HomeMy WebLinkAbout20200307 Saratoga National Bank & Turst Signage NOD r4 Keith Kaplan, Chair
CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
Brad Gallagher, Vice Chair
5 'f ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Cheryl Grey
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CITY HALL-474 BROADWAY
Christopher Mills
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. Gage Simpson
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ORATE 3
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Saratoga National Bank&Trust
171 S. Broadway
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
In the matter of the appeal from the Building Inspector's determination involving signage on an ATM attached to
the drive thru lanes, in the City of Saratoga Springs, New York, being Tax Parcel 178.27-1-39 on the assessment
map of said City.
The applicant having applied for an area variance under the Zoning Ordinance of said City to permit maximum
number of wall signs per street frontage on S. Broadway on new construction of an ATM in the T-5 District and
public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application held on July 6 and August 3, 2020.
In consideration of the balance between benefit to the applicant with detriment to the health, safety and welfare
of the community, I move that the area variance for the following amount of relief:
TYPE OF REQUIREMENT DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL PROPOSED RELIEF REQUESTED
REQUIREMENT
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WALL SIGNS I 2 1 (100%)
PER STREET FRONTAGE(SOUTH
BROADWAY):
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF LOGO IN 18" 18.5" .5" (2.8%)
T-5 DISTRICT
As per the submitted plans dated July 21, 2020, be approved as per this Board's consideration of the following
factors:
I. The applicant has demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicant. The applicant is installing a new ATM machine and will require signage to identify that this is
the bank's ATM. The new design will incorporate a change in branding by the bank and will be
conforming to other signage in the district.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change in the
neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. The signage will conform to a new logo and
will not impact neighboring properties
3. The relief requested is considered substantial at 100%. However, the signage has been designed to be a
minimum size and still be viewable to the public. The Board finds the relief associated with the
maximum height of the logo not to be substantial.
4. The applicant has demonstrated this variance will not have an adverse physical or environmental effect
on the neighborhood. A previous design was presented and deemed to be too large for the T-5
District. The new design will present the bank's logo while maintaining an appearance consistent in the
neighborhood.
5. The difficulty may be considered self-created. However,this is not necessarily fatal to the applicant.
Note:
• Any additional signage on the building or ATM structure facing Canfield Street would require a
variance.
• DRB approval of all signage is required.
• Saratoga County Planning Board opinion of no significant countywide or intercommunity impact, dated
July 16, 2020.
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 7 (K. Kaplan, B. Gallagher, C. Grey, G. Simpson, C. Mills, M. Gutch, K. O'Conner)
NAYES: 0
Dated:August 3, 2020
This variance shall expire 18 months following the filing date of such decision unless the necessary building
permit has been issued and actual construction begun as per 240-8.5.1.
I hereby certify the above to be a full,true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Zoning Board
of Appeals of the City of Saratoga Springs on the date above mentioned, seven members of the Board being
present.
SIGNATURE: 8/05/2020
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY ACCOUNTS DEPT.