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Chair
,.° Y 4 CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS
Keith B. Kaplan
Vice Chair
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Susan Steer
�7Cheryl Grey
CITY HALL-474 BROADWAY Brad Gallagher
SARATOGA SPRINGS,NEW YORK 12866 Rebecca Kern,alternate
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93074 DECEIVED
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
S . Paul's Lutheran Church JAN 14 2019
149 Lake Avenue
SARAT( GA SPRINGS, NY 12866 ACC,0UNTS DEpAj4TMENT
From the deten-nination of the Buildin g Inspector involving the institution at 149 Lake Avenue in the City
of Saratoga Springs, NY, being tax parcel number 166.45-4-21 on the Assessment Map of said City.
The Applicant having applied for an area variance to permit sip-nage on an existing structure and seeking
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relief in the UR-3 District and public notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application on
December I 0, 2018 and January 7, 2019.
In consideration of the balance between the benefit to the Applicants with detriment to the health, safety
and welfare of the community, I move that the following variance for the following amount of relief:
Type of District Dimensional Proposed Relief Requested
Requirement Requirement
Maximum size 4 square feet 2 7 square feet 23 square feet (85%)
Freestanding:
As per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, BE APPROVED for the following reasons:
1. The applicant has demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to the
applicant. The freestanding sign is in existence and the new sign is oriented to the face to be the
minimum size for the wording to be visible. The district requirement of 4 square feet was deemed
to be too small for visibility.
2. The applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not produce an undesl'rable change
in neighborhood character or detriment to the nearby properties. The monument sign has been in
place for many years and the church requests stating the name of the church.
3. The Board does find the variance to be substantial at 85)%, however, on this well-traveled area of
Lake Avenue,the size of the sign will be easier to read.
4. The Applicant has demonstrated that granting this variance will not have an adverse physical or
environmental effect on the neighborhood.
. The request for relief may be considered a self-created hardship. However, self-creation is not
necessarily fatal to the application.
Notes: Design. evi w Commission approval required
Saratoga County approval issued December 20, 2018
Adopted by the full vk;ino vote:
AYES: . Moore, K. Kaplan, S. Steer, C. Grey, B. Gallagher., B. Kern)
NAYS:
Dated: January 7, 2019
Januar 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
Beard of Appeals of the City of Saratoga Springs on the date above mentioned, six members of the Berard
being present.