Varick Planning board minutes August 26, 2021

 Varick Planning board minutes

August 26, 2021

Present: Linda Mastellar (chair), April Freier, Lauren Burling, Rich Olsen, Frankie Long, Thomas Björkman (Secty). 

Absent Hershey Sensenig. 

Guests: Cindy Lont, Gerry Willower, Mark Lin, Ben Lin, Jason McCormack (on phone)

Minutes for July. Moved Olsen. Second Mastellar. Approved 6-0

Welcome to new members Lauren and April.

Colarco Subdivision. 

The Varick Planning Board accepted a preliminary plat for a lot line move at lot 01-4-13 4831 East Lake Rd (Colarco) and 01-4-12 (Willower). The move will square up the lot line by moving it 12.5 feet at rear of the lot, and 0 ft at the road, for approximately 250 ft. The resulting lots will be ~168 ft and ~112 ft in the rear. The applicant provided a SEQR EAF. Will determine whether AgData Statement is needed. Signature of owners of both properties is needed. 

Moved Björkman, Second Long. Approved 6-0.

Backlund trust Subdivision

Dan Toner (Century 12), Eric Backlund (trustee) presented. 

The Varick Planning Board accepted a preliminary plat to divide lot 5-1-13.1 at 4608 route 89, comprising approximately 50 acres.  6.5 ac 43 ac. Each property will have 215 ft frontage. Narrowest point is over 150 ft. Applicant provided a SEQR EAF and Ag Data Statement and will provide a more detailed sketch before we submit the application to the county planning board. 

Moved Björkman, Second Long. Approve 6-0.

Discussed potential future subdivision of the larger Backlund parcel, potentially as a cluster subdivision. The current subdivision would be included in a determination of whether a future subdivision is minor or major.

Noise ordinance postcard. Was discussed at Town Board. They may consider at the next meeting, and possibly combine with Dog ordinance. Björkman will send proposed copy to Donna Karlsen for action.

Short-term rental

Dryden’s 2020 code is relatively short, under 2 pages. In contrast, Fayette’s is 12 pages. 

Canandaigua has three strikes to pull the permit where Fayette has just one.

An effective fine for renting without a permit must be higher than the rental income.

Other towns have found it useful to restrict the number of people per bedroom or total. 

Adjourn Moved Bjorkman, Second Mastellar Adjourned at 9:05

Varick Planning Board July 22, 2021

 Varick Planning Board

July 22, 2021

 

Present: Linda Mastellar (chair), Rich Olsen (via Zoom), , Frankie Long, , Thomas Björkman (Secretary, via Zoom), 

Absent: Hershey Sensenig ,one vacancy

Guest: Cindy Lont.

 

Called to order at 7:01

Michele Hermann resigned because she is moving out of state. Appointments of April Freier and Lauren Burling were made by the Town Board on July 7. Donna Karlsen is awaiting their oaths. 

 

June minutes were not ready. 

 

Short term rental discussion continued. 

Olsen expressed concern about long-time property owners who need to do some renting to pay the taxes. Also about making a rule that is enforceable.

 

Trespassing is a big deal. Short-term renters tend to use neighboring docks, beaches and lawns, which gets very tiresome for the regular residents. 

We will work on a license template in August.

Ask for September slot on Town Board meeting to show license template.

 

Noise ordinance. The noise ordinance was passed. Now people need to know about it.

See whether town can do a card mailing to let people know about noise ordinance. 

            Calibrated to country living. Allows normal noise but restricts excess noise. 

            Enforced by sheriff (Everything is 911?)  Say it is a non-emergency call. 

            You can use a phone app from OSHA to see how loud something is. 

            Link to the rule on the Varick website.

Rich will go to the Town Board’s August meeting to discuss publicity for the noise ordinance.

 

Adjourn 8:31 Moved Björkman, Second Long, Approved 4-0

 

Varick Planning Board May 27, 2021

 Varick Planning Board

May 27, 2021

Present: Linda Mastellar (chair), Rich Olsen (via Zoom), Michele Hermann (via Zoom), Frankie Long, Hershey Sensenig, Thomas Björkman (Secretary, via Zoom), one vacancy. 
Guests: April Freier, Mark Lin, Ben Lin 

Called to order at 7:01

Approval of Minutes from April 22, 2021

Moved by Hermann, second by Long, approved 6-0

Development inquiry. Messrs. Lin came to ask about the potential requirements and restrictions for building a home on a parcel they are considering at 4608 Rt. 89. The building as described would be a multifamily dwelling, which is conditionally permitted on the part of the property in the Agriculture and Rural Residential District, but not permitted in the part of the property in the Lakeshore Residential district.  

Parella subdivision. The county planning board had no concerns, so the maps were signed. 

Household definitions and short-term rentals. Addressed density question for multi-household dwellings. Determined that we should add “a maximum of one household per 0.7 ac” to the conditional use for two-family dwellings and multifamily dwellings in each zone where they are currently permitted or conditional. (Amend Use Table, 310.3 and 310.4) 

Adjourn Björkman, Second Long, Approved 6-0

Adjourned 8:33

 Varick Planning Board

April 22, 2021

 

Present: Linda Mastellar (chair), Rich Olsen (via Zoom), Hershey Sensenig, Michele Hermann (via Zoom), Frankie Long, Thomas Björkman (Secretary, via Zoom), one vacancy. 
Guests: Nick Davoli for Parella

 

Called to order at 7:11

Approval of Minutes from March

Moved by Olsen, second by Sensenig, approved 6-0

Public hearing for Parella subdivision.

Hearing opened 7:12. 

Will be on the Agenda of the County Planning board’s next meeting. 

Hearing closed 7:15

Resolution: The Varick Planning Board issues final approval for a lot-line move to take 2.09 acres from Lot 10-3-26 (Lafferty) to lot 10-3-25.3 (Parella). The frontage and narrowest part of the remaining part are 561 feet. 

 

The applicant supplied an Agricultural data statement. The board finds that there will be no impact on adjoining agricultural uses because the land use will not change and is not currently agriculture. 

The board received the Short Environmental Assessment Form and declared itself the lead agency for State Environmental Quality Review. Upon review of the EAF, the board found no impact because the action will lead to no change in land use, nor creates a condition that would encourage one. The board makes a negative declaration of environmental impact.

This approval is contingent on a positive recommendation by the county planning board and the map can be signed once that is received. 

Moved by Björkman, Second by Hermann. Approved 6-0. 

Approval of Minutes

Moved by Sensenig, Second by Long. Approved 6-0.

Discussion of definitions in zoning code.

We have recently had some cases where residents, or prospective residents, wanted to find out what the permissible use was for a unit, but there was ambiguity because some terms were not defined, or not defined well enough.

 

 

 

Excessive parking: “Sufficient parking shall be provided that no vehicles are parked on the road” from 309.5 F needs to be repeated in to 309.5 C  and elsewhere as needed. Perhaps also add “Residential parking shall be limited so as not to contribute to congestion.[TB1] ”

Use the word Household rather than Housekeeping unit as a replacement for “family”.

Define Household as follows:

Household. An interactive group of persons jointly occupying a single dwelling unit, including the joint use of and responsibility for common areas, and sharing household activities and responsibilities (e.g., meals, chores, household maintenance and expenses) and where, if the unit is rented, all adult residents have chosen to jointly occupy the entire premises of the dwelling unit, under a single written lease with joint use and responsibility for the premises, and the makeup of the household occupying the unit is determined by the residents of the unit rather than the landlord or property manager (as they do in a rooming house). Seasonal occupancies, whether structures or mobile, are households. 

Change all occurrences of “family” to “household”.

In the definition of Multihousehold Dwelling, delete “contiguous lots with common ownership.” 

We will address the number of houses and dwellings on a single lot separately from that definition. We need to specify (elsewhere) the conditions under which multiple residential buildings can be on one lot. The potential for high-density rental units in separate buildings is a specific concern. We have some helpful descriptions in 310.3 and 310.4.

Define Structure as follows

Structure. A static construction of building materials, including buildings, stadiums, display stands, storage table and includes, among other things, buildings, stadiums, platforms, radio towers, sheds (portable or fixed), storage bins, fences, signs and temporary storage units and satellite reception dishes. Structures can be either permanent or temporary.

Define Building as follows:

Building. Any structure that has one or more floors and a roof and is intended for the shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals or personal property.

Define “Habitable building” to distinguish buildings where people may live. It will replace “dwelling” in some instances where there is ambiguity. We will develop the definition next time.  

 

New members. Town Board member Tom Fox suggested two (perhaps three) residents from the middle of the town who might be candidates for the vacant position. Linda will contact them to gauge their interest.

 

Adjournment moved by Björkman, Second Olsen, Approved 5-0

Adjourned 9:07