Planning Board of the Village of Aurora
Aurora, New York 13026

Minutes
Regular Monthly Meeting, April 14, 2010

Present:  Board Chair Nancy Gil, Pat Bianconi, Frank Zimdahl, and Alan Connors.
Also Present:  Village Clerk Dee Nance and Grace Bates.

Gil opened the monthly meeting at 7:00 PM and read aloud the March 10, 2010 minutes.  After correcting some typos a motion of acceptance was made by Bianconi; seconded by Connors.  Motion carried 4:0.

New Business:  The board reviewed application #10-04, from Grace Bates for a Bed and Breakfast at 444 Main Street.  The B & B will consist of two bedrooms and one bathroom, located on the home’s second floor.  When questioned by the board, Bates explained that she has no intention of placing a sign in the yard.  She will simply display the house number, “444 Main Street,” prominently on the house.  After some discussion the board concluded that a prominently displayed house number would not fall under the zoning law’s definition of a sign.  

Discussion turned to parking.  Village Zoning Law, Sections 407 and 901.B.2a and b, indicated that the proposed B & B would require three off-street parking spaces.  After a discussion of her options, Bates modified her zoning application to indicate that the driveway is long enough to park three cars.

Bates explained her plans to erect a wall in the downstairs living room so that guests could access the upstairs rooms without entering her mother’s downstairs living quarters.  Bates anticipates that she will only rent out rooms in the summer months, and she will stay with her mother whenever guests have rented the upstairs rooms.  

The board gave Bates preliminary approval for her application, but instructed her to return to Code Enforcement Officer, Mick Piechuta to complete a long-form SEQR application.  A public hearing on the SEQR will be scheduled for May 12, 2010 at 7 PM.

Bianconi reminded the board that a Cayuga County Planning Board workshop on “Land
Use and Agriculture,” was coming up April 21st.  She is unable to attend, but hoped that others would go.  Zimdahl and Connors both said they would try to attend.

Bianconi reported on the last Cayuga County Planning Board workshop she attended, which was on storm-water run-off.  She is concerned about run-off from the hill south of the village where the entrance to Lake Road has been altered.

The board looked through Planning Board mail, and reviewed upcoming files.

A motion of adjournment was made by Bianconi; seconded by Zimdahl.  Motion carried 4:0.  The meeting adjourned at 8 PM.

The next meeting will be Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 7:00 PM.  

Respectfully submitted,

Dee Nance
Village Clerk