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Home My WebLink About4-11-24 COC packet PLANNING DEPARTMENT 215 N. Tioga St 14850 607.273.1747 www.town.ithaca.ny.us 4/4/2024 TO: Codes and Ordinances Committee: Rob Rosen, Chair Susie Gutenberger-Fitzpatrick Eric Levine Eva Hoffmann Chris Jung Bill Arms FROM: Christine Balestra, Senior Planner RE: Next Codes and Ordinances Committee Meeting – April 11, 2024 The next meeting of the Codes and Ordinances Committee is scheduled for Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 5:30 pm in the Town Board Room, located in Town Hall at 215 North Tioga Street. A quorum of the Town of Ithaca Town Board may be present at this meeting. However, no official Town Board business will be conducted. The following items are attached: 1. Minutes from the March 14, 2024, COC meeting. If you cannot attend this meeting, please notify Abby Homer as soon as possible at (607) 273 - 1747, or ahomer@town.ithaca.ny.us. cc: Susan H. Brock, Attorney for the Town C.J. Randall, Director of Planning Marty Moseley, Director of Code Enforcement Abby Homer, Administrative Assistant Paulette Rosa, Town Clerk (email) Town Administrative staff (email) Town Code Enforcement staff (email) Town Planning staff (email) Town Public Works staff (email) Media ^TOWN OF ITHACA NEW YORK« II 21 TOWN OF ITHACA CODES AND ORDINANCES COMMITTEE 215 North Tioga Street Ithaca, New York 14850 (607) 273-1747 PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held in person in the Town Board Room at Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, NY, on April 11, 2024, at 5:30pm. Members of the public may join the meeting via Zoom: • Join Zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87531393743 • Zoom meeting ID: 875 3139 3743 • Dial in phone: 929-436-2866 Meeting of April 11 – 5:30 P.M. AGENDA 1. Member comments/concerns. 2. Review minutes from March 14, 2024, COC meeting. 3. Continue review of Initial Draft Subdivision of Land regulations (existing regulations: https://ecode360.com/8660770), Article IV. 4. Other business: • Next meeting agenda. Town of Ithaca Planning Department April 4, 2024 1 TOWN OF ITHACA CODES AND ORDINANCES COMMITTEE (COC) Meeting of March 14, 2024 – 5:30 pm Shirley A. Raffensperger Board Room, Town Hall Minutes Members present: Rob Rosen, Chair, Eric Levine, Eva Hoffmann, Chris Jung, Bill Arms & Susie Gutenberger-Fitzpatrick. Staff Present: C.J. Randall, Director of Planning; Susan Brock, Attorney for the Town; Marty Moseley, Director of Code Enforcement; Dave O’Shea, Civil Engineer; Dana Magnuson, Senior Code Enforcement Officer. Guests: none The meeting was called to order at 5:35 p.m. recorded on Zoom and streamed live on the Town of Ithaca YouTube channel. 1. Member comments/concerns. Rob announced that the Town Personnel Committee had been discussing the possibly of adding a per meeting stipend for the COC members, similar to the Planning, Zoning, and Conservation Boards, respectively. 2. Review minutes from February 8, 2024, COC meeting. Rob moved to approve the February 8, 2024, minutes with changes provided by the Attorney for the Town; Susie seconded. 6 Ayes. Approved. 3. Continued review of initial draft of Subdivision of Land Regulations. C.J. led the continued review of the draft, changes, and/or highlights starting with: Pg 9 §234-17. E. Protection of Agricultural Infrastructure and Significant Agricultural Lands. This section was discussed in detail and will be re-worded and or reference added for the density requirements in §270-35. The soils will need to be defined or made the same in the Zoning Code. Add or clarify note that any adverse environmental impact will be addressed during the environmental review. §234-17. I. Change “lots” to building envelope/area; notation on the plat for “buildable area” is common. Marty asked how “periodic” flooding is defined or determined. §234-17. J. Delete in entirety or make more simple reference that outdoor lighting must meet all requirements in Chapter 173. Pg 10 §234-18 Modifications of Final Plat. Delete in entirety, as this is covered in the new Lot Line Modification section. Note the Planning Director will be the one empowered to consider these minor plat modifications (currently the Town Engineer is who must sign and consider the minor lot line modification requests). 2 §234-19. Public Hearings. Change from 14 days to 5 days for the posting of the onsite sign to match the Preliminary Plat change made at prior COC meeting. Change Planning Board “Secretary” to “Clerk.” If this language can be modified to indicate that the same posting and public hearing requirements apply to preliminary and final stages of review, then this duplicate language can be deleted, if there is language that indicates that the same requirements are applicable to all public hearing stages of subdivisions. §234-19. Environmental Review. Change “his” to “its” for gender neutral refences throughout the documents. Remove “as its agency” in first sentence. Add language so the last sentence reads as follows: “The Planning Board will usually act as the lead agency for the environmental review of subdivisions within the Town of Ithaca, although the subdivider may also be required to obtain approvals and permits from other agencies, such as the Town of Ithaca Zoning Board of Appeals or Tompkins County Whole Health, prior to final approval of the project.” Pg 11 §234-21 Fees. Discussion was spent on the agreement that the Fee Schedule is a separate document that can be changed by Town Board resolution and not imbedded into the law. The language was vague in terms of when escrow deposits are required, and who determines the amount. Would need cross reference or more detail, if not on the fee schedule document. §234-22 Appeals and waivers. A new law reference related to this section will need to be cross referenced or pulled into this section - see Attorney comments after §234-3A. Section B was proposed to be removed, as it implies Zoning Board of Appeals actions. A set of criteria or a checklist would need to be made if this was a practice of the Planning Board rather than referral to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Susan recalled waivers only being granted by the Planning Board when things were not required on the subdivision checklist for small projects, not waivers related to any Zoning Codes. §234-23 Severability. This section can be removed in entirety due to being embedded in Local Law. Pg. 12 Article IV. Subdivision Design Standards. §234-25 Preservation of natural features. B. Add “including mitigation of the introduction of invasive species” to the end of the sentence. Locate the referenced Open Space Index or re-word to reference the Town Park Recreation and Open Space Plan adopted in 1997. C. Add “and complies with the Town of Ithaca 270-219.5 (stream setback) based on submitted information” at the end of the sentence. E. remove “occupancy or”. Marty asked about the term “inhabitable” - define or give examples and due to the reference to residential uses, he asked about commercial uses, clarify if these same standards apply in this section. §234-26 Flag Lots. 3. Add “shown on the Town’s Official Map” after existing public or private street. The committee discussed the intent of flag lots and possibly adding a list of reasons why they would be not allowed or desired in areas other than cluster subdivisions. NYS Fire Codes applying to the longer driveways similar to roads was mentioned as well. 3 The committee ended at the end §234-26 Flag Lots of and will begin with line 527, Pg 12 §234- 27 Minimum gross area for clustering at the next meeting. Rob asked if the timeline should be revised for the review of the document, as it was taking longer than anticipated. C.J. stated that once the committee finishes Article IV, the overall Scope of Work could be revisited and updated at that time. The 2024 COC Work Plan may also need to be revisited and revised as well. 4. Other business: next meeting scheduled for April 11, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. • Agenda: Continued review of initial draft Subdivision of Land Regulations, section noted above. Revisit Scope of Work and Work Plan in May. The meeting was adjourned at 7:05 p.m.