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PB Resolution No. 2016-12: Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval
Verizon Wireless Rooftop Telecommunication Facility
1100 Danby Road
Tax Parcel No. 37.1-1-9
Planning Board, February 16, 2016
Moved by Fred Wilcox; seconded by Liebe Meier Swain
WHEREAS:
1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed
rooftop telecommunication facility located at 1100 Danby Road (NYS Route 96B), Town of
Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 37.1-1-9, Neighborhood Commercial Zone. The proposal involves the
installation of a wireless telecommunications cabinet and accessory structures on a 6' by 8' +/-
concrete pad with a wooden stockade fence surrounding it, along with one 28.7"+/-tall antenna,
mounted on the ridge of the Country Inn &Suites Hotel. Garuda Hotels, Inc., Owner; Upstate
Cellular Network d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Applicant; Robert J. Brenner, Nixon Peabody LLP,
Attorneys at Law, Agent; and
2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting as lead agency in
the environmental review with respect to the rooftop telecommunications facility proposal, made
a negative determination of environmental significance, after having reviewed and accepted as
adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, submitted and prepared by the
applicant, and Parts 2 and 3 prepared by staff; and
3. The Planning Board, at a public hearing on February 16, 2016, has reviewed and accepted as
adequate a narrative, a packet of materials provided by the applicant containing tabs "A" through
"N," including drawings titled "Upstate Cellular Network DBA Verizon, Project Number:
20151277751, Location Code: 392588, Site Name: King Danby," prepared by Verizon and
Costitch Engineering, including sheets GC001-003, CC100-101, CC110-112, CC500-502, and
EC500-501, dated 10/29/2015 and revised 11/17/2015, and other application materials;
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
1. That the Planning Board hereby waives certain requirements for Preliminary and Final Site Plan
Approval, as shown on the Preliminary and Final Site Plan Checklists, having determined from
the materials presented that such waiver will result in a significant alteration of neither the
purpose of site plan control nor the policies enunciated or implied by the Town Board; and
2. That the Planning Board hereby waives the requirement for an 8-foot tall fence, required in the
streamlined provisions of the Town Telecommunications Law, §270-219(0)(4)(g), determining
that the proposed 6-foot tall fence will provide adequate security for the facility; and
3. That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby grants Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval
for the proposed rooftop telecommunication facility located at 1100 Danby Road (NYS Route
96B), Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 37.1-1-9, as shown on the plans and materials referenced in
Whereas #3 above, subject to the following condition:
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a. The proposed security lighting must comply with the shielding requirements of the
Town's Outdoor Lighting Law(Chapter 173).
Vote
Ayes: Wilcox, Haefeli, Meier Swain, Bosak
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PB Resolution No. 2016-11: SEQR
Verizon Wireless Rooftop Telecommunication Facility
1100 Danby Road
Tax Parcel No. 37.1-1-9
Planning Board, February 16, 2016
Moved by Liebe Meier Swain; seconded by Joseph Haefeli
WHEREAS:
1. This action is Consideration of Preliminary and.Final Site Plan Approval for the proposed
rooftop telecommunication facility located at 1100 Danby Road (NYS Route 96B), Town of
Ithaca Tax Parcel No. 37.1-1-9, Neighborhood Commercial Zone. The proposal involves the
installation of a wireless telecommunications cabinet and accessory structures on a 6' by 8' +/-
concrete pad with a wooden stockade fence surrounding it, along with one 28.7"+/-tall antenna,
mounted on the ridge of the Country Inn &Suites Hotel. Garuda Hotels, Inc., Owner; Upstate
Cellular Network d/b/a Verizon Wireless, Applicant; Robert J. Brenner, Nixon Peabody LLP,
Attorneys at Law, Agent; and
2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board is acting as lead agency
in the environmental review with respect to the rooftop telecommunications facility proposal; and
3. The Planning Board, on February 16, 2016, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short
Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, submitted and prepared by the applicant; Parts 2 and 3,
prepared by Town Planning staff, a narrative, a packet of materials provided by the applicant
containing tabs "A" through "N," including drawings titled "Upstate Cellular Network DBA
Verizon, Project Number: 20151277751, Location Code: 392588, Site Name: King Danby,"
prepared by Verizon and Costitch Engineering, including sheets GC001-003, CC100-101,
CC110-112, CC500-502, and EC500-501, dated 10/29/2015 and revised 11/17/2015, and other
application materials; and
4. The Town Planning staff has recommended a negative determination of environmental
significance with respect to the proposed rooftop telecommunications facility project;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
That the Town of Ithaca Planning Board hereby makes a negative determination of environmental
significance in accordance with Article 8.of the Environmental Conservation Law and 6 NYCRR Part
617 New York State Environmental Quality Review for the above referenced action as proposed,
based on the information in the EAF Part 1 and for the reasons set forth in the EAF Parts 2 and 3,
and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be required.
Vote •
, hereby certify
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