West
Carthage Planning Board
Regular Meeting
October
14, 2010
Board Members Present: Ronald Blinebry, Chairperson
David Rohr, Tom Valentine and
Paul Pierce.
Absent: Joe Onyon
Recording Secretary: Lou Ann Smith
Others Present: Dennis Kriwox, Loren Richardson – “Long Shots”
Sports Bar, Mike Lundy, Alan Brady – Northern Developers and Chelsea Craddock -
WDT.
Chairman Blinebry called the
meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Minutes
for the regular meeting held September 8, 2010 were reviewed. On motion by D.
Rohr, seconded by P. Pierce minutes were approved and carried unanimously.
Dennis
Kriwox has petitioned the Planning Board with a Zoning Permit application, and
Site Plan application to reopen the former Roma Restaurant, 19 Bridge Street owned by Gary Johnson.
Mr. Kriwox and his partner L. Richardson will open as a Sports Bar with a
limited light menu under the name of “Long Shots”. They plan on being open 7
days a week. A Liquor license has been applied for with outdoor use, the same
as Mr. Johnson had. R. Blinebry asks if
they will be using the side entrance off of S. Jefferson Street for parking next to
the building, at present Mr. Kriwox does not plan on using the side as a
parking lot, he is interested in using it for snowmobile parking in the winter.
D. Rohr responds that snowmobile parking might not work well from the Police
Department or Village Board’s point of view and suggest they continue to use
the corner of Bridge Street
and South Main Street
lot owned by Gary Johnson. R. Blinebry
would like to not see any snowmobiles near the front or side of the building
and keep the parking at the corner as well. D. Kriwox and L. Richardson
agree. R. Blinebry asks about the signs,
D. Kriwox responds that the size of the signs will not be changed only the
names, he isn’t sure what the wall building sign will say as of yet. R.
Blinebry request that he be given pictures of the new signs prior to any sign
Zoning Permit being issued. R. Blinebry asks if there will be any changes to
the interior, Mr. Kriwox answers “no the interior will remain as is”, and they
will use the kitchen.
Motion
is made to approve the applications by T.Valentine, seconded by D. Rohr,
carried.
Mike
Lundy presents a sketch plan for a 9500 square foot retail store building
proposed for the corner of N.
Broad Street and Franklin Street, property that he owns.
Mr. Lundy is unable at this time to reveal the name of the Company that is
interested in the property, he is first interested in getting the Planning
Board’s input before putting time and effort into developing the property for
the prospective tenant, he is concerned with if there will be to many issues
because of the size of the lot, size of the proposed building and setbacks. Mr.
Lundy asks when the Company name will need to be made public, R. Blinebry answers
when a Site Plan Application is submitted, Mr. Lundy agrees. M. Lundy explains
that the lot is approximately 1.3 acres, a corner lot and is in the Arterial
District which has stricter village codes associated with it. He realizes he
will need to go to the Zoning Board of Appeals with more than one variance
request. Drainage is explained, signs, landscaping, fence placement along
detention area and dumpster placement are discussed. M. Lundy states that
regardless of the size and style of the building he will need to apply for a
variance from the ZBA for rear setbacks.
R. Blinebry agrees the rear setback will be a concern because of the
proximity to the neighboring resident.
M. Lundy asks what the options would be if the area was changed from
Arterial to Central Business, R. Blinebry responds the codes would be different
and more in Mr. Lundy’s favor, if the building was repositioned. M. Lundy asks
if a zone change would be more appropriate than to do all the variances with
the ZBA because there is no arterial road, as
he believes was the intention when the Arterial District was put in
place years ago. Possible zone change is discussed and R. Blinebry will
approach the Village Board to review that option. M. Lundy will get in touch
with his clients to discuss whether they would be willing to make some
revisions to the sketch plan and he will attend the November meeting with any
possible revisions. R. Blinebry responds that in the mean time he will hold a
working Planning Board meeting to discuss the possibility of making changes to
the Village codes and speak to Mayor Burto and the Village Board members about
possible changes to the codes and possibly changing the district from Arterial
to Central Business.
The
next regular Planning Board meeting will be held November 3, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
P.
Pierce motions to adjourn, seconded by D. Rohr; the meeting is closed at 7:56
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lou
Ann Smith
Recording
Secretary
