HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-01-15TOWN OF DRYDEN
Planning Board
January 15, 2009
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Members Present: Barbara Caldwell, Chair; David Weinstein; Tom Hatfield, Megan Whitman;
Martin Hatch. tt':
Excused: Joseph Lalley; Joseph Laquatra, Jr.;
Staff Present: Dan Kwasnowski, Environmental Planner; Patty Millard, Recording Secretary;
Others Present: David Makar, 'Town Board; 1\41chael Welti and Lawrence Dice from Beha22. :
Planning Associates; Nancy Munkenbeck, Conservation Board; Justin Page and Noah Zivel-
Murray, student. {,; ..,
Meeting called to order at 7:00.
Dan Kwasnowski went over the amendments that were brought before the Town Board at their
last meeting. The public hearing for those amendments is scheduled for February 11. Other items
of interest from the ]'own Board meeting were discussed like the Lew -Lin Farm, Campbell
property, and upcoming projects.
M Hatch made a motion to approve the November and December Planning Board Minutes. D
Weinstein seconded the motion. All voted aye and the motion passed.
* Please forward the final set of amendments that will be used at the public hearing on 2 /11 to
the Planning Board once they are available electronically.
Agenda — M Welti went over the agenda. 'There were no changes.
Review Zoning Amendment Process 2009
Discussion of timeline for moving forward and when the DRAFT should be sent to the other
boards. It was felt that it could be sent now with a note that there was still fine tuning to be done
before it was sent on to the Town board.
Meeting Schedule:
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Will schedule March meeting next month. Tentatively, a draft will be available for the public in
early iklarch with a public information session to be held in Varna a week or two after release.
A revised and then final draft should be available in early and late April, respectively, with a
Public Hearin€ and joint PBrI "B meeting in May with adoption in June.
Amended Zoning Law — Complete Preliminary Draft (December l8, 2008)
An overview by Article was done with feedback from the Planning Board,
Article 11, Purpose: minor change.
Article III, Definitions: no longer an Appendix. Many definitions updated and added.
Article IV, Zoning Districts: new names from Comprehensive Plan, new language for boundary
;40 determination.
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Article V, Use Regulations: Move footnotes to notes section prior to table.
Article V1, Area and Bulk Regulations: Area and Bulk 'fable created, Frontage based density for
RR and RA Districtuions, Sliding Scale for CV District.
Behan will be redoing sketches before including them to illustrate points without flourish
for ease of understanding concepts.
Article VII, Conservation Subdivisions: Optional for arty subdivision, required to exceed
frontage -based density in the RR and RA Districts.
Article VIII, Overlay Districts: covers areas identified as "Suburban Residential'' in the
Comprehensive Plan (requires public water and sewer)
Article 1X, General Regulations:
Section 900 — old Section 500
Section 901 — from Yards and Landscaping sections for each district in old code
Section 902 — Off- Street Parking — old code has been revised
Section 903 — Signs — old Article 15
Section 904 — Elder Cottages — old Article 11
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Section 905, 906, 907, 908; and 909 — old Article 16
* Old Article 10 — Mobile Homes — should this be added? Also, there is a Mobile Home Park
Ordinance and a Mobile Nome Ordinance.
Off street parking — do we want to set a maximurn instead of a minimum?
Paving definition needs to be better. It doesn't have to be asphalt.
Park & ride
Commercial Parking lot
Discussion of Mobile Home Parks, single -wide trailers vs. double wide manufactured homes vs.
modular homes and where the Town wants to go in regards to these topics. There are
enough trailer parks. Some expansion might be ok if accompanied by improvements — the
thought being that the expansion might be an incentive to draw improvements.
Discussion of Cornell, SUNY vs. endowed and who oversees building.
Section 907: One Lot in Two Zones
Move to 402: Boundary Determinations —so these are in the same place.
Discussion of slope and wel:land maps and using them to help determine map zoning boundaries.
The map needs more review and discussion.
Article. X, Planned Unit Development Districts: PUD changed to 25 acres. Discussion of why it
was at 100. It swill stay at 100 acres and may be discussed further.
Article XI, Site Plan Review: new
Article X11, Special Use Permits. new
Gas drilling, pipelines?
Page 54 — special use permits run with land — remove tills section. Variances go with the land,
Special Use Permits with the owner. This review needs to happen automatically when a
property / business /etc. changes hands. Could have an abbreviated process for change of
ownership as opposed to a new application, but this review needs to happen.
Article X111, Variances and Appeals: new
Article XIV, Non - Conforming Uses and Structures: mix of old Article 17 and new, still needs to
be cleaned up.
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• Article XV, Administrative Provisions: new
Article XVI, Enforcement: new, replaces portions of former Section 1800
Article XVII, Miscellaneous Provisions — new — covers items in former Article 20 and 21
Zoning Map - new districts reflect laird use categories from the Comprehensive Plan.
Please get comments to Dan ASAP so that they can be incorporated ul to the DRAFT before the
next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
Respectfidly Submitted,
Patricia C. Millard
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