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Town of Ulysses Planning Board
June 17 , 1998
Present : Chair Peter Demjanec, Dave Tyler, Krys Cail , Rick Geiger, Gregg Hoffmire, and
Paula Horrigan.
Recording minutes : Deb Austic
Peter called the meeting to order at 7 : 45 p . m . The Board reviewed the minutes
from May 20 and June 3 . Rick made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Krys
and passed unanimously . Rick shared a site plan flow chart and the Board made some
suggestions to make it easier to understand .
There was a discussion of the Flood Hazard Overlay District and the interface
with the site plan review process . The Board reviewed the list of Frequently Asked
Questions made by Krys . The Board felt some of the questions might be useful as
publicity to help get the law passed and could be printed by the Free Press .
Paula handed out copies of the Connecticut River Valley site plan review and the
Board discussed the merits of requiring professional plans from an applicant and how it
might impact a smaller commercial enterprise . The Board felt differently about how
prepared an applicant should be before approaching the Board and how to deal with an
incomplete application . The Board decided that a continuance could be called by either
the applicant or Board. The Board felt the process should be as short as possible : a sketch
plan conference , application review meeting , and decision
The Board discussed whether a public hearing should be held and the neighbors
notified . The consensus was that since Board meetings were open to the public, a separate
public hearing would not be required as long as the application review is publicized well .
The Board discussed whether or not a preliminary application hearing was necessary . The
Board discussed the merits of a preliminary review and decided that eliminating the
wording of preliminary review would be most effective and applications could be
modified and re-presented if necessary . If the application was accepted at the initial
review with minor modifications an additional presentation would not be required but
that Alex could verify that the applicant met the conditions of acceptance .
Questions were raised about when the short procedure would apply and what
needed to be submitted to the county on the 239 . The Board decided to eliminate section
317 . 1 . The Board decided to replace the requirements listed in section 312 with Appendix
A from Paula' s handout. There was also a suggestion to replace section 313 with the list
on page 130 of Paula' s handout and Greg agreed to rewrite section 313 to try to make it
convey a message more like the other. Paula suggested a short (3 -page) model , planning,
and design guidelines handout to be given at the sketch conference to make the applicant
aware of what the Board would be looking for, including places to find information .
The Board questioned whether agricultural buildings were exempt from site plan
review by law . The Board decided eliminate the size exemption and make all commercial
construction would be subject to site plan review.
Paula suggested a preamble to adopt a purpose similar to the one in her handout.
Paula also suggested it would be helpful to have someone familiar with other site plan
review ordinances to read the Board ' s when completed .
The meeting ended at 9 : 30 p . m .
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