MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN OF ELLICOTT PLANNING BOARD HELD AT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 215 SOUTH WORK ST., FALCONER, NY ON JUNE 13, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M.

 

PRESENT:  Chairman Dan Evans, Ron Calanni, Becky Goodell, Pat McLaughlin, Dave Carlberg,

                     Attorney William Wright and Code Enforcement Officer Randy Woodbury.

 

ABSENT:    Gary Swanson and Bob Pickett

 

Chairman Evans called the meeting to order at 7:20 P.M.

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin seconded by Ron Calanni to approve the minutes of the May 16, 2001 meeting.

 

Carried.              Ayes-5                   Noes-0                Absent-2

 

Captain Edward Moffe of the New York State Police addressed the Board members concerning the revisions for the police barrack on North Main Street Extension.  Plans were to be provided by Mr. Cerrone with the modifications shown.  The Town had not received the plans.

 

Chairman Evans had met with Mr. Woodbury, Captain Moffe and Mr. Cerrone at the site.  Capt. Moffe explained that because of security reasons they needed to add two handicapped parking spaces and two 30-minute parking spaces that could be seen by the person inside the building. He explained that the State Police were now making this a requirement for any new barracks. 

 

Attorney Wright asked if they had written requirements and Captain Moffe explained they were in the process of getting that done. He assured the Board that would be the requirement on any new buildings.

 

After the court hearings for the building and fire code issues it was decided that the State Police would have to get approval for the modifications to the approved site plan.  There are no other deviations to the site plan.  The Board members decided this would be a modification to the site plan previously approved.

 

Chairman Evans made the modifications on the plans provided by Mr. Woodbury with the approval of Captain  Moffe.

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Becky Goodell to approve the modifications to the site plan for the State Police barracks on North Main Street Ext., Jamestown, NY.

 

Carried.                 Ayes-5                 Noes-0                  Absent-2

 

Don Cornell and Mike Hicks, LDK Design Group, provided a site plan to the Zoning

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Board for review.  It is for a storage building on their property at 2887 Strunk Rd., Jamestown, NY. The building will be 7488 square feet. 

 

Attorney Wright informed the Board that a variance was granted for the side yard set back at the ZBA meeting on June 4, 2001. The new building will be 8 feet from the side property line instead of the required 50 feet.

 

The Board members reviewed the plans and discussed:

1)      Parking & driveway – the fire department would like as much space as possible

2)      lighting – no lighting on the building

3)      drainage – surface – retained on site

4)      landscaping –substantial green space – possible additional plantings in front of building

5)      construction schedule – would like to start as soon as they have site plan approval and complete this year

 

The Board went over the checklist items and it was decided that the applicant would plant arborvitae along the front of the building directional North to South and the landscaping plans would have be approved by Mr. Woodbury.

 

The Board reviewed the EAF provided by the applicant.  Attorney Wright stated that this action does not exceed any Type I Threshold in 6 NYCRR, part 617.4 and will not receive any coordinated review.

 

Continuing with Part IIC the Board members noted that:

1)      All the storm water will be retained on site

2)      The variance was approved for the set back and this property is zoned shopping center

3)      The neighbors were notified and no one was present

 

Motion made by Pat Mc Laughlin, seconded by Becky Goodell to have Chairman Evans sign the EAF on behalf of the Planning Board and check the box that states that the Board has determined that this proposed project will have no significant adverse environmental impacts.

 

Carried.                    Ayes-5               Noes-0             Absent-2

 

Motion made by Ron Calanni, seconded by Pat McLaughlin to approve the site plan for B & L Realty for their storage building at 2887 Strunk Road, Jamestown, NY contingent on the landscaping plan being approved by the Code Enforcement Officer.

 

 

Carried.                    Ayes-5               Noes-0            Absent-2

 

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Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Ron Calanni to table the sub-division for

Adversa and Patric until the water and sewer issues are addressed.

 

Carried.                  Ayes-5                   Noes-0                  Absent-2

 

George Means and Jeffrey Daversa provided site plans prepared by Jerome Erickson, PE, for a limousine business at the property located at 3200 Terminal Drive, Jamestown, NY.

 

Mr. Daversa also provided a copy of the easement with Chautauqua County Airport.  Mr. Woodbury told the Board that he had spoke to Charlie Hodges at the airport and they just wanted to be kept informed and have Mr. Means or Mr. Daversa to keep in contact with the airport.

 

The Board members reviewed the plans. Mr. Daversa told the members that there would be approximately 10 vehicles on the site at one time and no maintenance will be done on the vehicles at this site.  The property is zoned Industrial.  They will keep the existing post lighting and the signs will comply with the code.  Mr. Woodbury told the applicant that if the electric has been disconnected they would have to have an electrical inspection.

 

The Board continued with the checklist and noted:

1)      drainage not shown on plans – existing and waived

2)      size of building – 28’ x  37.6’

3)      outdoor dumpster – not on plans – applicant will have a fence around the dumpster if they decide to put one on site

4)      no fire hydrants

5)      signage – they will check with Code Enforcement Officer for permit

6)      copy of easement with airport was provided

7)      several items were waived because there will be no new construction or excavating on site

 

Attorney Wright stated that a change of use was exempt from SEQRA review.

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Dave Carlberg to approve the change of use for George Means for a limousine business at 3200 Terminal Drive, Jamestown, NY with the stipulation that if they decide to put a dumpster on the site they will put it in a fenced area.

 

Carried.                Ayes-5                    Noes-0                 Absent-2

 

No one appeared for Dale Anderson Masonry for the car wash at Chautauqua County Airport.

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Becky Goodell to table the site plan for Dale Anderson Masonry for a car wash at Chautauqua County Airport.

 

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Carried.                   Ayes-5                    Noes-0                 Absent-2

 

John Cusimano, 2597 South Work St., Falconer, NY, presented site plans for an addition to his business. 

 

Attorney Wright told the Board that Mr. Cusimano had been granted a variance for a back yard setback at the June 4, 2001 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting.  His new building will be 8 feet from the back property line instead of the required 10 feet. 

 

The Board had reviewed the checklist and the only item missing from the site plan was the licensed architect seal on the plans.

 

Attorney Wright stated this project is exempt from SEQRA as an expansion of a non-residential structure. 

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by David Carlberg to approve the site plan for John Cusimano for the addition to his business at 2597 South Work Street, Falconer, NY with the contingency that he bring in a set of site plans with the licensed architect seal to Mr. Woodbury.

 

Carried.              Ayes-5                       Noes-0                   Absent-2

 

Richard Moon asked the Board to review the drainage plans for his pharmacy building at 857 Fairmount Ave., W.E., Jamesotwn, NY.  Rex Tolman, the Town Engineer had requested changes in the drainage to meet the requirements for a 100 year flood. 

 

Mr. Moon and the Board discussed the differences between the plans.  Mr. Woodbury explained the plans and requested changes from Mr. Tolman to the Board and reviewed the options.  There was a lengthy discussion and Mr. Woodbury told the Board that the code does not specify the 100 year flood requirement but that is what the Town Highway Superintendent would like to see required. 

He said that Mr. Tolman had plans that would meet the requirements that a 10-year and 100 year flood would require.  The applicant is willing to meet more than the 10 year flood requirements and

suggested to the Board that he would put a 24-inch pipe in front of the building instead an 18 inch pipe.  Mr. Moon’s engineer said the pipe would be plastic instead of corrugated pipe.

 

Attorney Wright asked Mr. Woodbury if this would be against what the Town engineer wanted done on this site.  Mr. Woodbury explained that Mr. Tolman  covered both the 10-year and 100 year flood but since the code does not specify which is required the Town could make the decision. The members were in agreement that this site was too small to require the 100-year flood plans.

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Becky Goodell to approve the modified PLANNING BOARD

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drainage plans for Richard Moon for the pharmacy at 857 Fairmount Ave., W.E., Jamestown, NY with the 24 inch plastic pipe instead of the 18 inch pipe in the front of the building. 

 

Carried.                 Ayes-5                  Noes-0             Absent-2

 

Todd Boardman from Bethel Baptist Church addressed the Board and asked for an extension to their approved site plan on Hunt Road.

 

Discussion followed on the progress of the project and if they had done the work according to the site plan approval.  Mr. Boardman said he thought that they were in compliance with the site plan  but needed an extension on the time to finish because of the lack of fill.

 

Mr. Boardman provided a log of the dumping that had been done on the site.  He told the Board members the Church had hired Dan Berry to do a new survey for the site. The new survey would have to be provided to the Town as soon as possible.

 

Mr. Woodbury had issued a stop work order to the Church but said that if the Board approved the extension he could lift the stop work order.

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Dave Carlberg to grant the Bethel Baptist Church a six-month extension to their previously approved site plan contingent that they bring in the new survey to Mr. Woodbury within 30 days.

Carried.                    Ayes-5                Noes-0                Absent-2

 

Mr. Woodbury informed the Board that he had received a request from Kingsview Enterprises Inc. for several projects that would need site plan approval. They are requesting that the Planning Board waive the requirement of a licensed architect seal on the plans. 

 

Dan Evans abstained from the discussion because one of the projects was for his property.

The Board members were in agreement that this requirement should not be waived.

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Becky Goodell not  to waive the requirement for the licensed architect seal from the site plans for Kingsview Enterprises Inc.

Carried.                      Ayes-4                 Noes-0            Abstained-1 (Evans)    Absent-2

 

Motion made by Pat McLaughlin, seconded by Ron Calanni to adjourn the meeting at 9:23 P.M.

Carried.                       Ayes-5                 Noes-0               Absent-2

 

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Valerie Pierce, Secretary