West
Carthage Planning Board
Regular Meeting
November
7, 2012
Board Members Present: Ronald Blinebry, Chairperson
David Rohr, Tom Valentine,
Paul Pierce, Joe Onyon.
Recording Secretary: Lou Ann Smith
Others Present: Kent
Burto – Lundy Development & Property Mgt., P.I.G. student.
Chairman Blinebry called the
meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Motion made by J. Onyon,
second by P. Pierce to approve October 3, 2012 minutes, carried.
Kent Burto is representing
Mike Lundy for the request to subdivide the Johnson property, N. Broad Street.
K. Burto submits a new version of the conceptual sketch plan and a written
description of each proposed lot. R. Blinebry asks if M. Lundy is looking for
approval of the subdivision or just questioning if it will be possible to
subdivide the property. K. Burto states they are asking early about subdividing
so they might be a step ahead so that when a developer comes to Mike they will
know they will get approval for the subdivision, there is no plan to file a
subdivision with Jefferson County yet. R. Blinbry states that basically a
sketch plan was done when M. Lundy presented the concept plan showing placement
of buildings, roads, utilities, etc. R. Blinebry states he doesn’t have a
problem telling M. Lundy that it would be possible to subdivide the property,
but it would be only that, as he is not the owner of the property yet so a
formal approval wouldn’t be possible at this time. K. Burto states he
understands and is not looking for a formal approval as the property hasn’t been
purchased by M. Lundy yet. Mike is just
asking for confirmation that the village will approve a subdivision. R Blinebry
states “everything in Chapter 76-13 will need to be presented to the Planning
Board when development starts for each separate subdivision”.
T. Valentine asks if there is
anything the Village Board needs to approve in the event there are any
hardships that might affect the village. J. Onyon asks who will be looking at
the effect of water and sewer, streets, school system, etc. if the project goes
through. R. Blinebry states the school system is of no concern to the Planning
Board, the school officials will sit with all the other area government officials
to address any hardships, and as far as water, sewer and streets the Village
Board has seen and discussed the concept plan and so far have found no
hardships with these issues if the project goes through. The Planning Boards
part in the concept is to approve the subdivision and any plans thereafter for
development will be presented to the Board for review and approval, it will
then go to the Village Board, and comments that the Village Board may even sit
in on Planning Board meetings once the process begins. R. Blinebry states that
once a plan has been approved by the Planning Board the Village Board will take
over as far as Pilot requests or any other issues involved with a project of
this size. D. Rohr asks if the back two parcels are sold, presently there is no
access road, “isn’t that a land lock?” R. Blinebry answers yes. K Burto states
they won’t file the subdivision until the land has been purchased and also
states that the land cannot be sold by M. Lundy unless roads are in place and
there is direct access to Broad Street from any parcel. R. Blinebry states as a
Planning Board they will not approve any development until access roads are in
place. T. Valentine asks if there are any stipulations on access roads. R.
Blinebry states the roads will have to meet village standards as the intend is
for the roads to be turned over to the Village, so if they don’t meet village
standards the village will not take them over.
R. Blinebry asks for a motion
to approve the concept of subdividing the Johnson property, N. Broad St.
consisting of 73.119 acres (as stated on submitted Subdivision application) into 3 separate lot parcels as descriptions
state for each, motion made to approve by D. Rohr, second by J. Onyon, carried.
There
are no other comments from the Board members.
The next regular Planning Board meeting will
be scheduled for December 5, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
P.
Pierce motions to adjourn, seconded by D. Rohr; the meeting is closed at 7:18
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lou
Ann Smith
Recording
Secretary
