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TOWN OF ULYSSES
JOINT TOWN BOARD & PLANNING BOARD
ZONING ORDINANCE WORK SESSION
April 18, 2002
MINUTES
Present: Town Supervisor Doug Austic, Town Board Members Carolyn Duddleston, Sue
Poelvoorde, Planning Board Chair Lorren Hammond, Planning Board Members Dick
Coogan and George Kennedy, Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun, Planning
Consultant George Frantz, Planning Board Clerk Eileen Jacobs. Absent: Lee Scott,
Robert Weatherby, Richard Geiger, Rose Hilbert, Mark Ochs, and David Tyler.
The meeting was called to order at 7 : 10 p . m.
Draft Zoning Ordinance for Town of Ulysses
The issue of the how lake frontage is defined and how is it determined (measured) was
discussed at some length. In the current draft, the definition reads, "In the case of lots
that bound on a lake shore, the length of the boundary line abutting the lake, or the
distance between the side lot lines extended to the mean high water mark. " Mr. Frantz
agreed to look into how other municipalities such as Canandaigua and Aurora deal with
this issue in there zoning regulations.
Article XIII Administration
Section 13. 1. 4 Special Permits
This section was expanded by Mr. Frantz to give the Board of Zoning Appeals additional
guidance in ranting special permits . There was general discussion about what special
permits are used for, and how to their use is regulated . Special permits trigger SEQR,
and there was agreement about the need for required minimum design standards so that
developers can provide necessary information expected by the Town. Some examples of
design standards that are needed were for stream buffers, parking, drive-through
businesses and outdoor lighting. There was discussion regarding the appeals process.
Decisions by the Planning Board can be appealed to the BZA, which is a judicial branch
of Town government. Decisions of BZA can only be appealed to the Supreme Court.
13. 1.5 Application for Special Permit
Delete #9 "My other information deemed reasonable and necessary by the Planning
Board in its consideration of site plan approval . "
There was discussions regarding the history of site plan review in the Town of Ulysses
and why a Planning Board is necessary if the BZA can issue special permits and review
site plans. It was agreed that the Planning Board is important in the review and approval
of site plans that can potentially have a large impact on the character of the community,
and it is also a place where the public hearing can bring important information to bear in
the decision-making process .
13.2 Site Plan
There was discussion regarding language in this section of the proposed zoning ordinance
that refers to actions having to be taken in a certain number of (calendar) days. The need
for a procedure in determining whether a submitted site plan is considered complete was
discussed. Currently the Zoning Enforcement Officer has been making this
determination, but feels that the Planning Board should be more involved. It was agreed
that there should be a procedure in place between the Planning Board and the CEO
regarding determination of completeness.
It was agreed to meet again on Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 7 : 00 p. m. at Ulysses Town
Hall .
Meeting was adjourned at 9 : 00 p. m.
Respectfully submitted, Eileen Jacobs, Planning Board Cler \
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