HomeMy WebLinkAbout20190049 Carruthers Residence NOD CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS Bill Moore, Chair
Keith Kaplan, Vice Chair
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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Brad Gallagher,Secretary
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1 CITY HALL-474 BROADWAY Cheryl Grey
'-` � SARATOGA SPRINGS,NEW YORK 12866 Jerry Luhn
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4`CO WWW.SARATOGA-SPRINGS.ORG Rebecca Kern,alternate
iC)FORATE0 Kathleen O'Connor,alternate
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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPEAL OF
Jay and Maria Carruthers
52 Walton Street
Saratoga Springs NY 12866
from the determination of the Building Inspector involving the premises at 52 Walton Street in the
City of Saratoga Springs, New York being tax parcel number 165.51-3-3 on the Assessment Map of
said City.
The appellant having applied for an area variance under the Zoning Ordinance of said City to permit
the construction of an addition to an existing single-family residence in a UR-3 District and public
notice having been duly given of a hearing on said application held on the 25th day of February
and the 4th day of March 2019.
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 following area variance for the following amount of
relief:
Required: Proposed: Total relief requested:
Minimum side yard setback: 4 ft. 0 ft. 4 ft. (100%)
As per the submitted plans or lesser dimensions, be approved for the following reasons:
1. The applicants have demonstrated this benefit cannot be achieved by other means feasible to
the applicants. The applicants note that alternative designs were contemplated that would
have amplified the impact of the proposal by extending the footprint of the structure, for
example, while the design presently advanced retains the present footprint of the home.
Consistent with that representation, the applicants submitted with their materials architectural
drawings of their plan. The Board notes that the property exhibits preexisting nonconformity
with side setback requirements. This application does not call for any expansion beyond
those existing setback encroachments.
2. The applicants have demonstrated to the satisfaction of this Board that granting this variance
will not create an undesirable change in neighborhood character nor any known detriment to
nearby properties. The proposed addition will be no wider than the existing house, and will
not further crowd neighboring residential properties.
3. The Board finds this variance application to be substantial on a percentage basis; however,
as noted above, the relief request represents a continuation of a pre-existing nonconformity
which substantially mitigates the impact of the application in this case.
4. This variance will not have significant adverse physical or environmental effect on the
neighborhood or district, as the footprint will not change and will not be visible from the
street.
5. The alleged difficulty is self-created insofar as the applicant desires to construct the
proposed addition, but in the circumstances of this case should not be deemed fatal to the
application.
Adopted by the following vote:
AYES: 7 (B. Moore, K. Kaplan, C. Grey, B. Gallagher, J. Luhn, C. Hemstead, K. O'Connor)
NAPES: 0
Dated: March 4, 2019
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.
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SIGNATURE: s` -�r 3/6/2019
CHAIR DATE RECEIVED BY ACCOUNTS DEPT.