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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
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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 .
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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
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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 .