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Home My WebLink About2010-01-21P 01 -21 -2010 Page 1 of 4 TOWN OF DRYDEN Planning Berard January 21, 2010 Members Present: Joseph [,.alley, Chair; David Weinstein; Joseph I_.aquatra; Jr; Wendy Martin; Torn Hatfield. Staff' Present: Dan Kwasnowski, Environmental Planner; Henry Slater, Director of Building, Zoning & Environmental; Patty Millard, Recording Secretary; Not Present: Meghan Whitman, Martin Hatch. Others Present: Mary Ann Sumner, "Town Supervisor; Mike Welti, Behan Plarining, Rys7.ard Wawak, subdivision applicant. The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. Minutes Approval of November 19`x' minutes..Motion made by Joe LaQuatra, 2"d by David Weinstein, all in favor, minutes approved as written. Joseph [.:alley read the notice of publication and opened the public meeting at 7:05 p.m. Subdivision — Wawak Rys7.ard Wawak appeared to represent himself. D Kwasnowski previously sent correspondence to the Planning Board regarding the fact that the Health Department has approved water /sewer lines crossing property boundaries for this subdivision, which is unusual. It's helpful in this case and something to look in to more in the future in regards to some new subdivision regulations the Planning Board would like to include in the Zoning Update. Mr. Wawak is intending to apply for a mortgage. The bank will not approve the mortgage unless the properties are separated. There are also bookkeeping issues such as allocating taxes and utilities between person and business with having ever}�thing on one parcel. He does not intend to sell or develop the. property. He just wishes to separate the parcel f )r the reasons stated. There was a question on whether there was a separate driveway for the house and the shop. There is a shared driveway. The slope of the property made it necessary to have a combined drive. With utilities crossing property boundary, do we typically request a right oI'way? In the description of these lots, there are an easements included for the driveway and for the utilities. SEQR: Board Member David Weinstein read through the SE..QR and members discussed answers. Part I: 0 Added Health Department as other permitting agencies. 0 0 PH 01 -21 -2010 Page 2 of 4 Agricultural Data statement says there are no farms within 500' f=eet of the property. H Slater has confirmed this. Part ii: Questions were read, discussed, and answered. Completed firm on file with the Zoning Department. On motion made by D Weinstein, 2`1 by `I` Hatfield, the Board passed a negative SEQR declaration. On motion by J Laquatra, 2 "d by D Weinstein, the public hearing was closed at 7:19 p.m. In refening to the letter received from Tompkins County, third item oftheir letter has already been addressed by way of Mr. Wawak contacting the Flealth Department and getting their approval prior to this meeting. The second item was addressed during discussion this evening. The first item was not considered relevant. Conditions: Health Department approval, which has already been obtained. Standard Subdivision conditions. Motion to grant preliminary and final Subdivision approval. Joe l.:aquatra made a motion to grant preliminary and final approval of the subdivision, 2"d by • Wendy Martin. All in favor. Subdivision approval was given. Chair Lalley signed the final maps ftor Mr. Wawak. He will follow up with Fl Slater tomorrow for anything further lie needs. Inservice Training Update H Slater has been looking into opportunities. Beginning in March; TC3 will be off=ering training each semester. There will be 12 available hours every year. "There will be some applicable for newly appointed members as well as experienced members. This will give ample opportunity for board members to firlfill their annual 4 -hour requirement. H Slater will make sure to distribute schedules as they come out. Henry distributed copies of THE SHORT COURSE — A Basic Guide for Planing Board and Zoning Board of Appeals in New York State. H Slater also distributed a letter Henry prepared in November that. discusses the relationship between the "l'w,%gl Board and all of the volunteer boards in the Town of Dryden. It talks about the duties of each and how they relate to each other. L i+abroni contacted J Lalley about a previously proposed subdivision in Varna. He will attend the February meeting to give an update on where that proposal is to date. Public input to Zoning Update Jim Nocek and Eric Ludwig, Dryden residents, appeared to ask questions regarding the proposed Zoning Update that will be the sulject of the presentation next week. At the time of The Comprehensive Plan Update, a petition had been submitted signed by residents in the Sunset Circle area that requested changes to the proposed map at that time. In all likelihood, the PB 01 -21 -2010 Page 3 of 4 • committee will request the OTNIDO be removed for this section of the Town Nlap as this change would be similar to what area residents already requested not be charged in that area. Residents of this area feel that it was fully developed approximately 25 years ago and does not need services such as water and sewer nor any further development. This was a point that was brought up in the committee that has been reviewing the current version of the updated zoning regulations. The committee will be recommending removing the OTNDO from this area. It was pointed out, however, that the creation of a water and sewer district is a completely separate entity and princess. It is also something, that is sut ject to permissive referendum and requires a vote of property owners in the area the district is to be set up in and cannot be implemented without a majority oPproperty owners in the proposed district voting in favor of it. Zoning Law Task Force Update D Weinstein distributed a memo he sent by email to Planning Board and Task Force committee members outlining the work the committee has done to date. While much progress has been made, at least 2 more meetings will be required to finish the list of items this committee is working on. Feedback was requested from the Planning Board in regards to this list to see if there are items they think are missing and /or if there are any questions. One of the goals of this committee was to acquaint the other boards with the work done to date and ensure feedback from all of the boards before this project gets too close to completion. This has definitely been achieved. We are definitely still in the working stage and need feedback not only from the various boards involved but also from the public. That will happen next week. Public Presentation Preparation — January 26rn M Welti discussed the plan for next week's presentation to the public. The night will start with a presentation to give an overview of the goals and work that has been done to date. The main goal of this process has been to retain the rural character of the Town of Dryden now and in the long run. We had talked about doing stations for various discussions. Depending on group sire, this may work. Smaller groups also trend to result in more feedback because people are more coml'ortable speaking in smaller groups. Existing and proposed zoning maps will be available. It was suggested that a form or questionnaire of some kind that will capture what people like. what they don't like, and other comments, would be helpful in capturing feedback. 'filis makes the process much more one -on -one and makes it more likely that we'll get feedback. If we are going to put a map at each station, it was suggested they be a flip chart type map with sections on each page to help focus the discussions at each station. This will be ironed out over the next few days. Blank flip charts will be available for people to leave comments. Definitions of districts listed next to the maps for each of the districts was requested. N4 Welti will make sure definitions of districts are copied on the back of the agenda. B 01-21 -2010 Page d of 4 Introduction will include the proposed timeline for approving the Proposed Zoning Ordinance. The initial presentation is 30 minutes long. Will go over the plan for the evening. Public will be allowed to mill about as they like with board members splitting in to 4 different groups to answer questions. Will bring everyone back together with Q&A session at the end during the last 10 m i notes. Need to stress that there will be more public meetings. We will continue to look for input during this process. However, we will be moving right along over the next few months with an eye to wrap up and approve this before 2010 ends. Handouts for the January 26th meeting may include the following (Dan and Mike to finalize): Agenda with definitions of districts on back Questionnaire for people to Fill out Highlight of changes GEIS - Environmental Review GEIS vs. Long Form EAI�. We should get feedback from our lawyer on which of these processes they recommend. Next Public Meeting Varna — March date to be determined. Text Planning Board Meeting February 18th. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.rn. Respectfully submitted, Patty Millard, Recording Secretary