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Old Posted May 29, 2013, 12:29 PM
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The proposed height limit for this location is 50 feet. I have a feeling the senior housing will probably be the outcome.
From the IJ:

http://cmsimg.ithacajournal.com/apps...ok-old-library


Tompkins County considers closing book on old library
Building likely to be sold, demolishedfor senior housing development


7:20 PM, May 28, 2013 |
Written by
Andrew Casler

ITHACA — The old Tompkins County Library building may be demolished, according to county officials, and a new residential complex could be built in its place.

Tompkins County Administrator Joe Mareane said selling the 312 N. Cayuga St. building, in the hopes of developing the land for a senior housing complex, is a likely outcome at this point.

County legislators plan to choose among keeping, selling or leasing the building. Demolition is being considered as part of each option.

Mareane said he expects the final decision to come some time next year.

If the plan is to develop housing on site, the building’s demolition is likely, said Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning Ed Marx.

“We know from our own analysis that the building is not easily adaptable to other uses,” Marx said. “It seems quite probable, at least, that if the site were to be redeveloped, it might be more effective to build a new building from scratch.”

The property is assessed at $1.5 million, according to Tompkins County. The property’s market value could vary greatly depending on new uses for the site, County Director of Assessment Jay Franklin said.

The county-owned building has sat mostly vacant for 12 years. The library vacated the old building in November 2000, moving to its current location on Green Street.

Since then, the 33,000-square-foot structure has been used for three purposes: archiving county records, felony drug court and family treatment court programs, and day reporting for people on probation.

On May 21, legislators abandoned long-gestating plans to build a proposed Center of Government building on the site.

In canceling the project, lawmakers cited the 2008 financial crash, the need to renovate the Gov. Daniel B. Tompkins Building, and the need to purchase and renovate the Tompkins County Office for the Aging building.

County archives are moving to the Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, and the courts are being moved to the County Courthouse on North Tioga Street, the legislature decided last year. But probation’s new location is uncertain.

One plan is to renovate the Department of Social Services building and move probation services there. Floor plans for a first-floor addition are drawn up.

On May 8, Tompkins legislators ordered an estimate of the renovation cost. The social services building is at 320 W. Martin Luther King Jr./State St.


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http://www.ithacajournal.com/article...nclick_check=1
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