HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB 2024-008 SEQR Ithaca Self-StoragePB RESOLUTION 2024-008: SEQR
Preliminary Site Plan Approval
Ithaca Self-Storage Project
Tax Parcel No. 31.-3-4
602 Elmira Road
Town of Ithaca Planning Board, February 20, 2024
WHEREAS:
1. This action involves consideration of Preliminary Site Plan Approval for the proposed self-
storage facility located at 602 Elmira Road (NYS Route 13) within the Light Industrial Zone
and Inlet Valley Center Overlay District. The project involves construction of approximately
24,700 square feet of self-storage in six buildings. The project will be constructed in two
phases and consist of indoor climate-controlled storage and mini-storage units along with a
small parking area, fence and entrance gate, stormwater management facilities, landscaping,
and site lighting. This is an Unlisted Action under the State Environmental Quality Review
Act and is subject to environmental review. Rudra Management, Owner/Applicant; Michael
B. Lasell, P.E., LEED AP, MBL Engineering, PLLC, Agent;
2. This is an Unlisted Action for which the Town of Ithaca Planning Board, acting in an
uncoordinated environmental review with respect to the project has, on February 20, 2024,
made a negative determination of environmental significance, after having reviewed and
accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, submitted by the
applicant, and Parts 2 and 3, prepared by Town Planning staff; and
3. The Planning Board, on February 20, 2024, has reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short
Environmental Assessment Form Part 1, submitted by the applicant, Parts 2 and 3, prepared
by Town Planning staff, an application narrative titled “Project Narrative – Proposed Storage
Facility,” a set of drawings titled “Ithaca Self Storage, Rudra Management, 602 Elmira Road,
Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County,” prepared by MBL Engineering, PLLC, including sheets
C-001, C-102, C-104, C-106, C-201, and C-502- C-505, dated 12/8/23; sheets C-101 and C-
103, dated 1/9/24; and sheets C-105 and C-501, dated 11/14/23; architectural plans,
schematic designs, and landscaping plans prepared by Line 42 Architecture, including sheets
titled “Landscape & Material Plan,” “Building 1 & 6 Exterior Elevations & Floor Plan,”
“Building 2, 3, 4 & 5 Exterior Elevations,” “Aerial View,” “Elmira Road Entrance,”
“Building 1 Elmira Road View,” “Elmira Road & 5 Mile Drive,” and “Building 6 Loading,”
all dated December 2023; and other application materials; and
4. Town Planning staff has recommended a negative determination of environmental
significance with respect to the proposal;
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
proposal, based on the information in the EAF Part 1 and for the reasons set forth in the EAF
Parts 2 and 3, and, therefore, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement will not be required.
PB 2023-024 (Filed 9/11) Pg. 2
Moved: Ariel Casper Seconded: Bill Arms
Vote: ayes – Casper, Arms, Wilcox, Kaufman, Cameron, and McGurk