West
Carthage Planning Board
Regular Meeting
February 1, 2012
Board Members Present: Ronald Blinebry, Chairperson
David Rohr, Tom Valentine,
Paul Pierce, Joe Onyon.
Others Present: Kent
Burto – Lube Express
Chairman Blinebry called the
meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Minutes
for December 7, 2011 approval, motion by J. Onyon, second by D. Rohr, carried
R.
Blinebry explains the purpose of needing the Planning Board to review and
approve K. Burto’s application for a Special Use Permit to operate a maintenance/repair
shop at the current Lube Express Shop, Franklin Plaza, 50 Franklin St. Although
a Special Use Permit was granted originally for the Lube Express it was only
for the purpose of operating a shop that strictly offers oil, filter and detail
services. K. Burto states he needs the Planning Boards approval to operate the
maintenance/repair shop so he can apply to New York State for a license to
operate a repair shop. R. Blinebry asks K. Burto what specifically he will be
doing for repairs; K. Burto responds shocks, brakes, rotor, muffler and just
basic repairs. T. Valentine asks where he will be storing parts; K. Burto
responds parts will be purchased as needed from local auto parts stores. R.
Blinebry asks how the used parts will be disposed; K. Burto states they will be
placed in the dumpster and if needed he will get another dumpster for any
recycling if the need arises. J. Onyon and R. Blinebry question the parking and
if vehicles will be dropped off and remain parked all day or longer. K. Burto
states his intentions are to do the repairs on appointments and not have an
excess of parked vehicles, if needed at times he will utilize the parking lot
at the Medical facility next door, but he doesn’t anticipate having many
vehicles parked for a long period of time. R. Blinebry asks if he intends on
putting any signage up, K. Burto states at this time he hasn’t really thought
about signage, if he does place a sign it will probably be on the front wall, when
he decides he will present plans to the Board unless he uses a sign that
conforms to code, then he will apply to the Zoning Enforcement Officer with a
Zoning Permit application. R. Blinebry reminds K. Burto about the clean
appearance of the property and asks that he continue with the good appearance, K.
Burto states he has no intention of letting the property deteriorate with the
added business. R. Blinebry asks if the
Board members have any more questions or comments, none given. R. Blinebry asks
for a motion to accept the Zoning Permit application and issue a Special Use
Permit, motion by T. Valentine, second by P. Pierce, carried.
R.
Blinebry reviews where the village is regarding the Certificate Of
Compliance, he has spoken to Jefferson County about holding back
the Certificate of Occupancy until a Certificate of Compliance is issued from
the Zoning Enforcement Officer and a letter from the Mayor requesting this has been sent to Jefferson
County. R. Blinebry will contact Mayor Burto to see if he has had a response
from Jefferson County. P. Pierce states that he thinks any group/person needs to be informed of the need to get the
Certificate of Compliance and that they
need to understand that whatever has been approved by the Planning Board needs to be completed. P. Pierce suggests
that a Certificate of Compliance be issued to everyone so that no group or
person can come back and say that other parties didn’t get a Certificate in the
case that one really wasn’t needed. R. Blinebry agrees. T. Valentine asks if
the Village Attorney should review and approve the Certificate of Compliance
sample that is planned to be used. R. Blinebry responds that the Village Clerk
will be asked if it will be necessary.
R.
Blinebry comments on the ongoing issues regarding the Longshots Bar & Grill
on Bridge St. He feels that as a Planning Board we should be looking at how the
Village might be able to deal with any present or future applications for the
operation of bars in the business district. He asks the Board members to think
about solutions/ideas on this issue and they will discuss it at the next
meeting.
No
other comments from the members.
R.
Blinebry reminds the members of the upcoming Tug Hill Local Government
Conference on March 29th at JCC. All members request they be
registered for the Conference.
Motion
by P. Pierce, second by J. Onyon to close the meeting at 7:27 p.m., carried.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lou
Ann Smith
Recording
Secretary
