HomeMy WebLinkAbout20180934 3068 Brant Carriage House NOD Bill Moore
CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS Keith B. Kaplan
Vice Chair
ZING BOARD F APPEALS
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Susan Steer
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N THE MA 7`. .PP RECEIVED
695 North Broadway LLC
P.O. Box X443 JAN 14 2019
Greenwich, CT 068--3 0 ACCOUNTS DEPAIj
From a determination of the BuildingInspector involving the remises located at ?Wirth
Broadway in the City of Saratoga Springs, New York, tax parcel number 165.36-1-6 on the Assessment
Maps, of said City.
The Applicant having applied for area variances under the Zoning ordinance of said City to
construct a pool in a UR-1 District and public notice having been duly given of hean*ngs on said
application held on November 19 and December 10,2018 and January 7, 2019.
In consideration of the balance between benefit to the Applicant with detriment to the health,
safety and welfare of the cone-nunity, I move that the following area variances for the following amounts
of relief.-
TYPE
elief:T' A'E OF REQUIREMENT DISTRICT DIMENSIONAL NAL PR P SED RELIEF REQUESTED
REQUIREMENT
PLACEMENT OF POOL IN REAR OR SIDE YARD: SIDE OR REAR YARD FRONT T 'BARD 1009b
(WOODLAWN)
PLACEMENT OF POOL IN REAR ORSIDE YARD; SIDE OR REAR YARD FRONT YARD 100%
(FIRST)
As per the submitted plans, or lesser dimensions, be APPROVED for the following reasons:
I. The Board finds that the Applicant has demonstrated the benefit cannot be achieved by other means
feasible to the Applicant. The property fronts on three streets—North Broadway, voodlaWn Ave.
and First St. and therefore has three firont yards. The application states "There is not enough room
on the South side of the carriage house to construct a traditional pool that is consistent with the size
of the subject real property and the structure located thereon"'.
. The Applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not create an undesirable change in
neighborhood character or detriment to nearby properties. As the application states, :*The design
for the pool area includes significant landscaping towards the exterior margin of the two streets".
. The Board finds that that the areas of relief are substantial. The substantiality of the relief to pemit.
the placement of the pool in the front yard is mitigated by the fact that the pool will be located
behind the house and exceed the minimum setback feet) for a pool. In addition, the pool will be
buffered by a fence and new hemlock hedge along First St. and Woodlawn Ave.
4. The Board finds that the Applicant has demonstrated tha't the variances will not have significant
adverse physical or environmental effect on the neighborhood or district. As the application states,
"From the pool area there will be no opening directly onto First Street or Woodlawn Avenue,thus
the pedestrian traffic for the pool area will be physically limited to the interior of the parcel and
visually shielded by the hemlock hedgerow* .
5. The alleged difficulty is self-created., as the application states., ti�The applicant did make an
individual decision to place the pool in this location",, but this is not necessarily fatal to the
application.
NOTE:
DRC historic review required
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 6 (B. Moore, K. Kaplan, S. Steer, C. Grey, B. Gallagher, B. Kern.)
NAYES: 0
Dated-, January 7. 2019
January 14, 2019
Date Chair
I hereby certify the above to be a fall,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, six members of the Board
being present.