the conditions have changed ( there use to be a large population at the County Home , for instance ) . You may want to have setbacks different on State highways versus t he Town and County roads . You can avoid a strip effect this way said David . Peter said that it made sense in a way , that the City of Ithaca people were not available ( to come speak with Mike Stamm ) . You h ave to grow business locally . The first thing you need to do before you can grow a business is to grow population . The biggest t hing you can do for business is not in the Business Zoning Ordinance , it ' s in the Residential Zoning Ordinance . If you encourage and promote residential growth in the Town then the business will follow . Conversely , if we discourage residential growth there is nothing you can do to encourage business growth . You could encourage people t o come our way ( from Ithaca ) by encouraging residential growth . David suggested that the Members look at Lansing ' s Zoning O rdinance . He said Ben Curtis mentioned that their. Planning Board actually went out and physically measured setbacks that they liked . The Town of Ulysses may want to consider doing that also . Krys ® would like everyone to check out the new Wolf Lane . She said that t hat is a cluster, development that is not successful . There are still houses available after three years . The Members will address 81 at the next meeting ( January 31 , 1994 ) . The meeting adjourned at 9 : 50 PM .