PB 3/12/2019

Town of North Harmony

Planning Board

Tuesday, 3/12/2019, 7:00 PM

 

Members Present:          PAT RICE                              DICK JOHNSON

                                         LOUIS RIEG                         PHIL STRAND

                                          JOHN WARNER                  WALTER GEIST

                                          Brad Lawson, Zoning C.E.O

 

Others Present:                Stephanie Gibbs, Deputy Town Clerk; Dick Sena, Helen Emick

 

                Mr. Rice opened the meeting at 7:00 PM.

 

                Mr. Lawson, Zoning C.E.O. gave report.

 

                Mr. Sena, Town Board Councilmen gave Town report.

 

• Mr. Sena said there was a lot of talk about the lake and the herbicide treatment.
• Mr. Sena said if anyone wants anything in the town newsletter it is due April 1^st.
• Mr. Sena said the town is going forward with the drawings for the new town building and will be putting it out for bid at the end of the month.

 

                3 SEAS RECREATION

 

• Mr. Lawson said that 3 Seas Recreation is hoping to open the new building located off the Panama exit by the end of this month.
• There was further discussion on the signage and the driveway and parking for the new building.

 

HELICOPTOR LANDING ISSUE

 

• Mr. Lawson said the Trial for the Helicopter landing in the RI district will be March 26^th at the North Harmony Court at 10:00AM.
• Mr. Lawson said we might need to put something in our ordinance about noise or not being able to land within 500 feet of a house.

 

ATV AND SNOWMOBILES

 

• Mr. Lawson said he doesn’t know what needs to be done about atv’s and snowmobiles in the R1 district.
• Mr. Sena said having a curfew might help.

 

RENTALS ON THE LAKE

 

• Mr. Lawson said he doesn’t want to get rid of lake rentals he just thinks that we need to make it legal with some rules.
• Mr. Lawson said he can talk to Becca from Ellery to see if they have some rules in place and see if we can get them.
• Mr. Emick said we can require bed tax. She said bed tax is 5%.
• There was a suggestion by the board that they can come up with rules and regulations that need to be followed and they can be given out to the renters. If the rules are not followed, their license to rent can be revoked.
• Mr. Lawson said there can be a noise ordinance or a curfew and that would take care of the issue with snowmobiles and atv’s late at night.

 

 

Next regular meeting scheduled for April 9, 2019 at 7:00 P.M.

                 

Walter Geist motioned to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Louis Reig

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:15PM

 

 

Stephanie Gibbs

Deputy Town Clerk