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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-05-23 - PB lwe TOWN OF ULYSSES P LANNING BOARD MEETING MAY 23 , 1994 TOWN HALL P RESENT : CHAIRMAN : DAVID TYLER ; MEMBERS : GREGG HOFFMIRE , PETER DEMJANEC , DRYS GAIL ; BLD / ZONING OFFICER ; ALEX RACHUN ; SECRETARY : ROXANNE SMITH The meeting was called to order at 7 ; 38 PM . WAL' - MiART The balance of the County Home closed last week . The new owner has approached Wal - Mart to locate there . ( This person also owned the J acksonville Mobil during the period of the oil spill . ) David mentioned t hat the property has water problems . Peter stated that the demographics are all wrong ; David agreed . He went on to say that that is one thing t hat the Master Plan has been looking at . To you want to put commercial ✓ ight them in the middle , half way between the Town of Ithaca and the ✓ illage ? The Master Plan has seriously thought of putting that area back in residential once another location for commercial in decided on . Wal - Mart is going to need 80 , 000 square feet to make it work , roughly t he space of Wegman ' s , David said . He went on to say that the owner d oesn ' t have the financial ability to do some of the things that Wa .l -mart would want him to do . It is a good lesson for the Town that he is going to be trying to peddle that as commercial property . Doug Austic ( Town Supervisor ) had stepped in to the meeting . He said that the owner will have the right to do that unless something is done . He bought it an commercial , can you change it back ? Sure , said David , as long an it is in the purview of a plan for the Town that sees the growth going some - where else . The problem with that is that it plays into the whole strip development along Route 96 . Alex said that there are very few houses there that are impacted . ( The area down on Krumn Corners and Wilkins Road . ) David mentioned the P leasant Grove PGD and the Planning Board ' s previous discussions on commercial in that area . At this point Alex informed the Board that J im Gulledge has pulled the GUD request . He wants to get going on his sub - division . David said that that is consistent with their inquiry last fall . The real issue is what is going to happen with commercial on Route 94 . CANAL FASTER PLAN Earlier in the day , Alex and David attended a noon meeting with County Planning . They had invited all the various planners and munici - pal officials from around the County . It had to do with the statewide Canal Master Plan . The Canal System has four units to it . One unit is from Buffalo to Albany , one is the Oswego Canal that runs from Syracuse to the Great Lakes , another is the Champlaine Canal that runs from Albany to Lake Champlaine ; and then there is the Seneca and Cayuga Lakes system . They are the only two Finger Takes in the Canal System . The Canal Authority works in conjunction with the N I State Thruway Authority . It use to be under the auspices of the DOT . The DOT never did anything . THc Govenor ' s TASK FORCE of New York State would like to revitalize the Canal System . They ' re looking for areas of economic development along it . There have been proposals along the main canal and the Champlaine Canal . The lake canal part of the system has been overlooked . Recently a Finger Takes Planner noted this . Consequently area planners are in e hurry to propose ideas by the June 8th deadline for the N Y State Master Plan of the Canal System . The lake end ( includes Seneca and Cayuga Lakes and the Seneca Canal ) is under developed . The Mate is looking for ideas that they might be able to help out on . The person who comes f TOWN OF ULYSSES PLANNING BOARD MEETING MAY 23 , 1994 TOWN HALL CANAL MASTER PLAN continued to mind in our area is Bill Holtkarnp ( Cayuga Inn ) . There are three Jots , side - by - side . The idea is to promote tourism ; perhaps he could be convinced to put in an inn . Another person is Keith LeGrand ( Taugharinock Farms Inn ) , as he approached the Town at one point to put in a conference center and motel where he ' s located . This might be an opportunity to provide the piens again and receive state funding . There may be something that can be done with the park ( Taughannooi ) and also revitalizing the village of Trumernirug . Barge travellers would house off the lake and Trumansburg would be e possible location . Ater will be arranging a luncheon meeting with Bill , Keith and Planning B oard Members shortly . Ithaca and Watkins Glen are considered ports o n the Canal System . Ithaca is interested in developing the area near t he Farmer ' s Market . D avid skated that the Town 1s not in a position to re - zone . Bill O o } tkamp does have the POD . This could be the time to encourage him to put in an inn or a small conference center . This is e raze oppor - tunity . Alex pointed out that Keith LeGrand already has his plans in place . Bill ' s area ( LAUD ) has 725 feet of frontage . The POD was for the townhouses and the Inn was already goandtathered in . P eter said that 7, 5 acres is not a large piece of land ( Bill H oltkamp ' s ) . You would put residential buffers on either side . There could be e private dock for public use , said Alen . Access to water is n ot obligatory . A lot of the proposals have been tied to private enter - prise . There was even e proposal from Montour . They are looking for a " harbor of refuge " midway along the lake . They are focused on water born craft as being e key to this whole initiative , said David . Frye suggested that the proximity to the park is good . To offer two compet - ing proposals would show e genuine interest in bringing in tourism . MINUTES OF MEETINGS P eter made the motion to approve the minutes of May I , 1994 as emended . Kays seconded . The minutes passed unanimously . The minutes o f May 16 , 1994 ( working on revisions of the P1 - A and R1 - B ) were die - cussed . Gregg made the motion to approve , David seconded . The minutes passed unanimously . DISCUSSION ON RESIDENTIAL ZONING After much disouseion , the Members decided to add " habitable " in R1 - 5 . The second sentence should state " For. a habitable outbuilding , apartment , the floor space shall not exceed 60 % of the total floor space of primary dwelling . " In R2 , Multiple Dwelling Units , the Members deleted " ( Minimon acreage for a sewered site to be determined later . ) " The Members discussed Article V through " For Property Purchased on or After August 17 , 1977 " , item b . They decided to continue with the existing Zoning Ordinance and include Article N after Article IV . The meeting adjourned at 9 : 10 PM . i ' I