PB Minutes 10/22/15

Draft Copy PB Minutes 10/22/15

Meeting called to order at 7:05. Members present were Linda, Bill, Tom, Rich, and Barry.

Previous minutes were reviewed and adopted, motion made by Rich seconded by Bill.

A proposal was made to send a letter to the Town Board that the PB would like a letter sent to the County Clerk that their office not accept any future subdivision requests without a certified approval from the Varick Planning Board. This is part of the required process for subdivision approval in the town. Bill will make a draft and forward to the rest of the PB for review. We hope to get this to the TB before their next meeting.

We were informed by Bob Hayssen that the TB has hired Barbara Johnston to devise a map of possible parcels of land to sell based on the residential /agricultural area of the depot. Bob would like one of us to accompany her on a tour of the depot if necessary to help her with ideas. The PB also looks forward to reviewing any proposals that may come from this.

We then discussed issues that were raised at our last meeting:

1) The question concerning subdivision and re-subdivision of property. The following definitions were taken from the Fayette Zoning Code which should be helpful in deciding what should be added or changed in our own code:

SUBDIVISION, MINOR - The subdivision of a parent parcel of land into less than five (5)

lots. No more than five (5) lots shall be created either concurrently or sequentially from a

parent parcel within a ten (10) year period of the date the minor subdivision is approved.

Should more than the five (5) lots be applied for within ten (10) years of the date that the

minor subdivision was approved, the subdivision will become a major subdivision and the

applicant shall be required to submit all the information and documentation required for a

major subdivision for the previously subdivided lots as well as for the lots under

consideration in the new application.

RESUBDIVISION - Revision of all or part of an existing filed plat including consolidation

of lots or alteration of approved lot boundaries. If the proposed "resubdivision" consists

solely of the simple alteration of lot lines, then normal subdivision procedures may be

waived at the discretion of the Town Planning Board. If normal subdivision procedures are

not waived by the Town Planning Board, the resubdivision shall be deemed to be a major or

minor subdivision at the discretion of the Town Planning Board in which case the appropriate

major or minor subdivision procedures set forth in these regulations shall apply.

2) The question of zoning code for wind and solar development. Bill is going to forward some of his research on the topic. Rich will resend material he obtained at one of the PB training sessions.

3) The issue of temporary docks – should this be further clarified in our code? After some discussion Bill said he could send us some information that he has gathered on the topic.

Meeting adjourned at 9:04, motion made by Barry, second by Bill.

Respectfully submitted,

Barry Somerville, secretary