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SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING
Draft Zoning Ordinance
April 21 , 2003
PRESENT : Supervisor Austic ; Councilpeople Sue Poelvoorde, Lee Scott, Carolyn
Duddleston, Robert Weatherby; Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun and Town Clerk
Marsha L . Georgia.
The meeting was called to order to review the Draft Zoning Ordinance . For simplicity of
minute taking the Board reviewed the draft page-by-page, article-by- article .
The following notes are the changes and/or corrections after much discussion. (Tapes on
file for review of discussions)
Article I — Purpose No changes
Article II — Application
2. 1 Conformance Remove the underscore between manner_ which
2.2 Space and Construction No changes
2 .3 Enforcement, Violations and Penalties delete paragraph two (2)
2 .4 Building Permits Second Paragraph — add in under exceptions — any residential
accessory building 144 square feet or less and not to exceed 15 ' height . Make this a
stand-alone paragraph — second . Third paragraph — remove and — after scale (second
sentence)
2.5 Fees for Permits First paragraph — third sentence — remove as (after shall be) .
Second paragraph — Local Law — no law — check to see if a law is needed -- now a
resolution is in place to allow the Boards to request to hire . Maybe reword — this will
have to be LOOKED AT . Has to be clear that the Town Board hires .
2 . 6 Building Code Conformance remove Fire Prevention and Building Construction
Code title - use New York State Uniform Code (Alex will check for the correct title) .
2 . 7 Approval of County Health Department insert a comma (second sentence) after
requirements and (third sentence) after disposal .
2. 8 Certificate of Compliance no changes
2.9 Establishment of Districts the order needs to be changed and
Conservation/Recreation District added . The order should be by the level of
development, start out with the least to the most . The whole document will get re-
ordered.
2 . 10 District Boundaries No changes .
2 . 11 Amendments No changes .
2. 12 Validity No changes .
2. 13 When Effective No changes .
2 . 14 Local Laws Superseded insert the date of the Tower Ordinance - March 17 , 1997
2 . 15 Number of Dwellings on a Lot No changes .
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ARTICLE HI - DEFINITIONS
3 . 1 General 4 . Capitalize first word (The) 5 . Change font on this number
3 .2 Glossary
Agricultural commerce - Remove last sentence.
Bed and breakfast - Use NYS Code Definition (Alex Provided) Owner-occupied
residence resulting from a conversion of a one family dwelling, used for providing
overnight accommodations and a morning meal to not more than 10 transient lodgers,
and containing at least three but not more than five bedrooms for such lodgers.
Add caterer —(after campground) (definition from the Town of Ithaca) a person or
enterprise that prepares food for hire for consumption predominately off premises.
Conference center remove dining and replace with restaurant
Dwelling - no changes but add dwelling unit from the NYS Code definitions and add the
minimum cannot be less than 750 square feet, excluding elder cottage
Dwelling unit. A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one
or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking
and sanitation. Minimum dwelling unit not to be less than 7,50 square feet (excluding
elder cottage).
Elder cottage insert adult dependent after grandparents in the last sentence.
Farm use the NY State Agricultural and Markets Law definition (Look Up)
Handicapped change to read physically challenged.
Handicraft - Capitalize first word
Home occupation - remove dwelling replace with — residentiail property.
Hotel/motel/inn/townhouse - Alex will look up definitions from NYS Code
Kennel - look to see where this is mentioned in the ordinance — may not be needed.
Revisit definition
Lodge - may want to include lodging definition
Mobile home - re-visit — this may not be necessary to have — this is a pre- 1974 definition
Motel - see better definition of hotel to be provided by Alex
Multiple residence - remove
Nursing home - remove space between chronic illness
Principal building - remove of after owner replace with or
Research and development enterprise - check zone
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Rehabilitation Center - definition needs to be added (Alex will provide)
Self-service storage facility - take out or after building
Setback - add - or highway right-of-way (at the end)
Sign - last sentence after visible remove form replace with from
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Single-family residence - remove
Townhouse- use definition out of NYS code (Alex will provide)
Two-family residence - remove
The board discussed the Conversation Zone — some thought it would be simple, others
thought it needed to be much broader . Save for another meeting.
Hearing no further discussion the Board set a meeting for next Monday April 28th, 2003
at 5 : 30 PM and adjourned the meeting .
Respectfully submitted,
Marsha L . Georgia, Ulysses Town Clerk
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