HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-087 Establish Open Dev Area 172 Ridgecrest RoadMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
May 9, 2022
TB Resolution 2022-087: Establishment of an Open Development Area for 172 Ridgecrest Road
Whereas, 172 Ridgecrest Road (“Parcel”), as identified in a map titled “Town of Ithaca 2022 Ridgecrest Road Water Improvements Project, Ridgecrest Tank Proposed Site Plan,” and explained
in a letter written by Daniel Thaete, P.E., Director of Engineering, does not directly abut a street that is on the Town of Ithaca’s Official Map within the meaning of New York Town
Law §280-a, and
Whereas, Ridgecrest Road, which is on the Official Map, is located approximately 240+/- feet east of the property boundary of the Parcel, and access to the Parcel is along a gravel road
that extends to the Parcel from Ridgecrest Road via easement, and
Whereas, the Parcel contains a municipal water tank that was constructed in the early 1970’s, and the Town wishes to construct a 195+/- square foot booster station building to provide
adequate water pressure to all customers along Ridgecrest Road, and
Whereas, pursuant to New York Town Law §280-a(4), on April 25, 2022, the Town Board referred the potential establishment of an open development area for the Parcel to the Planning Board
for its advice, and
Whereas, at its May 3, 2022, meeting, the Planning Board adopted a resolution recommending an open development area be established for theParcel, subject to certain conditions, and
Whereas, pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) and its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 617, the establishment of said open development area
is an Unlisted action for which the Ithaca Town Board, acting as lead agency in an environmental review with respect to the establishment of the open development area, has, on May 9,
2022, made a negative environmental determination of environmental significance, after having reviewed and accepted as adequate a Short Environmental Assessment Form Parts 1, 2, and
3, maps and other materials; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Town Board hereby establishes an open development area for 172 Ridgecrest Road (“Parcel”), as specified above, subject to the following conditions, unless and until
the Parcel obtains sufficient frontage on a road identified on the Town’s Official Map as required by Town Law §280-a:
Easements or rights-of-way from theParcel to Ridgecrest Road shall exist at all times,
The driveway from Ridgecrest Road to the Parcel shall at all times be constructed of gravel or other hard surface and be sufficient to support the passage and weight of emergency vehicles,
All future deeds, easements, and rights-of-way for all or part of theParcel shall contain the following provision: “This conveyance is made and accepted subject to the open development
area conditions approved by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca on May 9, 2022,” and
The recording of this Town Board resolution in the Tompkins County Clerk’s Office indexed to the Parcel (172 Ridgecrest Road/Tax Parcel No. 45.-1-2.1) and to 166 Ridgecrest Road (Tax
Parcel No. 45.-1-21.2).
Moved: Rich DePaoloSeconded: Bill Goodman
Vote: ayes – DePaolo, Howe, Goodman, Bleiwas, Levine, Johnson and Rosen