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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB Minutes 1998-10-06TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD OCTOBER 6, 1998 :D TOWN OF / ITHA5A The Town of Ithaca Planning Board met in regular session on Tuesday, October 6, 1998, in Town Hall, 126 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, New York, at 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: Chairperson Fred Wilcox, Eva Hoffmann (7 :40 p.m.), Gregg Bell, Robert Kenerson, James Ainslie, Larry Thayer, Jonathan Kanter (Town Planning), John Barney (Attorney for the Town), Daniel Walker (Town Engineer, 9:41 p.m.), George Frantz (Assistant Town Planner, 9:15 p.m.), Susan Ritter (Environmental Planner, excused at 8:30 p.m.), Christine Balestra (Planner). ALSO PRESENT: Doria Higgins, 2 Hillcrest Drive; Robert Foote, 129 Whitetail Drive; Michael Thompson, 130 Oakwood Lane; Thomas Zitter, 131 Westview Lane; Mark J. Darling, Ithaca College Compost Facility; Lew Durland, The Sear -Brown Group; Mark Lang, The Sear -Brown Group; Peter Krusius, Trinity Lutheran; Lauren Bishop, Ithaca Journal; Karl Berkelman, 380 The Parkway; Paul Sarokwash, Cornell Facilities Management; David Parkins, 135 Storm Road; John Barradas, Downing, Barradas, Magre Architects; John Gutenberger, Cornell; Douglas B. Brittain, 135 Warren Road, Bruce Brittain, 135 Warren Road; Tammi Aiken, T.G. Miller; Lyle Neigh, Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Fire Association; Ray Wheaton, Ithaca Fire Department; Raj Aneja, 322 Sunnyview Lane; Sanjay Aneja, 322 Sunnyview Lane; Zagorka Gaeta, 326 Sunnyview Lane; Curtis Ufford, 147 Honness Lane; Amanda Ufford, 147 Honness Lane; Jeremy Moore; 65 Whitetail Drive; Mike Hughes, 210 Westview Lane. Chairperson Wilcox declared the meeting duly opened at 7:35 p.m., and accepted for the record the Secretary's Affidavit of Posting and Publication of the Notice of Public Hearings in Town Hall an the Ithaca Journal on September 28, 1998 and September 30, 1998 together with the Secretary's Affidavit of Service by Mail of said Notice upon the various neighbors of each of the properties under discussion, as appropriate, upon the Clerks of the City of Ithaca and the Town of Danby, upon the Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning, upon the Tompkins County Commissioner of Public Works, and upon the applicants and /or agents, as appropriate, on September 30, 1998. (Affidavit of Posting and Publication is hereto attached as Exhibit #1.) Chairperson Wilcox read the Fire Exit Regulations to those assembled, as required by the New York State Department of State, Office of Fire Prevention and Control. AGENDA ITEM: PERSONS TO BE HEARD. Doria Higgins, 2 Hillcrest Drive, stated she was not a member of the group who was suing the Town of Ithaca. She explained there were significant inaccuracies in the Environmental Impact Statement for Cornell Lake Source Cooling. Site Plan Approval does not only include the building and the landscaping around the building. It includes the entire site of the project. The Environmental Impact Statement falsely claimed by manipulation and exclusion of the data that the total phosphorous loading at the southern end of Cayuga Lake do not exceed New York State guidance values for that variable. (Ms. Higgins provided a hand -out to the board about the Environmental Impact Statement) Ms. Higgins referred to the hand -out saying the data from station P4 or S 11 in the mid southern basin were used to evaluate how much phosphorous was in the lake. It was concluded that implementation of Lake Source Cooling would not cause exceedance of the guidance value in the Planning Board Minutes Page 2 October 6, 1998 APPRO vED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED southern lake basin. It is false. On the last page was a chart which included data from stations P4 and S 11. P4 has 22 phosphorous that is above New York State Standards. The data from P4 is averaged in with data from another site to come up with a number below New York State Standards. The P2 is not used in the calculation. All of the P2 data in 1994, 95, and 96 is above New York Standards. Of the three stations two are above New York Standards for the amount of phosphorous. The data indicates that Southern Cayuga Lake currently meets the ambient water quality guidance value and it clearly does not. The Planning Board and the Town Staff, being honest, responsible trustees of the community, believed the Environmental Impact Statement when it stated it concluded that implementation of the Lake Source Cooling Project would not cause exceedances. These are exerpts from Cornell's Environmental Impact Statement. It is now known what Cornell University stated is not true according to their own data. Ms. Higgins stated if the town was victorious in the law suit and charges were dropped, the town is faced with the dilemma that they voted based on the information in the Environmental Impact Statement. It is now known the information was false. She feels the board does not have any choice but to rescind their approval on the grounds that the board was misinformed by Comell's Environmental Impact Statement. According to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation specifications in giving a permit, obtaining a permit by misrepresentation is grounds for revocation. Chairperson Wilcox asked if Ms. Higgins was expecting a response from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation? Ms. Higgins responded she was asking the Planning Board to rescind their prior approval for Final Site Plan Approval for Lake Source Cooling. Chairperson Wilcox stated the reason he was asking was because he would like to see the opposite point of view. Ms. Higgins stated she has documented what she has said so there is not an opposite point of view. Board Member Bell asked if Ms. Higgins had ventured any guesses as to why she feels it is false. Ms. Higgins responded she spoke with a phosphorous expert who referred her to Robert Johnson. Mr. Johnson is going to find out more data for her. She wanted to remind the board it had made its decision based upon false information. One reason she is concerned is because the Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of developing criteria for protection of lakes. Once there are criteria established, all states will have to clean their lakes. The town has inadvertently voted to let Cornell University put more phosphorous in the lake when it is already at a point where it needs to be cleaned-up. AGENDA ITEM: SEQR Determination, Ithaca College Compost Facility, Danby Road. Chairperson Wilcox declared the above -noted matter duly opened at 7:45 p.m., and read aloud from the Agenda. Mark Darling, 201 Physical Plant Building Ithaca College, presented visuals to the board of the compost pile. Ithaca College started composting food scraps in 1993. They were looking for a way to further reduce the Planning Board Minutes Page 3 October 6, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - JANUARY 197 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED amount of material taken to the landfill. This method of composting is called Aerated Static Pile. It means they have forced air through a pile of food scraps mixed with wood chips and enhanced the composition. Mr. Darling explained they collect about one and a half to two able yards of foods scraps per day five days a week. It is about half of the overall food waste produced. They are only able to process five days a week the pre - consumer, food scraps from preparation, and the post- consumer, food scraped off plates at the dining halls. Mr. Darling stated they are unable to do all in their facilities but that amount is done five days a week through out all semesters and two weeks in the summer during orientation. The food scraps are collected and transported to the facility. They are mixed with one inch hardwood chips as a bulking agent. It is then placed on a four inch perforated drain pipe that is used to aerate the pile. The pile is put on a concrete floor and covered with wood chips to form a bed. The food scraps mixture is then put on the pile. Then another six inches of wood chips is put on. The method was developed by engineers at Cornell University. It was used at a small facility at Frost Valley. Ithaca College copied the facility. They used building fans hooked into a building control to make sure the air passes through the piles at regular interval, two minutes every two hours. There is a temperature probe that will turn the fans on to cool the piles if the temperature becomes to high. The food scraps stay in the piles unturned for five to six weeks. Then the piles are separated by a mechanical screen. The fine materials are taken to a curing pad behind the present building and they return the wood chips to another pile to be remixed with incoming food. The fine material is stored outside for about a year to rid it of soluble salts. The pile is turned once a week so the water can wash the salts away. Some of the shortcomings in the present building is the size. Half the food waste generated on campus still goes to the landfill. Another problem is having enough dry storage to keep the materials mixed into the compost. Saw dust is used in the spring as a carbon source. Trying to manage the piles on a gravel pad is difficult and the weather does not co- operate. Mr. Darling stated they wanted to be able to manage the piles so the product can be produced more quickly, process all campus waste and maybe alleviate problems for their neighbors. One of the problems with the current building is that it is a steel frame building without ventilation. There is much condensation, moisture and heat put off by the piles. It condenses inside the building, falls back down and makes it very difficult to work in the building. Better ventilation will be accomplished in the new building. The current building previously housed herbicides and pesticides that were bought in bulk. Board Member Hoffmann asked how many times the wood chips could be used before they began to break down. Mr. Darling replied it was hard to keep track. Their best guess was that in one year they will lose about one fifth to a third due to decomposition. About twenty cubic yards of new wood chips are used every year. There is about one hundred cubic yards in process. The wood chips are currently being bought. Ithaca College would like to be able to chip some of the waste wood that comes through the carpenter shop to eliminate some of the waste disposal. Board Member Bell asked if damaged furniture would have problems with finishes and glue. Mr. Darling responded that finishes and glue in most furniture is a polyurethane base. Pressure treated wood or exterior pointed wood will not be used. Board Member Bell asked if all the compost was used within the campus for landscaping? Planning Board Minutes Page 4 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Darling answered they did and it was part of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's regulation. They had notified New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that they were going to use the end product on their own campus. They do not produce enough to do all the work. Ithaca College still needs to buy mulch from vendors. Board Member Hoffmann asked if Ithaca College would be receiving all the food scraps from Ithacare. Mr. Darling stated they were negotiating. Ithacare would like to do some as they get their horticulture program together. He feels that until get their independent units going, Ithaca College would take the pre and post consumer food scraps from their food service operation. Ithacare property is contiguous with Ithaca College property so there is not a problem with exchanging material. Ithaca College owns property abutting Ithacare so it is within New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations. Attorney Barney asked what the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's regulations were. Mr. Darling stated it was under part 360. It covers solid waste facilities. There are basic guidelines about siting and they have met all the criteria. Attorney Barney asked if there were regulation on the sale and other disposition. Mr. Darling responded it was a level of registration with them. If Ithaca College goes over ten thousand be cubic yards of output in a year, they would need to be registered. If they wished to sell it they would need to certified. Board Member Thayer asked if the vehicles that transport food waste were covered. Mr. Darling replied that it was not. It was a fork lift and an open dumpster on the campus roads. They hoped to accomplish a different way of loading the material at the new facility. Chairperson Wilcox stated in the proposed resolution there was clause that all food waste be securely covered. Board Member Ainslie asked what the college was saving with composting. Mr. Darling stated he estimated the college had saved about $9000 in tip fees. It costs $60 a ton to dump in the landfill and it cost $20 a ton to compost in their own facility. Ithaca College is getting on the map with resource management with this facility. Board Member Ainslie asked what the payback was. Mr. Darling stated it would be a ten year payback on the new facility without the matching state grant. A conservative estimate would be five years with the state grant. Chairperson Wilcox asked to have aerobic and anaerobic processes explained. Planning Board Minutes Page 5 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Darling stated anaerobic is what happens at the sewage treatment plant. Anaerobic bacteria do not like oxygen to do decomposition and produces methane that produces the ordor. Aerobic is like aerobic exercise. They need oxygen and that is the purpose for the wood chips. Chairperson Wilcox stated the new facility has a concrete pad where the composting materials would be. How would the water infiltration and run -off be dealt with. Lou Durland, Sear Brown Group, stated on the concrete pad would be a trench drain that would take run -off from the pad to a detention pond. It would then slowly filter out of the detention pond into the outflow of the main detention pond. It would go through a rock filter from the detention pond that will pick -up any solids. Board Member Bell asked at what point does it cease to have any room to collect any more solids. Mr. Darling responded the detention pond would respond first. If it was ever full, they would pump the pond and clean it. The detention pond is designed for a hundred year rain storm. Mr. Durland stated the rainfall that hits the building would be carried off so it doers not run -off onto the concrete pad. It will run through eaves, to the gutters that take it off the pad and will run to the detention pond. Board Member Hoffmann asked where the water would go if it was on the concrete pad. Mr. Darling responded that the piles as they form shed water. It would then absorb the water because it is a dry material. The water from that would go to the detention pond. Mark Lang, Sear Brown Group, stated the detention pond was designed so that during a hundred year event the amount of water leaving the site would remove at the rate that it went before the site was improved. Any sediment from finished compost piles will settle in the detention pond. Chairperson Wilcox asked if there would be additional noise with new machinery. Mr. Darling stated there would be no more noise than currently. Director of Planning Kanter asked if it had been measured how far it would be from the nearest house. Mr. Darling stated it was over five hundred feet. would be from a photograph. He showed the board where the location of the building Board Member Bell stated that he is pleased to see more composting happening. lie is concerned about the list of questions the board received from the Conservation Board. It would be helpful to ask the questions specifically. Does the sewer relate to the run -off of the compost. Mr. Darling stated the sewer would be coming from the bathroom. Board Member Bell asked if they would be getting samples from downstream. Planning Board Minutes Page 6 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED APPROVED Mr. Darling replied that if they needed to have a sample from downstream, then they wanted a sample from above their facility. Board Member Bell asked what would happen with the existing building. Mr. Darling stated it would be used for storage of furniture and equipment. Board Member Bell asked if there was a need for the lighting the applicant was proposing. Mr. Darling responded that they were lighting it so that it was appropriate. Someone who is working in the evening would be able to work safely. They also wanted the facility lit for security reasons. The way it is designed the light would be focused downward. Board Member Bell asked if the lighting would be seen from Coddington Road. Mr. Durland stated it would not be seen from Coddington Road. On Route 96B a smaller flicker might be seen if it was being looked for. Board Member Thayer asked if the lights would be left on during the evening. Mr. Darling stated he agreed there may be too much lighting. Lighting is a sensitive issue on the campus for security reasons. Board Member Bell asked how late would people be working. Mr. Darling stated they would not work past 4:00 p.m. but around then in December it is dark. It will be dark in the morning also. Chairperson Wilcox stated in order to get from the office to the compost facility a person needs to go outside. Board Member Kenerson stated there was a capacity in the community for others who have the need for disposal of waste to have a community wide compost facility. Board Member Ainslie stated he feels the self - contained operation has merit. Self - contained is very efficient. Board Member Hoffmann stated the board did not have building elevations. Director of Planning Kanter stated it was one of the requirements in the proposed resolution. Mr. Durland stated it would be about a twenty -four foot peak. Chairperson Wilcox duly closed the SEQR Determination for Ithaca College Composing at 8:21 p.m. Planning Board Minutes Page 7 October 6, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED -JANUARY 19, 1999 -APPROVED -APPROVED - APPROLBD MOTION by Robert Kenerson, seconded by James Ainslie: WHEREAS: 1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation regarding Special Approval to the Zoning Board of Appeals for expansion of the composting operation at Ithaca College from approximately 150 tons of food waste per year to 500 tons year, and the proposed construction of a new composting facility to consist of a 60' x100' enclosed pole barn with a concrete floor, a 50'x 100 ' concrete pad outside of the building, and a 30'x 40 ' control room attached to the southwest corner of the compost facility. The new facility will be located on the Ithaca College campus, close to the main access drive, Town of Ithaca Tar Parcel No. 41- 141.5, R15 Residential District, Ithaca College Owner, Mark J. Darling (Ithaca College), and Lew Durland (Sear -Brown Group), Agents, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is legislatively determined to act as Lead Agency in environmental review with respect to Site Plan Approval, and 3. The Planning Board, on October 6, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part I prepared by the applicant, a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part II prepared by planning staff, a series of drawings labeled "Compost Facility, Ithaca College, " including "Site Plan " (CVI) dated 8131198, and "Topographic Survey Map " (SUVI) dated 9110198, and information sheets entitled "General Notes" (CV2) dated 8131198, and "Details" (CV3 and CV4) dated 8131198, prepared by The Sear -Brown Group and additional application materials, and, 4. The Town Planning staff have recommended a negative determination of environmental significance with respect to the proposed Site Plan Approval; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act for the above referenced action as proposed, and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required. AYES - Wilcox, Hoffmann, Kenerson, Ainslie, Bell, Thayer. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a Compost Facility on the Ithaca College campus to consist of a 6,120 f square foot wood - framed, steel sided building with a 5,000 f square foot concrete pad, located on Tax Parcel No. 41 -141 approximately 750 feet southeast of the intersection of Coddington Road and Danby Road, Residence District R45. Ithaca College, Owner /Applicant; Mark J. Darling, Agent. A Planning Board Minutes Page 8 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVRD -APPROVED -JANUARY 19, 1999 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Chairperson Wilcox duly opened the public hearing at 8:22 p.m. Mr. Durland stated the existing compost facility was uphill from the new site. Most of the college facilities were further uphill. They are planning to use the dirt road coming off the college access road. Vehicles carrying the food waste would come up the drive and to the side of the facility and back in. The elevation of the drive is four feet higher than the floor of the compost facility. That way the food waste can be dumped down into the mixer without having to lift it up. The food waste will be stored along the sides of the facility. The building will be a 16x100 foot pole -barn. It will have a metal standing seam roof and will be ventilated at the top along the ridge and the eaves. The concrete pad downhill of the facility is a 150x100 foot pad with a trench drain in the center that will take run -off to the detention pond. Mr. Darling's office and control room will be an attached building that does not have access between the two facilities. It is to keep the control room clean. It was made large enough to have an office space and a small training room. There will be a window from the training room into the compost facility so you can see what is going on. There will be one uni -sex bathroom and a lobby. The roofline matches the roofline of the existing building. Chairperson Wilcox asked why there were six parking spaces for one employee. Mr. Durland stated there was a training facility and others may come on a periodic basis. The run -off from the roof will be collected in gutters and taken off so that it does not run onto the concrete pad. There are large trees on both sides of the facility that will be maintained. Chairperson Wilcox asked if any members of the public wished to be heard. There being no persons present to be heard, Chairperson Wilcox closed the public hearing at 8:31 p.m. He stated he received a phone call from Mr. Wamond of 917 Danby Road. Mr. Wamond described himself as a friend to Ithaca College and that they have been a good neighbor. He was unable to attend the public hearing but wanted to make sure that the proposed compost facility was environmentally friendly and the concerns of the neighbors be taken into account. Mr. Wamond said he never had a problem with odors from the site. MOTION by Gregory Bell, seconded by Robert Kenerson: WHEREAS: 1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation regarding Special Approval to the Zoning Board of Appeals to expand the current Ithaca College composting operation from approximately 150 tons of food waste per year to 500 tons /year, and the proposed construction of a new composting facility to consist of a 60' x 100' enclosed pole barn with a concrete floor, a 50' x 100' concrete pad outside of the building, and a 30' x 40' control room attached to the southwest corner of the compost facility. The new facility will be located on the .Ithaca College campus, close to the main access drive, Town of Ithaca, Tax Parcel No. 41 -1 -11.5, R.15 Residential District, Ithaca College Owner, Mark J. Darling (Ithaca College), and Lew Durland (Sear -Brown Group) Agents, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as lead agency in environmental review, has, on October 6, 1998, reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part I prepared by the applicant and a Short Environmental Planning Board Minutes I Page 9 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANU4RY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Assessment Form Part II prepared by planning staff, and made a negative determination of environmental significance with regard to Site Plan Approval; and 3. The Planning Board, at a Public Hearing on October 6, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate maps entitled "Compost Facility, Ithaca College" including "Site Plan " (M) dated 8131198, and "Topographic Survey Map" (SUV 1) dated 9110198, and information sheets entitled "General Notes" (CV2) dated 8131198, and "Details" (CV3 and CV4) dated 8131198, and a Site Plan Report prepared by The Sear Brown Group and additional application materials, and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED 1. That the Planning Board hereby grants Preliminary Site Plan approval to expand the current Ithaca College composting operation from approximately 150 tons of food waste per year to 500 tons /year, and the proposed construction of a new composting facility to consist of a 60' x 100' enclosed pole barn with a concrete floor, a 50' x 100' concrete pad outside of the building, and a 30' x 40' control room attached to the southwest corner of the compost facility. The new facility will be located on the Ithaca College campus, close to the main access drive, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 41- 141.5, R -15 Residential District, as shown on maps entitled "Compost Facility, Ithaca College". including "Site Plan" (M) dated 8131198, and "Topographic Survey Map" (SUV 1) dated 9110198, and information sheets entitled "General Notes" (CV2) dated 8131198, and "Details" (CV3 and CV4) dated 8131198, and a Site Plan Report and other application materials, conditioned upon the following: a. granting by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the required Special Approval for the proposed project prior to Final Site Plan Approval; b, submission of building elevations and architectural details prior to Final Site Plan Approval and approval of same as part of such approval; C, submission of construction details of all proposed structures, roads, water /sewage facilities, and other improvements prior to Final Site Plan Approval; d. submission of an original or mylar copy and two paper copies of the final site plan to be retained by the Town of Ithaca; e. submission of record of application for, and approval status of all necessary permits from county, state, andlor federal agencies prior to issuance of any building permits, or proof that such approvals are not required; f. that all food waste being hauled to the Ithaca College site be securely covered to reduce spillage along public roads, g1 that this operation comply with the following performance standards pertaining to noise, odor, and vermin, and that the Town reserves the right to revoke Special Approval at any time should this operation violate these performance standards: Planning Board Minutes Page 10 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED 1- no one shall operate or cause to be operated any source of sound in such a manner as to create a sound level which exceeds the limits set forth for the land use category as listed in Local Law No. 14-1995, 2- there shall be no emission of any offensive odor discernible at the boundary oj'the site. 3- there shall be no storage of material, either indoors or out, in such a manner that it attracts or facilitates the breeding of vermin or endangers public health or the environment in any way. AND FURTHER RESOLVED: 10 That the Planning Board, in making recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals, determines the following: a. there is a need for the proposed use in the proposed location, as demonstrated by the applicant; b, the existing and probable future character of the neighborhood will not be adversely affected as a result of the proposed project; C, the specific proposed chatnge in land use as a result of the proposed project is in accordance with a comprehensive plan of development for the Town of Ithaca. 2. That the Planning Board reports to the Zoning Board of Appeals its recommendation that the aforementioned request for Special Approval be approved. AYES - Wilcox, Hoffmann, Bell, Kenerson, Ainslie, Thayer. NAYS- None The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding the extension of Special Approval to maintain modular office trailers, totaling 4,200 f square feet in floor area at the Wilson Laboratory, Cornell University. This project received approvals in 1993 with the condition that the trailers be removed by October 1, 1998. The applicants are requesting a extension of the Special Approval for an additional five years. No changes or additions to the site are proposed in conjunction with this request. The site is located on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 6344.2 off of NYS Route 366, approximately 600 feet west of Judd Falls Road, Residence District 11-30. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; Paul Sarokwash, Agent. Chairperson Wilcox opened the public hearing at 8:36 p.m. Paul Sarokwash, Cornell University Facilities Management, stated they were proposing that the facility that was approved five years ago be maintained in its present state. Cornell University would like to have a five year extension and make the recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals. They have found the neighborhood to be to their liking for educational and housing purposes. Planning Board Minutes Page 11 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPRO LED Chairperson Wilcox asked if any member of the public wished to be heard. With no person present, Chairperson Wilcox closed the public hearing at 8:39 p.m. Mr. Sarokwash stated the university does not like to have modular spaces, but their facilities were over- crowded. Wilson Laboratories would like to build an addition to their current structure. They had hoped to receive funding but still have other federal funding and the need for housing staff and researchers. Board Member Kenerson asked if the space was adequate for what they were doing. Mr. Sarokwash stated it was a first class facility. Board Member Hoffmann asked if visiting scientists were able to be housed in the original facility. Karl Berkelman, Director of Nuclear Studies, stated the permanent staff were housed in the permanent building. The modular facility is for the visiting scientists, students, faculty that collaborate with Cornell. Board Member Hoffmann asked if their funding was to be discontinued would they still need to expand the facilities. Mr. Berkelman stated the funding commitments come in five year blocks. The NSF has a policy to not put their money into buildings. It is a Cornell University responsibility and they do not have the money. There is a plan for another two floors on the main Wilson Laboratories building but they do not have the money. MOTION by Eva Hoffmann, seconded by Lawrence Thayer: WHEREAS: 1. This action is the Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) regarding the extension of Special Approval to maintain five modular office trailers, totaling 4,200 square feet in floor area, at the Wilson Laboratory, Cornell University, for an additional five years. Said project received Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation for Special Approval on January 19, 1993, with the condition that the trailers be removed by October 1, 1998. Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 63- 1 -8.2, Residence District R -30. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; Paul Sarokwash, Agent, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Zoning Board of Appeals is legislatively determined to act as lead agency in environmental review, and 3. The Planning Board, at a Public Hearing on October 6, 1998, has reviewed a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part I, submitted by the applicant, and a Part II prepared by the Town Planning Department, and other application materials. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: Planning Board Minutes Page 12 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED 1. That the Planning Board, in making its recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals, determines the following: a. there is a need for the proposed use in the proposed location, as demonstrated by the applicant; b. the existing and probable future character of the neighborhood will not be adversely affected as a result of the proposed use; C4 the specific proposed change inland use as a result of the proposed project is in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan of development for the Town of Ithaca. 2. That the Planning Board reports to the Zoning Board of Appeals its recommendation that the aforementioned request for extension of Special Approval, originally granted on January 19, 1993, be approved, subject to the following condition: That Special Approval for this project be limited to five additional years, expiring on October 1, 2003. AYES - Wilcox, Hoffmann, Thayer, Kenerson, Ainslie, Bell. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: SEAR Determination, Cornell University Golf Pro Shop Addition, 'Warren Road. Chairperson Wilcox declared the above -noted matter duly opened at 8:47 p.m., and read aloud from the Agenda. John Barradas, Downing, Barradas, Magre Architects, stated Cornell University is proposing a 1200 square foot golf pro shop. It is to be in place of art existing golf pro shop with programs involving the professional golf instructor and his assistant and a retail area for golf material. The current building will be used for the training of the university students. The pro shop will control the golf course from the first nine fairways to the next nine fairways which are on either side of Warren Road. They have tried to make reference to Moakley house in terms of material and appearance. The area is going to affected by the building but also by the overgrown shrubbery. It is zoned R -30 and needs a special approval to be a golf course. The proposed building is related to golf. Board Member Kenerson asked if the existing pro shop would continue to be used. Mr. Barradas stated it is but not in the same sense. Board Member Kenerson asked if it affected the traffic and parking. Mr. Barradas stated the difference would be one and half people. The parking spaces would remain the same. Planning Board 1Vlinutes Page 13 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, October 6, 1998 1999 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Chairperson Wilcox stated it is a level site. The Town Engineer stated in the Environmental Impact Statement that there are no concerns for drainage or erosion control due to the small scale and the level ground. Planner Balestra stated in Part Two of the Environmental Assessment Form, in section C2, no significant adverse impacts regarding aesthetics are anticipated. Chairperson Wilcox duly closed the SEQR Determination for Cornell University Golf Pro Shop at 8:54 p.m. MOTION by Lawrence Thayer, seconded by Robert Kenerson: WHEREAS: L This action is Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for Golf Pro Shop addition to the existing Moakley J intersection of Warren Road and Bluegrass Lane Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 68 -1 -9, Residence John Barradas and James Finnigan, Agents, and the proposed construction of a 1,200 +/- square foot Iouse, located approximately 300 feet south of the on the Robert Trent Jones University Golf Course, District R -30; Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is legislatively determined to act as Lead Agency in environmental review with respect to Site Plan Approval, and 3. The Planning Board, on October 6, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part I prepared by the applicant, a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part II prepared by planning staff, drawings labeled "Cornell Golf Center, " Sheet No. SK -1 entitled "Site Plan, " Sheet No. SPIN entitled "Site Plan, " Sheet No. A101 entitled, "Construction Plan, " Sheet No. A201 entitled Exterior Elevations, " and Sheet No. A301, entitled "Wall Sections, all dated August 27, 1998, prepared by Downing Barradas Magre Architects, and additional application materials, and 4. The Town Planning staff have recommended a negative determination of environmental significance with respect to the proposed site plan; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOL VED. That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act for the above referenced action as proposed and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required. AYES - Wilcox, Hoffmann, Thayer, Kenerson, Bell, Ainslie. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. Planning Board Minutes Page 14 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 1,200 f square foot Golf Pro Shop addition to the existing Moakley House, located approximately 300 feet south of the intersection of Warren Road and Blue Grass Lane, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 684-9, Residence District R -30. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant/ John Barradas and Jim Finnegan, Agents. Chairperson Wilcox opened the public hearing at 8:55 p.m. Randy Lacey, Cornell University, stated they are considering a service building, and pump house, off Blue Grass Lane. It will be a 20x24 metal building. It will house a pump for an irrigation system. There is a pump house on the West side of Warren Road but Cornell University is installing a new pump that will not fit inside the house. Board Member Bell asked if the pump house irrigated the golf course. Mr. Lacey stated it is a grove of trees that is currently used as a material storage yard. There is a pile of sand and clay that they use on the course. It is the location that will be used for the house and none of the trees will be removed. Board Member Hoffmann stated Planner Balestra has made suggestions about additional plantings. She would like additional plantings along the east elevation in addition to the flower bed. Mr. Barradas stated the chimney is Moakley and the addition is to the side. The space between the two the buildings is a celebrated space and is called a trellis area. We will have vines on the trellis if there are funds. Chairperson Wilcox asked if Mr. Barradas was aware the staff asked for additional plantings. Mr. Barradas responded he was and he spoke with the owners and they will provide shrubbery. Chairperson Wilcox asked if any members of the public wished to be heard. Bruce Brittain, 135 Warren Road, stated he would like to look at the plans presented. Mr. Barradas showed and explained the plans. Mr. Brittain asked if the pro shop would have a mailing address because he received their mail. Mr. Barradas stated their address was 213 -215 Warren Road. Mr. Brittain stated the location of the proposed pump house is the location of a former house. It may have archeological value. With no other persons present to be heard, Chairperson Wilcox closed the public hearing at 9:05 p.m. Chairperson Wilcox stated he liked the new addition. Board Member Kenerson asked what they were doing about lighting. Planning Board Minutes Page 15 October 6, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - JANU4RY 19, 1999 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Mr. Barradas stated there will be light in the building, two ground lights, and he is not aware of outside lighting. Board Member Hoffmann asked if there were plans other than the plans that were presented. Mr. Barradas stated they currently had a flower bed. There have been requests for evergreen ground covers. They would follow recommendations made by the staff. Director of Planning Kanter stated the staff was recommending low plantings. MOTION by Gregory Bell, seconded by James Ainslie: WHEREAS: 1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 1, 200 +/- square foot Go f Pro Shop addition to the existing Moakley House, located approximately 300 feet south of the intersection of Warren Road and Bluegrass Lane on the Robert Trent Jones University Golf Course, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 68 -1 -9, Residence District R -30; Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; John Barradas and James Finnigan, Agents, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as Lead Agency in environmental review, has, on October 6, 1998, made a negative determination of environmental significance with regard to Site Plata Approval, and 3. The Planning Board, at a Public Hearing oil October 6, 1998, reviewed mid accepted as adequate drawings labeled "Cornell Golf Center, " Sheet No. SK4 entitled "Site Plan, " Sheet No. SPI01 entitled "Site Plan," Sheet No. A101 entitled, "Construction Plata, " Sheet No. A20.1 entitled, "Exterior Elevations, " and Sheet No. A301 entitled, "Wall Sections, " all dated August 27, 1998, prepared by Downing Barradas Magre Architects, and additional application materials, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOL VED. 1. That the Planning Board hereby grants Preliminary Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 1, 200 +/- square foot Golf Pro Shop addition to the existing Moakley House, as shown oil the drawings labeled "Cornell Golf Center, " Sheet No. SK -1 entitled "Site Plata, " Sheet No. SPI01 entitled "Site Plata, " Sheet No. A101 entitled, "Construction Plata, " Sheet No. A201 entitled, "Exterior Elevations, " and Sheet No. A301 entitled, "Wall Sections, " all dated August 27, 1998, prepared by Downing Barradas Magre Architects, mid additional application materials, subject to the following conditions, to be met prior to final site plan approval, a. the submission of a landscaping plan and planting schedule, to be indicated on Sheets SK -1 and SP101, showing additional plantings along the East elevation of the proposed building. Such plantings should include low shrubs such as dwarf evergreen and azalea along with additional flower beds, and Planning Board Minutes Page 16 October 6, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED -JANUARY 19, 1999 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED b. revision of all plan sheets to include the name of the Town, County, and State, as required in the Preliminary Site Plan checklist, and ca the name and seal of the registered land surveyor(v) or engineer(s) who prepared the topographic and boundary survey and date of survey, to be stamped on Sheets SK -1 and SPI01, as required in the above checklist, and d. the granting of Special Approval for the Golf Pro Shop from the Zoning Board of Appeals. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOL VED. 1. That the Planning Board, in making its recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals, determines the following: a. there is a need for the proposed use in the proposed location, as demonstrated by the applicant; b, the existing and probable future character of the neighborhood will not be adversely affected as a result of the proposed use; C, the specific proposed change in land use as a result of the proposed project is in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan of development for the Town of Ithaca. 2. That the Planning Board reports to the Zoning Board of Appeals its recommendation that the aforementioned request for Special Approval be approved. AYES- Wilcox, Hoffmann, Bell, Ainslie, Kenerson, Thayer. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: SEQR Determination, Antique Fire Engine Display Addition, 638 Elmira Road. Chairperson Wilcox declared the above -noted matter duly opened at 9:11 p.m., and read aloud from the Agenda. Ray Wheaton, Ithaca Fire Department, stated he was representing the Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemen Association, City of Ithaca, and the Ithaca Fire Department. They are proposing an approximately 285 square feet glass enclosure for an antique 1896 Fire Engine. The city has had it since 1896 and it has been in various states of repairs. Currently it is being restored. Their concern is what is going to happen to the fire engine. It is in a fire station that is due to be sold and the Vet Firemen's offered to find a home for it. They developed a nice plan for its permanent restoration and it will be permanently on loan to the Vet Firemen. The City will still retain ownership and the right to take it off premises. Planning Board Minutes Page 17 October 6, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED -JANUARY 19, 1999 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED Lyle Neigh, Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemans Association, stated the Vet Firemen have planned spending a significant amount of money to provide this home. They did not look upon this as generating much traffic. However, as people go through the area, it will provide a place where it can be viewed. The fire engine will be in an enclosed in glass structure. It will enhance the building and will not generate additional traffic. Mr. Wheaton stated they made numerous attempts to do something. The Dewitt Historical Society was interested but could not take on the burden. The Vet Firemen's have improved the property site since they took it over. The fire engine in its present condition is worth over $100,000. It will be restored to a non - working condition. Attorney Barney asked what type of glass would be used. Mr. Neigh responded it would be an aluminum framed room with double paned glass which will provide ultraviolet protection for the unit. It is rugged glass and it has a high level of impact resistance. Mr. Wheaton stated there will be a burglar alarm as with the rest of the building. Mr. Neigh stated part of the contract with the City is to control the atmosphere in the room. Board Member Bell asked if the roof would be glass. Mr. Neigh stated it was glass. Board Member Bell asked if that would expose the apparatus to more sunlight. Mr. Neigh stated the glass will filter out 75 % of the ultraviolet light. Mr. Wheaton stated it was a tinted glass and the Fire Department would not enter into the contract until that was confirmed. Mr. Neigh explained the glass would enhance the unit. It would look better than if the structure had a solid roof. There are several places around town that have used the same type of construction. The Tia Restaurant has the same type. Director of Planning Kanter asked if there will be lighting interior or exterior. Mr. Neigh stated there will be interior lighting that will be on a timer. The present security lighting on the outside of the building will not be altered. Board Member Ainslie stated he also did not understand why the roof needed to be glass. Mr. Neigh explained it was a matter of appearance. In their judgment it would negatively affect the visual aspects. Board Member Ainslie asked if it would be taken out to parades and if there is a door. Planning Board Minutes Page 18 October 6, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 -APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED down. Mr. Neigh responded that if the city should take the apparatus out, the wall would need to be taken Board Member Ainslie asked if there would be fencing. Mr. Wheaton stated the plan was to have a decorative walk around the building so people could walk around it. clean. Board Member Bell stated there was nothing on the plan about a walk. Mr. Neigh state the front of the building has a four foot walkway. Board Member Ainslie asked if there are provisions for keeping the glass clean. Mr. Wheaton stated the Vet Firemen's maintenance program is better than most and it would be kept Board Member Hoffmann asked if they were planning to build a sidewalk around the building. Mr. Neigh stated there were no specific plans, but it may be considered in the future. Mr. Wheaton stated they looked at putting in a gravel pathway. Mr. Neigh stated they did not anticipate heavy traffic. Chairperson Wilcox duly closed the SEQR Determination for Antique Fire Engine Display Addition at 9:26 p.m. MOTION by Robert Kenerson, seconded by Lawrence Thayer: WHEREAS: 1. This action is the Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 285 +/- square foot glass enclosure addition to house and display an antique fire engine, located at 638 Elmira Road on Town of Ithaca Taz Parcel No 33 -34, -5.1, and -5.2, LI Light Industrial District. Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemen Association, Owner /Applicant; Ray Wheaton, Agent, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is legislatively determined to act as Lead Agency in environmental review with respect to Site Plan Approval, and 3. The Planning Board, on October 6, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assesment Form Part I prepared by the applicant, a Part II prepared by the Town Planning staff, and an application packet that includes a plan entitled "Vet Firemen's Assoc., 638 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, Rev 2LN, " dated 9119198, and other information related to the application, and Planning Board Minutes Page 19 October 6, 1998 APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED - J.4NUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED -APPROVED -APPROVED 4, The Town Planning staff have recommended a negative determination of environmental significance with respect to the proposed site plan, as proposed; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act for the above referenced action as proposed and, therefore, neither a Full Environmental Assessment Form nor an Environmental Impact Statement will be required. AYES" Wilcox, Hoffmann, Kenerson, Thayer, Bell, Ainslie. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 285 f square foot glass enclosure addition to house and display an antique fire engine, located at 638 Elmira Road on Town of Ithaca Tag Parcel No. 33 -34, 33- 3 -5919 33- 3 -5.29 LI Light Industrial District. Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemens Association, Owner /Applicant; Ray Wheaton, Agent. Chairperson Wilcox opened the public hearing at 9:27 p.m. Board Member Bell stated the drawing uses a word "System Five ", what does that mean? Mr. Neigh stated System Five is the manufacturer's designation for this type of construction. Board Member Bell stated there is no indication as to whether the door is glass or solid. Mr. Neigh stated it is a commercial quality glass door. Board Member Bell asked if there is a window from the present building to see into the addition. Mr. Neigh stated there is not. On each side of the front portion of the building, there currently is a panel of four windows. Board Member Bell stated he would like to have a sidewalk around the building. Mr. Wheaton stated his recommendation would be to have the sidewalk around the building. Board Member Hoffmann stated she feels it is a shame the fire engine will not be viewed from the interior of the building. There are functions in the building where people may like to see it. Mr. Neigh replied the rooms immediately adjacent are offices and private rooms. There is a door that leads into this room and it would be an open area so persons could go into the room. Planning Board Minutes Page 20 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Board Member Ainslie asked if there would be public access. Mr. Neigh stated there would not be public access. Chairperson Wilcox asked if any members of the public wished to be heard. With no persons present to be heard, Chairperson Wilcox closed the public hearing at 9:35 p.m. Board Member Bell stated the New York State Museum has had large exhibitions of large fire apparatus. Have details been discussed with them about preservation? Mr. Neigh stated he talked with a fire apparatus restorer and he will support the project 100 %. MOTION by Lawrence Thayer, seconded by James Ainslie: WHEREAS: 1. This action is the Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 285 +/- square foot glass enclosure addition to house and display an antique fire engine, located at 638 Elmira Road on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 33 -34, -5.1, mid -5.2, LI Light Industrial District. Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemen Association, Owner /Applicant; Ray Wheaton, Agent, and 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as Lead Agency in environmental review with respect to Site Plan Approval, has, on October 6, 1998 made a negative determination of environmental significance, after having reviewed and accepted as adequate the Short Environmental Assessment Form part I, prepared by the applicant, and a Part II prepared by the Town Planning staff, and 3. The Planning Board, at a Public Hearing on October 6, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate an application packet that includes a plan entitled "Vet Firemen's Assoc., 638 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, Rev 2LN, " dated 9119198, and other information related to the application. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1. That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby waives certain requirements for Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval, as shown on the Preliminary and Final Site Plan Checklist, having determined from the materials presented that such waiver will result in neither a Significant alteration of the purpose of site plan control nor the policies enunciated or implied by the Town Board, and 2. That the Planning Board hereby grants Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 285 +/- square foot glass enclosure addition to house and display an antique fire engine, located at 638 Elmira Road on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No 33 -34, -5.1, and -5.2, LI Light Industrial District, as shown on a plan entitled "Vet Firemen's Assoc., 638 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, Rev 2LN0 " dated 9119198, and other information related to the application, subject to the following conditions: Planning Board Minutes Page 21 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED a. That the applicant shall obtain miy necessary variances or other approvals from the Zoning Board of Appeals prior to the issuance of any building permits. b. Submission of revised site plan to show extension of walkway (to be constructed of concrete or asphalt) around perimeter of new addition, subject to review and approval of Town Planner, prior to issuance of any building permits. AYES- Wilcox, Hoffmann, Thayer, Ainslie, Bell, Kenerson. NAYS - None. The MOTION was declared to be carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: SEQR Determination, Trinity Lutheran Church Parking Lot, 149 Honness Lane. Chairperson Wilcox duly opened the above -noted matter at 9:45 p.m. Peter Krusius, Trinity Lutheran Church, stated the church would like to expand their current parking lot. The parking lot is sixty spaces and they want to have it extended to one hundred ten. They would also like to rebuild, pave and upgrade the parking lot. The church has aquired 155 Honness Lane and would like to integrate that with the new parking lot design. The final objective is to facilitate the town's request to provide routing for the bike path along the western boarder of the church property. The site plan adds another driveway on Honness Lane, retains the open green area up front and adds a lower parking lot on the West side of the church building. Drainage is handled in two directions. The front lot will be drained to Honness Lane and the new upgraded culvert facility. The lower parking lot will be drained into a basin that is placed in the Southwest corner of the property. Curbing will be installed to catch surface water at indicated locations in the plan. Underdrains and drainpipe networks will be installed to take care of the rest of the water. The landscaping plan calls for removing as few trees as possible and then planting about fifty new trees on the property. The lighting plan proposes to put in concealed low glare lighting on fifteen foot poles. The church is responding to the town's request and have provided a routing for the bikeway. Chairperson Wilcox asked how the number for parking spaces was determined. Mr. Krusius replied the total capacity for the church sancturary is two hundred. Their current congregation is about one hundred fifty. The church is growing in numbers and they are, anticipating they will need all spaces in the future. Board Member Hoffmann asked how many persons per car it included. Mr. Krusius responded they averaged two persons per car. Robert Foote, 129 Whitetail Drive, stated the church has ranged between one hundred thirty and two hundred persons in worship. They are now averaging one hundred twenty -five during the year. During festival and holidays people have had their cars towed. Board Member Thayer asked if it was one hundred ten plus the current capacity. Planning Board Minutes Page 22 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Krusius stated it was the total amount. Chairperson Wilcox asked how many services were on Sundays. Mr. Krusius stated there is currently one and they were talking about adding another. The church also runs a preschool and after school program. Chairperson Wilcox stated he did not understand why the church needed one hundred parking spaces for two hundred people for an hour and a half a week. Board Member Hoffmann stated it troubled her to build parking spaces for that many cars to be used that infrequently. She would like to think it would be possible to allow parking on the lawns. Board Member Ainslie stated people cannot park on the lawn in this climate, from October to April. Board Member Hoffmann stated there could be concrete tiles set in the ground and in the opening of the concrete tile there would be grass and soil. Board Member Thayer stated it would be hard to plow in the winter time. Mr. Krusius explained future growth is anticipated. They are not building it only for the current attendance. Board Member Ainslie stated a church is a once a week situation. He is in a church with a parking lot and the appeal of the church is the parking lot. Many people need to park on the street at other churches. Mr. Krusius stated they were planning to have eight handicap parking spaces when regulations called for five. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the staff has looked into national standards for church parking. The proposed number at Trinity Lutheran is within the range of an average church. The average is 2.33 persons per car. They are well within the range of what could be expected of any church. Staff traced the parking lots of various churches in Ithaca and Trinity Lutheran is within the same range. Board Member Hoffmann wondered why the church is proposing to add the new parking to the West where there is more of a slope. There is a more flat area between Honness Lane and the church. Mr. Krusius stated that was their first consideration but it would have taken away from the green space. Their members stated it would not be aestetically exceptable. Board Member Hoffmann stated the parking would be close to a residential area. Tammy Aiken, TG Millers, stated the parking was thirty -six feet off the side property. She explained the church was in a residential district. Planning Board Minutes Page 23 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Board Member Hoffmann stated she feels it would be preferable to have the parking toward the road side. Ms. Aiken stated the church is trying to preserve the green space in the front and make it aestetically pleasing to the members and neighborhood. Board Member Hoffinann stated the parking lot could be screened with plantings. Ms. Aiken stated the parking is to be screened with plantings on all sides. Mr. Krusius stated if the parking lot was to be in the front, more than half the green space would be taken. Chairperson Wilcox stated if the argument is made and accepted that sufficient parking for the members, then might not the church also use the argument to say loading the parking in the front, though visually unappealing, only creates that problem for an hour and a half a week. Ms. Aiken stated many places prefer parking in the back than in the front. Board Member Hoffinann stated that in residential areas she did not believe the board encouraged parking in the back. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the Town of Ithaca Zoning Ordinance prohibits parking in the front of a church. In 1964 Trinity Lutheran got a variance to allow the parking it does have now in the front yard. Board Member Hoffmann stated it troubles her to have all this parking close to residential areas. Mr. Krusius stated they have provided plantings to block the parking lot. Board Member Hoffmann stated there will be a slope built there also. Board Member Bell stated on the Western entrance there is a single loaded stretch of parking for eight spaces then double loaded. If the eight were taken out and put into the back area it would make the area look better. The lot could be extended by two on each side. In the Environmental Impact Statement, on page 3, parking lots are a structure so the structure should be checked. Gentlemen from the audience asked what the difference between SEQR and Site Plan were. Chairperson Wilcox stated the board is currently going through State Environmental Quality Review which is any environmental issues related to the project. If the board should come to the conclusion that any and all environmental issues have been mitigated, the applicant's application is then considered complete. Then the public hearing is to be opened to allow concerns of the public to be addressed. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated in number li, if they were to take one of the large parking bays, they could have a width of +/- 60 feet by +/- 200 feet for the length. Planning Board Minutes Page 24 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Director of Planning Kanter asked if a calculation had been done on the total coverage of the paved areas. Ms. Aiken stated the new pavement amounted to 32,900 square feet. Board Member Bell stated on page nine of the Environmental Impact Statement, the question on impact on aestetic resources did not mention the trees that were being removed. Mr. Krusius stated twenty -nine trees and two shrubs are being removed. Their plan is to remove only the trees that are in the way of construction and then replant fifty -one trees. Chairperson Wilcox stated it would be appropriate to indicate that one impact is to remove twenty -nine trees in that section. Then in the section that explains how that is mitigated it should be indicated that fifty -one trees will be planted. Mr. Foote stated some of the trees being removed are due to the bikeway. Board Member Bell stated the purpose of the Environmental Impact Statement is to assess the impact on the environment. It does not matter at this point why it is done. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated it is important to note that the bikeway is not part of this project. The church is voluntarily agreeing to donate an easement to the Town of Ithaca. The Town of Ithaca when it has a design ready for the bikeway will be subject to its own SEQR review. Board Member Bell stated that if part of the twenty -nine includes the bikeway they should not be included. Board Member Hoffmann stated on the site layout plan, C01, it shows west of the enclosed play area a six inch maple and a ten inch cherry. She thought that what is described as a cherry looked like a European Mountain -ash. Chairperson Wilcox stated he would like to discuss the drainage. Director of Engineering Walker stated the detention basin is adequate. They are diverting water away from the downstream properties. Some of the water on the Honness Lane portion is being directed towards the new Honness Lane drainage system. The system has the capacity to take the water off the north portion of the site. The location of the bikeway is a diversion berm installed to preclude drainage from the church crossing the properties downhill. The berm will be maintained. The detention pond will drain directly into the West View Lane drainage system. The existing drainage system has sufficient capacity. Chairperson Wilcox stated this will prevent increased run -off and will also improve current conditions. On his site visit, he spoke with a neighbor who had run -off from the existing facility. Director of Engineering Walker stated the run -off will go directly into the Honness Lane drainage system or into the detention basin. The only water leaving the site is from the land between the bikeway and the property line. Planning Board Minutes Page 25 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED -APPROVED Board Member Thayer asked if there should be concern. Board Member Hoffmann asked if soil will need to be taken out from the eastern boundary to the property the church bought. Ms. Aiken stated there will be some cut. The grades in the northern and eastern parking match the existing grades. There is more of a slope at the northern corner. Most of the earth work will happen at the lower lot. Board Member Hoffmann asked if there will be soil taken from outside this property. Ms. Aiken stated the church will need outside fill. David Parkins, owns 123 Sunnyview Lane, stated they were one of the original purchasers at the top of the hill. There is ceramic tile running about every ten feet draining that area. It is three to four feet below grade and runs a continuous stream. It took him three years to have the drainage to be adequate in the back of his yard. The heavy equipment that moves across the field will crush the pipes. There will be a substancial increase in the amount of water. The water will run through the yards below. At the bottom of the neighborhood there are people who still have problems with standing water. The surface water is not as much of a problem as the water beneath grade. Director of Engineering Walker stated the hillside was drained. Towards Slaterville Road there have been problems with drainage problems. This project will not be increasing that problem. It may reduce it somewhat because it will be keeping some of the water on the surface. Mr. Parkins stated the water comes from uphill and very little of it comes from the lawn at the church. It comes from above Pine Tree. That flow will be the same as it is now. The problem is the path that water takes will be disrupted. He feels the water will end up in his backyard. He does not see how diverting that flow has been addressed when all this heavy equipment will go over the pipes. Director of Engineering Walker stated the town could give Mr. Parkins technical assistance because they have had that problem through the area. Mr. Walker feels this project will not increase that problem. They will be filling over existing tiles. This area has been bulldozed before. Breakage will not occur because they are not going deeper. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated in the parking lot there are two underdrains parallel to the church which when installed at a depth of three to four feet are very likely to intercept the older tiles and carry that water into the storm water basin. Mr. Parkins asked if it was possible to make the applicant intercept the pipes. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the plans showed the pipes are being intercepted. Director of Engineering Walker stated the upper underdram on the plan is at the edge of the existing parking area and the purpose is to maintain the integrity of the parking system. It may pick up a significant Planning Board Minutes Page 26 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED amount of the under drainage. This whole area has been significantly disturbed with construction over the past thirty years. Mr. Parkins stated the berm was done six years ago and since then they have managed to come up with solutions. Now they will have to start over. Director of Engineering Walker stated the activity that built that berm was as disruptive. Mr. Parkins stated whatever is being done now is in addition and not duplicating whatever damage that berm construction did. It was a poor attempt to solve the problem not understanding the problem was below grade. The berm was put in thinking all the wet spots would be solved. His concern is more damage will be done now. Director of Engineering Walker stated he feels the construction activity the church is proposing will affect the tiles. Mr. Krusius stated the town is going to build a bikeway where his water concern is. At that time additional pipes could be installed to eliminate excess water. Director of Engineering Walker stated if the residents have a problem and would like to do something they can write a letter to the Town Supervisor. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the bottoms of the catch basins shown are four feet below. The indication is the underdrain that is on the church side of the upper parking lot will be approximately four feet below the existing ground level. He suspects it will intercept any field tile that is in the area. On the Western side of the same parking lot is another underdrain. He has never known of any field tile being more than four feet below the surface. Zagorka Gaeta, 326 Sunnyview Lane, stated their yard is a mud puddle. They have a lot of standing water and have lost plants, part of their garden, and they are worried. She understood when she heard the Town Engineer talk about the intention to remove as many plants as possible and plant as many as possible. At this point they do not see the parking lot. Their view, and lights, are screened by many spruce trees. The plan calls for removal of ten of the trees in order to provide spaces. The parking lot and lighting will then be exposed. As a replacement, they are proposing three lilac bushes, two trees and one other shrub. It is not adequate replacement and they will be affected. In the Environmental Review Plan there are no grades over 15 %. There will be a six foot elevation increase over less than thirty feet and it would be more like a 20% grade. She understands the lights will be pointed down, yet it will be twelve feet above their property. She asked if the construction would be in more than one phase. The Environmental Impact Statement states it will be one phase but she did not hear anything. Will there be city water in this? The soil is clay and does not absorb. It seems that paving and cutting down trees will have an effect on aestetic resources. The impact on transportation is said to be small to moderate but is increased by 100 %. Mike Hughes, 210 Westview Lane, asked if there was any assurance that if there were to be water problems that the issue will be taken care of Planning Board Minutes Page 27 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Director of Engineering Walker stated the surface water will be taken care of Testing will probably need to be done to make sure that drainage does not go into someone's backyard. The landowner will be responsible for maintaining the system. The only potential problem with this type of detention basin is that it is also serving as a siltation basin. Part of the process once the construction is finished is to regrade and clean out silt. The town will be maintaining the bikeway. Mr. Hughes asked if there would be an evaluation of the environmental impact with regard to run -off Director of Engineering Walker stated they provided the drainage evaluation and it is adequate. The applicant has addressed the surface water increase and run -off As far as the subsurface drainage he was not fully aware of the problems in that area. Again, it is nothing they are creating with this project. Mr. Hughes stated he felt having the parking lot in the front of the building would make more sense. Raj Aneja, 322 Sunnyview Lane, stated the twenty plus spruce trees must have been planted with the intent of screening the parking lot from the neighborhood. Those will be removed. They are more than a screen and are a major landscape and aestetic feature in the neighborhood. From Sunnyview Lane all they will be able to see is masses of concrete. Director of Engineering Walker stated the overall ground slope is less than 15 %. The fill slope from the parking area and the berm that create the detention pond is a structural feature. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the way they assess traffic impact and the reason it was referred to as a small to moderate increase is because the volume of traffic on Honness Lane is not going to cause an impact. Chairperson Wilcox stated the impact is measured on the surrounding neighborhood road system. Director of Planning Kanter stated it is not the parking lot that will increase the traffic. It is the increased usage of the facility that is already there. Assistant Town Planner Frantz stated the parking lot will be completed in one phase during the 1999 construction season. Board Member Hoffmann stated the ERC mentioned that the lower parking lot may be used for some sports activities. Which sports and how often? Mr. Krusius stated the church runs a preschool and after school program. Mr. Foote stated the preschool runs from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. It is a five day per week preschool with seventeen on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and eleven on Tuesday and Thursday. The after school program is for third grade and below and has fourteen enrolled with the maximum capacity of twenty and runs from 2:15 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. That area would be used by both programs. The neighbors probably hear the after school kids now with the playground. The games played would be kickball and basketball. Board Member Bell asked when the lights would be on. Planning Board Minutes Page 28 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED Mr. Krusius stated the lights are fixtures and poles that are fifteen feet above ground. They would be controlled by switches and light sensitive devices in three zones. They expect the parking lot lights over the new area would not be on except if there is something unusual. Those lights would almost never be on. The second zone is close to the entrance where because of safety the lights would be kept on if someone was in the building. The final zone is the single light at Honness Lane and it would be run with a timer. The lights are friendlier than the current lighting. The lighting is being upgraded and will be less intrusive. Board Member Bell stated the church did not plan to have lights on every night throughout the winter. Board Member Hoffmann stated there is not a time period indicated for the detention basin function. Director of Engineering Walker stated the method used to size a detention basin is a rational method which for a small watershed gives a higher peak discharge. The one hour time period is the peak intensity of a rainstorm. On a twenty -four hour storm which larger watersheds are evaluated on, the storm rainfall comes over a twenty -four hour period. The critical mass of the rainfall occurs over a short time period. The method of analysis for this small watershed is appropriate. Mr. Parkins asked if it was one inch. Director of Engineering Walker stated it depended upon the storm. Assistant Town Planner Frantz responded the storm water analysis was based on a hundred year storm. Board Member Hoffmann stated the ERC feels the detention basin volume may be insuffienent and be checked. Director of Engineering Walker stated it has been checked using procedures that the potential storm water ordinance will be using. Board Member Hoffmann asked why the driveway was thirty foot wide driveway in front of the church. Ms. Aiken stated it was a drop -off area and there may be people with children and elderly. It is bound to be a congested area on a Sunday morning. Board Member Hoffmann asked if the driving areas are less than thirty feet. Ms. Aiken stated they were twenty-two. Board Member Hoffmann stated she has hesitations for all the reasons she has already stated. She is concerned about the amount of parking spaces created and where they are in respect to residences nearby. She hears the experts saying the drainage situation is not a problem. The town has had many problems with flooded basements and wet yards. Ms. Aiken stated the subsurface drainage problems that exist in the area are not caused by or are not going to be controlled, affected by this project. The subsurface drainage is subsurface and nothing that this Planning Board Minutes Page 29 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED project is going to do is going to help people with their problems. Nothing they are going to do is going to exacerbate it. She does not understand making the church responsible for subsurface drainage. Board Member Hoffmann stated a neighbor asked if they could be guaranteed problems will be corrected if they do occur. project. Attorney Barney stated it was a different issue. The issue is if the problem will be increased due to this Board Member Hoffmann asked how that could be known ahead of time. Mr. Parkins stated his concern was that they have come to a solution to the problem. His concern is that they recreate the problem again. MOTION by Robert Kenerson, seconded by Lawrence Thayer: WHEREAS: 1. This action is the Consideration of Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval to construct a new parking lot on the premises of the Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 149 Honness Lane, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcels No 58-24 and 58-2 -5, Residence District R-15. The project includes reconfiguring and expanding the existing parking lot to include 110 + /- parking spaces, where the current capacity is 60 spaces. Trinity Lutheran Church, Owner /Applicant; Tammi Aiken, T.G. Miller, Engineers and Surveyors, P. C., Agent. 2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is legislatively determined to act as Lead Agency in environmental review with respect to Site Plan Approval, and 3. The Planning Board, on October 6, 1998, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Long Environmental Assessment Form Pt. I submitted by the applicant and a Part II prepared by the Town Planning Department, a site plan submission which includes a drawing set entitled "Trinity Lutheran Church Parking Lot. Enhancements Project, Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, Ithaca, New York, " prepared by T.G. Miller Engineers & Surveyors, including drawings entitled "Site Layout Plan", "Grading, Drainage & Erosion Control Plan ", and `Landscape & Lighting Plan ", all dated August 17, 1998, and other application materials, and 4. The Town Planning staff has recommended a negative determination of environmental significance with respect to the proposed site plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL YED. That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental significance in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act for the above referenced action as proposed and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required. Planning Board Minutes Page 30 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROYTD - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROIIRD - APPROVED - APPROVED AYES - Wilcox, Bell, Kenerson, Ainslie, Thayer. NAYS - Hoffmann. The MOTION was declared to be carried. After a brief discussion, the board passed a resolution moved by Fred Wilcox, Seconded by Robert Kenerson, carried unanimously, to adjourn the Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval until November 3, 1998, AGENDA ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: JUNE 16, 1998 MOTION by Fred Wilcox, seconded by Greg Bell: RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the June 16, 1998, Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board be and hereby approve the fallowing minutes as written with corrections submitted by the Planning Board. THERE being no further discussion, the Chair called for a vote. AYES. Wilcox, Hoffmann, Bell, Kenerson, Ainslie, Thayer. NAYS - None. ABSTENTIONS - None. The MOTION was carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MAY 19, 1998. MOTION by Fred Wilcox, seconded by James Ainslie: RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the May 19, 1998, Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board be and hereby approve the following minutes as written. THERE being no further discussion, the Chair called for a vote. AYES - Wilcox, Hoffmann, Bell, Kenerson, Ainslie, Thayer. NAYS - None. ABSTENTIONS - None. The MOTION was carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM: APPROVAL OF MINUTES: JULY 7, 1998. MOTION by Fred Wilcox, seconded by Robert Kenerson: RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the July 7, 1998, Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board be and hereby approve the following minutes as written. Planning Board Minutes Page 31 October 6, 1998 APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED - JANUARY 19, 1999 - APPROVED - APPROVED - APPROVED THERE being no further disc,-ussion, the Chair called for a vote. AYES. Wilcox, Hoffmann, Bell, Kenerson, Ainslie. NAYS - None. ABSTENTIONS - Bell. The MOTION was carried AGENDA ITEM: OTHER BUSINESS: Director of Planning Kanter stated the Town Board approved the appointment of Tracy Mitrano, 20 Chase Lane, for the remainder of the vacant term of January 1, 1993 - December 31, 1999. She is an attorney with True, Walsh and Miller. AGENDA ITEM: ADJOURNMENT: Upon MOTION, Chairperson Wilcox declared the October 6, 1998, Meeting of the Town of Ithaca Planning Board duly adjourned at 11:35 p.m. Prepared by: Carrie L. Coates, Keyboard Specialist/Minutes Recorder Mary Bryant, Administrative Secretary for the Town of Ithaca Planning Board. 61 7:30 P.M. 7:35 P.M. TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD 126 East Seneca Street Ithaca, New York 14850 Tuesday. October 6. 1998 AGENDA Persons to be heard. SEQR Determination, Ithaca College Compost Facility, Danby Road. 7:45 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a Compost Facility on the Ithaca College campus to consist of a 6,120 +/- square foot wood- framed, steel sided building with a 5,000 +/- square foot concrete pad, located on Tar Parcel No. 41 -1 -11 approximately 750 feet southeast of the intersection of Coddington Road and Danby Road, Residence District R -15. Ithaca College. Owner /Applicant; Mark J. Darling, Agent. 8:05 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding the extension of Special Approval to maintain modular office trailers, toaling 4,200 +/- square feet in floor area at the Wilson Laboratory, Cornell University. This project received approvals in 1993 with the condition that the trailers be removed by October 1, 1998. The applicants are requesting an extension of the Special Approval for an additional five years. No changes or additions to the site are proposed in conjunction with this request. The site is located on Town of Ithaca Tar Parcel No. 63 -1 -8.2 off of NYS Route 366, approximately 600 feet west of Judd Falls Road, Residence District R -30. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; Paul Sarokwash, Agent. 8:20 P.M. SEQR Determination, Cornell University Golf Pro Shop Addition, Warren Road. 8:30 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 1,200 +/- square foot Golf Pro Shop addition to the existing Moakley House, located approximately 300 feet south of the intersection of Warren Road and Blue Grass Lane, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 68 -1 -9, Residence District R -30. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; John Barradas and Jim Finnegan, Agents. 8:55 P.M. SEQR Determination, Antique Fire Engine Display Addition, 638 Elmira Road. 9:00 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 285 +/- square foot glass enclosure addition to house and display an antique fire engine, located at 638 Elmira Road on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 33 -3 -4, 33- 3 -5.1, 33- 3 -5.2, LI Light Industrial District. Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemens Association, Owner /Applicant; Ray Wheaton, Agent. 9:15 P.M. SEQR Determination, Trinity Lutheran Church Parking Lot, 149 Honness Lane. 9:25 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval to construct a new parking lot on the premises of the Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 149 Honness Lane, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel Nos, 58 -2 -4, 58 -2 -5, Residence District R -15. The project includes reconfiguring and expanding the existing parking lot to include 110+ /- parking spaces, where the current capacity is 60 spaces. Trinity Lutheran Church, Owner /Applicant; Tammi Aiken, T.G. Miller, Engineers and Surveyors, P.C., Agent. 11. Approval of Minutes: May 19, 1998; June 16, 1998; July 7, 1998 (in packet). 12. Other Business. 13. Adjournment. Jonathan Kanter, AICP Director of Planning 273 -1747 NOTE: IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PLANNING BOARD IS UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE NOTIFY MARY BR.YANT AT 273 -1747. (A quorum of four (4) members is necessary to conduct Planning Board business.) TOWN OF ITHACA PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Tuesday. October 6. 1998 By direction of the Chairperson of the Planning Board, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Public Hearings will be held by the Planning Board of the Town of Ithaca on Tuesday, October 6. 1998, at 126 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, N.Y., at the following times and on the following matters: 7:45 P.M. Consideration of Special Approval 6,120 +/- square Parcel No. 41-1 - Residence Distric Preliminary Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding for the proposed construction of a Compost Facility on the Ithaca College campus to consist of a foot wood - framed, steel sided building with a 5,000 +/- square foot concrete pad, located on Tar I I approximately 750 feet southeast of the intersection of Coddington Road and Danby Road. R -15. Ithaca College, Owner /Applicant; Mark J. Darling, Agent. 8:05 P.M. Consideration of a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding the extension of Special Approval to maintain modular office trailers, toaling 4,200 +/- square feet in floor area at the Wilson Laboratory, Cornell University. This project received approvals in 1993 with the condition that the trailers be removed by October 1, 1998. The applicants are requesting an extension of the Special Approval for an additional five years. No changes or additions to the site are proposed in conjunction with this request. The site is located on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 63 -1 -8.2 off of NYS Route 366, approximately 600 feet west of Judd Falls Road, Residence District R -30. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; Paul Sarokwash, Agent. 8:30 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval and Special Approval for the proposed construction of a Moakley House, located approximately 300 feet south of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 68 -1 -9, Residence District R% Finnegan, Agents. a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding 1,200 +/- square foot Golf Pro Shop addition to the existing of the intersection of Warren Road and Blue Grass Lane, Town @. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; John Barradas and Jim 9:00 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed construction of a 285 +/- square foot glass enclosure addition to house and display an antique fire engine, located at 638 Elmira Road on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 33 -3-4, 33- 3 -5.1, 33- 3 -5.2, LI Light Industrial District. Ithaca Veteran Volunteer Firemens Association, Owner /Applicant; Ray Wheaton, Agent. 9:25 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval and a Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval to construct a new parking lot on the premises of the Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 149 Honness Lane, Town of Ithaca Tar Parcel Nos. 58 -2 -4, 58 -2 -5, Residence District R -15. The project includes reconfiguring and expanding the existing parking lot to include 110 + /- parking spaces, where the current capacity is 60 spaces. Trinity Lutheran Church, Owner /Applicant; Tammi Aiken, T.G. Miller, Engineers and Surveyors, P.C., Agent. Said Planning Board will at said times and said place hear all persons in support of such matters or objections thereto. Persons may appear by agent or in person. Individuals with visual impairments, hearing impairments or other special needs, will be provided with assistance as necessary, upon request. Persons desiring assistance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the time of the public hearings. Dated: Monday, September 28, 1998 Publish: Wednesday, September' 0, 1998 Jonathan Kanter, AICP Director of Planning 273 -1747 Wednesday, September 30 1998 leg als 1 ��gatober 6, 11999 Facilitycon the Ithaca College y direction of the, campus to consist of a 6,120 rson of he Planning t square foot wood - framed, ' loord, NOTICE IS HEREBY steel sided building with a 3NEN that public Hearings e 5,000± square foot concrete Wilt be held byy of Ithaca a(, located on Tax Parcel Board of he TOOctober 6,' 750 feet lsoutheastxiof he on . Tu at I , intersection of Coddin ton 1tr t at 1 6 N Y Sat the gg Road and Darby Road, Resi- (Sottlio 'ing times an � on the dence District R -15. Ithaca ioilowing�matters: College, Owner /Applicant; 7:45 P.M. Consideration of Mark J. Darling, Agent. Preliminary Site Plan AP- 8:05 P.M. Consideration of a ec al n Zoning R om do Recommendatio P to the on g S Board of ingg Board of Appeals regard- bon GIs regarding P in the extension of Special A royal for the ro °sed Approval to maintain modular office trailers total - ing 4,200± square %et in floor area at the Wilson Lab oratory, Cornell University. This project received approvals in 1993 with the condition that the trailers be removed by October 1, 1998. The applicants are re- guesting an extension of the Special Approval for an addi- tional five years. No changes or additions to the site are proposed in conjunction with this request. The site is lo- toted on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 63.1 -8.2 off of . NYS Route 366, approximately 600 feet west of Judd Falls Road, Residence District R -30. Cornell Univer- sity, Owner /Applicant; Paul Sarokwash, Agent. 8:30 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Ap- proval and a Recommenda- tion to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval for the proposed construction of a 1,200 ± square foot Golf Pro Shop addition to the existing Moakley House, located approximately 300 feet-south of the intersection of Warren Road and Blue Grass Lane, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 68.1 -9, Residence Dis- trict R -30. Cornell University, Owner /Applicant; Jon Bar - rad nd as an Finnegan, Aggents. 9 %0 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the pro- posed construction of a 285± square foot glass enclosure addition to house and display an antique fire engine, lo- cate at 638 Elmira Road on Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No: 33.3 -4, 33 -3 -5.1 33- 3.5.2, LI Light Industrial District. Ithaca Veteran Volun- teer Firemens Association, Owner /Appplicant, Ray Wheaton, A ent. 9:25 P.M. Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval and a Rec- ominendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Special Approval to construct a new parking lot on the premises of the Trinity Luth- eran Church, located at 149 Harness Lane, Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel Nos. 58 -2 -41 58 -2 -5, Residence District R -15. The project includes reconfiguring and expanding the existing parking lot to include 110± parking spaces, where the current ca achy is 60 spaces. Trinity. Lutheran Church, Owner/ Applicant. Tammi Aiken, T.G. Miller, Engineers and Survey- ors, ,P.C., Agent. Said Planning Board will at said times and said place hear all persons in support of such matters or objections thereto. Persons may appear by a Tent or in pperson. Iment�uheari gvimpai impairments or other special needs, will be provided with assistance as necessary, upon request. Persons desiring assistance must make such a request not less than 48 hours prior to the time: of the public hearin s. Jonathan Kanter, AICP Director of g 273 -1747 September 30, 1998 TOWN OF ITHACA AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING AND PUBLICATION I, Karen M. Van Etten sworn, depose and say that I am a Secretary for the Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York; that the following Notice has been duly posted on the sign board of the Town of Ithaca and that said Notice has been duly published in the local newspaper, The Ithaca Journal. Notice of Public Hearings to be held by the Town of Ithaca Planning Board in Town of Ithaca Town Hall, 126 East Seneca Street, Ithaca, New York, on Tuesday October 6 1998 commencing at 7:30 P.M., as per attached. Location of Sign Board used for Posting: Bulletin Board, Front Entrance of Town Hall. Date of Posting Date of Publication September 28. 1998 Member 30, 1998 Karen M.Van Etten, Secretary Town of Ithaca. 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