West
Carthage Planning Board
Regular Meeting
August
13, 2010
Board Members Present: Ronald Blinebry, Chairperson
David Rohr, Tom Valentine.
Joe Onyon and Paul Pierce
absent
Recording Secretary: Lou Ann Smith
Others Present: Bob Abbott, Nick Saturno – Dunkin Donuts, Mike
Britton – Signs N Designs, and Bruce Rounds – ZBA member.
Chairman Blinebry called the
meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Minutes
for the Public Hearing held July 7, 2010 were reviewed. On motion by T.
Valentine and seconded by D. Rohr minutes were approved and carried
unanimously.
Bob
Abbott presents the Preliminary Site Plans for Dunkin Donuts. Grading plan is
explained and why it is necessary. A retaining wall has been added, pinned
blocks will be used, and the wall will be approximately five feet at the
highest point and will taper down back to front. The fence as shown on the
sketch plan will remain but will be attached to the retaining wall; all the
neighbors will see will be fence not the wall.
Drainage
is shown and explained. B. Abbott
explains that the sidewalk on the Bridge
Street side will not be in direct line with the
existing sidewalk, which runs along with the curb; Dunkin Donuts will curve the
sidewalk to bring pedestrians away from the edge of the road putting a green area
in between the curb and sidewalk. The sidewalk along Broad St. (Rt 26) will end at the
entrance on Broad St.
(Rt 26) R. Blinebry goes back to the drainage with a question, B. Abbott shows
on the diagram and explains the flow of drainage to catch basins. The utilities
are pointed out showing the origin of each and how they will be directed onto
the property. R. Blinebry goes over the application requirements with B.
Abbott. Question is asked about fire lane, R.Blinebry responds that the Fire
Dept. will be given the opportunity to review the plans and make any comments.
B. Abbott adds that there will be plenty of room for fire vehicles to get
around the building if needed. R. Blinebry continues with the packet of signs
that has been submitted. All but 2 of the submitted signs meet code. The pylon
sign and the inline cloud sign w/ cup will have to be presented to the ZBA. The
pylon sign height is not an issue, the square footage of the sign does not meet
code, R. Blinebry asks if B. Abbott would add the second non-conforming sign to
the Zoning Permit application before he leaves so he can deny both signs and
they can be sent to the ZBA together. B. Abbott agrees.
R.
Blinebry asks if there are any comments from the board members, none given.
R.
Blinebry asks for a motion to accept the Preliminary Site Plans submitted,
motion by D. Rohr, second by T. Valentine, carried.
R.
Blinebry will have the plans packaged and ready for submission to the Jefferson
County Planning Board meeting which will be held August 24th. The
package will be picked up at the Clerk’s office and hand delivered to Jefferson County before the August 17th
deadline for submissions. R. Blinebry will contact DOT regarding the proposed
signs.
Next
Mike Britton, Signs n Designs has been asked by Northern Federal Credit Union
to present signage for the new bank. He has asked the Planning Board for
insight on what might be allowable and if non-conforming what the steps would
be to approval. R. Blinebry advised M. Britton to obtain a Zoning Permit Application
for the signs, return the application and he will look over the various sizes
and advise if they will need to go to the ZBA for review and approval. DOT will
need to be contacted regarding the NFCU signs as well. M Britton will get his information together
and submit the application.
R.
Blinebry informs the board members that he had a call from Wil Thesier’s office
regarding Lee Gill and his NAPA
store. He advised that Mr. Gill would need to be informed that if he is
interested in continuing with the new NAPA store
he will have to resubmit his sketch plans, even if there are no changes,
because it has been too long since the Planning Board was presented with the
original plans for the NAPA
store.
R.
Blinebry asks if any board members have any comments, none given.
The
next Planning Board meeting will be held September 1, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
T.
Valentine motions to adjourn, seconded by D. Rohr, the meeting is closed at
7:53 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lou
Ann Smith
Recording
Secretary
