PLANNING BOARD MINUTES
January 8, 2007
Posted 3/13/2007
Minutes of the Planning Board Meeting held in the Town Hall basement meeting room,
11 South Main Street, Pittsford, January 8, 2007, and filed in the Town Clerk's office.
PRESENT
Jeff House, Rhett Smith, Bill Brizee, Dave Wigg, Dave Jefferson, Larry Magguilli, & Bob Gruber
ABSENT
Sandra Zutes. Town Board Liasion
ALSO PRESENT
Rich Williams, Planning Board Attorney, Marty Brewster, Director of Planning Zoning & Dev., Doug DeRue Planning Assistant, Linda Dzakowic Planning Secretary
Jeff House called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm and confirmed a legal ad was confirmed.
DECISION PENDING
Kensington Park Section 5 - Final Subdivision extension
Tax Parcel 177.03-2-27.121
Jeff House indicated the applicant for this 22-lot subdivision off Clover Street requested an extension of final approval. Mr. House confirmed the Board was familiar with the resolution regarding extension of final approval and made a motion to grant the extension. Bill Brizee seconded the motion and the Board voted to approve the extension for final subdivision approval. A copy of the resolution is attached.
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED / DECISION PENDING
Matthews Property Concept Subdivision
Tax Parcel191.01-01-013 & 191.01-01-014
The applicant was not present and the hearing remains open.
NEW PUBLIC HEARING
3195 Monroe Avenue - Wegmans Wine & Liquor Store -Preliminary/Final Site Plan
Tax Parcel 150.12-01-1.10
Mr. Ralph Uttaro, Senior Vice President for Wegmans commented on the 2006 approval for the Tastings expansion and parking lot improvements explaining most of the parking improvements are complete including the wall near the canal however the redesign of parking aisles has not begun.
Mr. Uttaro explained the proposed Wine and Spirit store would be located in front of the new wall and eliminate that portion of the newly created parking area. The proposed retail store provides staging area for the selection of wines and spirits connecting to the mezzanine of the 2-story office/break room portion of the proposal. The basement of this proposed facility would house additional retail stock. Mr. Uttaro emphasized the building is not a warehouse.
Mr. Uttaro indicated Wegmans would respond to the DRC comments and explained their stores in New Jersey and Virginia are allowed to sell wine in the grocery stores and customers appreciate the one stop shopping option.
Due to state law this is not allowed in New York and Wegman's in its desire to provide increased customer service proposes this wine & spirit store in close proximity to the market.
Finally, Mr. Uttaro explained traffic flow, delivery, and customer service would be negatively impacted if the store were shifted to the Monroe Avenue frontage. He also mentioned a traffic study was conducted indicating while parking is a major concern spaces are available for the public as employees occupy designated or offsite areas.
Bob Gruber inquired how many employees would work in the proposed building and was told 20 or so. Mr. Magguilli noted the 40 recently completed parking spaces would be lost with construction proposed at this location. Mr. Uttaro explained 644 parking spaces remain in the main lot following the recent addition near Monroe Avenue. He again commented that employees were to park in the offsite, leased and possibly rear of Wegman's existing loading dock area.
Architect Bob Swain explained he was attempting to incorporate canal features through design and use of wood veneer and stone for the long retail shop and transitioning to the 2-story administration portion with a porch similar to one at Richardson's Canal House; finally through architecture and landscaping blending into a proposed courtyard leading to Tastings.
Eric Bartles showed a representation of the loading dock explaining a conveyor system would move supplies as needed and spoke briefly about security for this venue. Eric also addressed the reasoning behind locating the building as indicated on the site plan noting the problems associated with the suggested Monroe Avenue positioning especially with relation to an additional loss of parking and safety.
Mr. House opened the hearing to the public.
- Mr. Les Mitchell of 12 Leeward Lane read a letter indicating his displeasure prior to presenting it to the Board.
- Mr. Keith O'Toole of 52 Nicholas St. in Spencerport presented the Board with a copy of Pittsford's Design Guidelines. He listed reasons for denial of this application indicating: safety concerns and no indication of dumpster provision, lack of room as noted in 3 photos he provided, suggestion that SEQR should be a Type I listing, landscaping versus asphalt, suggestion that building be placed offsite and lack of parking.
- Jim Walsh of 32 West Brook addressed the probability of additional noise and lack of parking except late at night, bothersome lighting while touching on stormwater management, screening and landscaping.
- Greg Brown owner of Clubhouse Liquor Store 2947 Monroe Avenue expressed concern that his 8,000 square foot store could not compete with such an enormous operation. Mr. Brown also noted it has been suggested that parking in the Wegman's lot is not a problem except for holidays and he indicated it is otherwise.
- Dan of Pittsford's Wine & Spirits of 3 Schoen Place expressed his concern that this threat to his small village business would be hard to overcome.
Mr. House indicated the Board would address the Type 1 action while it awaits receipt of the written response to the DRC comments. The hearing remains open.
PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED / DECISION PENDING
3349 Monroe Avenue - Cheesecake Factory Site Plan
Tax Parcel 150.12-01-18
Peter Vars of BME Associates indicated the Board should have the written response to the DRC comments and he would be willing to review them as needed. He also mentioned the applicant appeared before the ARB this afternoon with no decision rendered. Peter reported the applicant agreed the decorative spire would be removed lowering the height from 41 to 37 feet. The remaining building height is 26 feet. Mr. Vars explained an 11 foot high stucco wall/fence is proposed to surround the service area where items such as cooking oil could be recycled, dirty linens stored for pickup and refuse unloaded from view of the plaza. Peter indicated landscaping would be added to mitigate the impact of the wall/fence. Mr. Vars noted additional landscaping and sidewalk area would aid in pedestrian safety.
Dennis Wilmot indicated the colors proposed are from a pallet similar to that of the existing Plaza and preferred as proposed. He further indicated Wilmorite would maintain the building and landscaping.
Mr. House invited those in attendance to come to the microphone.
- Mr. Jim Walsh of 32 West Brook presented his concerns related to the application explaining noise, noxious odors, excessive lighting, water quality and increased traffic. He suggested increasing the existing berm on French Road side as well an installation of sound fence.
- Mr. Walsh explained his neighbor Mark Zandvoort of 16 West Brook concurred with these thoughts and presented a letter regarding this application to the Board.
There were no other comments and Mr. Brizee made a motion to close the public hearing, Larry Magguilli seconded the motion and the Board voted to close the hearing.
NEW PUBLIC HEARING
Country Pointe Section 2 - West Bloomfield Rd. Preliminary Subdivision
Tax Parcel 192.01-01-24.21; 22 & 23
Bryan Powers of Stantec as agent for Masi Enterprises presented Section 2 of Country Pointe Subdivision.
Bryan discussed the location of the 22 lots proposed and indicated their proposed location on a map he provided. In addition, he discussed rural conservation lands, stormwater facilities existing and temporary, roadway locations, and suggested smaller empty nester sort of homes with shallow backyards near the cul-de-sac would work on these lots. Bryan reported the DRC comments have been received and a written response would be provided.
Marty Brewster suggested Bryan arrange a meeting with staff regarding several technical issues.
Mr. House opened the hearing to the public.
- The homeowner at 17 Nature View expressed concern regarding the number cars accessing the subdivision from the one entrance on West Bloomfield Road.
There was no further comment and Mr. House indicated the hearing remains open.
APPROVED
December 11th Planning Board meeting minutes were approved by voice vote.
The hearing was adjourned at 10:22 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Dzakowic
Planning Secretary
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