HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2024-077 Revised Approval of Encroachment License Renwick HgtsMEETINGOFTHEITHACATOWNBOARD
July 22, 2024
TBResolution2024-77:ApprovalofEncroachmentLicense for23 Renwick Heights Road to Permit Encroachment of Portion ofBrick Staircase and Wooden Railing
Whereas, Sarah Schneider Gunther and Amy Rose Krosch (“Owner”) are the owners of real property located at 23 Renwick Heights Road,Ithaca,NewYork14850,TaxMapParcelNo.17.-3.24(the“Premises”),
as more particularly described in a WarrantyDeed to Owner from Lynn B.Hoshino dated May 3,2016, and recorded the same day in theTompkins County Clerk’s Office as Instrument Number 2016-04689,
and
Whereas, Renwick Heights Road isaTown road owned in fee, and
Whereas, portions of a brick staircase and wooden railing on the Premises encroach into Renwick Heights Road, as shown on a survey of the Premises entitled “No. 23 Renwick Heights Road,
Town of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York," dated March 16, 2016, andprepared by Lee Dresser, Licensed Land Surveyor No. 050096, T.G. Miller P.C., Engineers and Surveyors (the “Survey
Map”),and
Whereas, Owner proposes to replace the encroaching portions of the brick staircase and wooden railing with replacements on the same footprint and location within Renwick Heights Road
as they currently exist and as shown on the above-referenced Survey Map, and
Whereas,theSuperintendentofPublicWorks hasdeterminedthat(1) thereisenoughroom on Renwick Heights Road for vehicles to pass safely and for the Town to perform road maintenance without
disturbing the existing and proposed encroachments, and (2) due to the topography in the area of the encroachments, the Town is less likely to need to excavate that area in the future,
so replacement of the encroaching portions of the brick staircase and wooden railing would not be detrimental to the Town’s interests,and
Whereas, the Superintendent of Public Works has proposed an Encroachment License between the Town and Owner, and
Whereas,theTownBoardisamenabletoenteringintotheproposedEncroachmentLicense to permit the conditional continued encroachment of the brick staircase and wooden railing as well as their
proposed replacements,now,therefore,beit
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby approves the Encroachment License to permit the conditional continued encroachment of the brick staircase and wooden railing
as well as their proposed replacements on the same footprint and location within Renwick Heights Road as they currently exist and as shown on the above-referenced Survey Map, and authorizes
the Town Supervisor to execute the Encroachment License on behalf of the Town, subject to the review of the Attorney for the Town.
Moved: Rob Rosen Seconded: Margaret Johnson
Vote: ayes- Howe, DePaolo, Bleiwas, Levine, Johnson, Gutenberger & Rosen