HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-05-28 PB FINAL minutesMay 28, 2019 Planning Board Special Meeting Minutes
Town of Ulysses
Planning Board
Final Special Meeting Minutes
May 28, 2019
Approved: December 17, 2019
Call to Order: 7:02 pm
Present: Chair Katelin Olson, Rebecca Schneider, John Wertis, Mo Klein, Planner John Zepko, and Clerk
Maria C. Barry. Excused: Steve Manley
Agenda Review, Minutes Review (May 7, 21, 28): Mr. Wertis MADE the MOTION and Mr. Klein
SECONDED the MOTION to approve the May 7th minutes; the motion passed with Ms. Schneider
abstaining.
Mr. Klein MADE the MOTION and Ms. Schneider SECONDED the MOTION to approve minutes for the
May 14th meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
Ms. Schneider MADE the MOTION and Mr. Klein SECONDED the MOTION to approve minutes from the
May 21st meeting with the following amendment concerning building footprints: Pg. 64: “Members said
the maximum footprints for buildings . . . are too large and recommend a 2,000 square feet maximum
for residential buildings.” The motion passed with John Wertis abstaining.
Business
The meeting was called to continue drafting a response to the Board. Mr. Zepko addressed the Board
urging them focus on the Town Board’s request to look at the code overall and answer the two
questions about subdivision: whether delayed implementation of Section 212-29.1, Subdivisions of
Parent Tracts, will be detrimental, and, is the subdivision section an appropriate land preservation
technique. He added that getting bogged down in the details of language will not help them accomplish
their goal.
Board members concentrated the night’s discussion on the two questions and ended by drafting the
following statement:
In response to the request from the Ulysses Town Board, the Planning Board is overall
pleased that many of the draft update elements to the current zoning are excellent and help improve
the site-review process. We believe the two-acre, 400-ft of road frontage provision will help meet the
goals of protecting farmland and open space. However, we are concerned that the 70-30 limitation on
subdivision of parent tracts is problematic in that it could have the unintended consequences of
increasing costs and decreasing affordability of residential development.
We believe accelerating the development of a district overlay for the Taughannock Creek watershed will
allow for the creation of appropriate development strategies that could be better tailored to achieve the
goals of open space protection, similar to what is now in the Conservation District.
Mr. Klein MADE and Ms. Schneider SECONDED the motion to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 8:41 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Maria C. Barry, June 13, 2019.
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