The monthly meeting of the Town of Maine Planning Board was held on Monday, June 1, 2009 at the Town of Maine Town Hall.
Members Present: Leland Gayne, Liz Coyne, John Zunic, Bruce Pomeroy
Absent: Elena Steele, Pete Supa, Dave Albright, Ad Hoc members Jeremy Davey and Howard Harmon
Others Present: Councilman Todd Rose
Chairman Gayne called the meeting to order 7:12pm with the Pledge to the flag.
Open Floor on items on agenda
No one chose to speak
Closed Floor
Old Business
Approval of minutes April 6, 2009
Motion: to approve the April 6, 2009 as written
Action: Approve, Moved by John Zunic, Seconded by Bruce Pomeroy.
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4).
Yes: Leland Gayne, Bruce Pomeroy, Liz Coyne, John Zunic
5+ acre land development - subdivision wording and Enhancements to the town will be held over until the July meeting.
New Business
General Discussion of Signs - Owners of a local business came to the meeting to discuss upgrading their sign at their place of business. It would be an upgrade to computer controlled sign with a changing menu sign. New technology allows different displays on the sign. It will be in the same spot and approximately the same size as the existing signs. Since this is an upgrade of a sign - does this site plan need to go to the Planning Board and Broome County? This is a B-1 district and lighted signs are allowed. Boardmember Coyne requested clarification of the Zoning ordinance for Business Signs. It was determined that the new electronic section of the sign could be considered an accessory. Boardmember Pomeroy wanted it shown that the applicants have come to the planning board before they went ahead and made these changes. They have done their homework and have not made any decisions until they knew what they could do. The board did not see any problem with swapping the old sign with this new electronic sign. The board felt that there is nothing in the code book that says that this needs to go to a site plan review. They might need a building permit to change it out but a site plan review is not needed as the sign will remain the approximately the same size.
The Planning Board has reviewed the proposal for a sign change to an LED message center by the Applicants and the planning board has determined that no site plan is necessary because it meets the criteria for Section 450-64 and 450-66. Because the criteria of both these sections have been met, the applicants would need to fulfill Section 450-67, by applying for a building permit.
Announcements
Educational seminars- summer school - application will be mailed to people who are absent. They will need to get back to Chairman Gayne or Secretary Lenzo.
Joint meeting Jan 20 - Liz, John, Howard, Dave, Pete, Elena, Jeremy, Lee - 2 hours of education
Joint meeting - April 28 -2 hours of education
Main Street Development in Town of Dickinson - Howard Harmon and Lee Gayne - 3 hours of education
Historical meeting May 26, 2009- John, Bruce, Liz, Lee, Pete, Elena, Jeremy, Howard - 2 hours of education
Upcoming events
Chairman Gayne would like to have the board come up with a couple of enhancements to give to Dave Albright. Councilman Rose stated that Councilman Palmer is working on flags and streetlights.
Councilman Rose discussed the NYSERDA people who will be coming in to do an audit for $100.00 per building. If the town spends $100 on any building on one of the recommendations, NYSERDA will refund the town the audit money. They will be coming in next week to audit both buildings. There is money set aside in the budget, possibly build a new Town Hall. Low interest loans and grants are available from NYSERDA .
The next Planning Board meeting will be July 6, 2009.
Adjournment
Motion: A motion to adjourn the meeting was called
Action: Adjourn, Moved by Liz Coyne, Seconded by Bruce Pomeroy.
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 4).
Yes: Leland Gayne, Bruce Pomeroy, Liz Coyne, John Zunic.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55pm.
Respectfully submitted: Date Approved: October 5, 2009
Diana Lenzo
Secretary - Planning Board
