Minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Lansing held on Monday February 1, 1999 at the Village Office.
PRESENT: Mayor Don Hartill, Trustees Cliff Buck, John Caren, Larry Fresinski and Audrey Kahin; Attorney Randall Marcus; Clerk/Treasurer Jodi Dake.
Deputy Mayor John Caren called the meeting to order at 7:33P.M. and called for Public Comment. Dick Charsky from NYSEG was present to give another update. He informed us that NYSEG is currently working on the Y2K problem and should have it resolved mid-year. Dick presented the Board with a 2000 Readiness Disclosure. At this point John turned the meeting over to Mayor Don Hartill. Sorel Gottfried was present to make some additional comments on the Comprehensive Plan. Steve Halevy stated that the Planning Board recommendation stated that any changes made by the Trustees would have to go back to the Planning Board. He also stated that if changes keep coming we’ll never get this done. John Caren commented that the comments were very minor changes. Sorel was concerned that loose statements would give the Planning Board headaches in the future. Steve commented that anyone could misconstrue anything we write. We’ve been working on this document for over a year and it’s difficult to get this to a perfect draft. We can review every 5 years. John thanked Sorel for her input.
Motion- To Close Public Comment Period.
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
Next on the agenda was a Public Hearing on Proposed Local Law to Amend the Zoning Law Concerning Accessory (Moveable) Buildings.
Trustee John Caren moved to open the public hearing on Proposed Local Law _, Amendment of Zoning Law Concerning Accessory (Moveable) Buildings and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
The Mayor stated that this law defines what a moveable building is according to square footage (100 square feet). Cliff asked if buildings that are presently not in compliance will have to be brought into compliance or if they are grandfathered in. Randy stated that a sunset provision would have to give a reasonable amount of time to comply but there is no sunset provision with this proposed law. Cliff asked if we had a problem now. Randy was unsure but Ben would know. Change of ownership would not affect an existing moveable building. Moveable buildings do not require a building permit. Someone wanting to put up a large moveable building too close to setback requirements sparked this law. The Mayor is worried about our definition. He would like to see it modified so it states the setback requirements but doesn’t define what a moveable building is. The Mayor agrees with the approach but has a concern where it meets setback requirements and size restriction. He feels there’s a loophole if it’s over 100sq. ft. and meets all setback. Randy clarified that the Zoning Law currently has no definition of moveable building, and that this local law would only allow moveable buildings within the setback area if they are 100 square feet or less; otherwise, they would request a building permit and would have to comply with setback requirements. No changes to the text were proposed.
Trustee John Caren moved to close the public hearing on Proposed Local Law _, Amendment of Zoning Law Concerning Accessory (Moveable) Buildings and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
Don Hartill stated that we would do the SEQR for Proposed Local Law _at the next meeting.
Next on the agenda was a Public Hearing on Proposed Local Law Q, Amendment of Lansing Zoning Law Concerning Additional Residential Building on a Single Lot.
Trustee John Caren moved to open the public hearing on Proposed Local Law Q, Amendment of Lansing Zoning Law Concerning Additional Residential Building on a Single Lot and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
The Mayor stated that this law refers to having an elder cottage. The Village recognizes a need to have these additional residential buildings close.
Trustee John Caren moved to close the public hearing on Proposed Local Law Q, Amendment of Lansing Zoning Law Concerning Additional Residential Building on a Single Lot and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
Don stated that we would do the SEQR next meeting.
Next on the agenda was the approval of minutes.
Trustee Cliff Buck moved that the meeting notes, as reviewed and revised by the Board, are hereby adopted as the official minutes. Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck moved that the meeting notes, as reviewed and revised by the Board, are hereby adopted as the official minutes and Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck moved that the meeting notes, as reviewed and revised by the Board, are hereby adopted as the official minutes. Trustee Larry Fresinski seconded the motion. A vote was taken:
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Abstain
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
At this time the Board took a 5-minute coffee/cookie break in appreciation of the work Audrey’s done for us. This is Audrey’s last meeting before she leaves for Southeast Asia.
At 9:00pm the Board started their discussion on the Comprehensive Plan. John Caren expressed his appreciation to Carol, Ned, Steve and the Planning Board for all their hard work. John, Ned & Steve had taken the comments from the public hearing and went through them very carefully and came up with Draft 5. John led the Board through the various changes. The Board had some minor grammatical changes. One area that had much discussion was the Commercial Low Traffic section on page 30. The changes will go back to the Planning Board and hopefully will be back to the Board of Trustees to consider at their February 15th meeting. After the Comprehensive Plan is passed it essentially will replace the General Plan. John feels that the Comprehensive Plan is more restrictive than the General Plan. Although it was not voted on, Audrey gave her approval voted in spirit. Don told Steve he would like to have the Planning Board consider the changes at their next meeting on February 8th. Don thought that only the pages with changes should be copied and the changes highlighted. Jodi will give these changes to Carol and John will also touch base with Carol.
Don and Larry will be in Syracuse on 2-10-99 so the Wednesday meeting will be canceled and the vouchers will be approved at the Monday February 15th meeting.
Cliff commented that Will Cooke has been at the last two Planning Board meetings and is very anxious to get an amendment to the Bishop’s Small Mall Planned Sign Area. The Planning Board has made a recommendation, which hasn’t reached the Board yet. Don would like to have Will Cooke at the next meeting.
Motion- To Adjourn
Trustee Larry Fresinski-Aye Trustee John Caren-Aye
Trustee Cliff Buck-Aye
The meeting adjourned at 10:25pm.
Jodi Dake, Village Clerk