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RESOLUTION PB 18-18
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RESOLUTION APPROVING SITE PLAN AND AMENDING AGAIN THE
SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR EXPANSION OF FACILITIES AT
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH - 2049 EAST SHORE DRIVE
WHEREAS, an application was made by the Christian Fellowship Church for a prior site plan
review and approval, and the same approved by the Town of Lansing Planning Board by
Resolution PB 16-13 (August 8,2016) for the construction of a fellowship hall addition related site
improvements to an existing 2,900 SF church located at 2049 East Shore Drive,Lansing,New York,
upon lands also known as TPN 37.1-2-46, located in the B1 Commercial Mixed-Use Zone and
being approximately 2.33± acres in size; and
WHEREAS, the previously approved site plan has been approved on June 25, 2018 modified to:
(i) add a basement area; (ii) demolish the existing 1,300± SF auxiliary building; (iii) add 2,600 SF
of meeting rooms, restrooms, office space, and a lobby; (iv) add a 600± SF covered porch; (v) for
a new total building size of 6,100 SF; and (vi) with improved and impaired and handicap access,
replacement and upgrading of the existing driveway culvert, relocation of the existing parking
area, adding additional parking spaces, and adding additional stormwater drainage
improvements on the existing site; and
WHEREAS, the site plan is further being revised parking lot and site plan configuration modified
to utilize more of the existing parking area and the reduce proposed walks and the originally
proposed additional parking area proposed to the east which will provide the required 43 parking
spaces; and
WHEREAS, the total site impacts increase by less than 10% as the improvements are mainly
located within existing building and improvement footprints, and the new area of total
disturbance has been calculated as 0.125± acres (upon the 2.33± acre parcel), and such amended
site plan required an updated review and approval under the Town's Land Use Ordinance
("LUO") § 701.7 (Modifications of Site Plans), as well as a re-review of the prior approval and its
conditions, as well as a review of the prior environmental review and the then-issued SEQRA
negative declaration; and
WHEREAS, the owner completed an updated Stormwater Plan for considering the additional
impacts of development on the site and the stormwater system, and the same was reviewed and
generally approved by the Town Engineer; and
WHEREAS, a General Municipal Law § 239 referral was delivered to, and a review dated
February 9, 2016 was received from, the Tompkins County Planning Department, which
determined that the proposed action recommended that, as the site was previously developed
that a 25-foot setback be maintained along the existing creek,and a re-review of the modified site
plan was delivered to the County and the County replied upon June 20, 2018 that no changes in
their prior comments was required and the same were continued; and
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WHEREAS,the Planning Board has again considered and carefully reviewed the requirements of
the LUO relative to site plan review, the unique needs of the Town due to the topography, the
soil types and distribution, and other natural and man-made features upon and surrounding the
area of the proposed site plan,and the Planning Board has also considered the zoning in the area
and the project in light of the Town's Comprehensive Plan and compliance therewith, and the
Planning Board has again reviewed and considered the aforementioned amended site plan
application and determined that no public hearing is required for this site plan due to its small
size, the fact that no new stormwater permanent practices are triggered and no SEQRA or 239
impacts were found, the use is a permitted use within an B1 Commercial Mixed Use Zone, and
the fact that this is an addition to an already existing developed site; and
WHEREAS, the prior SEQRA negative declaration was examined and the standards therein re-
reviewed by the Town relative to the question of whether any of these site plan changes,whether
as to disturbances, size, or placement, make any actual or potential impact likely to be or become
moderate or significant, and such review shows that all such impacts remain non-impacts or
minor impacts, including because the impacts were duly mitigated by the development review
process and site planning conditions, and because the changes were minor and made only in
relation to an already improved site and previously approved site plan, such that the prior
negative declaration under SEQRA be and hereby is incorporated and continued; and
WHEREAS, on June 25, 2018 and again on November 26, 2018, the Planning Board duly
considered the proposed site plan amendments in accordance with the provisions of LUO§ 701.4
et seq., including concerns addressing site drainage, lighting, nearby residences, landscaping,
parking, buffering, screening, driveways, and any potential on and off site environmental
impacts, and upon due consideration thereupon and deliberation by the Town of Lansing
Planning Board, now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Christian Fellowship Church amended site plan application for the
proposed demolition of the existing 1,300 SF auxiliary building, and construction of 2,200 SF
building additions plus a Lobby of 380 SF and a Porch of 600 SF, together with general site and
area improvements located at 2049 East Shore Drive,Lansing,New York,be and hereby is granted
and approved, subject to the following conditions:
1. Site plan approvals shall include the original application and materials as prepared by John
Andersson, P.E. as further amended by a new site plan prepared by Timothy C. Buhl, P.E. dated
11-5-2018. Additionally,except for approved vegetative buffers,a riparian no-disturbance setback
shall be observed and be, at all times and locations, the greater of 25' or the distance shown upon
the updated site plans, as herein so approved.
2. Submission of an approved, general list comparing the changes to the proposed site plan,
including at a minimum; (i) square footage comparisons for each element of the site plan,
including open space; (ii) the number and arrangement of floors or offset levels for the buildings
and structures as proposed; (iii) changes in parking configurations and designs, as well as
pedestrian and driveway routes and facilities; (iv) landscaping and setback changes; (v) any
changes in site lighting or signage; (vi) building and construction elevations and site slopes; and
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(vii) stormwater facilities and locations. No building permits may be issued until this list is
submitted and approved as to its form and detail by the Town Planner or Code Enforcement
Officer. Once submitted and approved, such list shall be and remain a part of this site plan
approval.
3. Verification that the existing stormwater system and features are properly working prior
to issuance of any CO or the close-out of any building permit.
4. Building Permits will be required to construct the approved building additions, and such
plans must meet all code requirements, be sealed by a licensed engineer or architect, and be
constructed in compliance with all building code requirements.
5. Completion of the site plan improvements as shown upon the Site Plans, and specifically
including the installation of vegetative buffering as meets the following goals: (a) all buffering
shall be designed to provide both visual cover buffering and sound baffling features, and thus
emphasis shall be placed upon solid cover barriers, such as hedges and offset rows of evergreen
trees, or large or densely placed deciduous trees with variable heights and interspersed with
evergreens or other plants as provide for such cover and buffering; and (b) developer and
landowner(s) (and their existing and future tenants), as an express condition of site plan and
special use permit approvals (the violation of which shall be a violation of the Land Use
Ordinance and Town Law § 135, and enforceable as such), shall hereafter and at all times: (1)
properly protect and maintain such trees and other vegetative buffers as healthy and natural non-
invasive vegetation designed to provide both visual and sound buffering; (2) promptly remove
and replace any dead, diseased, or dying trees or plants; (3) promptly replace, supplement,
enhance, or otherwise effect changes in buffers whenever such buffers, or any plants therein,
whether singularly or in combination due to lack of growth, death, recession, disease or other
cause,cease to function as buffers as afore-required; and (4) effect such maintenance in a manner
as promotes the goals of such buffers as stated in this site plan approval. This condition shall be
deemed to augment and further define prior site plan approval conditions and site plan features
hereby or heretofore approved by the Town.
November 26, 2018
Motion by: Lin Davidson
Seconded by: Larry Sharpsteen
VOTE AS FOLLOWS:
Jerry Caward- Aye
Lin Davidson- Aye
Al Fiorille - Aye
Larry Sharpsteen- Aye
Deborah Trumbull - Aye
Dean Shea, Alternate - Aye
Thomas Ellis - Aye
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by a new site plan prepared by Timothy C. Buhl, P.E. dated
11-5-2018. Additionally,except for approved vegetative buffers,a riparian no-disturbance setback
shall be observed and be, at all times and locations, the greater of 25' or the distance shown upon
the updated site plans, as herein so approved.
2. Submission of an approved, general list comparing the changes to the proposed site plan,
including at a minimum; (i) square footage comparisons for each element of the site plan,
including open space; (ii) the number and arrangement of floors or offset levels for the buildings
and structures as proposed; (iii) changes in parking configurations and designs, as well as
pedestrian and driveway routes and facilities; (iv) landscaping and setback changes; (v) any
changes in site lighting or signage; (vi) building and construction elevations and site slopes; and
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