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Town
of Clay
Approved
Planning Board Minutes
June 10, 2009
The regular meeting of the Planning Board of the Town of Clay, County of Onondaga was held at the Town Hall located at 4401 State Route 31, Clay, New York on the 10th day of June 2009. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Lepkowski at 7:30 PM and upon roll being called, the following were:
PRESENT: Walter Lepkowski
Chairman
John Dougherty
Deputy Chairman
Karen Guinup
Member
Hal Henty
Member
Allen Kovac
Member
James Sharpe
Member
Russ Mitchell
Member
Scott Chatfield
Planning Board Attorney
Ron DeTota
C&S Engineers
David Balcer
Town Planner
Mark Territo
Commissioner of Planning &
Development
Gloria Wetmore
Planning Board Secretary
Minutes of Previous Meeting
A motion was made by Karen Guinup seconded by John Dougherty to approve the minutes of the previous meeting.
Motion Passed 7-0
Public Hearings:
2009-4-3 Self Storage Buckley LLC (3), Site Plan - 7500 & 7502 Buckley Road
Bruce Pollock of B&C Storage pointed out the entrance, parking, and the rental office he also explained how they had taken down the old buildings and cleaned up the site.
Mr. Pollock pointed out on the plan the 80 ft buffer and slight berm between the storage buildings and the residential properties.
Karen Guinup asked about the fence, Mr. Pollock said the fence would be ornamental black aluminum picket 6ft high.
John Dougherty asked about the lighting the applicant said he would use down lighting
on the buildings, he will also supply the Board with drawings of the proposed lighting.
Chairman Lepkowski asked the applicant to explain the area variances to the board and the residents in the audience.
The Chairman asked to have the zone change reflected on the revised plan.
Resubdivision can be done administratively.
Hal Henty asked Ron DeTota if he had a chance to look into the drainage, Mr. DeTota said he did have some suggestions for the applicants engineer but was waiting for this Board meeting to ask the members for their input.
Ron walked the property and found an old storm sewer, and a pipe running south from the property. Jim Stelter with the County D.O.T. remembers they had been given permission to do drainage work on this property, but could find no drawings to back this up.
Hal Henty asked why there were footbridges on the plan Ron DeTota explained they were over the drainage swale.
John Dougherty ask what the condition the property was in now, Mr. Pollock said they removed the old buildings and many dumpsters full of debris.
Hours of operation would be 24 hr access for the renters, the office would be open from 6am. To 8 pm.
Jim Pulumbo a resident asked if fire trucks or emergency vehicles would have room to navigate the site once the buildings are in place. The fire marshals report indicated the fire apparatus would not be able to make the turns as the plan is drawn now. Chairman Lepkowski ask the applicant to include the position of the fire hydrant on the revised plan.
Donald Hall a resident asked Mr. Pollack where he would plow the snow in winter he was concerned about snow being plowed against the residents fences.
Chairman Lepkowski left the public hearing open.
A motion was made by Allen Kovac seconded by James Sharpe to adjourn the public hearing to July 8 2009.
Motion Passed 7-0
2009-5-1 Time Warner Cable (3), Amended Site Plan - 7890 Davis Road
Chairman Lepkowski opened the public hearing, Peter Bonanno of Montreal Construction
was present for the applicant. Mr. Bonanno showed an example of the proposed addition to the existing building. The building is unoccupied, no heat in the building only air conditioning to keep the equipment cool.
Chairman Lepkowski asked about the fire marshals recommendation to install a fire hydrant. Mr. Bonanno said that they would comply.
Karen Guinup asked if the new structure would connect to the exsisting building, Mr. Bonanno said that it would. Chairman Lepkowski asked about drainage, Ron DeTota said that this area is serviced by OCWA, if they resolve the hydrant issue they should be good to go.
A motion was made by James Sharpe seconded by Karen Guinup to adjourn the public hearing to July 8 2009.
Motion Passed 7-0
2009-5-2 Empire Bldg. Products/Reserve Supply (3), Special Permit - 7707 Henry Clay Blvd.
Chairman Lepkowski opened the public hearing, Timothy Bivens of Bivens Architects and Mark Bauer of Empire Building Products was present. The Special Permit is for open storage of building materials, 100 ft wide aprox. 60ft long and average height of the stacked materials would be 10 to 12 feet. The stacks are wrapped in tyveck. Most of the materials are an engineered product.
Chairman Lepkowski asked about the fence, the plan shows a 6ft chain link fence with barbed wire on top. The fence originally was put in because they didn’t own all the parcels,
so they put the fence up to secure the materials.
Russ Mitchell said there had been some complaints about plastic blowing across the road onto residential properties. Mr. Bauer said he has a crew that is diligent in cleaning the lot before they leave for the day. Russ stated that if the trees were planted as per the Site Plan, it would help block the debris, wrapping material etc., from blowing across Henry Clay Blvd.
Janet Rathburn a resident brought in a bag of plastic wrapping that had blown across the road, she also said that she doesn’t like when people come in and apply for permits after the fact.
Karen read the I-1 zone description from the ordinance; this requires a 7ft opaque fence, hedge or similar barrier.
Mr. Bauer said the fence is 6ft and with the barbed wire it is higher than 7ft.
Chairman Lepkowski said they need to have a 7ft fence around all the open storage according to the code.
Hal Henty asked about the plantings, Mr. Bauer said they were waiting until the Special Permit issue is resolved before installing the plantings.
A motion was made by John Dougherty seconded by Allen Kovac to adjourn the public hearing to July 8 2009.
Motion Passed 7-0
2009-5-3 ABC Estates, A New York Partnership (3), Amended Site Plan- 7272 Henry Clay Blvd.
Chairman Lepkowski opened the public hearing, Brian Bouchard of CHA, the Chairman asked Mr. Bouchard if ABC Estates would be going before the Zoning Board
on July 13, 2009 for a variance, Mr. Bouchard said yes. Chairman Lepkowski adjourned this matter until the Zoning Board heard the case.
A motion was made by Allen Kovac seconded by James Sharpe to adjourn this public hearing to July 22nd 2009.
Motion Passed 7-0
Old Business: Adjourned Hearings
2008-12-7 Walrus LLC (3), Site Plan – corner of Henry Clay Blvd. & NYS Route 31 (Nice N Easy)
Jim Hagan was present, he showed the revised plan. Mr. Hagan made the changes requested by the Board as to dumpster enclosure brick to match the building with cedar gates , plantings in the raised island also adding the address on the front of the building.
Chairman Lepkowski asked about the Restaurant area, how many square feet it would be and how many tables and chairs there would be to figure how many more parking spaces would be needed. Mr. Hagan said there would be 5 tables and 12 to 15 chairs. The square footage is aprox. 200 sq.ft. Mr. Hagan Said they would add two (2) more parking spaces for the restaurant to be reflected on site plan.
Russ Mitchell asked if there would be a possibility of McDonald’s or similar type chain restaurant in lieu of their own restaurant being put in and Mr. Hagen stated no.
Chairman Lepkowski closed the public hearing.
A motion was made by John Dougherty, seconded by Allen Kovac to adopt a resolution using standard form #10 that the Site Plan submitted by Walrus LLC, be declared an unlisted action and a negative declaration as there appears to be no environmental impact which could not be mitigated and does not involve any other agencies, including the Federal government.
Motion Passed 7-0
A motion was made by John Dougherty, seconded by Allen Kovac to adopt a resolution using standard form #20 granting Site Plan Approval to Walrus LLC, Case # 2008-12-7 on the corner of Henry Clay Blvd. and New York State Route 31, based on the following maps by JS Hagan Architects:
Pg 1 dated 10-24-2008 last revised 6-10-2009
Page A3 dated 4-29-2009 last revised 6-10-2009
Page A3A dated 6-10-2009
Page A5 dated 5-20-2009 last revised 6-10-2009
Page A4 dated 10-16-2008 last revised 6-10-2009
Temporary Sewage Disposal System Plan by LJR Engineering
File # 623005C12 dated 5-26-2009
Stormwater Management & Erosion Control Details by LJR Engineering
Drawing # 623005c12 sheet 1 and sheet 2 dated 3-18-2009
Topographic Map by Ianuzi & Romans
File # 1791.011 dated 8-22-2008
s All subject to legal and engineering
Motion Passed 7-0
2009-1-6 Gary Bell (3) Site Plan, 7422 Oswego Road
A motion was made by Hal Henty seconded by James Sharpe to adjourn this public hearing to July 8th 2009.
Motion Passed 7-0
Old Business: Hearings Closed
NONE
New Business: Signs
Clay Historical Park- Route 31
Zoned GOV (RA-100-underlying zone) permit #41,140
Note: This is an Eagle Scout project by Kunle Akinpelu, a high school student.
Freestanding sign – Proposed sign is 15.4 s.f., 7.98’ height and 25’ setback
Kunle Akinpelu handed out copies of the proposed signs, Kunle explained how he came to do this project. He acquired approval from his council to use this project for his badge.
Kunle designed the two new signs, he also has the assistance from Jim Pulumbo (his mentor)
an engineer as well as Hal Romans land surveyor volunteering his services.
A motion was made by Hal Henty seconded by John Dougherty to approve the signs as Presented.
Motion Passed 7-0
Loretto Buckley Landing – 7430 Buckley Road
Zoned HC-1 permit #41,045
Freestanding sign – Allowed 1/per lot, 32 s.f. max., 25’ ht. Max. and 25’ setback.
Proposed sign is 32 s.f, height 9’-3”. Location is same as existing sign, survey shows existing sign at 25’+ setback.
A motion was made by Karen Guinup seconded by James Sharpe to approve the sign as presented.
Motion Passed 7-0
Kabucki Sushi – 7567 Oswego Rd.(former Jreck Sub in Orkin Plaza)
Zoned RC-1 (under 5 acres) permit #41,082
Wall sign – Allowed 8% of wall area (23’w x 12’ ht. = 276s.f.) 22.08s.f.
Proposed sign is 14.67 s.f.
A motion was made by Russ Mitchell seconded by James Sharpe to approve the sign as presented.
Motion Passed 7-0
ADJOURN MEETING
A motion was made by Allen Kovac seconded by James Sharpe to adjourn the meeting at 10:15 P.M.
Motion Passed 7-0
Respectfully Submitted
Gloria Wetmore
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