Minutes of a regular meeting of the
Johnson City Planning Board held on
April 24, 2007 at 7:30PM at
243 Main St., Johnson City, NY
Present: William Klish, Chairman
Pamela Hysell, Vice
Chairperson
Joanne Drimak
Leonard Sas
Jeff Jacobs, Village
Attorney
Daria Golazeski,
Planning Director
Absent: Gerald Putman
A
brief work session was held at 7:00pm.
Chairman Klish called the meeting to
order at 7:30 PM.
Chairman Klish noted the emergency exits.
Minutes – A motion to approve the minutes of the
April 18, 2007 special meeting was made by Mr. Sas and seconded by Mrs. Drimak.
Privilege of the Floor – None
Communications – None
Contingencies - None
OLD BUSINESS – None
The applicant, Dr. Payam Goudarzi, was
present.
Chairman Klish explained the application
to subdivide the 6.04 acre lot at 64 Nadine Way into 2 separate lots, a 3.019
acre parcel and a 3.019 acre parcel.
Chairman Klish opened the Public Hearing.
No one wished to speak.
Dr. Goudarzi spoke to the Fire Marshal and resolved the Fire
Department’s concerns. There are no plans for a building on the lots. The drive
will be strong enough to hold the weight of the Fire Trucks.
Dr. Goudarzi also met with Bob Bennett and resolved the
DPW’s concerns.
Chairman Klish closed the Public Hearing.
Code
Enforcement & Easements must be placed on file.
Easement needed to access utilities on Parcel A.
Planning
Dept:
Fire Dept: This may provide a hardship for the Fire
Department to provide coverage. Need more info about right of way.
Public Works & Water Dept:
• The proper way to
allow this subdivision would be to extend Nadine Way and the utilities and
relocate the cul-de-sac near the configrance of lots 127.14-1-40 &
127.18-1-26.
·
If
this is allowed, lot “B” would require a sanitary sewer pump to pump sewage to
a discharge manhole that would be required to be placed within the proposed
0.188 acre access easement. That manhole
would require to be connected to the Village Sanitary Sewer manhole located at
the high point in the Village’s utility easement. The water service for this lot would require
a meter pit in the same area of the required discharge manhole. No utility would be allowed within ten feet
of the residential water service or within five feet of the residential
sanitary sewer service. Therefore, the proposed
fifteen feet wide access easement would have to be greater than twenty feet
wide.
·
In
lot “A”, if a proposed building is greater than one hundred feet from the water
main, a meter pit would also be required.
A motion to approve the subdivision was
made by Mrs. Drimak and seconded by Mrs. Hysell.
Motion Carried Vote: Yes – 4 No
– 0 Absent – 1
Amended Site Plan Review – United Health Services, 52
Harrison Street
Mr. Roger Brown was present on behalf of UHS.
Chairman Klish read the applicant’s proposal.
Mr. Brown explained the changes from the previously approved
site plan. The building will still be four stories and UHS guarantees 3rd
and 4th floor occupancy. The garage currently on the site will be
demolished.
Chairman Klish asked about landscaping and the driveway
flow. Mr. Brown explained how the traffic would flow on site.
Mr. Sas asked about the availability of parking elsewhere on
the UHS campus. Mr. Brown stated that some employee parking will be moved to
the new lot they are building on Main Street.
Mrs. Drimak asked about signage. Mr. Brown stated that the
building does not yet have a name but there will be minimal signage on site.
Mrs. Hysell asked about deliveries. Mr. Brown stated that
there will not be any big trucks making deliveries except for the one time
delivery of the MRI.
The dumpster will be located on the NW corner of the
property and will be screened.
Code
Enforcement: All tenants will need to apply for a building
permit prior to work being performed. All
work will comply with New York State Building Codes.
Fire
Dept: Recommend approval.
Planning
Dept: Recommend approval.
Police
Dept: 1.) Currently one parking meter
in red highlighted area on page C1.01 (attached). Three
meters could be placed in this area.
Existing meter may need to be relocated a few feet north
of where it
is currently located. Contractor should contact Camillo Michitti at DPW
regarding
placement of meter posts. 2.) No Standing Anytime Signs placed at front and end
of meter
parking spaces on each side of apron on Hudson Street.
Public
Works:
· All existing driveway aprons along Park Place and Hudson Street will be required to be removed, topsoil and seeded. The depressed curbing has to be removed and replaced with a full depth curb & gutter.
· Sanitary Manhole 2 is not required. The connection to the sewer main can be done with a “y” connector and Fernco couplings.
·
The contractor is responsible for the connection to the sewer main.
·
This work will require that a sewer permit and a street work/excavation
permit be obtained from the JC sewer dept.
This work must be inspected by the JC sewer dept.
·
Installation of the water services from the main to the curb will be done
by the JC Water Dept on a time and material charge. An estimate of this work can be
obtained upon request. However, this
information will not be available until the JC Water Department has reviewed
and approved the fire service design and the backflow prevention plan and
report.
·
The work must be coordinated with the water dept a minimum of two weeks
prior to proposed installation date.
·
A backflow device application and engineer report must be submitted to
the water dept. This will be submitted
with four originals of the application and the engineers report. (This has been done, but revisions are
required prior to approval and submittal to the Health Department).
·
§ 270-73 & 74 of the Village Code allows for fire service connections
subject to the adequacy of the existing distribution system. With a building of this size the fire system
design and its effect on the distribution system should be completed prior to
any construction.
·
As part of this years Town of Union CDBG program, Hudson Street between
Main and Park Place will be reconstructed.
The water distribution system in this area has a four (4) inch water
main on Park Place from Harrison to Corliss which is connected to an eight inch
main on Corliss. There was an alternate
bid option in the Hudson Street project to replace this four (4) inch main with
an eight (8) inch main and connect the eight (8) inch main to the twenty (20)
inch main that is in Corliss. This upgrade would have a positive impact on the
distribution flows in this area. The bid
cost for this alternate was $49,000.00.
It is recommended that as part of this proposed development project that
this water line be upgraded. Also, there needs to be an agreement developed to
reimburse the Village for costs incurred on Hudson Street for proposed
development work that the Village would have to undertake if this project will
not done in time for the paving of Hudson Street. This work could consist of placing the
proposed parking lot storm drainage, removing the driveway aprons, replacing
the driveway curb cuts with full depth curbing, placement of the handicap ramp
and placement of the proposed parking lot ingress and egress.
Water: After reviewing
the application and attached memo from Roger V. Brown, I am assured that
UHS Hospital is
aware of the existing condition of the antiquated infrastructure in the
proposed
area for the Med Site Building. Therefore I have no comments on the proposed
site
plan. I will
reserve my comments for future discussion on upgrading the water lines in that
area to
sustain the increasing development in that area.
B. C. Planning: N/A
A motion to approve the amended site plan
including the department head comments, signage to code and a completion date
of December 2008 was made by Mrs. Hysell and seconded by Mr. Sas.
Motion Carried Vote: Yes – 4 No
– 0 Absent – 1
Area Variances – United Health Services, 370 Main Street
Mr. Roger Brown was present on behalf of UHS.
Mr. Brown explained that the proposed sign will be
illuminated from the ground. A larger sign is necessary because the Cardiology
group’s patients are having a hard time finding their offices.
Mr. Brown met with Mr. Bennett to discuss the storm drain.
Code
Enforcement: N/A
Fire Dept & Water: N/A
Planning
Dept: Sign will be illuminated, so two
variances requested – size and illumination.
Police
Dept: N/A
Public
Works: No Compelling Interest.
B. C. Planning: NCI
BMTS: No concerns.
NYS DOT: No concerns.
A motion to recommend approval of the
Area Variances to the Zoning Board of Appeals was made by Mrs. Drimak and
seconded by Mrs. Hysell.
Motion Carried Vote: Yes – 4 No
– 0 Absent – 1
Site Plan Review – Magic City Music Hall, 365 Harry L. Drive
No one appeared on behalf of the applicant.
Chairman Klish read the applicant’s proposal.
Attorney Jacobs advised the board of their options since the
applicant did not appear.
Code
Enforcement: Section 274-38 Permitted uses:
The use of an area for outside gathering or eating is not a permitted use. It
is also not a special permit use. The request is a violation of Section
274-39(H) that all business must be conducted inside the structure. It does not
allow outside gathering nor does it allow eating or drinking outside the
building. The increase in total occupancy, the occupancy of the building and
outside area, will require the following: 1.) Additional parking spaces and 2.)
Compliance of the New York Building Codes. The NYS Building Codes will trip the
requirement of additional rest rooms, the building being totally handicap
compliant and it may require additional egress. Note: Port-A-Johns are not an
approved nor acceptable substitution. They will not be allowed.
Fire
Dept: No – this does
not work. The barriers are against code for exiting from the building. We have
been through this with them.
Planning
Dept: See comments of Code Enforcement and Fire
Department. Is the landlord in agreement with this?
Police
Dept: No compelling
interest.
Public
Works: No compelling interest.
Water: No
compelling interest.
B. C. Planning: N/A
A motion to hold over the application
until the May 22, 2007 meeting was made by Mrs. Drimak and seconded by Mrs.
Hysell.
Motion Carried Vote: Yes – 3 No
– 1 Absent – 1
Chairman Klish reopened the privilege of the floor.
Mr. Ken Kinsman, 179 Deyo Hill Road and member of the
Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant explained the wastewater
pretreatment program. Chemicals can not be put down the drains. Mr. Kinsman
asked the board to consider the impact on the sewage treatment plant during the
approval process for future applications.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:15 PM was made by Mrs.
Drimak and seconded by Mr. Sas.
Respectfully submitted,
Diane Salva
Planning Board Clerk