TOWN OF MACEDON
PLANNING BOARD
November 9, 2009
PRESENT: Chairman Doug Allen,
members Suzanne Airy, Mert Bartels, Tom Morrison,
Kevin Rooney and Greg Whitney.
Also present were Town Councilwoman Sandy
Pagano, Town Engineer Scott Allen
and Board Clerk Susan Bush. Absent was Mark McEwen.
Chairman Allen called the meeting
to order at 7:31 p.m. He then welcomed
new member GregWhitney, who has assumed the Board seat vacated by Brian Gagne.
A motion to waive reading the
Legal Notice was made by Kevin Rooney,
seconded by Mert Bartels. All in favor; motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING:
PB-18-09 – Hammond – 3122
Canandaigua Road – Three-lot realty
subdivision – A motion to open the public hearing was made by Kevin Rooney, seconded by Mert
Bartels. All in favor;
motion carried. There was no one present
to speak for or against this application.
A motion to close the public hearing was made by Kevin
Rooney, seconded by Mert Bartels. All in favor; motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS:
PB-19-09 – Robbins – Haak
Road – Residential site plan – Log-in
& sketch – Applicants Matthew & Heather Robbins were present to explain
their request. They own a 5.72 acre
parcel on the north side of Haak
Road and would like to build a single-family
home. Driveway has been sited on the east
side of the property to accommodate sight distance requirements. A motion to grant sketch plan approval was
made by Mert Bartels, seconded by Tom Morrison.
All in favor; motion carried.
PB-21-09 – Subway – Macedon
Commons Plaza
– 1503 Canandaigua Road
– Signs – Joseph Franch, Development Agent for Subway Restaurants, appeared
before the Board to request a review of the sign color requirements at Macedon Commons Plaza. When the plaza was built in the early 90’s,
part of the site plan approval called for standardized red tenant signs on the
façade of the building, and this has been enforced by the Town. Mr. Franch felt this policy was outdated and
would like to replace the red Subway sign with similar signs in their trademark
colors of white, yellow & green. He
presented a letter of support from the plaza owner, Glenwood Development
Corporation, and a summary of a Federal court decision in Arizona regarding alteration of a registered
trademark. That case found a local
zoning authority “could not condition display of exterior signage on conformity
with color restrictions”. He also noted
that the new Macedon Marketplace plaza had no such sign requirement.
Mr. Franch went on to explain the
conditions at Macedon
Commons Plaza
have changed in the six years Subway has been there. The anchor tenant and another large tenant
have moved out, which has decreased plaza traffic considerably. Competition has also increased with the new
McDonald’s opening across the street. He
felt revising the sign would help encourage traffic to Subway. The new sign would be channel letters; the
same style as the existing sign.
After discussion, the Board
members asked to have a proposal from the plaza owner, Glenwood Development,
covering how they would handle sign conformity in the future. The applicant will return in two weeks.
PB-18-09 – Hammond – 3122
Canandaigua Road – Three-lot realty
subdivision – Log-in & preliminary/final – This is a 7.4 acre parcel with
an existing single-family residence. The
owners are planning to split the property into three lots of 4.0, 1.6, and 1.8
acres. The 4.0 acres will remain as
vacant farmland, the 1.6 acres will contain the existing residence, and the 1.8
acres will be merged with the adjoining parcel of a family member. All parcels meet the size requirements for
building lots. A motion for negative
SEQR declaration was made by Kevin Rooney,
seconded by Greg Whitney. All in favor; motion carried. A motion to grant preliminary/final three-lot
realty subdivision was made by Kevin Rooney,
seconded by Mert Bartels. All in favor; motion carried.
MINUTES:
A motion to approve the 10-12-09
minutes was made by Suzanne Airy,
seconded by Mert Bartels. All in favor; motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT:
A motion to adjourn was made by Suzanne Airy, seconded by Mert
Bartels. All in favor;
meeting adjourned at 8:22 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Bush
Clerk to the Board