HomeMy WebLinkAbout20210062 Marion Avenue - Maple Dell PUD Letter to Council 2.16.21 8 8
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February 16, 2021
Hon. Meg Kelly, Mayor
City of Saratoga Springs
474 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
Mayor Kelly and Members of the Saratoga Springs City Council,
Stewart's Shops originally opened the store at 11 Maple Dell in 1971,then subsequently purchased
Congress Gas and Oil giving ownership and operation of the Mi
Mobil fueling, service station car wash
at 33 MarionAvenue. Upon adoption of the new zoning ordinance, all uses were placed n the Tourist
Related Business(TRB)which created non-conforming uses further preventing Site Plan modifications.
Stewart's proposes the attachedl Planned Unit Development which shall be called the Marion Avenue—
Maple Dell Planned Unit Development PUD). The current use of the property has the Stewart's Shop
(convenience store) along. adjoining retail liquor storehtee ant sited on Maple Dell immediately
accessing the abutting residential area. The PUD along associated Site Plan seek to modify the
intensity of uses by the relocating the more intense uses iinthat.Commercial Intense (CI) zone with
frontage on Marion Avenue and then places moderate. intensity(destination driven) uses along Maple
Dell. Finally, interior to the Cl zone there will be a Residential component that will provide cluster
development and decrease in the intensity.
Overall,the intended benefits are:
• Relocation of the existing convenience and liquor store (upon lease termination)to Marion Ave,
• Placement of destination-oriented trips to Maple Dell by directing professional/medical uses,
• Relocation of the existing car wash with a north/south orientation to prevent noise facing the
residential uses to the west,
• Updating the existing architecture, lighting and architecture to provide a more desirable
aesthetic element, serving as a gateway to the City.
Attached please find a Petition for Amendment, Project Narrative,SEQRA FEAF,and associated fees.
We look forward to the opportunity topresent this information and the next available opportunity
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)re the Council. If there is any additional information needed, please don't hesitate to reach me at
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581-1201 ext.4435.
Respectfully submitted,
CALN,
Charles "Chuck" Marshall
Stewart's Shops Corp.
PO. Box 435 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866